“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals everywhere will be dancing for joy for his big broadcast of one of the classic mammoth classic Columbia Pictures thriller masterpieces from one of cinema’s macabre legends.

“Svengoolie” to present his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price

A snippet from William Castle‘s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre shock thriller masterpiece, “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price.

“Newest and most startling gimmick on the screen!” Original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art element for William Castle’s “The Tingler” with Vincent Price.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth macabre horror/thriller feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959), this Sat., June 1 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The classic mammoth 1959 Columbia thriller/shocker masterpiece feature production was directed and produced by veteran classic mammoth macabre feature film masterpiece director William Castle.   For the majority of his motion picture career, Castle produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures; notably his classic mammoth “gimmick” macabre masterpiece productions alongside “The Tingler,” including  “13 Ghosts” (1960) with  Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner (of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame) Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame, 1940’s “The Invisible Woman” fame, 1973’s “The Night Strangler” fame and Cora in TV commercials for Maxwell House Coffee in the 1970s) and John Van Dreelen, “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Audrey Dalton, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson and Ronald Lewis;  “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and  Fred Clark, and “The Old, Dark House” (1963) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” fame, TV’s “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame and TV’s “The Fall Guy” fame).   Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network.

In addition to many of his classic mammoth macabre masterpiece productions at Columbia; he also worked on multiple feature film masterpiece genres at the studio, including serving as an associate producer for Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth Columbia film noir masterpiece production of “The Lady from Shanghai” (1947) with Rita Hayworth and Welles.  Castle’s other classic mammoth Columbia feature masterpiece productions included three films in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” classic mammoth mystery masterpiece feature film series with Warner Baxter from 1945-47; Columbia’s first 3-D theatrical feature-length film production of “Fort Ti” (1953); which also had the distinction of being the first 3-D feature-length film production to be produced by a major Hollywood studio in Technicolor and the classic mammoth Columbia adventure-drama masterpiece production of “Uranium Boom” (1956) with Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina and William Talman (later known for his role of attorney Hamilton Burger in TV’s “Perry Mason” opposite Raymond Burr).

Alongside his classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, Castle’s other classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions included “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Jim Backus (of “Mister Magoo” and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Christine White and Jacqueline Scott; “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) (both for Allied Artists), “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Rorke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Patricia Breslin and veteran Los Angeles TV classic cartoon masterpiece and classic feature film masterpiece host Tom Hatten (both for Universal Studios), “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, young Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter, Godfrey Cambridge, Dom DeLuise, Robert Ryan, Kay Medford, Ben Blue, Bill Dana and George Jessel; “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Keye Luke, Joanna Miles, Harold Gould and Phillip Pine and served as a producer for Jeannot Szwarc‘s “Bug” (1975) with Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland (three for Paramount Pictures).

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) was written by veteran Castle feature film co-collaborator Robb White; who also co-wrote the screenplay for “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Castle.

This will mark Sven’s third big coast-to-coast broadcast of William Castle’s classic mammoth 1959 Columbia Pictures macabre masterpiece production on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased “The Tingler” as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in November 2018 and as a regular Sven/Me-TV big broadcast as part of Sven’s “Halloween BOO-nanza” back in Oct. 2022.  In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; Sven previously aired William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) on his hometown TV station; WCIU-TV back in Sept. 2008; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Picture macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Dr. Warren Chapin), Judith Evelyn (as  Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins), Darryl Hickman (as David Morris), Patricia Cutts (as Isabel Stevens Chapin), Pamela Lincoln (as Lucy Stevens), Philip Coolidge (as Oliver “Ollie” Higgins),  Leon Alton, Gertrude Astor. Gail Bonney, Pat Colby. Amy Fields, George DeNormand and Clarence Straight (as members of the movie theater audience), Bob Gunderson (as Ryerson, the screaming convict), Dal McKennon (as the projectionist) and source stock feature film footage of actors Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence.  

According to the American Film Institute, original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical release prints and years later- home entertainment editions of “The Tingler” featured an on-screen cameo introduction by William Castle.

Safe/Healthy & Happy Thanksgiving-Turkey Day 2023 greetings from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections”

Recently seen on the classic Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving edition of Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me!” Hugh Harman’s classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) cartoon masterpiece, “Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers” (1940)!

Safe, healthy and happy Thanksgiving-Turkey Day greetings from the author-writer of “Silver Screen Reflections” to all my fellow Super Svengoolie & Sventoonie SvenPals, fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners, fellow  Super MST3K/”Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies, fellow Super classic film/TV aficionados and fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  I am thankful for my family and all my fellow wonderful friends/Super Svengoolie-Sventoonie SvenPals/Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/Super MSTies/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” throughout the universe!   Hoper everyone had a safe, healthy, happy & peaceful Thanksgiving/Turkey Day! -C.H.

Happy Thanksgiving! Always thankful for all our fans and friends!

— Svengoolie (@Svengoolie) November 23, 2023

Gobble Gobble Tooners! 🦃

Toony hosts a Friendsgiving Party, but it doesn't go as planned.

Classic cartoons feature Ralph Wolf, Sam Sheepdog, and Daffy Duck.#ToonInWithMe #metv #Thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/12ADDcoXKY

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) November 23, 2023

Whether you watched the classic Toony & Bill “Toon In With Me: Thanksgiving/Friendsgiving” big broadcast episode on Me-TV, the Thanksgiving Parade, the Dog Show, various Thanksgiving/Turkey Day celebrations, the “Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day 2023” showcase and/or your favorite classic mammoth feature film/classic TV show and/or classic cartoon masterpieces and/or getting your online Holiday shopping completed early with the Me-TV Mall online Holiday store sale checkout discount for official Svengoolie, “Sventoonie,” “Toon In” and/or Me-TV merchandise items (No Personal Checks!)– the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections” hopes all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film-TV-cartoon masterpiece aficionados had a safe, healthy, happy & joyful Thanksgiving/Turkey Day!

