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Al Bigley

Al Bigley wrote me a very nice e-mail some time ago and I wanted to post a link to his site as a kind return. Since then things have been very busy here and they may even get busier in the near future. As a result I haven't been able to make daily post on all my sites as I want to. So since there is a small break in the action here is my link to Big Glee! The Albert Bryan Bigley Archives! I hope it isn't too late Al!
As you can tell by the above image Al has recently posted about one of my favorite mags of the 1970's...Pizzazz!

Star Trek Related Album Covers

Sid and Marty Krofft's Pufnstuf and Land of the Lost

The movie version of H.R. Pufnstuf and the complete series of Land of the Lost are both coming out on DVD this month. You can order H.R. Pufnstuf if you click here and you can click here to oeder the Land of the Lost TV series.

The ABC's of me

A friend tagged me with this on facebook but I couldn't get it to work on there. I copied and pasted it and it always cut off at M. So I am posting it here and linking to it.
A - Age: 47
B - Bed size: Queen
C - Chore you hate: mow the lawn
D - Dog: None
E - Essential start your day item: caffeine
F - Favorite color(s): blue
G - Gold or Silver: Gold
H - Height: 6'2"
I - Instruments you play: I play a little of each of the piano, guitar, trombone, tuba
J - Job title: Husband Collection Agent
K - Kids: none
L - Living arrangements: ranch and live there with my wife
M - Mom's name: Margaret
N - Nicknames: Rick
O - Overnight hospital stay other than birth: No
P - Pet Peeve(s): dishonesty and disloyalty
Q - Quote from a movie: Too many to name here but one is
Sundance Kid (Robert Redford): "I can't swim."
Butch Cassidy (Paul Newman): "Why, you crazy, the fall'll probably kill ya!" from Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.
R - Right or left handed: right
S - Siblings: none
T - Time you wake up: Between 5 and 7.
U - Underwear: of course
V - Vegetable you dislike: lima beans
W - Workout style: none
X - X-rays you've had: Dental
Y - Yesterday's best moment: computer went down at work. I got paid to watch someone else work and it was called training.
Z - Zoo favorite: None you see one zoo you've seen them all.

Batman:The Brave and the Bold Pushed Back

I just heard from James that the return of Batman: The Brave and the Bold was pushed back at the last minute. So instead of returning tonight it will return on May 8th. You may have seen the clip below before. If not here is the first look at the Huntress from the May 8th episode "Night of the Huntress." Feature episodes will feature Booster Gold, Bat Mite, Red Tornado and Robin.

SuperFriends the Lost Episodes

I saw at Superman Homepage and here that on August 11th the SuperFriends Lost episodes will be for sale.
During the 1982-1983 season, ABC continued to run a half-hour long show entitled The Best of the Superfriends. This show consisted of reruns of shows from the previous nine seasons. These episodes were mostly half-hour long episodes (not shorts) featuring the core group of five Superfriends. By the time the 1983-1984 season rolled around, older Superfriends series were well into sydication, and could be viewed on weekday afternoons. Therefore in its ultimate stupidity, ABC decided to drop the Superfriends from the 1983-1984 Saturday morning television line-up. However, during this time Hanna-Barbera continued to produce new episodes of the Superfriends. In fact, 24 of these so-called "Lost Episodes" were animated but not aired in the United States that season. Three of these episodes were aired when the Superfriends returned to Saturday morning ABC television the following year. The remainder of the episodes finally aired in syndication years later as part of the Superman/Batman Adventures.

They are available for pre-order on July 7th.

Rest in Peace Bea Arthur

I just heard that Bea Arthur, known to TV fans for her hit shows Maude and Golden Girls, passed away. Most remember her from Golden Girls and tend to forget her series Maude that ran from 1972 to 1978. Here is a video of the opening credits. Womens lib in the 70's was a hot topic and as you can tell by the credits the comedy tackled that issue head on.

The Opening Credits for Maude - watch more funny videos

Now here is a video of a show called Family Guy. I don't watch the show but this part that I once saw was funny.

Dolenz Jones Boyce and Hart Video

I just saw a rare video of Dolenz, Jones, Boyce and Hart at Booksteve's Library. Go there and take a look and join in on their campy fun.

Frank Miller's The Spirit

For years I hoped they would make a movie or TV series out of The Spirit. Finally comic book writer and artist Frank Miller made it one of his projects when he became a movie director. I thought this will be great. When I read his comic books I always thought they looked more like movies in the film noir vein. When it came to theaters I thought I would see it but I kept reading mixed reviews. So I held off. Recently I got it from the library. When I saw it I was underwelmed and thankful that I got it for free from the library.

The movie is in color but in most scenes you can hardly tell. Miller can't seem to make up his mind if he is filming the story in present day or the 1940's. I would have prefered the 1940's. The endless beatings he takes are in there and that is mostly what the movie is about. The Octopus injected him with a chemical when he died that made him immortal. It was a test by the Octopus to see if it worked. Then Octopus would use it on him. Speaking of the Octopus, only Samuel L. Jackson and Scarlett Johansson as Silken Floss seem to be enjoying their parts in the movie. Also I did enjoy some of the comic book referances. Young Denny Colt reading an EC horro comic book was good. I liked seeing one of the delivery trucks named Ditko's but why not name them Eisner's deliveries. The Spirit in this movie was shocaced as a Ladies Man. I never had that impression of him. Ellen was always his lady. He was just so good looking that other women seemed to always fall at his feet. In the movie he was always coming on to them. Even in front of Ellen. In short I think Mr. Miller's vision of the Spirit could have been better.

1970's Commercial for McDonalds's

Remember in the 70's when some commercials nearly gave you a Broadway Revue? Well here is one from McDonalds with some future famous charactor actors.

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Afternoon Editon: Shazzan

The Brave and the Bold Comes Back May 1st

If you are missing Batman:The Brave and the Bold as much as I am you won't have to wait much longer. I have just been told that it will be returning on May 1st. Here are a couple of up coming clips from the new episodes.

Cardboard Gods

Even if you didn't like Baseball you probably collected Baseball cards. Well I just found the site Cardboard Gods. It takes you on a nostalgic trip via baseball cards from the 1950's to the 1990's. take a look at Cardboard Gods.

KFC Commercial

Here is a KFC Commercial where the Colonel himself nearly tells you how to make your own taste like KFC chicken.

Goofy 1970's Commercials

Steve Carlisle album

Steve Carlisle sang the opening theme song to WKRP in Cincinnati. I saw that on e-bay someone is selling the album he recorded it on. The auction has only 15 hours left so click here if you want to place a bid.

Happy Easter Christ the Lord is Risen!

Saturday Morning Cartoons: Afternoon Editon: The Barkleys

Micky on the Radio

I just got this from Brad of The Monkees Home Page and monkees-alert@yahoogroups.com

Micky Dolenz will be the special guest of Mark Simone on the April 11th,
2009 Saturday Night Oldies Radio program. The show airs from 6pm to 10pm EST. It can be heard in the NYC area on 770 AM. The station has a wide listening range so you may be able to hear it in surrounding states, some as far as Florida.

The program streams live on the WABC-AM website.

The above photo of Micky I saw when I was reading The Calgary Sun.