MattHelm

I love it!!! Great job and love the fonts as much as the photos. You should be the official "Now Playing" designer for all the Challenges.

In your other life...what were you, twelve years old? Yes, I'm a Buddhist, and in that past life I was a bottle of Glenlivet. Instead of a "boyfriend" of GG's, I guess I was either a one night stand or a two day binge. I don't know if re-combobulating is possible. It should be since there should be some reversible process of discombobulating. I guess Thomas Wolfe was right ... you can't go home again.

movieman, Thanks for passing the torch to me. I think you're very able in performing these duties as well. After much deliberation (and that's an understatement for those in the know), I accept the role. I guess I'll announce the new Challenge theme on November 1, unless people need more time. And there may be new rules as well, but we'll discuss that. I'd like to urge those who had participated in the past but hadn't this time around, to do so in the next Challenge. And as for the guest programmers, I hope they got a taste for a whole week's programming, after dining on the flesh of an evening's schedule. Big thanks to Kyle for his phenomenal idea for his challenge, that was very liberating in its inclusion of numerous premiere potential and the social aspects of his guest programmer ingenuity. I'm going to borrow much of that. And thanks again to movieman for turning things over to me. Matt

I dated a girl who lives in Orange City. If you live there or pass through, beware of psycho blondes.

It's a huge pet peeve of mine when YANKEES think the name of Tampa is Tampa Bay. Nope, it's just Tampa, old Indian name for "Folks from above the Mason-Dixon move down and drive up the cost of living and housing then tell the natives they drive funny, talk funny, and eat funny stuff." I didn't realize anyone in this thread referred to Tampa as Tampa Bay. What town are you in that is near Tampa, but also in Central Florida? Sommelier is actually a job title. A person could know all there is to about wine but will never be a sommelier unless hired as one by a restaurant. Yet how you use it in context for your music genre appreciation is puzzling. I thought Tampa meant "folks from above the Mason-Dixon line move down and bring culture, boost the economy out of the stoneage, and give the gift of pizza and chinese food that Floridians took and butchered beyond all recognition."If we only brought our education system with us, Florida's younger generation would have something other than jobs as landscapers to look forward to in the future. The test scores are pittiful here. $80-90K homes aren't exactly people's idea of an inflated housing market.

I'm all for Movieman taking the reins, but would be happy to be the next moderator if he decides not to.

Congrats to lzcutter for a much deserved second win.

You're right. It's either referred to as the Bay area or Gulf Coast. My brother lives in Clearwater which is right next to Tampa. Central Florida is Orlando or Belle Glades ... anywhere inland mid-state, not on the coast.

Thanks Mongo, I really appreciate that you liked so many aspects of my schedule, especially the Scopitones, which I thought I was going out on a limb with. Matt

Thanks for your vote, and welcome to the boards. I don't blame you for being in love with jarhfive, but I saw him first.

Basically, you nailed it. It was two coins in the fountain and the wishes never came true. I was hoping for more of an 81/2 toga clad with fedora and whip scene. We met a dead ringer for Anthony Quinn who approached us as we were hailing a cab to get to the Via Veneto. He told us, "Me from Milano, we go to club." It wasn't a question, it was a statement. We told him we had to meet people across town and grabbed a cab. He gave us a dirty look as we left him. Later on that night, while we were staggering along across town looking for a cab to get back to our hotel, we stopped in front of a cafe, and there in the window was the same Anthony Quinn guy giving us the evil eye. It was more like an episode of Seinfeld rather than a movie.

The girlfriend is more like a Dorothy Dandridge. But I didn't take her to Rome with me ... bringing a girlfriend to Rome is like going to China with a sack of rice. I stopped over in Dublin to pick up a friend of mine who went on with me to Rome. Now I don't know what movie to compare it to.

These are "Midnight Movies" and you'd think they'd start them at midnight. Here on the east coast they come on at 2AM. That makes all this wonderful cheese useless to me.