“As God as my witness, I thought ‘Turkeys’ could ‘fly’!” –Arthur Carlson (portrayed by Gordon Jump) in the classic mammoth MTM Productions/CBS television masterpiece, “WKRP In Cincinnati” (1978-82) from the episode “Turkeys Away” (1978)!

Sidebar: Be sure to play Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)’s classic mammoth 1969 Fantasy Records rock masterpiece recording of “It Came From the Sky” (from their 1969 album, “Willy and the Poor Boys“) in-between the two aforementioned “WKRP In Cincinnati”/”Turkeys Away” snippets; which was originally featured in the original 1978 CBS broadcast of “WKRP in Cincinnati” (according to a list of the original songs that were featured during the original CBS telecasts of the classic mammoth 1978-82 masterpiece series)! -C.H.

Oh- and in case you haven’t done so yet, be sure to subscribe to “Silver Screen Reflections” today! A future recipient of the “Silver Sow Award™” and/or the “Buckeye Newshawk Award™!” -C.H.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959), this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be dancing and jumping for joy upcoming big broadcast of a cult classic mammoth sci-fi creature masterpiece production.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959)

“All that was left after.. ‘The Killer Shrews’!” Original 1959 Gordon McLendon tinted publicity photo/lobby card for “The Killer Shrews” with James Best, Ingrid Goude, Gordon McLendon and Baruch Lumet.

The legendary & iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big broadcast of “The Killer Shrews” (1959), this Sat., May 27 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

“The Killer Shrews” (1959) was directed by veteran visual effects/matte artist-turned second-unit director Ray Kellogg.

Throughout his film & TV career, Kellogg worked on numerous classic mammoth feature film & TV masterpiece productions for major studio Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios).  He worked as part of the visual effects team for Robert Wise’s classic mammoth critically-acclaimed sci-fi masterpiece production of “The Day the Earth Stood Still” (1951) with Michael Rennie, Patricia Neal, Locke Martin, Hugh Marlowe, Sam Jaffe, young Billy Gray (later of TV’s “Father Knows Best” fame) and  Frances Bavier (later of TV’s “The Andy Griffith Show” fame).  Kellogg also worked on special photographic effects for Richard Brooks’ classic mammoth film noir-drama masterpiece with Humphrey Bogart, Kim Hunter, Ethel Barrymore and Jim Backus, “Deadline U.S.A.” (1952), for Jean Negulesco’s classic mammoth CinemaScope widescreen romantic comedy masterpiece with Marilyn Monroe, Betty Grable, Lauren Bacall and Rory Calhoun, “How To Marry a Millionaire” (1953), Billy Wilder‘s classic mammoth romantic comedy masterpiece production of “The Seven-Year Itch” (1955) with Monroe, Tom Ewell, Evelyn Keyes and Carolyn Jones (of 1953’s “House of Wax” fame and TV’s “The Addams Family” fame), Robert D. Webb‘s classic mammoth drama masterpiece production of “Love Me Tender” (1956) with the legendary Elvis Presley (which helped introduce his classic mammoth 1956 RCA-Victor song recording masterpiece of the same name), Debra Paget and Richard Egan and Frank Tashlin‘s classic mammoth rock musical-comedy masterpiece production of “The Girl Can’t Help It” (1956) with the legendary Little Richard, Jayne Mansfield, the legendary Fats Domino, the legendary Julie London (who was married to Jack Webb of “Dragnet” fame), the legendary singing group The Platters, the legendary Eddie Cochran, legendary composer Ray Anthony, Ewell, the legendary Gene Vincent and His Blue Caps and Edmond O’Brien.

He also worked as a second unit director for Joseph L. Mankiewicz‘s classic mammoth spectacle masterpiece production of the dramatization of the reign of Egypt’s Queen Cleopatra IV,  “Cleopatra” (1963) with Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Rex Harrison, Martin Landau (later of TV’s “Mission: Impossible: and “Space: 1999” fame) Roddy McDowall, Hume Cronyn, Carroll O’Connor (later of TV’s “All in the Family” fame and TV’s “In the Heat of the Night” fame) and Michael Gwynn (of Hammer Horror fame, 1960’s “Village of the Damned” fame and the 1975 BBC TV pilot episode of John Cleese’s “Fawlty Towers” fame)- the production of “Cleopatra” took several years to film due in part to multiple production conflicts and a lengthy production schedule- the production nearly sank Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) into bankruptcy until studio mogul Darryl F. Zanuck regained control of Twentieth Century Fox that same year (originally a merged company of Zanuck’s Twentieth Century Pictures and the financially-plagued Fox Film Corporation back in 1935) and for  Leslie H. Martinson’s classic mammoth feature film live-action adventure masterpiece adaptation production of the DC Comics superhero series based off the classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios)/ABC TV live-action masterpiece adaptation of “Batman” (1966) with Adam West, Burt Ward, Alan Napier, Lee Meriwether, Burgess Meredith, Cesar Romero, Frank Gorshin, Neil Hamilton and Stafford Repp.

