Monday, February 27, 2023

Saturday, February 25, 2023

There Are Two Things That Continue to Trouble Me

 


What really went on between Marilyn Monroe and the Kennedys and who really pulled the trigger on JFK?

Twin Peaks Day plus one. February 24. Diane, I am starting the Twin Peaks season one DVD now. Leftover decaf. No cherry pie. 

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

Thursday, February 23, 2023

Belle Grove, White Castle vic., Iberville Parish, Louisiana

 


Springtime in Central Park, NYC

 


Evergreen, Wallace vic., St. John the Baptist Parish, Louisiana

 


Pasadena, California

 


  • Jackson, William Henry, 1843-1942, photographer
  • Detroit Publishing Co., copyright claimant
  • Detroit Publishing Co., publisher
  • c1899.
  • Photochrom prints--Color.
  • https://www.loc.gov/item/2016802653/

Magnum, P.I. - A.A.P.I.

 


Season seven, episode four. Private detective convention where Magnum gets an award, plus period Magnum in black and white. Aired Oct. 22, 1986. Good guest cast. Luther H. Gillis is back (Eugene Roche), Clyde Kusatsu, Elisha Cook Jr., Annie Potts, Stephen J. Cannell.

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639618/

https://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season7/AAPI.html

There has been a persistent rumour for years that James Garner was originally pencilled in to make a cameo as Jim Rockford in this episode, but due to a dispute with Universal, the idea never came to fruition.

John D. MacDonald's 1962 novel A Flash of Green is seen on a nightstand in Magnum's hotel room. John D. MacDonald is one of the greatest mystery writers of all-time! In other episodes, Magnum is seen with books of Agatha Christie and Raymond Chandler

 Magnum: Tell me how you killed the Fatman and why.

Monster Cookies - "Force-Feeding Kids in Park" (Commercial, 1977)

 


Saturday, February 18, 2023

At Close Range (1986)

 


Directed by James Foley. Next on Tubi. Christopher Walken, Sean Penn, Mary Stuart Masterson, Chris Penn, Crispin Glover, Tracey Walter. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/at-close-range-1986


https://thisdistractedglobe.com/2011/09/10/at-close-range/

State of Grace (1990)

 


Directed by Phil Joanou. Now on Tubi. Gary Oldman, Sean Penn, Ed Harris, Robin Wright, John Turturro, John C. Reilly. 

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

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/state-of-grace-1990


https://www.denofgeek.com/movies/state-of-grace-gary-oldmans-finest-screen-performance/

https://www.dvdtalk.com/reviews/69096/state-of-grace/

1978 Keebler Elfwich Cookies TV commercial

 


Cannonball (1976)

 


Directed by Paul Bartel. Now on Tubi. Tak Fujimoto cinematography. David Carradine, Bill McKinney, Robert Carradine, Veronica Hamel, Gerrit Graham, Mary Woronov, Dick Miller, James Keach. Many director cameos. I also tracked down The Gumball Rally from the same year and I have The Cannonball Run on DVD. 

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

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


https://www.thespinningimage.co.uk/cultfilms/displaycultfilm.asp?reviewid=792&aff=16

Old Martha's Vineyard

 


1000 piece puzzle I just started. Got a better lamp to clamp on the bookshelves rather than use the overhead ceiling fan light.

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

Lum's With Milton Berle (Commercial, 1976)

 


Saturday, February 4, 2023

Magnum, P.I. - Photo Play

 


Season six, episode 20. Aired April 10, 1986. Higgins in the darkroom. Photographer accidentally gets a shot of something important that someone wants but she doesn't know what. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0639714/

https://magnum-mania.com/Episodes/Season6/Photo_Play.html

Higgins uses a Sony Betamax video recorder to tape the snooker games. At the time this show aired Sony's Beta was quickly losing to JVC's VHS tape system

 

Agente segreto 777 - Operazione Mistero (1965)

 




Eurospy coming up next found on Youtube. Mark Damon. 



Agente X 1-7 operazione Oceano (1965)

 


Eurospy found on Youtube coming up next. Lang Jeffries. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0060079/

https://fantasticmoviemusings.com/2017/06/22/agente-x-1-7-operacion-oceano-1965/

Fistful of Diamonds (1967)

 


Only a 4.8 IMDb rating but doesn't mean much for Eurospy movies. In general anything under a 6 IMDb is be wary of. Found on Youtube. Unfortunately this is the badly dubbed version that everyone says avoid. I'm used to it with spaghetti westerns and Eurospy on Youtube with variable quality. 

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061772/

https://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=47421