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Category Archive: Stuff Joe Likes
The Greatest TV Show EVER – Condorman
It’s sort of a delirious combination of the 1966 Batman series, Gatchaman, The Space Giants, James Bond and maybe Yo Gabba Gabba.
My Year With the Roku
1993 was the last time I had cable television. I was moving into a new apartment and couldn’t come up with a compelling reason why I wanted another bill to pay. Taking a day off from work to play cable installer roulette held no particular appeal for me either. I’m not anti-TV, but I couldn’t …
What I Miss About Comics…Martial Arts Lessons on 12″ Long Playing Records
Learning the martial arts and becoming a Master of Men was within your grasp thanks to a correspondence course and a long playing 12″ 33 1/3 RPM instructional record which could be had for unbelievable price of 16¢ a lesson! I wonder if students taking the course had the problem of the record skipping due …
What I Miss About Comics…Coffee, Tea or Me
Tucked away in an issue of Special Marvel Edition No. 5 is yet another career training ad. This one is for career training for jobs in the airline industry, and it seems to push the fringe benefits of free airline travel and the possibility of meeting a Texas oil millionaire over the actual jobs themselves. …
Sunday Matinee: A Hearty Welcome to Our Drive-In Theatre
Remember when the terms First Run, Second Run and Drive-In were used referring to movie theaters. Some towns had what we called dollar theaters which seemed to catch the very tail end of a movie’s release. Others had revival houses where the theater owner would rent a print of an old film long out of …
Shaking Down Your Friends, Family and Acquaintances…What I Miss About Comics
Everyone You Know Needs Christmas Cards. Of course, if everyone you know doesn’t celebrate Christmas, think of all of the fun they’re going to miss out on! The tree! The lights! The decorations! Nat King Cole! Work that angle, kid! You want that 50 to 200 scoots, don’t you? You call yourself a salesman? Well, …
Dawn of the Home Video Revolution…Kingdom of the Spiders
This one is for frequent visitor and commenter JT who mentioned this cinematic marvel in the comments section of my last Dawn of the Home Video Revolution post. As luck would have it, Kingdom of the Spiders is one of movies featured in the VCI video brochure from the early days of home video. JT, …
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