The screenplay for Kellogg’s production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) was written by veteran film and TV screenwriter Jay Simms.  Simms also co-wrote the screenplay with John Morton for Ray Milland’s classic mammoth sci-fi/thriller/horror masterpiece production for Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s American-International Pictures, titled “Panic In Year Zero” (1962) with Milland, Jean Hagen and singer Frankie Avalon (in one of his pre-“Beach Party” feature films during his film career at Arkoff and Nicholson’s American-International).

“After receiving latest Chicago ‘Pulse’ Ratings Report!” Original 1963 advertising leaflet for Gordon McLendon’s group of radio stations, this is one for WYNR/Chicago, known today as WGRB.

Kellogg and Curtis’ cult classic mammoth 1959 sci-fi/horror/thriller masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” was also produced by veteran Texas-based radio broadcaster/radio station owner Gordon McLendon, through the monikers of his “McLendon-Radio Pictures” and “Hollywood Pictures Corporation”* monikers, according to IMDB and a 1980 Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) retrospective article on the life and career of Gordon McLendon.   He founded his group of radio stations under the “Liberty Broadcasting System” moniker, or LBS**- which later turned into the McLendon group of stations and described play-by-play re-tellings of certain football and baseball games under the on-air alias persona of “The Old Scotchman;” according to the Soceity for American Baseball Research retrospective on McLendon.

He was noted as one of the many pioneers of the top-40 music format on most of his radio stations with the addition/introduction of station jingles by local Dallas-based singing groups and several pioneering jingle production companies. He also specialized in pioneering all-news and easy-listening music formats on his line of radio stations.  He even dubbed one of his music formats in March 1960 on one of his radio stations as the “McLendon Sound of the Sixties,” according to Broadcasting (Broadcasting & Cable).

A visual aircheck glimpse of KLIF Radio in Dallas during the final year of Gordon McLendon‘s ownership of the station in 1971, featuring disc jockey Mike Selden; filmed by Public TV station KERA (via the KERA archives from the G. William Jones Film & Video archive housed at Southern Methodist University).  Note Selden’s RCA 77-DX microphone setup, the Gates/Harris radio broadcast mixing console, cart machines and the close-up of the 45 r.p.m. single on the turntable in the snippet- it should be noted that the wrong record footage is featured when the source recording of the legendary John Lennon & the legendary Plastic Ono Band‘s classic mammoth 1971 Apple Records masterpiece recording of “Imagine” is featured in the aircheck- the incorrect record that was shown was the legendary Neil Diamond‘s classic mammoth 1966/70 Bang Records masterpiece recording of “Solitary Man.” Surprised that the footage of the Apple Records label/single of Lennon’s “Imagine”  wasn’t filmed in the KLIF Radio broadcast studio booth when “Imagine” was playing on the airlanes. -C.H.

Some of the radio stations that McLendon owned throughout the years included Dallas’ KLIF, Chicago’s WYNR/WNUS, today’s WGRB;, Los Angeles’ KOST and Louisville’s WAKY.  It was also noted alongside his pioneering radio station formats on the stations that he owned throughout his years in broadcasting, McLendon was also responsible for his radio stations’ pioneering promotional tie-ins and contest giveaways, including “money balloons” and $50,000 “treasure hunt” giveaways to local listeners within his stations’ target market.  McLendon also owned numerous movie theaters and drive-in theaters in his entertainment career; according to Cornell R. Miller’s Sept. 2019 retrospective article on McLendon’s foray into motion pictures for Dallas (D) Magazine, titled “The Time a Radio Legend Brought a Taste of Hollywood to Town.”

It was also noted that Kellogg’s “The Killer Shrews” was filmed on location at McLendon’s Cielo Ranch in Lake Dallas, Texas; according to additional details from IMDB, additional details from Cornell R. Miller’s Sept. 2019 article for D (Dallas) Magazine, “The Time a Radio Legend brought a Taste of Hollywood to Town” and Ronald Garay’s 1992 retrospective book on McLendon’s life and career, “Gordon McLendon: The Maverick of Radio,” The broadcast veteran mogul invited the entire cast and the entire production crew to come to his ranch for his interest into motion picture productions and managed to keep everyone in his productions happy throughout the entire filming schedule of his own productions. McLendon’s original intention for filming his own feature film productions at his Lake Dallas, Texas Ranch complex was done as a cost-saving method instead of allocating funds to film at another ranch within the immediate Dallas/Ft. Worth region and/or traveling to one of the major studio “movie ranch” locations/studio lots within Los Angeles/Burbank/Hollywood, California.

The trio of Kellogg, Curtis and McLendon produced another production together on the McLendon Cielo Ranch, titled “My Dog, Buddy” (1959).  Their latter production was released theatrically for coast-to-coast distribution through major Hollywood studio Columbia Pictures, according to Clive Hirschorn’s retrospective book on the history of and the most memorable films of Columbia Pictures; “The Columbia Story;”   It was also noted that McLendon was also one of the largest shareholders of Columbia Pictures at one point, according to additional details from the 1980 Broadcasting (Broadcasting and Cable) article on McLendon.

This will mark Sven’s second big coast-to-coast broadcast of the cult classic mammoth Kellogg-McLendon sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased “The Killer Shrews” (1959) as a Me-TV coast-to-coast big broadcast premiere back in August 2022.

In Sven’s home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Svengoolie previously showcased the cult classic mammoth 1959 Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” on his hometown TV station, Berwyn/Chicago’s WCIU-TV 26 back in 1996, according to IMDB and fellow Super SvenPal WolfmanSlick’s YouTube channel.

Who was in the Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959)?