First, I have to apologize for going MIA and not commenting on the schedules that have been included after my last post in the Challenge thread. I told Kyle at the start (which I stumbled upon belatedly thanks to his heads up in a PM he sent me), that I would be very busy and would try to contribute to the Challenge. I had a lot of work to finish up before going on a Roman Holiday and worked hard to sneak mine in early. So, seeing how I'd have to write a book about how much I loved everyone's schedules, I'll have to just cut to the chase. I was so torn between everyone's schedules that I planned on having a cockroach race with numbers painted on their backs, that corresponded to each respective Challenger (I'm in Florida, so they're big enough to paint numbers on), and go with which ever one won. However, my girlfriend stopped by and sprayed Raid on them. She killed us all, guest programmers included. So, while everyone's schedules had something I loved about them, I have to choose lzcutter. For the same reason I chose path last time, lzcutter's schedule shows that she has not only a passion for film, but for the art of filmmaking. Her programming is like Film 101, with its mix of behind-the-scenes and the early years of film. We could all learn something watching her picks for the Challenge. That goes for her guest programmer moirafinnie6 too, who is equally responsible for my choosing lzutter's extravaganza. And many kudos to Lynn for programming great serials ... another reason for my choosing her. Also, I was going to choose The Big Heat for my own list but didn't know if it was ever shown on TCM before, so didn't go with it. I'm not a huge Glenn Ford fan, but I love that movie ... I think I was a boyfriend of Gloria Grahame's in another life. Thanks filmlover for your vote, maybe TCM will look into the Boston **** movies. I loved your Saturday matinee program, that's one of the reasons I suggested the serials in another thread called "The 40s Cinema," so that TCM would maybe model their Saturday programming after that of the theaters in the 40s with serials, cartoons, a serious feature, a Three Stooges short, and a sci-fi or horror B-movie. That's how I tried to design my Saturdays in the Challenges. Thanks also to everyone who participated. And if guest programmers were a separate category, I'd vote for that jarhfive guy. What's his name ... Rushdie?

Alas Kyle, I don't possess the technical means to record TCM. Which is good, since I've never acquired the taste for college football. But Sundays are another story ... gotta have my Patriots games. September is great, because I can watch the Patriots and the Red Sox on the same day. And I've never even seen 'My Mother the Car.' Nor did I know that Ann Sothern was attached to it, until you mentioned it. I can only sadly guess that she did the voice for the car. As a kid, I used to have fantasies about Billie Jo, Bobby Jo and Betty Jo, while watching Petticoat Junction ... then they'd show Uncle Joe, and it ruined everything.

MattHelm wrote - "Hell, I was camp when camp wasn't cool..." Dare I say truer words were never posted. I'll drink to that. I don't mind them changing the staples around a bit to incorporate other genres. Film Noirs, Musicals and Westerns can be seen anytime, any day on TCM. I do wish they'd move Zombie to Saturdays and start his picks at midnight, because it's been a tradition to play these underground films in theaters at that time. There's a documentary about these films, shown recently on Encore called, Midnight Movies, and how theaters created a cult following for these films. Plus, I'm on the east coast and it's a chore to stay up to watch a movie at 2 AM, never mind a double feature.

I forgot all about the Underground when making my schedule, but I guess a couple of my Friday night flicks like, The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini, and Hillbillys [sic] in a Haunted House, count. Although they're a little early. I have enough camp that night to make up for forgetting the Underground. Hell, I was camp when camp wasn't cool, when programming for the Challenge. Do the Imports have a new night, like in allie's Sunday Imports, since Zombie's picks takes it's place? It seems like a lot of staples in programming change in October.

Rusty, You don't suppose it was Ben Mankiewicz, do you? TV Guide voted "My Mother the Car" the 2nd worst tv series ever, next to Jerry Springer. I guess it took almost 30 years to top it. Who knows, maybe Gotti will bump it up a notch, or maybe the Danny Bonaduce and the Peter Brady gets married shows, will elevate it into the watchable category. Skaryguy's site is like reliving a bad nightmare, with the deranged puppet films, the marijuana propaganda with Sonny Bono, the dead animal revival film ... the site is just wrong to the core.

Thanks sugar, You can get Scopitones on DVD too. There was a pizza place my parents used to take us to in the 70s that had a Scopitone jukebox, and my brother and I would play one after another from the moment we got there, till we left. Not that we knew who we were playing, we were just fascinated by it. I guess I've come full circle in programming Scopitones.

