A lot of the time when people hear the title of the movie The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant, people think you are talking about The Thing with Two Heads. The Thing with Two Heads was the film that gets more attention and is more familiar to the general public. But The Incredible Two-Headed Transplant has its… Continue reading Why Casey Kasem Scares Me
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Why Ray Milland and Rosey Grier Scare Me
On the June 28, 1969, episode of The Rosey Grier Show, he sang a cover version of the Temptations song Get Ready. Around that same time, I was in the audience at a telethon in Jackson, Tennessee where saw Rosey Grier perform the song live. I really liked his performance of the song, and I… Continue reading Why Ray Milland and Rosey Grier Scare Me
Why Zsa Zsa Gabor Scares Me
After seeing Cat-Women of the Moon and Missile to the Moon, why would anyone need to see Queen of Outer Space? After all it’s just a variation of the same story that I had already seen twice. What could possibly make a difference to make this one worth watching? First, I think they are all… Continue reading Why Zsa Zsa Gabor Scares Me
Why Cat Women Scare Me
In my previous blog post, I talked about the film Missile to the Moon, which is a remake of this week’s subject, Cat-Women of the Moon. I first heard of Cat-Women of the Moon when reading the book, Son of the Golden Turkey Awards where it was another nominee in the “Most Primitive Male Chauvinist… Continue reading Why Cat Women Scare Me
Why Moon Maidens Scare Me
Back in the days of the home video revolution, I picked up an inexpensive VHS set of low budget sci-fi films. It included The Hideous Sun Demon and Missile to the Moon. When I watched Missile to the Moon, I realized that it was one of those films where space explorers land on a planet… Continue reading Why Moon Maidens Scare Me
Voice Lessons
Shortly after I started first grade, I started taking voice lessons from a teacher in town named Joe Kincaid. “Mr. Joe” had a lot of students that had success in talent shows at the Mid-South Fair in Memphis. My cousin Sammy was one of his success stories. Sammy lived next door to us, and we… Continue reading Voice Lessons
Playing Music By Ear
My mom was a piano teacher. In my earliest memories, there was a piano in our living room. I remember kids coming to our house in the afternoon to take lessons. My mom sat in a rocker next to the piano as her students played their weekly assignments. If they did well enough, they would… Continue reading Playing Music By Ear
Elvis Week 2022
“Wow! What a rip-off!” I heard this early during this year’s trip to Elvis Week. The lady that said it was having issues with the lockers located outside of the ticket office at the visitors’ center at Graceland. From what I heard them say, part of her issue was trying to use Canadian quarters to… Continue reading Elvis Week 2022
Meet and Greet
We have a new employee at work. His name is Meet Patel. My co-worker Phil asked me today, “Did you meet Meet? I know you were out of town when they had the meet and greet to meet Meet.” I said, “I did meet Meet. But not at the meet and greet for Meet. I… Continue reading Meet and Greet
Jury Duty
A few years ago, I served on a jury for my first and, to this point, only time. I had been in the pool of potential jurors before but had never even had my name called to screened out by the attorneys. This day felt different. I already knew that this was an attempted 2nd… Continue reading Jury Duty