The players who appeared in the cult classic mammoth Kellogg-Curtis-McLendon sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “The Killer Shrews” (1959) were James Best (as Thorne Sherman),  Ken Curtis (as Jerry Farrell), Ingrid Goude (as Ann Craigis),  Judge Henry Dupree (as “Rook” Griswold), a cameo by Gordon McLendon (as Dr. Radford Baines), Baruch Lumet (as Dr. Marlowe Craigis) and Alfredo de Soto (credited under the name of Alfred deSoto, as Mario).

Safe, Healthy & Happy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day 2022 greetings from the author-writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

Safe, healthy and happy Thanksgiving-Turkey Day greetings from the author-writer of “Silver Screen Reflections” to all my fellow Super Svengoolie & Sventoonie SvenPals, fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners, fellow  Super MST3K/”Mystery Science Theater” MSTies, fellow Super classic film/ TV aficionados and fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!     

Don’t tell “Les Nessman” about this- “Silver Screen Reflections” definitely deserves the “Silver Sow Award™” and/or the “Buckeye Newshawk Award™!” -C.H.

I am thankful for my family and all my fellow friends/fellow Super Svengoolie-Sventoonie SvenPals/fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/fellow Super MSTies/fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  I hope everyone has a safe, happy, healthy & peaceful Thanksgiving/Turkey Day! -C.H.

“As God as my witness, I thought ‘Turkeys’ could ‘fly’!” –Arthur Carlson (portrayed by Gordon Jump) in the classic mammoth MTM Productions/CBS television masterpiece, “WKRP In Cincinnati” (1978-82) from the episode “Turkeys Away” (1978)!

Sidebar: Also be sure to play Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)’s classic mammoth 1969 Fantasy Records rock masterpiece recording of “It Came From the Sky” (from their 1969 album, “Willy and the Poor Boys“) in-between the two aforementioned “WKRP In Cincinnati”/”Turkeys Away” snippets; which was originally featured in the original 1978 CBS broadcasts of “WKRP in Cincinnati” (according to a list of the original songs that were played during the original CBS telecasts of the classic mammoth 1978-82 masterpiece series)! -C.H.

Happy Thanksgiving to you all! Wishing you turkey instead of rubber chickens. I am thankful for all your love and support.

— Svengoolie (@Svengoolie) November 24, 2022

Good morning Tooners!

The gang helps Mr. Quizzer fulfill a contractual obligation to shoot a game show called "Tic Tac Toony"

With Daffy and Porky on a radio quiz show, and cartoons featuring the Pink Panther and more! #ToonInWithMe #metv pic.twitter.com/2HTIQmYDTD

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) November 24, 2022

Though I haven’t been in the Twitter/Live-Tweeting airlanes since Wednesday/Sidebar: I will return to the Twitter & Live-Tweeting airlanes on Sven Saturday, Nov. 26: Whether you watched the classic “Toon In With Me: Tic-Tac-Toony” big broadcast episode on Me-TV, the Thanksgiving Parade, the Dog Show, various Thanksgiving/Turkey Day celebrations, the “Mystery Science Theater 3000 Turkey Day 2022” festival and/or your favorite classic feature film/classic TV show and/or classic cartoon masterpieces and/or getting your online Holiday shopping done early with the new Me-TV Mall online holiday discount for official Svengoolie, “Toon In” & “Sventoonie” items (No Personal Checks!)– the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” hopes all fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film-TV-cartoon masterpiece aficionados had a safe, healthy, happy & joyous Thanksgiving/Turkey Day!

Hugh Harman’s classic mammoth MGM cartoon masterpiece, “Tom Turkey and His Harmonica Humdingers” (1940); recently seen on Toony, Bill & Kerwyn’s “Friendsgiving” edition of “Toon In With Me!”

Extra! Extra! Extra!  And speaking of the recent “Friendsgiving” big broadcast episode of Toony, Bill & Kerwyn’s “Toon In WIth Me” that showcased Hugh Harman’s classic mammoth Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) cartoon masterpiece, “Tom Turkey and his Harmonica Humdingers” (1940), a rare MGM short subject publicity article on Harman’s classic mammoth 1940 MGM Thanksgiving cartoon masterpiece was recently unearthed on the Lantern Media History Archive website as part of a rare MGM exhibitors’ booklet of the studio’s cartoons and short subjects for the 1939-40 theatrical release season- now available for everyone to see in the Lantern Media History Archive! -C.H.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza;” this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be jumping for joy for his big broadcast of a classic mammoth classic Columbia Pictures thriller masterpiece from one of cinema’s macabre masters.

“Svengoolie” presents his big broadcast of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price, plus “Sventoonie” for Sven’s “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza;” this Sat. on Me-TV

A snippet from William Castle‘s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures shock thriller masterpiece, “The Tingler” (1959) with Vincent Price.

“Do you have the ‘guts’ to sit in this ‘chair’?” Original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical poster art for William Castle’s “The Tingler” with the “Percepto” gimmick.

The legendary and iconic Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth horror/thriller feature film masterpiece host will his big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959), this Sat., Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

Sven’s upcoming big broadcasts of “The Tingler” (1959) & “Sventoonie” will be featured in the third installment in Sven’s Saturday October “Halloween ‘BOO’nanza” month-long festival on Me-TV!  