Filmlover, I'm glad you like the Radio/**** line up. I was hoping for one more comedy to use at night to balance things, but I couldn't think of, or find, anything else that would stay within the rules. I was debating on using the serial in between as shorts because of the implausibility of someone sitting in front of the TV that long ... but then thought about the many on here (and out there) who Tivo a lot of stuff. I think it's a good gimmick to get those people who are interested to record the whole day just to watch them all. I love that they're showing serials on Saturdays soon, but wish they'd follow my idea of showing a few different titles each week, to not only offer a diversity of genres, but as you put it "retaining suspense of cliffhangers." That's also a good gimmick to ensure that old and new fans of serials keep viewing each week. Rusty, The entire Boston **** series is on DVD ... literally, on one DVD. Here's a site that sells it, or you can probably find one on eBay, or by doing a search for it. http://www.skaryguyvideo.com/bostonblackie.htm You've got to love this guy's site and his offbeat selection. Plus, the DVD comes with 5 of the 50s BB TV shows. I'm guessing the quality is like watching a small b&w TV through a fishbowl though (sans the little opening and closing faux treasure chest). But it inspired me to program the movies because of it's P.D.'ness and I'd love to see them on TCM even in the crappy quality of the DVD. BTW Rusty, as guest programmer ... tells us what Robert Osborne is really like in person. UPDATE: The BB's are on a few DVDs in a set that's sold on that site. Message was edited by: The FCC MattHelm

Allie and timelessjoancrawford, great schedule! Yes, the Old Whale Stories would be a great theme, and we could throw in a Sydney Greenstreet or Orson Welles flick for filler without straying. It's that jarhfive's fault I finished first ... he came up with his night's work within a few hours. He even came up with The Devil and Daniel Webster just to cause trouble.

Thanks filmlover, Kyle and lzcutter, The more Challenges we do, the more the compliments mean. I changed some of the weekly staples such as Darkness After Dawn and Syncopation Station, because I noticed that by the end of October, those things have changed. I didn't want to nix Silent Sundays, but I wanted to fit the Steinbeck in without interrupting the theme. I was originally going to schedule Mel Brooks's, Silent Movie for that slot, for a laugh. I'm glad to have Rusty's input because he came up with a few that I've never seen, besides putting them together nicely.

