11/14/2007
Was I kidding about the ladybugs? They continue to appear everywhere! I’ve found them in the curtains at home, lurking between the screen doors and the inside doors, hitchhiking on clothing, and riding in my car! Everyone was worried about the cicadas- but what about their innocent-looking cousins, the ladybugs?! And- have you ever gotten a little bite from one?
It’s just a tiny sensation, but it does happen…unless that’s the bug that’s sort of a look-alike for the ladybug…I never can get that straight. Granted, the orange-red little bugs really aren’t that bad- but-it’s just that there’s so many of ‘em! I’ve heard from some of you out there who are having the same experience- and, I guess, once the temperature drops as predicted, it’ll either get worse (they’ll REALLY want to get inside to stay warm) or it’ll get better (cue the insect of your choice playing “Taps” on a little tiny bugle.) Don’t worry, when that happens, I’ll switch to complaining about the fact that it’s winter, and it’s cold- what a surprise!!!
Speaking of seasonal things- Bill wrote and asked an interesting question- he thought that, in last week’s “bride of Frankenstein”, when the Monster broke out of jail, and was running through the town, under an arch with two hitching posts adjacent, that it might be the same location from “A Christmas Carol” when Tiny Tim runs to Scrooge at the film’s conclusion. Well, Bill, God bless us- every one- but, no, I don’t think so. If it’s the “Christmas Carol” version I’m thinking of, it was shot a continent away from where Boris Karloff was barreling through the town. I would not doubt that the design of the sets may be similar, because they may be based on a real location. It was kind of fun to think of the Monster as Tiny Tim, though- take that, Ebenezer! “Christmas- goood!”
Larry says he thinks that one of the two men who discover the monster in the hermit’s cabin might be John Carradine. Well, Larry- it very obviously is- Carradine appears in many of the
Universal films, whether as a bit player, or, later on, as Count Dracula himself. I didn’t think it was necessary to point him out in this one, since he’s not in any character make-up, and, of course, that voice of his is so distinctive!
“Franken-Fall” marches on this Saturday night- with another classic, featuring the great Basil Rathbone-another easily recognizable actor, best known to most of us as the definitive movie Sherlock Holmes! I’ll tell you more about that as the week goes on- and the ladybugs go out…
It’s just a tiny sensation, but it does happen…unless that’s the bug that’s sort of a look-alike for the ladybug…I never can get that straight. Granted, the orange-red little bugs really aren’t that bad- but-it’s just that there’s so many of ‘em! I’ve heard from some of you out there who are having the same experience- and, I guess, once the temperature drops as predicted, it’ll either get worse (they’ll REALLY want to get inside to stay warm) or it’ll get better (cue the insect of your choice playing “Taps” on a little tiny bugle.) Don’t worry, when that happens, I’ll switch to complaining about the fact that it’s winter, and it’s cold- what a surprise!!!
Speaking of seasonal things- Bill wrote and asked an interesting question- he thought that, in last week’s “bride of Frankenstein”, when the Monster broke out of jail, and was running through the town, under an arch with two hitching posts adjacent, that it might be the same location from “A Christmas Carol” when Tiny Tim runs to Scrooge at the film’s conclusion. Well, Bill, God bless us- every one- but, no, I don’t think so. If it’s the “Christmas Carol” version I’m thinking of, it was shot a continent away from where Boris Karloff was barreling through the town. I would not doubt that the design of the sets may be similar, because they may be based on a real location. It was kind of fun to think of the Monster as Tiny Tim, though- take that, Ebenezer! “Christmas- goood!”
Larry says he thinks that one of the two men who discover the monster in the hermit’s cabin might be John Carradine. Well, Larry- it very obviously is- Carradine appears in many of the
Universal films, whether as a bit player, or, later on, as Count Dracula himself. I didn’t think it was necessary to point him out in this one, since he’s not in any character make-up, and, of course, that voice of his is so distinctive!
“Franken-Fall” marches on this Saturday night- with another classic, featuring the great Basil Rathbone-another easily recognizable actor, best known to most of us as the definitive movie Sherlock Holmes! I’ll tell you more about that as the week goes on- and the ladybugs go out…
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