The classic mammoth 1959 Columbia thriller/shocker masterpiece production was directed and produced by veteran classic mammoth macabre feature film masterpiece director William Castle.   For the majority of his motion picture career, Castle produced and directed numerous feature films for Columbia Pictures; notably his classic mammoth “gimmick” macabre masterpiece productions alongside “The Tingler,” including  “13 Ghosts” (1960) with  Charles Herbert, Jo Morrow, Martin Milner (of TV’s “Route 66” and “Adam-12” fame) Margaret Hamilton (of 1939’s “The Wizard of Oz” fame) and John Van Dreelen, “Homicidal” (1961) with Glenn Corbett, “Mr. Sardonicus” (1961) with Guy Rolfe, Audrey Dalton, Oskar Homolka, Erika Peters, Lorna Hanson and Ronald Lewis;  “Zotz!” (1962) with Tom Poston (later of TV’s “Newhart” fame), Julia Meade, Jim Backus, Margaret Dumont (who previously appeared in seven of The Marx Brothers’ classic mammoth feature film comedy masterpieces from 1929–41) and  Fred Clark, and “The Old, Dark House” (1963) with Poston and Janette Scott and “Strait-Jacket” (1964) with Joan Crawford, Diane Baker, Leif Erickson, young George Kennedy and young Lee Majors (later of TV’s “The Big Valley” and “The Six Million Dollar Man” fame).   Castle returned to Columbia Pictures to serve as an executive producer for the studio’s brief classic mammoth horror-thriller TV anthology masterpiece series, “Ghost Story/Circle of Fear” (1972-73), produced under Columbia’s Screen Gems TV unit for the NBC television network.

In addition to many of his classic mammoth macabre masterpiece productions at Columbia; he also worked on multiple feature film masterpiece genres at the studio, including serving as an associate producer for Orson Welles‘ classic mammoth Columbia film noir masterpiece production of “The Lady from Shanghai” (1947) with Rita Hayworth and Welles.  Castle’s other classic mammoth Columbia feature masterpiece productions included three films in Columbia’s “Crime Doctor” mystery series with Warner Baxter from 1945-47; Columbia’s first 3-D theatrical feature-length film production of “Fort Ti” (1953); which also had the distinction of being the first 3-D feature-length film production to be produced by a major Hollywood studio in Technicolor and the adventure-drama production of “Uranium Boom” (1956) with Dennis Morgan, Patricia Medina and William Talman (later known for his role of attorney Hamilton Burger in TV’s “Perry Mason” opposite Raymond Burr).

Alongside his classic mammoth Columbia feature film masterpiece productions, Castle’s other classic mammoth feature film masterpiece productions included “Macabre” (1958) with William Prince, Jim Backus (of “Mister Magoo” and later of TV’s “Gilligan’s Island” fame), Christine White and Jacqueline Scott; “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) (both for Allied Artists), “The Night Walker” (1964) with Barbara Stanwyck, Robert Taylor and Hayden Rorke (later of TV’s “I Dream of Jeannie” fame), “I Saw What You Did” (1965) with Joan Crawford, John Ireland, Leif Erickson, Sara Lane, Andi Garrett, Patricia Breslin and veteran Los Angeles TV classic cartoon masterpiece and classic feature film masterpiece host Tom Hatten (both for Universal Studios), “The Busy Body” (1967) with Sid Caesar, young Richard Pryor, Anne Baxter, Godfrey Cambridge, Dom DeLuise, Robert Ryan, Kay Medford, Ben Blue, Bill Dana and George Jessel; “Project X” (1968) with Christopher George, Greta Baldwin, Henry Jones, Monte Markham, Keye Luke, Joanna Miles Harold Gould and Phillip Pine and served as producer for Jeannot Szwarc‘s “Bug” (1975) with Bradford Dillman, Joanna Miles and Richard Gilliland (three for Paramount Pictures).

The screenplay for Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) was written by veteran Castle feature film co-collaborator Robb White; who also co-wrote the screenplay for “House on Haunted Hill” (1959) with Castle.

This will mark Sven’s second big broadcast of “The Tingler” (1959) on the airlanes of Me-TV.  He previously showcased Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production as a coast-to-coast Me-TV big broadcast premiere back in November 2018.  In his home area of Berwyn/Chicago, Illinois; Sven previously aired William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Pictures macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) on his hometown TV station; WCIU-TV back in Sept. 2008; according to IMDB.

Who was in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia Picture macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959)?

The players who appeared in William Castle’s classic mammoth Columbia macabre thriller masterpiece production of “The Tingler” (1959) were Vincent Price (as Dr. Warren Chapin), Judith Evelyn (as  Mrs. Martha Ryerson Higgins), Darryl Hickman (as David Morris), Patricia Cutts (as Isabel Stevens Chapin), Pamela Lincoln (as Lucy Stevens),  Philip Coolidge (as Oliver “Ollie” Higgins),  Leon Alton, Gertrude Astor. Gail Bonney, Pat Colby. Amy Fields, George DeNormand and Clarence Straight (as members of the movie theater audience), Bob Gunderson (as Ryerson, the screaming convict), Dal McKennon (as the projectionist) and source stock feature film footage of actors Richard Barthelmess and Ernest Torrence.  According to the American Film Institute, original 1959 Columbia Pictures theatrical release prints of “The Tingler” featured an on-screen cameo introduction by William Castle.

Safe and Happy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day 2021 greetings from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

“As God as my witness, I thought ‘Turkeys’ could ‘fly’!” –Arthur Carlson (portrayed by Gordon Jump) in the classic mammoth MTM Productions/CBS television masterpiece, “WKRP In Cincinnati” (1978-82) from the episode “Turkeys Away” (1978)!

