The Complete Sherlock Holmes

 

These are both nice to have around the house. I have seen a large chunk of the Holmes adaptations, both TV and movies. On DVD I have: Murder by Decree, Without a Clue, Private Life of Sherlock Holmes, Hammer Hound of Baskervilles, The Adventure of Sherlock Holmes' Smarter Brother. I have the Seven-Per-Cent Solution book and the 1987 TV movie and failed pilot with Margaret Colin, The Return of Sherlock Holmes, was another one I found on Youtube. I am watching the 1976 Larry Hagman TV movie right now (The Return of the World's Greatest Detective.)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adaptations_of_Sherlock_Holmes

The Return of the World's Greatest Detective

 

1976 NBC TV movie and failed pilot. Larry Hagman. Sherlock Holmes. Jenny O'Hara as Watson. Nicholas Colasanto, Sid Haig, Ron Silver. Dean Hargrove written and directed. Found on Youtube.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Return_of_the_World%27s_Greatest_Detective

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0075134/

Lenny and the Squigtones - Night After Night

 

Won't make me sleep on the sofa night after night.

Seattle - Triple X Root Beer - 1940

 

Triple X Root Beer, Seattle, Washington, 1940. The Seattle Municipal Archives says this seems to have been located on 4th Avenue South.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Seattle_-_Triple_X_Root_Beer_-_1940.jpg

https://issaquahhistory.org/triple-x-root-beer-drive-in/

Mug

 

1989 root beer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mug_Root_Beer

Magnum, P.I. - Smaller Than Life

 

Season four, episode three. Aired Oct. 13, 1983. Cork Hubbert. Magnum is injured and in hospital in this ep. (hang gliding accident.) Is Rick's neighborhood pal a con man, spy, or thief? 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639722/

http://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season4/Smaller_Than_Life.html

Arby's Restaurants The Four Hour Sandwich Is 5 minutes Away 1972

 

ABC promo The Dick Cavett Show 1970s

 

Beaverhead County, Montana. Snow band and snow fence

 

1942.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017814547/

The Italian Job (1969)

 

Directed by Peter Collinson. Michael Caine. New Free with Ads on Youtube. I also have this DVD. Cult crime caper.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Italian_Job

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-italian-job-how-studio-accounting-said-it-lost-money/

https://www.avclub.com/the-italian-job-dvd-1798199026

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=945

Austria. Snow scene

 

1919-20.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016851408/

OJ's

 

1985 cereal.

CBS Promo - Magnum P.I. Christmas Day -12-25-80

 

Harper's [for] Christmas

 

1895. Young woman and Santa Claus lifting glass.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2002720209/

[Snow, Washington, D.C.]

 

1922 January.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016891160/

Trading Places (1983)

 

Directed by John Landis. This was another DVD I purchased just for this time of year. It's an opera.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trading_Places

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/trading-places-1983

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2015/12/trading-places/421899/

https://screenrant.com/things-never-knew-about-trading-places-1983/ 

 

The Ref (1994)

 

Directed by Ted Demme. Christmas Eve crime movie. Denis Leary, Judy Davis, Kevin Spacey, Richard Bright. DVD up next. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ref

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ref-1994

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/the-ref-1994-lookbackreview/

https://www.criminalelement.com/under-the-radar-movies-you-may-have-missedthe-ref-1994/

Christmas subjects. Potomac Electric Power Co., Christmas greetings

 

c1920-50. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019684970/

The Ice Harvest (2005)

 

Directed by Harold Ramis. Christmas Eve crime movie. Written by Robert Benton and Richard Russo. DVD next. Billy Bob Thornton, Randy Quaid, John Cusack, Mike Starr, Oliver Platt. Pancakes. This is tonight's schedule.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Ice_Harvest

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-ice-harvest-2005

https://medium.com/@arthousepunch/why-you-watch-the-ice-harvest-2005-4ce0aba7112f

https://www.avclub.com/when-dr-egon-met-lloyd-dobler-case-file-136-the-ice-1798216376

Snow scene, Lafayette Park

 

1909-23. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016820621/

WGN Channel 9 - "Season's Greetings Christmas Tree" (Bumper, 1979)

 

1992 USA UP ALL NIGHT CHRISTMAS SHOW with GILBERT GOTTFRIED & PETER IASILLO, JR.

 

George ZitrO

5 years ago

I should have stayed home this night... Dec 19-1992... u started working at a nightclub, got a waitress prego.... my life ended...I should have stayed and watched USA UP, All-night and I would be happy single, and rich... and single...

Santas Raining Blows on Ed O'Neill

 

Stop, stop, he's already dead! "It's a Bundyful Life" with Sam Kinison. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0642303/

WPIX XMAS PROMO 1979

 

Christmas Eve Specials.

Christmas shopping. Radford, Virginia

 

1940 Dec.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017811545/

Wings - All About Christmas Eve

 

Season 8, episode 11. Phil Leeds returns as Lou - What the heck is Yoda doing here? Abe Vigoda as the brother. First aired December 18, 1996. All the Wings Christmas episodes are pretty good. Pretty odd.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0749207/

A Christmas Special

 

Various 70s and 80s network TV Christmas specials. 

Cousins Subs - Last Minute Holiday Shopping (1991)

 

It's an actual Big Sandwich.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cousins_Subs

The Dance Fever Christmas Special - WFLD Channel 32 (1980)

 This is new.

