The Golden Horn: January 2022

Monday, January 31, 2022

Gilbert and Frank are joined by "surprise" guest callers Craig Bierko, Drew Friedman, Gino Salomone, Dave Thomas, Steven Weber and Billy West for a special celebration of 400 episodes (!) and 90+ minutes of conversation about substandard Stooges, fragrant movie stars, awkward celebrity encounters, Richard Kind-themed collectibles, the legend of Sammy Petrillo and the 50th anniversary of "The Heartbreak Kid." Also, Steven checks out Angie Dickinson, Drew parties with Peter Bogdanovich, Craig gets a phone call from Tony Randall and Gino shares a heartwarming tale about the late, great Sidney Poitier. PLUS: The Singing Nun! The return of Nipsey Russell! Bob Hope plays the BIG room! Dave pitches an "Oh God!" sequel! Grandpa Munster remembers the Andrews Sisters! And Frank looks back on (nearly) 400 podcast guests!

Saturday, January 29, 2022

1977 McDonald's Hashbrowns Commercial

1977.

Friday, January 28, 2022

My Blue Heaven (1990)

Directed by Herbert Ross. Rick Moranis. Steve Martin. Joan Cusack. William Hickey. Bill Irwin. Written by Nora Ephron. When I was a kid my grandmother would cut the entire stack of pancakes into little squares and then I would eat the little square stacks from the outside in in a circle. That was my system for eating pancakes.

You don't tip FBI men. Sure you do.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/My_Blue_Heaven_(1990_film)

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2021/07/whats-wrong-with-way-i-eat-pancakes.html

https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2015/08/a-ru-gula-25-years-of-my-blue-heaven/401531/

My Blue Heaven (1990)—“Will Stubbs”
DS: I thought I was cut out of that movie.
AVC: No, you’re definitely in it long enough for Rick Moranis to kick your ass.
DS: [Laughs.] I honestly had no idea if that made it in. I enjoyed working with Rick and Joan Cusack, but I couldn’t have told you what I did until you mentioned it. For whatever reason, I’d gotten the feeling that I’d been cut out of it. I never saw it. Either way, it apparently wasn’t a memorable part for me. But the people were nice. Steve Martin was certainly a nice guy.

https://www.avclub.com/daniel-stern-on-manhattan-jazzy-joe-pesci-and-writing-1798272260

https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/style/longterm/movies/videos/myblueheavenpg13kempley_a0a095.htm

WJW-TV8 Cleveland - Psychedelic "Late Movie" intro - 1970s

Suicide Kings (1998)

Directed by Peter O' Fallon. This came up in conversation earlier today when I mentioned I saw Christopher Walken in King of New York on Kanopy streaming. I somehow was able to recall the title after we were saying it's the Christopher Walken tied up movie. Bunch of dudes tie up Christopher Walken. Bad idea.

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

https://www.avclub.com/suicide-kings-1798195691

https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Gunplay-shoots-holes-in-Suicide-Kings-3093402.php

May 1987 - Bumper for WKBD Late Movie 'King Kong'

Thursday, January 27, 2022

Can O' History - Codex Gigas - The Devil's Bible

A giant illuminated manuscript. Czech. Thought to be the work of Herman the Recluse. Header image of the devil has been color enhanced and the footer is a facsimile copy. My family is also Czech and one of the public domain image uploaders on Wiki has a very similar name. I chuckled when I saw it. Another one of those shrimp/plate of shrimp moments I am so fond of.

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

The codex's bookbinding is wooden boards covered in leather, with ornate metal guards and fittings. At 92 cm (36 in) long, 50 cm (20 in) wide and 22 cm (8.7 in) thick, it is the largest known medieval manuscript. Weighing 74.8 kg (165 lb), Codex Gigas is composed of 310 leaves of vellum claimed to be made from the skins of 160 donkeys, or perhaps calfskin, covering 142.6 m² (1,535 sq ft) in total.

https://bookriot.com/10-things-know-devils-bible/

https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/codex-gigas-the-devil-s-bible

[Palm Beach, Fla., main entrance to the Royal Poinciana]

[between 1900 and 1910]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2016795644/

Wednesday, January 26, 2022

Top of the Shelf, Ma

I've got a couple of dragons up there too that you can see better below. That is a plastic dental school model skull.

Faygo Root Beer

And Diet Faygo with Joan Rivers.

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

Tuesday, January 25, 2022

Sgt. Hartman - Full Metal Jacket - Closed Captions Provided for the Height Impaired

You don't scare me. Work on it. Watch this with the captions on. Very nicely done. A guy in my fraternity at LSU in the 80s made the mistake of showing up for Marine boot camp wearing his pledge jersey and his little Hispanic DI wrote the Greek letters on his forehead with a Sharpie every morning for a week.