Sidebar: Also be sure to play Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR)’s classic mammoth 1969 Fantasy Records rock masterpiece recording of “It Came From the Sky” (from their 1969 album, “Willy and the Poor Boys“) in-between the two aforementioned “WKRP In Cincinnati”/”Turkeys Away” snippets; which was originally featured in the original 1978 CBS broadcasts of “WKRP in Cincinnati” (according to a list of the original songs that were played during the original CBS telecasts of the classic mammoth 1978-82 masterpiece series)! -C.H.

Safe, peaceful, healthy and happy Turkey Day/Thanksgiving greetings from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” to all my fellow Svengoolie Super SvenPals, fellow “Toon In With Me” Super Tooners, fellow “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/”MST3K” Super MSTies, fellow Super classic/cult film and TV aficionados and fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!

To all fellow Super SvenPals of Svengoolie, fellow Super Tooners of “Toon In With Me,” fellow Super MSTies of MST3K, fellow Super classic-cult film & television aficionados and fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere: Please be good to each other, safety first, wash your hands, wear a mask, follow all safety precautions/protocols, stay well and keep healthy.

I am thankful for my wonderful family, my fellow wonderful friends/my fellow wonderful Svengoolie Super SvenPals/my fellow wonderful “Toon In With Me” Super Tooners/my fellow wonderful MST3K Super MSTies/my fellow wonderful Super classic-cult motion picture-classic television aficionados and my fellow wonderful Super readers of the weeklu “Silver Screen Reflections” Sven feature film blog everywhere!  Big, big, Sven, “Toon In” MST3K and classic film/TV toasts, three cheers and two thumbs up to all my fellow Super SvenPals, fellow Super Tooners, fellow Super MSTies, fellow Super classic-cult feature film & TV aficionados & fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  Be good, kind and curteous to each other, keep healthy, safety first, stay well, three cheers, two thumbs up, peace and “Hi-Keeba” to all my fellow Super SvenPals, my fellow Super Tooners, my fellow Super MSTies, my fellow Super classic/cult film aficionados & my fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  -C.H.

I am thankful for all of you who have supported me through the years, and brought our show to heights we never dreamed of! Happy Thanksgiving and much love!

— Svengoolie (@Svengoolie) November 25, 2021

Happy Turkey Day, Tooners! 🦃

Sit back, relax and enjoy an episode from the vault! Presenting, "Toony Reads Minds"!

With fun cartoons including: "The Hasty Hare", "Canary Row", "Of Thee I Sting", "Stealin Aint Honest" and "Hot Rod and Reel!"#tooninwithme #metv #thanksgiving pic.twitter.com/OTtAqNmSNT

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) November 25, 2021

Whether you watched the earlier classic Toony episode of “Toon In With Me,” which originally aired as ep. #58 back in March or the Thanksgiving Eve/Thanksgiving edition of Toony & Bill’s ep. #216 of “Toon In,” or via “tape-delay,” the various Thanksgiving Day festivals/parades/celebrations on TV, any favorite classic film/TV show masterpiece, munching on your favorite Thanksgiving and/or Turkey Day delicacy,  listening to your favorite music, purchasing your favorite official Sven and/or “Toon In” items for the upcoming Holidays of if you’re currently watching Shout! Factory TV’s festival of classic MST3K episodes for their yearly “Mystery Science Theater 3000/MST3K Turkey Day” viewers’ choice cavalcade via Shout! Factory TV and affiliated channels or getting ready for Svengoolie’s upcoming big Sat. broadcast premiere of William Shatner, Ida Lupino, Ernest Borgnine, Eddie Albert and young John Travolta in Robert Feust’s cult classic Bryanston horror-thriller masterpiece, “The Devil’s Rain” (1975) this Sat. on Me-TV; I hope all my fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals, fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners, fellow Super MST3K MSTies, fellow Super classic film & TV aficionados & fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections”  are having a relaxing, wonderful, enjoyable and peaceful Thanksgiving! -C.H.

It's the clip you've all been waiting for!

Give it up for Greg Bossy's Thanksgiving Interpretive Dance! 🕺

And remember, no politics at dinner, Uncle Frank! 😂😂😂#tooninwithme #thanksgiving #holiday #metv #funny #comedy #lol #meme #politics #cartoons pic.twitter.com/4qWPDzJt2f

— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) November 24, 2021

“No politics at the Dinner Table, Uncle Frank!” –Greg Bossy, ep. #216 of Toony, Imena & Bill’s Thanksgiving/Turkey Day salute in “Toon In With Me!”

 

QuickLink to my recent “Silver Screen Reflections” article on Svengoolie’s upcoming Sven Sat. evening big broadcast premiere of “The Devil’s Rain” (1975)!

Happy and Safe Thanksgiving/Turkey Day greetings from the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

Happy, safe, peaceful and healthy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day greetings to the entire crowd of fellow super SvenPals of Svengoolie, the entire crowd of fellow super MSTies of “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K and to the entire crowd of fellow classic/cult motion picture and TV enthusiasts everywhere from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

To all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals, fellow super MST3K MSTies, fellow classic/cult film/TV aficionados and fellow super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections:” Be good to each other, stay safe, wear a mask, wash your hands, follow all preventative safety procedures/protocols, keep healthy and stay well.

I am thankful for my family, my friends/my fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals/my fellow super MST3K MSTies/my fellow super classic motion picture and classic TV aficionados/my fellow super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!   Three cheers and two thumbs up to the entire crowd of fellow super SvenPals, fellow super MSTies, fellow super classic-cult film & TV aficionados & fellow super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  Be good, courteous and kind to each other, stay safe, keep healthy, stay well, peace and “Hi-Keeba” to all my fellow super SvenPals, my fellow super MSTies, my fellow super classic/cult film aficionados & my fellow super fellow readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  -C.H.

