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It was so much fun to see the rather uptight Leslie from movies, come out of his shell and show his comedic sensibilities later in his career. Great post, TB!

Yes, after seeing that episode I got the story it was based on and read it. Just didn't want to put too much info on the post, since more people have probably seen the AHP episode than read the tale. Your entry is very eerie, since other than the "conceited" bit it does seem to be quite prescient. I forgot to mention the irony that in the AH episode, the point of the story is that the widow of the climber waited years and never married the man who was with her when the climb went wrong, but in real life the climber found on Everest's widow married his best friend, another climber and did not wait years for his body to be found. Can't blame her though. Thanks, Sam...oops, I mean Richard!

I heard he likes the movie "Ben" but without any songs by Michael Jackson.

I heard the news today that the body of a climber was found after sixteen years on Mount Everest and his wife says that he seemed frozen in time. He was preserved by the ice and that and his clothing were the keys to identifying him. This reminded me of a famous "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" episode called "The Crystal Trench" wherein a man is trapped in ice in an avalanche and his wife tries for years to find his body, which finally is discovered in the same state as the climber written about below. AFP synopsis: When Stella Ballister's husband dies in a mountain-climbing accident, he falls into a crevasse and is frozen within a glacier. Stella waits for the glacier to move so that she can see the frozen and perfectly preserved body of her husband. When it finally does so, she is shocked to discover that her husband's corpse is wearing a locket that contains a picture of another woman. Can you name a movie or tv episode which seemed prescient in this way? http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/02/world/alex-lowe-climber-body/

I'm sure you are right, James but I will say when the styles are actually copied exactly, like Faye Dunaway's make-up and hair styles in "Chinatown" I think it adds to the not only veracity but the appeal of the film. Thanks!

Yes, like the other poster said, my guess is that those who paid for the Now Playing guide were the first to get them, since their addresses were already in the system. I've been getting them monthly, and also getting the Movies Unlimited catalog also. I have bought from both groups. The giant Movies Unlimited catalog, which as the poster said, is as big as a phone book, I've paid like $9.95 in the past, even though it is basically the same as their online catalog. The TCM catalog [and I just got a new one this past week] is around [just guessing] maybe 40 pages and yes, has some good bargains plus it spotlights a lot of things that are playing during the month, with the dates the films are showing on TCM. Hope this helps!

Yes, I saw that years ago not knowing it was connected to the Quartermass stuff. It is a great movie, Sepia!

Great write-up, TB! Speaking of Terry playing a boy, I think I read once that the model for Tramp in the Disney classic was a girl!

I was just joshing you, Dargo. Of course I laughed and then I wondered if you had ever been in the Big House? Do you know what the term LURD means in a women's prison, by the way?

Interesting topic reversal, TB! Thanks for your input.

Unfortunately, yes I do remember that one, Dargo!

So that leaves me living in 1957 for another 24 hours? Okay, time to watch the fights on my Philco I guess.

Uh, just how did "it" get pushed to the side? Was there an auto accident or did some mad scientist work you over in his laboratory, Dargo?

You have very good taste, Janet. I'm sure the Great Profile would have found you equally delightful!

It's interesting how different we movie fans can be. I could watch "The Exorcist" weekly and never get tired of it and was thrilled when they came out with the new edition that had Regan walking backwards down the stairs like a spider, which I thought was extra creepy. I loved all horror and sci-fi films and have yet to find one that actually scares me at all, since let's face it they are just movies and one needs to keep repeating, "It is only a movie, it is only a movie". I also love the music from the Friedkin flick and have the album "Tubular Bells" with the theme from it. Now though I can see some finding TE a bit scary, I think "Wait Until Dark" would only frighten folks if seen in a darkened theatre, but to each his own I guess and thanks for your thoughts, Helen.

Sometimes in one's efforts to just go enjoy a film, there are deleterious side effects. Consider the case of John Dillinger, who just wanted to enjoy seeing "Manhattan Melodrama" with Gable at the Biograph theater in Chicago and upon exiting was shot dead and then to add ignominy to insult supposedly his lingam was disengaged and left at the Smithsonian. Well, not so sure about the last part, but still, a pretty bad side effect from just wanting to see a flick. Now others may have side effects that are more happy, like a friend of my mother's who went to see "Liquid Sky" with a date, and on the way out met a friend of his who she then started dating and ended up marrying. Or think about seeing a film and being traumatized for life, like some wimpy kids who saw "Bambi" and then couldn't sleep for nights afterward. I personally was only affected by "Salo" and was afraid to watch it twice. Some people still have bad dreams after watching Takashi Miike's "Audition". How about you? Have you or anyone you know ever had any side effects from just wanting to watch a film? Now you may submit ones that were happy accidents, but being a bit of a Debbie Downer I would most enjoy side effects that are more disastrous or psychologically disturbing. Thanks in advance!

Yes, I know just what you mean, Laffite. You don't mean to watch something but then serendipitously it often becomes quite interesting. An unknown quantity can be more fulfilling often than what one wanted originally.

Is this song better than "Rocket 88"?

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Remember the one with the dream sequence where Saffy was played by Helena Bonham Carter? My favorite episode is when Edina decides to buy art since she is rich and she tells the snooty girl working in the gallery [who asks her "Just what kind of art do you want"] "You're just a clerk. I have a lot of money, go get me the manager." I paraphrased that if it is a bit off!

He's actually so great at being a heel that I love seeing him in anything where he is dastardly and nasty!

I'm very very shy, Down but I will fork over 87 bucks for an all day festival of Grant Williams' films. Could you host that for me? I'll give you 20 samolians [sp?]?

I agree with you, Sepia. Some hairdos are so wrong for the time period. Even in big budget films like "The Great Gatsby" you'd think they would know how to marcel hair correctly for the time period. Of course when it's in a low budget film, it really makes no big difference. One film that did a good job of depicting the era, was "Peggy Sue Got Married" for my money!

I woulda thought it would have been on January 11th, which is Rod Taylor's birthday.

OMG! My favorite show of all time. Is Saffron going to be in it? Thanks, Lorna!