The Short-Timers - Gustav Hasford

Full Metal Jacket. The hardcover is ex-library, otherwise it would be worth a considerable amount. As it is I only paid a quarter. The paperback is also worth quite a bit since the book is out of print and demand is high.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Short-Timers

https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/SearchResults?an=gustav%20hasford&cm_sp=sort-_-SRP-_-Results&sortby=1&tn=the%20short-timers

Price ranges above at AbeBooks.

Monday, January 24, 2022

Sandwich of the Day: Pot Roast with Comeback Sauce

This is a new one on me. My mother gave me some leftover chili and pot roast, and Comeback sauce, which I had never heard of. Mississippi sauce. Good sandwich. I have enough for another one so I might get a pic tomorrow. First one already gone. Comeback sauce is mayo, chile sauce, ketchup, Creole mustard, worcestershire, onion, garlic, pepper.

https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-southern-comeback-sauce-3060557

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

[People arriving at a Chicago theater for show starring, in person, Jack Carson, Marion Hutton, and Robert Alda]

1949.

Kubrick, Stanley, photographer

https://www.loc.gov/item/2004671586/

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/01/vintage-wrestling.html

Matthew Modine on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/

https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/matthew-modine

Gilbert and Frank are joined by actor and filmmaker Matthew Modine ("Full Metal Jacket," "Birdy," "Married to the Mob") for a wildly entertaining and frequently hilarious conversation about the viciousness of film critics, the awkwardness of sex scenes, the unpredictability of chimps, the cruel fate of "Cutthroat Island" and his working relationships with Robert Altman, John Schlesinger and Stanley Kubrick. Also, Bruce Dern bumps off The Duke, Wallace Shawn stars in "12 Angry Men," Oliver Reed shows off a very special tattoo and Matthew and Gilbert co-star in the unforgettable "Funky Monkey." PLUS: Jiminy Glick! Ray Walston! "Jesus Was a Commie"! The cinema of Alan Pakula! The poetry of R. Lee Ermey!

Saturday, January 22, 2022

Collateral (2004)

Directed by Michael Mann. Tom Cruise. Jamie Foxx. DVD up next. Also a solid thriller.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/collateral-2004

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/43115/collateral/

https://www.avclub.com/collateral-1798199923

WJW-TV8 Cleveland - "The Nite Movie" Graphics, 1977

Nighthawks (1981)

Directed by Bruce Malmuth. Sylvester Stallone, Billy Dee Williams, Rutger Hauer. DVD playing now. Pretty solid thriller.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nighthawks_(1981_film)

https://thespinningimage.co.uk/article/displayarticle.asp?articleid=355

https://geeksofdoom.com/2019/08/01/look-back-nighthawks-rutger-hauer

http://mooninthegutter.blogspot.com/2008/02/overlooked-classic-of-week-nighthawks.html

Ghostbusters Cereal

1985.

No Way Can a Coyote Survive a Gunpowder Sandwich

Well, I suppose that proves that the coyote's the Antichrist.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0539912/

Cheers season four, ep. 15 The Triangle. Part of a larger discussion on the existential aspects of the Roadrunner cartoons.

Woody: It's quick, it's simple, and you don't have to send away for one of those kits or anything.
Carla: What kits?
Woody: You know, like the coyote does in the Road Runner cartoons. By the way, now, I always wondered, if he can afford to buy those kits to catch the Road Runner, why can't he afford to buy something to eat?
Cliff: Woody, I think you're missing the point here. It's not that Wile E. Coyote wants to eat, necessarily, or that he wants to eat a roadrunner. What he wants is to eat that particular roadrunner. It's very existential.
Diane: We're trying to save a man's life here.
Norm: Yeah, Cliff, really. Besides, I have to disagree with you, you know. You never see the coyote eat anything else. Think about it. You never really see him eat anything at all, which could be why he's missing the damn bird all the time, you know. The brain needs sugar. Think about it. You gotta clamp...
Carla: Yeah, yeah, yeah. But did you guys ever see the one where there were two roadrunners?
Sam: Two roadrunners?

https://tvquot.es/cheers/the-triangle/

Friday, January 21, 2022

Roadie 1980 TV trailer

Meat Loaf, RIP.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roadie_(1980_film)

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

The mystic picture--The puzzle of the Century--Figure it out

1895-1900. Mechanical postcard showing face of man which changes to another man when tab is pulled down.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2008681173/

Thursday, January 20, 2022

Sharky's Machine (1981)