“Mystery Science Theater 3000” Turkey Day/Thanksgiving festival to air this Thurs./Thanksgiving Day on Shout! Factory TV (A brief post)

Fellow “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies everywhere will be jumping for joy for the return of a Thanksgiving Day tradition.

“MST3K Turkey Day Viewers’ Choice Festival”

Shout! Factory’s streaming platform, Shout! Factory TV will present the “MST3K Turkey Day” festival this Thurs./Thanksgiving/Turkey Day, Nov. 26 at 9 a.m. Eastern/8 a.m. Central/7 a.m. Mountain/6 a.m. Pacific on the official MST3K “Turkey Day” website via Shout! Factory TV Live, Shout! Factory TV’s streaming site/Shout’s MST3K live streaming feed along with Shout’s official channel/app for Roku and Samsung smart TV devices, streaming through the Roku Channel, Pluto TV’s MST3K channel, Twitch’s MST3K channel, Xumo, YouTube, Sling, Samsung TV Plus, IMDB TV, Redbox (streaming), Vizio (streaming), Local Now, Theta TV, Xfinity (Comcast streaming) and Stirr.    According Shout’s official Shout! Factory TV Live streaming feed website, this year’s MST3K “Turkey Day” festival will be hosted by MST3K Live coast-to-coast touring show host Emily Marsh, also featuring the vocal stylings of Conor McGiffin as Tom Servo, the vocal stylings of Nate Begle as Crow T. Robot and the vocal stylings of Yvonne Freese as GPC/MegaSynthia.   Plus, there will be special guest appearances by original series creator/host Joel Hodgson, with Jonah Ray (the third host of MST3K in the role of Jonah Heston during the Netflix revival of the series) and Rebecca Hanson (who did the vocal stylings of Synthia).

Fifth Anniversary of “Silver Screen Reflections” for all my fellow Svengoolie SvenPals & fellow MST3K MSTies!

Chris Hamby/”Silver Screen Reflections:” “Through the years:” 2015: Here I am at my Alma Mater, Hood College for my Online Journalism class posting one of the early “Silver Screen Reflections” blog posts! The marquee of the Weinberg Center for the Arts/former Tivoli theatre in Frederick, Maryland during their Halloween 2015 showing of “Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein” (1948)! 2016: My Halloween 2016 “Svengoolie” pumpkin carving!  Christmas Day 2016 with my “Wolf Man” beard attire: My present from “Sventa Claus” and my relatives, the official “Svengoolie” “official chicken thrower” tee! 2017: Autographed copy of Frank Conniff’s “Twenty Five Mystery Science Theater 3000 Films That Changed My Life In No Way Whatsoever” from Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff’s Alamo Drafthouse/Ashburn, Virginia March 2017 “The Mads!” (of MST3K fame) live movie riffing showcase!A photo of myself in the Hood College/Blazer Radio studios for the finale episode of my 2016-2017 online radio show with my official Svengoolie tee, “Yours Truly, Chris Hamby!”Fun fact:My May 2017 Sven/Hood College online radio show photo was later showcased as part of my Nov. 2019 celebration greeting to commemorate fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal Jamie Lee’s WNUR-FM/Northwestern University radio show, “Jammin’ with Jamie!”My graduation photo from “Berwyn U.!” Oops! I meant “Hood College” from May 2017!My famous Sven tee photo outside the entrance/front garden of Hood College in Frederick, Maryland from May 2017, which later appeared on Svengoolie & Kerwyn’s “mail call” for his big broadcast of “Calling Dr. Death” (1943) back in late July 2017!   My “Turner Classic Movies Backlot” graduation present photo with my TCM tee and vintage film reel!  My Halloween 2017 “Svengoolie” pumpkin carving with Sven’s “top hat,” a Halloween wig to represent Sven’s “hair” and mini rubber chickens!My second encountermeeting Trace Beaulieu and Frank Conniff with my Sven tee after their Nov. 2017 Weinberg Center/Frederick, Maryland screening of the classic William Castle-Columbia-Vincent Price macabre gimmick thriller masterpiece, “The Tingler” during their “Mads!” movie riffing tour! My “TCM Backlot” prize of “Batman in Noir Alley,” autographed by Turner Classic Movies host/film noir expert Eddie Muller!  My Christmas/Holiday 2017 present of Sven buttons from “Sventa Claus” and my relatives!  2018: Celebrating Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s Birthday with my all my fellow SvenPals on March 12, 2018 with my Sven tee at the “Silver Screen Reflections” home office!My third encounter meeting Trace Beaulieu & Frank Conniff (of MST3K fame) for their “Mads!” live movie riffing tour of William Castle’s “The Tingler” (1958) from March 23, 2018; along with an autographed Trace Beaulieu/Dr. Forrester & Frank Conniff/TV’s Frank MST3K cast photo!   The historic Majestic Theater marquee in Gettysburg, Pennsylvania after the June 2018 screening of “Casab”anca” (1942)!My Halloween 2018 “Svengoolie” pumpkin complete with Sven hat, hair, mini rubber chickens, a regular rubber chicken and Sven buttons!My holiday/Christmas present from “Sventa Claus” and my relatives from Christmas 2018, the official “Svengoolie” longsleeved “official chicken thrower” shirt! “So much sleeve!” 2019: Celebrating the March 12, 2019 Birthday of Svengoolie/Rich Koz with all my fellow SvenPals from the “Silver Screen Reflections” home office!The autographed edition of “Svengoolie Meets the DC Universe,” autographed by Svengoolie/Rich Koz through the courtesy of fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal David Fuentes of “Terror from Beyond the Dave!”  Plus, a protective display frame through the courtesy of fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal Captain Comic!My Halloween 2019 “Svengoolie” foam pumpkin carving with LED lights for indoor display (due to inclement weather that occurred on Halloween night of 2019)!A glimpse of the Weinberg Center/former Tivoli theatre in Frederick during an intermission slide for their Nov. 2019 “Marx Brothers” double-feature screening of “Duck Soup” (1933) and “A Night at the Opera” (1935)!My Holiday/Christmas 2019 present of the second set of “Svengoolie” buttons from “Sventa Claus” and my relatives! This year: My photo celebrating Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s birthday on March 12 during a “taped-delay” recording of his big Me-TV broadcast with all my fellow super SvenPals from the home office of “Silver Screen Reflections!”The online Twitter contest prize of a hand-crafted Svengoolie marionette through the courtesy of fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal “Highly Revered Reverent Super Clown” & Sven marionette designer Darren “Geppetto” Moreash!Fellow super Svengoolie SvenPal Nanette Keir also won a Sven marionette in the same contest too!  And a photo of myself with my Sven tee on from the home office of “Silver Screen Reflections” celebrating Svengoolie/Rich Koz’s 41^st anniversary in the Berwyn/Chicago big broadcast airlanes with all fellow super SvenPals for the Sven/Rich Koz virtual 41^st “Svenaversary” anniversary celebration on the airlanes of Twitter for all fellow super SvenPals everywhere, hosted by fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals Sarah Rhodes & Nanette Keir!

