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Email Us Ad Banner Rates Writers' MySpace Pages Classics From The Vault Stories/Interviews Information/Politics Blasts From The Past Discontinued Fiction Discontinued Section CF Interview Series PCR ARCHIVES    Assistant Editor / Co-Moderator:  Terence Nuzum. Established A.D. 2000, March 19. Now in our tenth calendar year! Number 484  (Vol. 10, No. 27). This edition is for the week of June 29--July 5, 2009. Lisa Scherer Ciurro's Tampa Bay Area Indie Film News -- Always Current Issue The All New Schlockarama: GRINDHOUSE! 10 most recent postings: The Prowler The Beast of Yucca Flats It's Alive Tombs of the Blind Dead Videodrome Black Caesar Prom Night Blood Diner Raw Meat Hell High He Knows You're Alone TOP 10 Weekend Box Office, Friday through Sunday (June 26--28, 2009) 1. "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen," $112 M 2. "The Proposal," $18.5 M 3. "The Hangover," $17.2 M 4. "Up," $13 M 5. "My Sister's Keeper," $12 M 6. "Year One," $5.8 M 7. "The Taking of Pelham 1 2 3," $5.4 M 8. "Star Trek," $3.6 M 9. "Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian," $3.5 M 10. "Away We Go," $1.7 M JULY BIRTHDAYS U.S.A., July 4, 233 yrs. Phillip Smith, July 26, 24 yrs. "Public Enemies" The British Invasion and Garage Bands a Go-Go The Monster Squad: The Complete Collection Please check back! Dr. Paul Bearer - Where It All Started .... .... Wghp-tv .... The Gags .... .... The Hearse .... What's It Worth? .... r please Check Back! .... .... .... .... .... .... .... / The Music .... Have You Heard This One? .... America Wouldn't Know Talent If It Bit It In The Ass .... Please Have Kleenex Ready .... Passing On .... Happy Birthday U.s.a. .... .... .... My Favorite Films, Part 2... h And Away We Go! Joining...Here We Go Again! Happy 4th of July, Everyone! Karl Malden, Dead at 97 Ye Olde Editor Interviewed by the Miami Examiner Ain't Gonna Study War No More More on MJ's Kids Another Sad and Nutty Week (Billy Mays, Fred Travalena, Roy Huston) Madoff Made Off Moving On (Transformers)... Readers Comments KARL MALDEN DEAD AT 97 POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, JULY 2, 2009 Joining the ludicrous avalanche of celebrities dropping dead these last two weeks is Karl Malden (A Streecar Named Desire, The Streets of San Francisco, AmEx commercials) at the age of 97 of natural causes. Mike Smith will have his hands full again this week in The Rant with all the new obits. YE OLDE EDITOR INTERVIEWED FOR THE EXAMINER POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, JULY 1, 2009 Yours Truly was recently interviewed by Examiner columnist Julianne Draper. I am grateful to Juli for the opportunity to share some thoughts with her readers. Message Board poster Lauré started a thread on this, bless her devilish little heart! AIN'T GONNA STUDY WAR NO MORE... POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, JULY 1, 2009 OK, that subject line may not exactly be accurate, but Crazed Fanboy contributor, George Roth, whose 2006 article, "A Solution to Prevent Accidental Nuclear War," actually elicited responses on other websites besides this one, has composed a new essay: The Fallacy of Conventional War in the Nuclear Age. Those interested in such a topic are encouraged to check it out. MORE ON M.J.'s KIDS POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, JULY 1, 2009 According to Us Weekly, the biological father of Prince and Paris Jackson is Michael Jackson's dermatologist Arnold Klein, whose former employee is Debbie Rowe. "He is the dad," says a Jackson insider. "He and Debbie signed an agreement saying they would never reveal the truth." Jackson's youngest child, Prince Michael II, was born to an unknown surrogate. So...Jackson was so freaking dysfunctional he couldn't even sire his own kids. Not even sure he and his former wives ever slept in the same room--or lived together at all. ANOTHER SAD AND NUTTY WEEK POSTED BY NOLAN B. CANOVA, JUNE 30, 2009 At The Movies........ • Transformers 2 • Land of the Lost • Terminator Salvation • Star Trek • X-Men Origins: Wolverine Television, Radio, CDs, DVDs, Books........ • 2009 Music, so far Announcements and Feedback............. • Nolan Canova online interview • State of Insanity (Re: "State of the Nation" column) Your Call!......... • Celebs: Friend or Foe? • Obama compared to God by Newsweek • Great One-Liners • Wrestling With Reality This just in: Turns out Michael Jackson fathered none of his children and Debbie Rowe was the surrogate for two! In vitro, baby! Wooohooooo, too weird. This is un-freakin'-believable. I no sooner put the "obituary" PCR to bed last week, then a new crop of notable deaths occurs. OK, this is it -- the last death issue. Note to celebs: STOP DYING ALREADY! The noise from the premature death of Michael Jackson was still ringing in my ears when I heard about TV pitchman Billy Mays, 50, dying of a heart attack and the Readers' Comments started pouring in. The report where a bonk on the head from a bumpy airplane landing had anything to do with it turned out to be false. Anyway, I would've never predicted such tumult over an infomercial guy, especially one voted by AOL pollsters as the "most annoying voice on television." Not that I ever wanted anything bad to happen to him, don't get me wrong. But it seemed incongruous. Apparently, he was so annoying he was beloved? Not sure I get it. OK, I guess he'll be hard to replace. R.I.P. Billy Mays. Far more personal to me was the tragically under-reported death of comic-impressionist Fred Travalena, 66, who died about the same time, but of complications from cancer. A gifted impersonator on the level of Rich Little and as frequent a Vegas and talk show guest for decades, Travalena had been notably absent for several years, presumably due to illness. He came back recently on a David Letterman episode spotlighting impressionists (look up "Impressionists Week" on YouTube). He looked a lot different from the days when he was the young buck on Ed Sullivan, but gave an energetic performance nonetheless. Impressionists have always been among my top favorite performers and he was one of the best. R.I.P. Fred Travalena. Locally, spook-show magician Roy Huston died in his sleep earlier this week (as reported by Andy Lalino in PCR #483 Readers' Comments just before it was archived). I'm not sure of Roy's age, but I think he was approaching 70. I first saw Roy at a Spook Show at St. Pete's Royalty Theater in 2002. Then around Fall of 2007, we spoke by telephone about getting together and doing a video interview. Sadly, that never happened, and now, never will. I thought he'd have more time on this earth before the Grim Reaper took him back. Like Sanford's Harry Wise (a personal friend of Roy's), Roy was a veteran performer of the festival circuit, with great stories and insider knowledge. R.I.P. Roy Huston. MADOFF MADE OFF.... Hey how about that nutty Bernie Madoff? 150 years for his ponzi scheme! Hey, sends a message to other billionaire scheisters, eh? MOVING ON... Despite the fact that virtually every review of Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen rate it as a slow-moving lame sequel, there's every indication it will be the money-maker of the summer. Great. Now Michael Bay and company know they don't even have to try all that hard next time. Then again, there's really no competition, this is one of the weakest summer movie seasons in memory. Save for Star Trek and UP, what have we got? Ye Olde Editor is fed up enough to return to the underground indie film scene where things are a little more fresh and unpredictable. Readers' Comments We welcome your quick comments on any of the articles on this page. To post them, please use the text box provided below. To make longer or more permanently interactive posts, please use the Message Board! This space is not intended for advertising or conspicuous self-promotion (save for the website notation in the posting box). Comments containing these elements, as well as flaming, threats, or harrassment, will be edited for content or deleted. Thank you. Crazed FanComments -- We Welcome Reader Feedback on any article(s) on this page. Chris Woods [03-07-2009 09:19]   Nolan - Great article on you in the Examiner. Congrats again. Will - Enjoyed the write up and all the youtube videos. Glad you did another one, I really enjoyed the ones you did late last year