Day 78: Before My Time – Texaco Star Theater

originally published March 18, 2012 I wasn’t entirely sold on this topic. Sure, I have a sense of history. I understand that, while my childhood television hours were focused on whether Schneider would fix Bonnie Franklin’s squeaky hinge, or whether Fonzie would get together with those girls and… well, I didn’t know what he did […]

Day 38: Made For TV (For Now) – Hollywood On The Small Screen

originally published February 7, 2012 Is there anybody left who remembers Attack of the Killer Tomatoes? Keep in mind, I don’t mean this one: I’m talking about this one: The original Killer Tomatoes remains one of the finest B-movies in that smelliest of cinema vaults – really it’s a B-movie parody of the B-movie genre. […]