Extra! Extra! Extra! A toast to all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals, fellow super MST3K MSTies & fellow classic/cult film aficionados everywhere!  In commemoration of the fifth anniversary of “Silver Screen Reflections!” Sept. 27, 2015 marked the debut publication/post of my weekly Svengoolie classic film-based blog on the airlanes of WordPress, “Silver Screen Reflections!”   The blog was originally launched for my online journalism class at my Alma Mater, Hood College and on that same date; I officially entered the Twitter airlanes! 

Since the Sept. 2015 debut of “Silver Screen Reflections” and entering the airlanes of, Twitter, I have met many fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals, fellow super “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K MSTies and classic/cult film aficionados from coast-to-coast on the virtual social media airlanes!   Every week, I am very delighted to share my Sven classic film masterpiece findings/research/fun facts on “Silver Screen Reflections” with all of my fellow super SvenPals everywhere days before Sven’s Sat. big broadcasts, including accolades and accomplishments of our fellow super SvenPals on the blog and on the social media airlanes!  

Happy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day from the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

Svengoolie (portrayed by RIch Koz) & Zalman T. Tombstone’s classic WCIU-TV/”The U” Berwyn/Chicago “Big Story of Thanksgiving” sketch (via the official YouTube site of fellow super SvenPal David Fuentes) Weigel Broadcasting Co./U-City Productions/WCIU-TV, L.P./Me-TV Network

Classic 1992 Comedy Central “Mystery Science Theater 3000” “Turkey Day” promo featuring Joel Hodgson, Crow T. Robot (featuring the vocal stylings of Trace Beaulieu) and Tom Servo (featuring the vocal stylings of Kevin Murphy, via the official YouTube Channel of “ILoveMST3KPromos”)/Satellite of Love Productions (Best Brains Inc.)/Shout! Factory LLC  “Comedy Central:” Comedy Partners  

Happy Thanksgiving/Turkey Day 2019 to the entire crowd of fellow Svengoolie SvenPals, the entire crowd of fellow “Mystery Science Theater 3000”/MST3K MSTies and to the entire crowd of fellow classic/cult motion picture and TV aficionados everywhere from the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

I am thankful for my family, my fellow super SvenPals/fellow super MSTies/fellow super classic film and classic TV aficionados/fellow super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!  Three cheers & two thumbs up to the entire crowd of fellow super SvenPals, fellow super MSTies, fellow super classic-cult film & TV aficionados & fellow super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere!   -C.H.

Whether you watched the earlier Thanksgiving Day parades/celebrations of if you’re currently watching the “Mystery Science Theater 3000/MST3K Turkey Day 2019” festival via Shout! Factory TV and affiliated channels or gearing up for Svengoolie’s upcoming big broadcast of Nathan Hertz Juran’s “Attack of the 50 Foot Woman” (1958) with Allison Hayes on Me-TV this Sat., the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections” hope all fellow super SvenPals, fellow super MSTies and fellow super classic film/TV aficionados are enjoying their Thanksgiving!  And since Thanksgiving Day 2019 falls on Thurs. Nov. 28; today (Nov. 28) also marks my Mother’s Birthday!  Happy Birthday. Mom! -C.H.

Also in commemoration of Thanksgiving/Turkey Day: To quote Les Nessman (portrayed by Richard Sanders)’s “eyewitness” account/description of the WKRP “turkey giveaway” (around the 0:50 mark) and station manager Arthur Carlson (portrayed by Gordon Jump)’s concluding statement (at the 1:07 mark) from the conclusion of the famed “Turkeys Away” episode of “WKRP in Cincinnati” from 1978:

“WKRP In Cincinnati:” Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation (MTM Enterprises holdings)/Shout! Factory LLC (home entertainment rights by arrangement with Twentieth Century Fox) 

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