The weeks preceding Halloween are always a treat for horror movies fans.  Here's a list of the upcoming movies airing on TCM between now and the end of the month that DS ripped--, er, borrowed from, followed by a brief mention of the inspiration they provided:

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1932)
TCM Sunday 7:15 p.m. Pacific / 10:15 p.m. Eastern

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1920)
TCM Sunday 9 p.m. Pacific / Monday 12 a.m. Eastern

Dr. Jekyll & Mr. Hyde (1941)
TCM Sunday 11 p.m. Pacific / Monday 2 a.m. Eastern

     The Cyrus Longworth/John Yaeger storyline


The Wolf Man (1941)
TCM Monday 7:45 p.m. Pacific / 10:45 p.m. Eastern

     Provided numerous ideas for DS, not the least of which is the wolf's head cane that Larry Talbot carried


Frankenstein (1931)
TCM Monday 10:15 p.m. Pacific / Tuesday 1:15 a.m. Eastern

     The Adam storyline


Bride of Frankenstein (1935)
TCM Monday 11:30 p.m. Pacific / Tuesday 2:30 a.m. Eastern

     The Eve story


The Beast With Five Fingers (1946)
TCM Friday 6:15 p.m. Pacific / 9:15 p.m. Eastern

     Barnabas' revenge using a disembodied hand


I Walked With a Zombie (1943)
TCM Sunday 5 a.m. Pacific / 8 a.m. Eastern

     Quentin as zombie story

Enjoy!

(Unfortunately, no HoDS or NoDS this year.  )

I believe it was video tapped and you maybe able to get a copy of the festival from Guy Haines. I am sorry I don't have any contact info on him but I am sure someone will reply with that soon.

I'll drop him a line and will pass along what I learn about it. 

Heh heh, I love it when he gets saucy.    Looking forward to the rest.

His essays are in the Jonathan at Large area on the menu, btw.

Shoo, ghostie!

From Entertainment Weekly article ("Popular Science"-- October 22, 2004; p. 84) about an ongoing SciFi channel makeover and its subsequent ratings growth:

[About SFC continuing to reach new plateaus] "True, but it's taken a while to climb out of Nerd Valley. Launched in 1992, Sci Fi quickly became the place to go...when you were bored and wondered if anything was actually on Channel 116. Highlights included repeats of the '60s soap Dark Shadows, and an insect puppet hosting Bug Week. When the millenium dawned, Sci Fi decided to aim a little higher."

Boy, talk about backhanded compliment. 

A more interesting tidbit in this article-- 43% of SFC viewers are female. 

Quite possibly it ... was called, "Yes, Georgio."

It was.  See http://operaonline.us/bookpavarotti_001.htm or http://www.buffalonews.com/editorial/20041010/1059993.asp  Both reviews mention Kate Jackson.  The first one calls "Yes, Giorgio" a bomb.

Is anything ever learned about Logansport or even ever seen or visited?

We don't get to see it, but Buzz took Carolyn to a hip hangout there that's more swingin' than the Blue Whale.  Then again, what place isn't?

Logansport must also have a shopping area near the airport because Angelique left to pick up Sky during a storm and returned in a different dress and hairdo. 

Since Collinsport was founded by the Collinses, would it be reasonable to suggest that a similar wealthy family, The Logans, founded Logansport?  Could that be one reason why Burke was so anxious to buy up this Logansport cannery?  Was there perhaps a long standing rivalry or feud between the two familys?

This is all speculation of course, but I am bored at work and this idea has been germinating in my head for a while.  Sort of a shame that the writer's didn't think (or wish to) explore this potential mine of characters and storylines.

Isn't speculating fun?

Great!  I'll have French Toast during the Renaissance. 

You're incorrigible.