Okee ? Most of these are self-explanatory, but just a note on a few things: I chose the first week of April for programming so I could have the opportunity to include a birthday tribute to Frances Langford. She lived two towns away from me up until her death last July. If there were more movies available I would have made her Star of the Month. I included a couple of documentaries about her USO work and entertaining the troops. On Monday night?s Old Time Radio at the Movies, the last two movies may not appear to fit that theme to some, but they do. In the early 50s, Orson Welles reprised his role as Harry Lime on the radio series, The Lives of Harry Lime. Sorry, Wrong Number, was dramatized on the radio for Suspense Theater with Agnes Moorehead in Stanwyck?s role. Many said the radio version was much better, and Orson Welles said that it was the best radio script he ever read. Some of you might remember the Scopitone jukeboxes in the late 50s to the early 70s, but for those of you who don?t know what they are, they?re like video jukeboxes ? you dropped in your quarter, selected a song, and a 16mm film reel played on the machine?s built-in TV screen. These film reels were the first music videos, and a lot of them were campy with scantily clad go-go dancers, dancing around the sex kitten singer. I chose movies with actress/singers who had made Scopitones and chose their actual Scopitones to play in between movies. For those who have never seen one, check out this one of Joi Lansing?s, Web of Love: http://youtube.com/watch?v=7eGnjuCwoW4 In fact, all the Scopitones I programmed can be seen on Youtube.com for those who are interested. Of course, it was about time I chose a Matt Helm flick, The Silencers, and built a night of Italian-American films around it, as my Saturday night theme. Special thanks to jarhfive (aka Rusty), for being my guest programmer. He came up with a great line up ? within just a few hours. Also, I?ve used a lot of public domain movies and have marked them with a P.D. after the studio?s name, as well as P.S. for those that were previously shown. Sunday April 1 6AM: Singin? in the Rain (1952) Gene Kelly, Debbie Reynolds ? MGM 103m 8AM: Great Expectations (1946) John Mills, Valerie Hobson ? Kino 118m 10AM: Harvey (1950) James Stewart, Peggy Dow ? Universal 104m 12PM: Lust for Life (1956) Kirk Douglas, Anthony Quinn ? MGM 121m 2PM: Sailor Beware (1952) Dean Martin, Jerry Lewis ? Paramount 108m 4PM: The Killers (1946) Burt Lancaster, Ava Gardner ? Universal 105m THE ESSENTIALS (replay): 6PM: Beauty and the Beast (1946) Jean Marais, Josette Day ? Janus 95m STEINBECK 8PM: East of Eden (1955) James Dean, Julie Harris ? WB 117m 10PM: Tortilla Flat (1942) Spencer Tracy, Heddy Lamarr ? MGM 105m 12AM: The Pearl (1948) Pedro Armendariz, Maria Elena Marques ? RKO 78m 1:30AM: The Red Pony (1949) Robert Mitchum, Myrna Loy ? Republic 90m 3:30AM Lifeboat (1944) Talullah Bankhead, John Hodiak- 20th Century-Fox 98m 5:30AM: Cartoon Alley - Henpecked Hobos (1946) - Hound Hunters (1947) - Half-Pint Pygmies (1948) Monday April 2 OLD TIME RADIO AT THE MOVIES 6AM: Meet Boston **** (1941) Chester Morris, Richard Lane ? Columbia/P.D. 61m 7AM: The Green Hornet: Part 1 (1940) Gordon Jones, Keye Luke ? Universal/P.D. 20m 7:30AM: Confessions of Boston **** (1941) 60m 8:30AM: The Green Hornet: Part 2 ? 20m 9AM: Alias Boston **** (1942) 67m 10:10AM: The Green Hornet: Part 3 ? 20m 10:30AM: Boston **** Goes Hollywood (1942) 67m 11:40AM: The Green Hornet: Part 4 ? 20m 12PM: After Midnight with Boston **** (1943) 65m 1:10PM: The Green Hornet: Part 5 ? 20m 1:30AM: Boston **** Booked on Suspicion (1945) 66m 2:40PM: The Green Hornet: Part 6 ? 20m 3PM: Boston ****?s Rendezvous (1945) 64m 4:10PM: The Green Hornet: Part 7 ? 