Directed by Burt Reynolds. His best film as a director. William Diehl book. I have this paperback somewhere. Good book. Brian Keith, Richard Libertini, Charles Durning, Henry Silva, Bernie Casey, Earl Holliman, Rachel Ward. William A. Fraker cinematography.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sharky%27s_Machine

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/sharkys-machine-1981

http://craneshot.blogspot.com/2012/08/nobody-leans-on-sharkys-machine.html

https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/1981/12/19/provocative-machine/3ee6e4e1-99aa-408d-b17f-be8ec037eda1/

WLS Channel 7 - Late Night Movie - "A Woman Rebels" (Opening, 1980)

The Great Train Robbery (1978)

Directed by Michael Crichton. Sean Connery, Donald Sutherland, Lesley-Anne Down. Free with Ads on Youtube. I have this DVD and the book. Book is good.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-great-train-robbery-1979

https://www.tcm.com/tcmdb/title/76934/the-great-train-robbery#articles-reviews?articleId=78527

WSNS Channel 44 - "All Night Movies" (Promo, 1980)

Gator (1976)

Directed by Burt Reynolds. His first movie as director. Free with Ads on Youtube. Jerry Reed, Jack Weston, Lauren Hutton, Alice Ghostley. Sequel to White Lightning. Cinematography by William A. Fraker. Poster art by Robert McGinnis. The TV show Archer made a mistake when they referenced this in the swamp episode by saying Gator is actually the better of the two movies. It's not. It is entertaining. Any movie with a kick-ass boat chase and Jerry Reed theme song gets high marks in my book. Stunt coordinator and second unit director Hal Needham. White Lightning is also on Youtube for free.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gator-1976

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/65700/gator/

Titles and song The Ballad of Gator McClusky.

https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=5205

Snow fences. Lamoille County, Vermont

1937 Sept.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017776095/

Stockard Channing in Just Friends

1979 CBS. This promo is new. Followed the next year with The Stockard Channing Show. 13 episodes.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_Friends_(TV_series)

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

Forget It Jake, It's Kinjatown

I am surprised that the people who deleted The Golden Horn would do such a thing.

https://www.mediaite.com/news/a-v-club-staffers-quit-after-management-demands-they-move-from-chicago-to-l-a-without-cost-of-living-raise/

A.V. Club Staffers Quit After Management Demands They Move from Chicago to L.A. Without Cost-of-Living Raise

The Los Angeles Times reported earlier this week that one of the Chicago employees who was invited to move was actually writing an article for the A.V. Club when she discovered her own job was posted online — in California.
“At first I was like, ‘Is this a mistake?’” said A.V. Club senior writer Katie Rife. “That is something that I have never experienced in my professional career … and I gotta say it was pretty disheartening.”

Simon & Simon - Red Dog Blues

Season two, episode 22. March 24, 1983. Cleavon Little, Darleen Carr, Robert Englund, James Avery, Sam Scarber. This one also notable because Ricky Jay appears teaching the Simons three-card monte and the benefits of good patter. Darleen Carr later married A.J. Simon but here Rick was romancing her.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0700947/

1983 Winchell's Donuts "Deli sandwiches 1/2 price" TV Commercial

Monday, January 17, 2022

Sally Struthers Part 1 (and 2) on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast

https://soundcloud.com/gilbertgottfried/sally-struthers-part-1

In the first part of a two-part episode, Emmy-winning actress Sally Struthers joins Gilbert and Frank for a fascinating and laugh-filled conversation about the aloofness of Rudy Vallee, the eccentricities of Sam Peckinpah, the versatility of Bill Dana, the unexplainable existence of "The Phynx" and the recent 50th anniversary of "All in the Family." Also, Jack Nicholson shops at Tiffany's, Steve McQueen romances Ali MacGraw, Rod Steiger gives Sally the heebie-jeebies and Bob Hope visits the “Planet of the Shapes." PLUS: Jack Benny! Ned Glass! "Five Easy Pieces"! "The Tim Conway Comedy Hour"! The many faces of Sammy Davis Jr! And Sally remembers friends and co-stars Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton!

https://www.gilbertpodcast.com/sally-struthers-part-two/

In this conclusion of a memorable two-part episode, veteran screen and stage actress Sally Struthers regales Gilbert and Frank with entertaining backstage tales from “All in the Family,” “The Gilmore Girls” and the all-female production of Neil Simon’s “The Odd Couple,” while sharing personal recollections of Joan Crawford, David Frost, Betty Garrett, Liz Torres and her idol and hero Ruth Gordon. Also, Burgess Meredith philosophizes, Katharine Hepburn paints a birthday card, Sally “gooses” Dennis the Menace and Mel Blanc shows off his vanity license plate. PLUS: Burt Mustin! “Harold and Maude”! “The Great Houdini”! The genius of Rupert Holmes! Colonel Potter goes to Russia! And Sally dates the King of Rock ‘n’ Roll and…wait for it…Pat McCormick!