on the 1960's. Brandon - Liked your Splash Page this week on all the old Dr. Paul Bearer stuff. Very cool! It's too bad I never got to see his show when it was on. I was still in NY and didn't move here till years after the show was off the air. ED - I liked the Monster Squad review. At first when I saw the title I thought it was the film. Didn't know there was a show by the same name in the 70's. Lonnie [02-07-2009 12:12]   Harve Presnell (Fargo,1996) Dead at 75 Nolan [02-07-2009 08:33]   Chris, thanks! The interview is out now -- click on my announcement where it says "Yours Truly was recently interviewed...". That is the link to it. Chris Woods [02-07-2009 07:42]   Hey Nolan, congrats on the interview in the Examiner. When will the interview be out? Terence [01-07-2009 20:58]   Will- my bad I should have known better. Petrey- yes! i totally want that. William Moriaty [01-07-2009 15:28]   Hey again Ter! I barely remember "You're Gonna Miss Me" by the 13th Floor Elevators (1966) Great song and great band name. Link to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYh5oMDlWwQ William Moriaty [01-07-2009 15:15]   Hey Ter! Check out PCR #453 (http://www.crazedfanboy.com/npcr08/laflapcr453.ht ml) where I had two You Tube songs from the Seeds, oh yea of little faith! PS: Sky passed away June 25, 2009. Petrey [01-07-2009 14:44]   Terence, I have an excellent copy of an episode of "FRIDAYS" the ABC TV networks answer to SNL back in 1980. It features 2 live performances by The Sir Douglas Quintet. Let me know if you want a copy. Terence [01-07-2009 14:18]   But the hands down greatest garage rock song of all time? thats easy.....The Sir Douglas Quintet's "She's About A Mover". this was Doug Sahms first band. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F-VFq6nWvT8 Terence [01-07-2009 14:14]   Will you left out two of the most important garage bands ever The Seeds and The 13th Floor Elevators. The Elevators frontman is a piece of work in himself. The Seeds frontman Sky Saxon Passed away just two days I think before Michael Jackson. ED [01-07-2009 13:49]   Karl Malden dead at 97. R.I.P on those streets of San Fransico in the sky. ED [01-07-2009 13:25]   Will - loved your column this week except now I have to spend the next two hours watching videos on Youtube! I find that sight addictive. The Royal Guardsmen video is from the Mike Douglass Show and was recorded with them singing live but the music was pre-recorded. This was the infamous performance where they turned the lights off of drummer John Burdett because they thought he was stoned but in reality he had just been up all night traveling. The RG's also performed their latest hits Snoopy's Christmas and I Say Love on this show and talked with Mike and co-host Ricardo Montalban. ED [30-06-2009 16:16]   Brandon - nice piece on the Dr. Paul Bearer card set this week. This was one of only two authorized pieces of Dr. PB memorabilia ever produced. The other was a painter's cap that didn't last very long. There was also a #0 promo card to this set with a green border and a #37 bonus card. This bonus card was included signed in a limited number of autographed sets and unsigned copies were later sold individually through the magazine. The card sets originally retailed for $10 regular and $15 signed. The signed ones sold out pretty quick but the regular sets were still available through Scary Monsters at the original retail price for years after they were produced. I have seen a few of the regular sets turn up on eBay and a few of the card dealers carry them but they are still aound the original retail price. Marcus Terrence [30-06-2009 13:30]   Michael Bay is a GENIUS! Don't ever forget that.... I'll make sure that you don't. Curious [30-06-2009 12:43]   Great, now I can finally ask you what you bought at the convention! Simon Lynx [30-06-2009 06:57]   Totally off subject. But I wanted to give everyone a heads up in Tampa area, that I'll be in town at some point in July and I would love to meet up. And catch up with everyone, I miss everybody. [31-12-1969 16:00]   Add Comment     Name Email: (Optional) URL: (Optional) Comment: Chars.left   [admin]
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