20m 4:30PM: Close Call for Boston **** (1946) 68m 5:40PM: The Green Hornet: Part 8 ? 20m 6PM: Trapped by Boston **** (1948) 68m 7:10PM The Green Hornet: Part 9 ? 20m 7:30PM: The Green Hornet: Part 10 ? 20m 8PM: The Great Gildersleeve (1942) Harold Peary, Nancy Gates ? RKO 61m 9:10PM: The Green Hornet: Part 11 9:30PM: The Whistler (1944) Richard Dix, J. Carrol Naish ? WB 60m 10:30: The Green Hornet: Part 12 11PM: The Shadow Strikes (1937) Rod La Rocque, Lynn Anders ? Colony/P.D. 61m 12:10AM: The Green Hornet: Part 13 12:30AM: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret Weapon (1943) Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce ? Universal 65m 2AM: The Third Man (1949) Joseph Cotten, Orson Welles ? London Film Prod. 105m 4AM: Sorry, Wrong Number (1948) Barbara Stanwyck, Burt Lancaster ? Paramount 90m Tuesday April 3 DORIS DAY?S BIRTHDAY 6AM: My Dream is Yours (1949) Doris Day, Jack Carson ? WB 99m 8AM: Young Man with a Horn (1950) Kirk Douglas, Doris Day ? WB 111m 10AM: Love Me or Leave Me (1955) Doris Day, James Cagney ? MGM 121m 12PM: The Tunnel of Love (1958) Doris Day, Richard Widmark ? MGM 98m 2PM: Pillow Talk (1959) Doris Day, Rock Hudson ? Universal 110m 4PM: It Happened to Jane (1959) Doris Day, Jack Lemmon ? Columbia 100m 6PM: That Touch of Mink (1962) Doris Day, Cary Grant ? Universal 99m MA & PA KETTLE 8PM: Ma & Pa Kettle (1949) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? Universal 76m 9:15PM: Ma & Pa Kettle Go to Town (1950) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? 79m 10:45PM: Ma & Pa Kettle Back on the Farm (1951) Marjori Maine, Percy Kilbride ? 80m 12:15AM: Ma & Pa Kettle at the Fair (1952) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? 70m 1:45AM: Ma & Pa Kettle on Vacation (1953) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? 75m 3AM: Ma & Pa Kettle at Home (1954) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? 80m 4:30AM: Ma & Pa Kettle at Waikiki (1955) Marjorie Main, Percy Kilbride ? 79m Wednesday April 4 FRANCES LANGFORD?S BIRTHDAY 6AM: Broadway Melody of 1936 (1935) Jack Benny, Eleanor Powell ? MGM 110m 8AM: Hollywood Hotel (1938) Dick Powell, Rosemary Lane ? WB 109m 10AM: This is the Army (1943) George Murphy, Joan Leslie ? WB 120m 12PM: Yankee Doodle Dandy (1943) James Cagney, Joan Leslie ? WB 126m 2:15PM: The Glenn Miller Story (1954) James Stewart, June Allyson ? Universal 116m 4:15PM: The Bamboo Blonde (1946) Frances Langford, Ralph Edwards ? RKO 67m 5:30PM: Cassino to Korea (Doc.)(1950) Bob Hope, Frances Langford ? Paramount 60m 6:30PM: Entertaining the Troops (Doc.) (1988) Bob Hope, Frances Langford 90m STAR OF THE MONTH: IDA LUPINO 8PM: They Drive by Night (1940) George Raft, Ida Lupino ? WB 93m 10PM: High Sierra (1941) Humphrey Bogart, Ida Lupino ? WB 100m 12AM: The Sea Wolf (1941) John Garfield, Ida Lupino ? WB 98m 2AM: On Dangerous Ground (1952) Robert Ryan, Ida Lupino ? RKO 82m 3:30AM: The Hitch-Hiker (1953) Edmond O?Brien, Frank Lovejoy ? RKO 71m 4:45AM: The Outrage (1950) Marla Powers, Tod Andrews ? RKO 74m Thursday April 5 HAPPY BIRTHDAY TRACY, DAVIS, DOUGLAS AND PECK 6AM: Boys Town (1938) Spencer Tracy, Micky Rooney ? MGM 93m 8AM: Adam?s Rib (1949) Spenser Tracy, Kathrine Hepburn ? MGM 101m 10AM: Plymouth Adventure (1952) Spenser Tracy, Gene Tierney ? MGM 105m 12PM: Dark Victory (1939) Bette Davis, George Brent ? WB 105m 2PM: The Man Who Came to Dinner (1942) Bette Davis, Monty Woolley ? WB 118m 4PM: Ninothcka (1939) Greta Garbo, Melvyn Douglas ? MGM 111m 6PM: Moby Dick (1952) Gregory Peck, Moby Dick ? WB 116m GUEST PROGRAMMER: jarhfive 8PM: The Devil and Daniel Webster (1942) Edward Arnold, Walter Huston ? RKO 106m 10PM: Devil?s Cabaret (1931) Edward Buzzell ? MGM 