MattHelm Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 Did anyone see this short between The Bachelor And The Bobbysoxer and Dream Wife tonight? Wasn't the beginning strangely like The Twilight Zone's opening? It had that strange Dali-esque landscape like The Zone had, with the same sort of intro narration. I think Serling lifted the idea of his opening from this. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnnyweekes70 Posted December 29, 2005 Share Posted December 29, 2005 My friend and I watched it too. It was a very strange, unique short and your comparison between it and The Twilight Zone is interesting. I wish I'd recorded it over Dream Wife but them's the breaks I guess. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
crispycomment Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Just wanted to say...I LOVE the Nostradamus shorts! I love the over-dramatic narration, I love the eerily accurate prophecies, I love the inevitable wartime propaganda tie-in at the end. I'd love to see more of the series (if there is more) - so far I'm just seeing the same 2 shorts repeated. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wayne Posted December 31, 2005 Share Posted December 31, 2005 Another 'One Reel Wonder' that pops up occasionally is MGM's final Nostradamus short---1944's "Nostradamus and the Bobby Soxer," in which the old soothsayer predicts: *the untimely death of Pres. Zachary Taylor *invention of the ice cream cone (but strangely, not the invention of ice cream) *U.S. rejection of the metric system *U.S. rejection of Donna Reed as 'Miss Ellie' on "Dallas" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jarhfive Posted January 3, 2006 Share Posted January 3, 2006 Wayne, quote: "Nostradamus...rejection of Donna Reed as 'Miss Ellie' on "Dallas"" I have been meaning to comment on your comment regarding the Nostradamus--network TV connection. A couple of years ago I interpreted Quatrain XXIVa as predicting the substitution of Dick York by Dick Sargent--"Bewitched", 1969. Quite specific as to the year...amazing! Thank you for writing about this interesting (and little known) topic. Rusty Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SamTherapy Posted January 5, 2006 Share Posted January 5, 2006 There's six in total . . . I believe. 1) Nostradamus 2) More About Nostradamus 3) Nostradamus and the Queen 4) Further Prophecies of Nostradamus 5) Nostradamus IV 6) Nostradamus Says So! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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