Blast from the Past (1999)

 

Directed by Hugh Wilson. Hot Dr. Pepper. Brendan Fraser, Sissy Spacek, Alicia Silverstone, Christopher Walken, Dave Foley. Because he must. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blast_from_the_Past_(film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/blast-from-the-past-1999

https://www.avclub.com/blast-from-the-past-1798191991

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/12/dick-clark-for-hot-dr-pepper.html

Rondo Citrus Soda

 

The Thirst Crusher. I remembered this yellow can in the late 70s, early 80s.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rondo_(soft_drink)

https://discover.hubpages.com/entertainment/The-Phantom-That-Was-Rondo-Cola

https://www.metv.com/lists/10-defunct-sodas-we-wish-we-could-still-drink

Retail Christmas Story Shoppers

 

1974.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2019631433/

Quirst

 Lemonade drink.

Scrooged (1988)

 

Directed by Richard Donner. Bill Murray. The Night the Reindeer Died. I've watched this one the last couple of years. Not in my original Christmas rotation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scrooged

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/scrooged-1988

https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/great-christmas-movies-scrooged/

https://www.mentalfloss.com/article/71730/22-fun-facts-about-scrooged

Santa Medley

Santa post thought lost and found in the Kinja archive. This took two days to put together. With Christmas music.

Arpad Okay

12/19/15 9:59pm

this post is a-fucking-mazing.

Nate and Hayes (1983)

 

Directed by Ferdinand Fairfax. Tommy Lee Jones. A swashbuckling adventure. Michael O'Keefe, Jenny Seagrove. John Hughes worked on the script. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nate_and_Hayes

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/nate-and-hayes-1983

https://www.dvdtalk.com/dvdsavant/s2055nate.html

A Bob Hope Christmas

 

Various promos NBC. 1977 header.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bob_Hope_television_specials

Christmas Orange

 

My grandmother put oranges in the toes of the Christmas stockings.

https://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/why-we-should-bring-back-tradition-christmas-orange-180971101/

https://www.thekitchn.com/heres-why-we-put-oranges-in-stockings-at-christmas-holiday-traditions-from-the-kitchn-213985

Header is postcard 1900-10. A carload of mammoth navel oranges from California.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2008680519/

Christmas 2021 with Mario Cantone

 

https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/christmas-2021-with-mario

Gilbert and Frank usher in yet another holiday season with actor, singer and fan favorite Mario Cantone, who chimes in on a sackful of topics, including the joys of Albert Finney's "Scrooge," the enduring appeal of the Snow Miser, the genius of Stephen Sondheim, the 100th birthday of Judy Garland and the new "Sex in the City" reboot, "And Just Like That." Also, Mel Gibson celebrates Hanukkah (!), Gilbert replaces Kim Cattrall, Bette Davis makes like Maria von Trapp and Emannuel Lewis learns the true meaning of Christmas. PLUS: "Cricket on the Hearth"! The ghost of Charles Nelson Reilly! Santa hangs ten! Iago sings! Mario reenacts "The Birds"! And the boys get a surprise Christmas visit from a showbiz legend!

Johnny Dangerously (1984)

 

Directed by Amy Heckerling. Crime film parody. Released December 21, 1984. Michael Keaton. Farging iceholes!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Johnny_Dangerously

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/johnny-dangerously-1984

https://hiitsburl.blogspot.com/2021/01/burl-reviews-johnny-dangerously-1984.html

Burger King Breakfast Sandwich

 

1985.

Load of Xmas trees, N.Y.

 

c1910-15.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014689328/

1962 Budweiser Christmas Advertisement Life Magazine December 21 1962

 

https://www.flickr.com/photos/91591049@N00/15863755199

Honolulu, Hawaii

 

c1910. 

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007662075/

The Golden Horn Finally Reaches 300 Movies

 

35 Film Noir. 17 Eurospy. 19 Spaghetti Westerns. Kinja Golden Horn had over 1400. A reminder that WordPress Golden Horn has over 500 TV spots. New ones still added occasionally. First link below.  More blogspot Golden Horn movie numbers: 8 Buddy Cops. 70 Cult Films. 76 Crime Films. 11 Blaxploitation. 10 Directors. 14 Cinematographers. 

https://thegoldenhornblog.home.blog/blog-feed/

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Crime%20Films

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Cult%20Films

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/search/label/Film%20Noir

Black Rain (1989)

 

Directed by Ridley Scott. Michael Douglas. Andy Garcia. Yakuza. Motorcycles. Jan de Bont cinematography. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Rain_(1989_American_film)

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/black-rain-1989

https://www.avclub.com/black-rain-special-collectors-edition-1798202087

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/blackrainrkempley_a09fde.htm

[The Pali]

 

c1901. Hawaii--Nuuanu Pali Natural Park.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007662087/

CBS Late Movie promo Murder by Decree 1981

 

Phantom Lady (1944)

 

Directed by Robert Siodmak. Film noir. Elisha Cook Jr. on the drums. Cornell Woolrich novel. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_Lady_(film)

https://trailersfromhell.com/phantom-lady/

http://platoshrimp.blogspot.com/2009/08/phantom-lady-1944-87-min.html

https://www.slantmagazine.com/dvd/review-robert-siodmaks-phantom-lady-on-arrow-academy-blu-ray/