16m 10:15PM: Men Must Fight (1932) Lewis Stone, Diane Wynyard /dir. Edgar Selwyn ? MGM 72m 11:30PM: Turn Back the Clock (1933) Lee Tracy, Mae Clark /dir. Edgar Selwyn ? MGM 79m 1AM: Skyscraper Souls (1932) Warren Williams, Maureen O?Sullavan /dir. Edgar Selwyn ? MGM 99m 2:45AM: The Match King (1932) Warren Williams, Lily Damita ? First Nat?l 79m 4:15AM: Forbidden Games (1952) Brigitte Fossey, Georges Poujouly ? Silver Films/P.S. 102m Friday April 6 BELLS 6AM: For Whom the Bell Tolls (1943) Gary Cooper, Ingrid Bergman ? Paramount 170m 9AM: The Bells of St. Mary?s (1945) Ingrid Bergman, Bing Crosby ? RKO 126m 11:30AM: Bell, Book and Candle (1959) James Stewart, Kim Novak ? Columbia 103m 1:30PM: The Miracle of the Bells (1948) Frank Sinatra, Fred MacMurray ? RKO 120m 3:30PM: Her Highness and the Bellboy (1945) Heddy Lamarr, Robert Walker ? MGM 112m 5:30PM: Bells Are Ringing (1960) Dean Martin, Judy Holliday ? MGM 126m THE SIRENS OF SCOPITONE 8PM: Get Yourself a College Girl (1964) Mary Ann Mobley, Nancy Sinatra ? MGM 87m 9:30PM: These Boots Are Made for Walking ? Nancy Sinatra, 3m 9:35PM: Tell Him ? The Exciters, 3m 9:40PM: Be Good to Me ? Petula Clark, 3m 9:45PM: Bang, Bang ? Nancy Sinatra, 3m 10PM: The Ghost in the Invisible Bikini (1966) Nancy Sinatra, Tommy Kirk ? AIP/P.D. 82m 11:30PM: Daddy ? Julie London, 3m 11: 40PM: The Silencer ? Joi Lansing, 3m 11:50PM: Web of Love ? Joi Lansing, 3m 12AM: Hillbillys in a Haunted House (1967) Joi Lansing, Basil Rathbone ? P.D. 88m 1:30AM: Femininity ? Donna Theodore, 3m 1:40AM: C?est Si Bon ? Jane Morgan, 3m 1:50AM: La Madrague ? Brigitte Bardot, 3m TCM IMPORT 2AM: Contempt (1963) Brigitte Bardot, Jack Palance ? Embassy 103m 3:45AM: If I Never Get to Heaven ? Della Reese, 3m 3:50AM: The Best is Yet to Come ? Barbara McNair, 3m 3:55AM: The Wrong Side of the Tracks ? Barbara McNair, 3m 4AM: They Call Me MISTER Tibbs (1970) Sidney Poitier, Barbara McNair ? U.A. 108m 5:50AM: The Wheel of Fortune ? Kay Starr, 3m 5:53AM: I?ve Got That Feeling ? Ethel Ennis, 3m 5:56AM: Everything I?ve Got ? Vikki Carr, 3m Saturday April 7 6AM: Ivanhoe (1953) Robert Taylor, Elizabeth Taylor ? MGM 107m 8AM: The Invisible Boy (1957) Richard Eyer, Phillip Abbott ? MGM 90m 9:30AM: Cartoon Alley: - Superman (1941) - The Mechanical Monsters (1941) - The Arctic Giant (1942) 10AM: Saturday Serials: - Adventures of Red Ryder: Chapter 1 (1940) Don Barry ? Republic/P.D. - Batman and Robin: Chapter 1 (1949) Robert Lowery, Johnny Duncan ? Columbia/P.D. - Jack Armstrong: Chapter 1 (1947) John Harty ? Columbia/P.D. - The Phantom Empire: Chapter 1 (1935) Gene Autry ? Mascot/P.D. 11:30AM: The Hatchet Man (1932) Edward G. Robinson, Loretta Young ? First Nat?l 74m 1PM: The Big Store (1941) Groucho Marx, Chico Marx ? MGM 84m 2:30PM: Island of Lost Souls (1932) Charles Laughton, Bela Lugosi ? Paramount 70m 4PM: The Secret Life of Walter Mitty (1947) Danny Kaye, Virginia Mayo ? RKO 110m 6PM: Thunder Road (1958) Robert Mitchum, Keely Smith ? U.A. 94m THE ESSENTIALS 8PM: La Notte (1962) Marcello Mastroianni, Jeanne Moreau ? Lupert Pictures 120m MADON' !!! ITALIAN-AMERICANS IN MOTION PICTURES 10PM: Premiere: The Silencers (1966) Dean Martin, Stella Stevens ? Columbia 102m 12AM: Premiere: Tony Rome (1967) Frank Sinatra, Jill St. John ? 20th Century-Fox 110m 2AM: Full of Life (1957) Richard Conte, Judy Holliday ? Columbia 91m 4AM: Marty (1955) Ernest Borgnine, Betsy Blair ? U.A. 93m

Rusty, You've got mail at your PM. The last one seems to have not gone through, so let me know here if this one doesn't. Matt

Ninety-nine percent done. I figured I'd take advantage of last weekend as it may be the only time I had to work on it. All that's left is the guest programmer part ... and my boy's on it.