This Week on TCM…
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This Week on TCM…

Some stuff that caught my eye, but always check their schedule for more. All times CST. Monday A morning of Laurel & Hardy Shorts! Yay! Don’t  be put off by the silent ones, they includes some of the Boys’ best work. Unsurprisingly, they’ve scheduled really strong shorts, here. Especially noteworthy is Big Business (7:30…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…
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Sci-Fi Saturday on TCM…

TCM will be running five sci-fi movies in a row tonight, starting with Close Encounters appearing in their regular The Essentials slot. All times CST: 7:00 PM Close Encounters of the Third Kind 9:30 Roller Ball (The real one, of course) 11:45 Logan's Run 2:00 Westworld 3:30 Soylent Green What's amazing, looking at that…
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Monster of the Day #463
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Monster of the Day #463

Since I already had featured the film's (by far) most famous monster, I saved this, my second favorite, for the wrap-up. I always liked this sort of thing. This second still gives a better look at it, sans the red tinting. You don't exactly have to be Sigmund Freud (or Georgia O'Keeffe) to suspect…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…
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RIP Jonathan Frid…

Sad news. With the publicity campaign for Tim Burton and Johnny Depp's spoof of Dark Shadows kicking into gear, the original Barnabas Collins, Canadian actor Jonathan Frid, has passed away. Barnabas Collins was a TV sensation, brought onto Dan Curtis' failing daily soap opera Dark Shadows in 1967.* The introduction of this fantastic element…
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Monster of the Day #460
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Monster of the Day #460

Man, I loves me some blob monsters. The still below is, I think, supposed to be the same beastie, although it clearly isn't.
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This Week on TCM…
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This Week on TCM…

Fire up those Tivos. All times CST. Thursday 6:30 AM Red Planet Mars 8:00 Phantom from 10,000 Leagues 9:30 The Gamma People 11:00 Riders to the Stars 12:30 PM Cyclops 1:45 Queen of Outer Space 3:15 Wasp Woman 4:30 Illustrated Man 6:30 Beast from the Haunted Cave 8:00 Beach Party 10:00 Muscle Beach Party…
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