Category Archives: Movie Matinee

Oceania is the place to be…

Posted on August 13, 2012 by Joe_Williams

  While rooting around the Internet Archive channel on my Roku box, I found this curiosity from 1953 – Westinghouse’s Studio One presentation of George Orwell’s 1984 starring Eddie Albert!

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Roller Derby Circa 1949: New Jersey Vs Philadelphia

Posted on July 18, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a treat from the dawn of broadcast television I found while trawling the Internet Archive on my Roku box. It’s the ROLLER DERBY!

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Racket Squad!

Posted on January 8, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a relic from the early 1950s that I had never heard of until the lovely and talented Tina Garceau had bought me one of those inexpensive DVD gift sets of old television shows that had lapsed into the public … Continue reading →

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Poor Old Johnnie Ray

Posted on January 4, 2012 by Joe_Williams

Here is The Big Shot, a television drama from 1955 sponsored by General Electric, hosted by Ronald Reagan before he entered politics and starring teen heart-throb Johnnie Ray. Johnnie Ray has been said to be the bridge between crooner Frank … Continue reading →

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What I Want For Christmas – Lotsa Wavy Hair Like Liberace!

Posted on December 23, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Here’s a treasure from 1954 – Liberace’s Christmas Special! His brother George is there along with Santa Claus and the rest of Liberace’s family! Of course, it would be easy and/or lazy to make all of the obvious jokes about … Continue reading →

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A Christmas Carol – 1910

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Thomas Edison presents what is probably the first filmed version of A Christmas Carol.

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Black Friday Beckons or Tis The Season to Be Stressful

Posted on November 20, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Time flies. Somebody said something in work about the coming week being short, and then it dawned on me that it’s THANKSGIVING! That means that Christmas is right around the corner! Oh, crap! So soon? Don’t we still have Halloween … Continue reading →

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Don Draper Fired This Moron!

Posted on November 13, 2011 by Mrs. Crankipants

Couldn’t they get the Ann Margaret lookalike for this? “Man, it’s the sloppiest?” If only she knew?

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Deader Than A Philadelphia Nightclub

Posted on November 6, 2011 by Joe_Williams

After last week’s Halloween radio matinee, I decided to offer up some more audio delights this week with the wondrous works of Mr. Jack Webb! Before he was Joe Friday; before William Holden stole his girl in Sunset Boulevard, and … Continue reading →

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The Chicken Heart

Posted on October 30, 2011 by Joe_Williams

No video today. We are going to do something a little different and return to those thrilling days of yesteryear. Follow me as we enter the theater of the mind with a vintage radio drama! I first heard about this … Continue reading →

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The Greatest TV Show EVER – Condorman

Posted on October 26, 2011 by Joe_Williams

It’s sort of a delirious combination of the 1966 Batman series, Gatchaman, The Space Giants, James Bond and maybe Yo Gabba Gabba.

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Dawn of the Regional Do-It-Yourselfers

Posted on October 23, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I wasn’t going to include George A Romero’s 1968 classic because it is too much of an obvious choice. Because of the spate of zombie movies, comedies, remakes and particularly due to the success of The Walking Dead television series, … Continue reading →

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The Original Re-Animator

Posted on October 16, 2011 by Joe_Williams

I wish I could summon the late, great John Williams to do my intros like the one below which was a staple of UHF television and has stuck in my head for years. …but I digress. Imagine John Williams saying … Continue reading →

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Zombacalypse NOW

Posted on October 9, 2011 by Joe_Williams

Last week I looked at the legendarily bad Plan 9 From Outer Space and the sadly forgotten Invisible Invaders both of which are forerunners to the modern zombie genre that George Romero kicked off with his classic Night of the … Continue reading →

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