Congrats to the Professor who turns 100 this week! Here he is, already a little old man in '66!
Wednesday, 30 July 2014
Sunday, 27 July 2014
Sunday, 20 July 2014
Friday, 18 July 2014
At last! Obviously, one of the highlights of '66 was the BATMAN TV series with Adam West and Burt Ward. After years of having to settle for self-recorded reruns or bootleg discs from 16 mm, this November the entire series will be officially released, apparently with all the proper bells and whistles! Stay tuned.
Sunday, 6 July 2014
One of then great titles of all time for what was essentially the final film in the AIP beach party cycle, in spite of the fact that most original cast members had all already moved on. Even the great Buster Keaton was replaced by (the also great) Benny Rubin in this one. Tying in to the horror craze, Basil Rathbone and Boris Karloff appear and seem to be having great fun. Tommy Kirk and Deborah Walley are the ostensible leads with Aron Kincaid and Harvey Lembeck in their traditional antagonist roles. Some clever spfx shots!
Sunday, 22 June 2014
Tuesday, 10 June 2014
Sunday, 8 June 2014
'66 was a big year for former Warner Brothers contract lead Ronald Wilson Reagan, seen here in a LIFE photo that year. His final acting appearances appeared and he moved into politics, campaigning for Governor of California on a very conservative platform...and winning. He would, of course, go on to even bigger government office. Love him or hate him, whether one discusses the history of Hollywood or the US itself--or even the world of the 20th Century--it can't be discussed without discussing this man.
Sunday, 1 June 2014
F TROOP was ostensibly a western sitcom but was filled with anarchist, MAD-style humor, all built around the antics at Fort Courage and highlighted by the unofficial comedy teaming of once and future tough guy actor Forrest Tucker with former Vaudevillian and cartoon voice actor Larry Storch. The series itself ran for 2 seasons beginning in 1965. The first two issues of the comic book series came out in late '66.
You can help LarryStorch get a well-deserved Walk of Fame star! Go here to contribute!
Saturday, 24 May 2014
Unrelated to the 1956 movie of the same name, this was a short-lived but well-done Cold War spy drama featuring Robert Lansing--then recently fired from 12 O'CLOCK HIGH--as an agent who assumes the identity of a lookalike millionaire playboy when he is killed, a plot also used around that same time in the MARTIAN MANHUNTER series in comics!
Thursday, 15 May 2014
Thursday, 8 May 2014
In 1966, veteran French character actor Louis De Funes was well on his way to becoming even higher on that country's totem pole of comedy than Jerry Lewis and his vehicle here was le Grand Restaurant--although the German poster above capitalizes on the actor's mere presence by calling the fikm, translated, LOUIS THE SPAGHETTI CHEF!
He never quite caught on in the US, his biggest attempt probably being the early seventies comedy., THE MAD ADVENTURES OF RABBI JACOB. Although highly touted by some influential critics, the American public stayed away.
Saturday, 3 May 2014
A group that rarely gets enough credit for their pop success is The Turtles. They were riding high for a few years in the second half of the 1960s, led by the perfect pop vocals of Howard Kaylen and the inimitable and indescribable kibitzing of Mark Volman, the future Flo & Eddie. Behind the scenes their managers were screwing them over but onstage no one ever seemed to be having enough fun performing as they did.
Monday, 21 April 2014
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