Thrilling Days of Yesteryear
A blog dedicated to classic films, television and old-time radio...with occasional detours into my wacky personal life and other interests.
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- Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 4: “Lights out…everybody!” on Nov 26, 2009 in Blogathons Movies of interest Old-time radio Other blogs
One of my favorite sequences in Targets (1968), the celebrated cult film classic that stars Boris Karloff as a actor/horror icon who decides to quit the movie business when he feels his “old-fashioned” horror can’t compete with the terror that...
- Happy Thanksgiving! on Nov 26, 2009 in Comic strips Holidays
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- Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 3: “If it can happen to the gerenuk, it can happen to you.” on Nov 25, 2009 in TV on DVD Classic television Blogathons Sitcoms Other blogs
No one can deny the enormous impact that Boris Karloff made on the silver screen throughout his amazing career—but I believe that not mentioning his many memorable appearances on the small screen would be giving him short shrift as well. In fact,...
- When worlds collide #72 on Nov 25, 2009 in When worlds collide Comic strips
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- "Careful...she's not bluffing about that ham!" on Nov 24, 2009 in WTF Lady and Sons comedy
Chef Paula Deen accidentally hit by charity hamATLANTA (AP) — Celebrity chef Paula Deen got an unexpected serving of ham — across her face. The Food Network star was helping unload 25,000 pounds of donated meat for an Atlanta food bank on Monday...
- Boris Karloff Blogathon, Day 2: “There's a curtain, a wall I can't get through…” on Nov 24, 2009 in WTF Blogathons Movies of interest Classic movies Other blogs horror
Day 2 of Frankensteinia’s Boris Blogathon continues from where we left off yesterday—the remaining two features from the Boris Karloff: Icons of Horror collection… Before I Hang (1940) – This Columbia “Mad Doctor” entry only runs 62 minut...
- Life lessons #88 on Nov 24, 2009 in Personal stuff Comic strips
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