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Yikes! What a walking disease. Had I seen this when I was little I’d still be suffering nightmares, especially because I dream in color. (I’m still working on dreaming in stereo.)
Thank God TV was all rabbit-ears black and white back then, unlike the wide screen hi-def surround-sound in-your-face entertainment system known as
The Overnight Open Thread.
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Although the sign says “Mockingbird Heights Drag Strip,” the photo was probably taken at the NHRA Drag Strip in Pomona California in the early 1960s. Fred Gwynne as Herman Munster was accompanied by Grampa Munster (Al Lewis) for a publicity stunt.
I watched the show as a kid for obvious reasons, but especially to see Marilyn Munster. All the little chicks with the crimson lips fawned over 10 year old Eddie Munster, and one of his fans finally tracked down Butch Patrick.
In any case, it seems like a good intro for an Overnight Open Thread.
[WARNING: DISTURBING IMAGE AFTER THE BREAK.] (more…)
One of my favorite TV shows (1963-67) – The Fugitive. David Janssen as Dr. Richard Kimball, a doctor wrongly accused of killing his wife who on the train ride to the death house miraculously is able to escape thanks to a derailment. Doggedly pursued by Detective Gerard (Barry Morse), he constantly has to be on the move, change his identity, all the while seeking the “one armed man” who he saw leaving his house before his wife’s corpse was discovered. This episode has Fritz Weaver and Michael Constantine as guest stars. Btw that is William Conrad’s voice doing the opening narration. In this episode from April 12, 1966 Kimble comes across the hiding place of another fugitive, Joe Tucker (played by Weaver), who is haggard, wounded, and paranoid. Bitter about being wrongly convicted of embezzlement on perjured testimony, Tucker has been running for four years. At first highly suspicious of Kimble, his bad condition ultimately forces him to trust Kimble a little.
Gunsmoke first was aired on September 10, 1955 and it was originally not named Gunsmoke but Marshal Dillon. Of course it ran for 20 years and is considered to be the King of all Westerns. James Arness as Marshal Matt Dillon of Dodge City, Dennis Weaver as Chester, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty (who ran the Longbranch saloon and it appeared also to have doubled as a brothel), Milburn Stone as Doc. In this episode from November 16, 1957, Matt sets out with a vengeance to capture two trouble-making Texas cowhands who dragged Chester behind a horse and left him near death.
Btw – John Wayne was originally offered the role of Marshal Matt Dillon but turned it down and recommended James Arness.
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