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I caught the last half of the O&H movie set at a rodeo and the outro afterwards. Now I know how the TV series came to be. One of the local OTA stations here periodically shows O&H and we have a Christmas TV shows DVD with 4 O&H shows on it. So, I have seen several of the shows. Two of the Christmas shows are fairly interesting and one even features Ricky predominately. However, the other actors, script and direction save it from his weak acting. As for the regular shows, not all that good in my opinion. The scripts are weak and the acting is very stilted. If I recall correctly Ozzie wrote, produced and directed the TV shows for the most part. I have a The Falcon DVD with a show on it with Harriett Hillard (Nelson). Didn't realize until later that she was Harriett Nelson. She actually performed better in The Falcon movie than she did in the O&H movie or in the TV show. Not sure why, but suspect too much Ozzie influence. As for Rickie, in my opinion he could neither act nor sing. His "hits" were a fluke with many being recorded with special techniques to make up for his poor singing, at least initially. I listened to a lot of Rock and Roll in the late 50's and 60's so I heard him as well as many, many others.

I have Blue Dahlia on DVD and watch it occasionally. Definitely a much better movie than TGFH. Never seen Saigon, but I am a sucker for any movie purportedly set in Saigon during that period.

I assume This Gun for Hire is the Noir Alley selection for Oct. 19. I purchased the DVD several years ago and watched it once. May have to pull it out and watch it again, but I just didn't get much out of it. Seems to drag a lot. There are other Noir/mystery movies with Ladd and/or Lake that I do like, but not this one.

I assume This Gun for Hire is the Noir Alley selection. I purchased the DVD several years ago and watched it once. May have to pull it out and watch it again, but I just didn't get much out of it. Seems to drag a lot. There are other Noir/mystery movies with Ladd and/or Lake that I do like, but not this one.

While I occasionally read non-fiction books, 90% of what I read now is fiction. Mostly mysteries and related. Right now I am working my way through the Matt Helm series.

Just finished Red War by Vince Flynn. Oops, he died in 2013. Actually it is by Kyle Mills, but that is in small print on the cover. Didn't realize that until I already had it home. Gave it a try. He is no Vince Flynn. I finished it, but it really goes way into too much detail. One two person fight scene took a page and a half if not more for example. I tend not to purchase books where the famous author "partners" with someone else or the famous author is actually deceased and new person just using the name to sell the books. The ones I have tried have been very mediocre at best. Only exception was when Vincent Lardo took over the McNally series for Lawrence Sanders when he died. Lardo was spot on in the books.

This raises a question we are facing. What do you do with books that you do not wish to keep? Do not wish to use the book swapping businesses, but prefer not to sent them to a landfill or recycling.

I skipped it and did not bother to record. Tried to watch it several years ago and it was a boring romance movie to me.

I don't do streaming and it seems you have to subscribe to a lot of separate services to get a full range of offerings. As for over the air, its good if it works. I can get 4 NC ETV stations, 4 SC ETV stations and about 8 over "networks." 7 of them show noting but old TV shows and none appeal to me. I do agree that it would be nice to delete all the sports shows, but doubt that will happen. My comment on sports fans subsidizing TCM fans to some degree was in reference to cable and similar where people are locked in to Tiers and not able to select specific "networks." By having all the sports fans sign up for cable, they subsidize the very limited number of people who watch TCM. Incidentally, I have no liking for sports and never watch any of them.

Should make for some interesting Sunday services. In answer to your question, probably more than you think.

We don't do all the various "online, WiFi, etc" methods of viewing TV programs. Also do not watch them on a computer or smart phone. While I dislike the prices for cable and all the sports channels. Remember, the people who do want the sports channels are subsidizing our access to TCM and other programs. Same with reality, shopping and all that trash. Someone may know better, but the problem with being able to select only what we want on a cable system is likely a very expensive proposition for the company. That cost will be passed on to the customers.

Good luck with that. Since TCM has no advertising and must make its money off DVD's, Wine and other TCM products AND what they charge cable and other providers, you will see prices go up there as well. Every time you purchase a product that was advertised on the Super Bowl or elsewhere on an NFL affiliated venue, you ARE paying money to the NFL.

Seniors are not an attractive audience for most networks as they do not spend enough. Not my opinion, but that of those who run networks, marketing and businesses. Cable companies raise fees or move to higher pay tiers because the providing network (TCM here) is likely charging more for its product. Somebody has to pay. Especially when there are NO commercials. Unfortunate for us, but that is American business model.

Don't blame the cable companies. They are reacting to the "networks" charging more for their products. We still have Charter Spectrum and TCM has always been on a higher tier. While the tier we have is pricey, not unreasonable for us. Now I would be really happy to give up all the sports and reality programming channels, but that is not likely to happen.

I kept looking for a reason for that, but never noticed one. I would start a specific thread in order to get the most information.

Last I heard there was one drive-in left in S.C. I don't think they are passion pits anymore, but are rather trying to appeal to nostalgia and families again.

Trapped was a good movie and I recall having seen it quite a while back. The print and sound quality are very good. I do think some of the plot contrivances were a little too convenient. As for the tail near the end, any third rate crook of the day would have known that any time you have two Nash's behind you, you are being tailed by the law. The most interesting part was Mueller's narration on Barbara Payton's life. Now, that would be a great movie, especially with today's very limited censorship.

Actually drive-ins began as a family oriented enterprise. You didn't have to worry about a baby sitter or buying tickets for adults and children. That's why so many had playgrounds and other children oriented activities. Of course, TV had an effect on them becoming passion pits.

It was probably an MG Midget - very small.

When I got my first sports car (1978?), I was looking at Alfa Romeo (very, very undependable), MGB, TR7 and Fiat 124 Spider. Went with the Fiat and it was fairly reliable for the few years I had it. Worked with a guy who had MG's and liked them.

What's an LBC? I remember one of the TV ads for the Spitfire. Had the car and a beautiful woman in front of a Spitfie fighter. Don't remember the tag line exactly, but something to the effect that you not only get the car and the girl, but a piece of history as well. Don Draper probably wrote it. Anyway, both are exceptionally nice.

Thanks for saving a piece of history and congratulations on owning it, but seems you have done a lot of mechanical work on it. Of course, most of it probably related to not being driven enough.

Same reasons as always. Too much emphasis on one person, rather than the variety I prefer.

Nobody as I disagree with the whole Star of the Month process.