Magnum, P.I. - Limited Engagement

Pickled egg, please. Season four, episode five. Snoop Sisters alert. Baseball card collection alert. Darleen Carr alert. Another favorite Magnum. Mildred Natwick, one of the Snoop Sisters, plays one of the residents of the old folks home. Old entertainers home. Some jerk put the beer in the aisle.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639682/

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

N. Y. City in snow storm

1/24/08 Photograph shows the East Side of New York City during a snow storm.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2014680017/

Quincy McMillan And Wife & Harry-O 1981 The CBS Late Movie Promo

Sunday, January 16, 2022

Mr. Monk Gets Drunk

Season four, episode five. Second ep. on Me-TV tonight after Mr. Monk Goes to the Office. Wine country. Daniel Roebuck. Paul Ben-Victor. Richard Libertini.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0650596/

https://monk.fandom.com/wiki/Mr._Monk_Gets_Drunk

Harry's

Hey, it's Harry and Lou's Delicatessen from Wings. He screwed me blue!

[between 1935 and 1942]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2017772625/

Gemeinde Brau

Saturday, January 15, 2022

James Ellroy

Crime fiction.

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

https://www.theparisreview.org/interviews/5948/the-art-of-fiction-no-201-james-ellroy

Hostess Donuts

1985.

Friday, January 14, 2022

Avalanche of snow across railroad tracks

[between 1890 and 1930]

https://www.loc.gov/item/99614490/

Karen

1975 ABC. Karen Valentine. 13 episodes. There are one or two of these on Youtube at the moment.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karen_(1975_TV_series)

Thursday, January 13, 2022

Bonanza Restaurants (Commercial, 1977)

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

Snow Plow

Sacramento, Calif. : Golden State Photographic Gallery, [between 1865 and 1869]

https://www.loc.gov/item/2005683033/

Wednesday, January 12, 2022

Barq's

80s root beer.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barq%27s

Tuesday, January 11, 2022

West End Lake Shore Park, New Orleans, 1915

https://www.loc.gov/item/2007662204/

CBS Late Movie promo Hart to Hart & Columbo 1983

Schrafft's, Esso Building, Rockefeller Center, New York. Sandwich department

1948 July 2.

https://www.loc.gov/item/2018747916/

Monday, January 10, 2022

Road to Perdition (2002)

Directed by Sam Mendes. Tom Hanks. Paul Newman. Also Free with Ads on Youtube. I also have this DVD. Conrad Hall cinematography.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/road-to-perdition-2002

https://www.avclub.com/road-to-perdition-1798219624

https://theasc.com/magazine/aug02/perdition/index.html

WABC 1980 The Movie In The Morning Promo

Thunderbolt and Lightfoot (1974)

Directed by Michael Cimino. Clint Eastwood. Jeff Bridges. New Free with Ads on Youtube. One of my favorite movies. I also have this DVD. George Kennedy, Geoffrey Lewis.

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

https://trailersfromhell.com/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-2/

https://medium.com/talking-pictures/thunderbolt-and-lightfoot-1974-9142def3364c

https://thedissolve.com/reviews/1576-thunderbolt-and-lightfoot/

The Warriors 1979 TV trailer

Director Walter Hill born today. Also William Sanderson. Pat Benatar. Bernard Lee.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/January_10

Limon Bay, High Tide

John Moran, "Limon Bay, High Tide.", 1871, Albumen silver print.

https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:John_Moran,_%22Limon_Bay,_High_Tide.%22,_1871,_Albumen_silver_print.jpg

Arby's 1981 Happy Beefday Commercial

On my birthday. I was hoping to get a meatball poboy but I don't know if I want to be out.

Sunday, January 9, 2022

Movie Tie-Ins

Kind of like the older DVDs, forgetting what I have, I haven't looked at some of these paperbacks in years. I have a small collection of movie tie-in paperbacks.

https://thegoldenhornblog.blogspot.com/2020/04/movie-tie-in-paperbacks.html

Harry and Walter Go to New York (1976)

Directed by Mark Rydell. Elliott Gould. James Caan. Period crime comedy. Michael Caine, Diane Keaton, Charles Durning, Brion James, Jack Gilford, Lesley Ann Warren, Burt Young.

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/harry-and-walter-go-to-new-york-1976