Safe, Healthy & Happy New Year’s/2023 from the author/writer of “Silver Screen Reflections!”

Safe, healthy, peaceful & Happy New Year’s/2023 to all my fellow Super Svengoolie & Sventoonie SvenPals, fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners, fellow Super “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies, fellow Super classic film & TV aficionados & fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections!” from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!“

I am thankful for my parents, my relatives, all my fellow friends/ fellow Super SvenPals/fellow Super Tooners! I’m very glad you all enjoy my weekly Sven feature film blog/”Silver Screen Reflections” blog posts! I’m looking forward to more Sven & “Toon In” adventures in the New Year and beyond with all my fellow Super SvenPals & fellow Super Tooners from coast-to-coast, including my weekly “#ChrisHambyPhotoGallery” series of relaxing nature-home photos from around home! I’m hoping that the New Year of 2023 will be safe, healthy & peaceful for all!

Though Twitter’s days might be numbered due to the corrupt/controversial wackadoodle billionaire snook’s trickery to Twitter:

I’m hoping that we can all continue to Live-Tweet Svengoolie, “Sventoonie: & the “Toon In With Me” big broadcasts, along with conversing/sharing fun facts about classic film, TV, cartoons, music & more with all my fellow wonderful Super SvenPals/Super Tooners- I’m hoping that we will continue to Live-Tweet in the Sven/Sventoonie & “Toon In” airlanes in some form!  And again, I have a Mastodon backup site in case Twitter completely goes belly-up. -C.H.

And again, I’m NOT paying for a social media site/platform.  -C.H.

To all fellow Super Svengoolie SvenPals/fellow Super “Toon In With Me” Tooners/fellow Super readers/fellow subscribers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere: Seriously, Please, please be good, kind, courteous, safe and respectful to each other.   Let’s all look to positive/uplifting enlightenment, wisdom and encouragement from Svengoolie, all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere, all fellow super Me-TV “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners, all fellow super Mystery Science Theater 3000/MST3K MSTies everywhere and all fellow super classic film/television aficionados everywhere.  Again, to all fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals and all fellow super Me-TV “Toon In With Me”/”Saturday Morning Cartoons” Tooners, fellow super MST3K MSTies & fellow super classic film & TV aficionados everywhere; safety first, to our fellow super SvenPals/MSTies/Tooners who have not made a plan to get their vaccines yet, be sure to schedule your vaccines, booster vaccines & your flu shot by contacting your doctor/physician/healthcare professional soon, follow all precautions safely and seriously, wear a protective face mask/appropriate protective face covering, wash your hands for approximately 20 sec., avoid touching your face, practice proper social distancing/physical distancing protocols, use a tissue/sleeve when coughing/sneezing, stay home, keep healthy and stay well.   Again, let’s all take preventative measures/steps by being safe, keeping healthy and staying well- and again, we fellow Super SvenPals everywhere highly recommend watching Kerwyn’s informative coronavirus/COVID-19 prevention safety public service announcement!   Escape from anxiety, chaos and stress by relaxing and having fun with Sven and his Sat. evening big broadcasts of classic creature/sci-fi/monster/horror/fantasy feature film masterpieces on Me-TV’s big broadcast airlanes  featuring Sven’s big broadcasts  and “Sventoonie!” Join in on the fun with all fellow super SvenPals everywhere by live-tweeting on the airlanes during Sven’s Sat. evening big broadcasts and.or Toony & Bill’s “Toon In With Me!”  Again, be good, safety first, keep healthy and stay well, Sven/Rich Koz, the entire Sven/Sventoonie/”Toon In”/Me-TV production team & the entire crowd of fellow super Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere!   To quote Svengoolie’s executive producer, Jim Roche: “#KeepCalmAndWatchSven!”  –C.H. 

“Svengoolie” presents his big New Year’s Eve broadcast of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958), plus Sventoonie; this Sat. on Me-TV

Fellow Svengoolie SvenPals everywhere will be celebrating New Year’s Eve with his big broadcast of a classic mammoth American-International Pictures arachnid sci-fi/creature masterpiece.

“Svengoolie” presents his big New Year’s Eve broadcasts of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958) plus “Sventoonie”

Original 1958 American-International theatrical release trailer Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth American-International Pictures sci-fi/creature masterpiece production of “Earth vs. the Spider” (a.k.a. “The Spider”)*.

“Nothing can stop it!” Original 1958 American-International theatrical poster art for “Earth vs. the Spider” (a.k.a., “The Spider”).

The legendary Berwyn/Chicago-based classic mammoth sci-fi/creature feature film masterpiece host will present his big Holiday/Christmas Day broadcast of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”), this Sat./New Year’s Eve, Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. Eastern/7 p.m. Central on Me-TV.

The 1958 cult classic mammoth American-International arachnid sci-fi creature masterpiece was directed by veteran fantasy/special effects/visual effects feature film director Bert I. Gordon.  Gordon was known for his cult classic mammoth “giant” creature feature masterpiece productions throughout the majority of his motion picture career.  Some of Gordon’s best-known mammoth classic sci-fi/creature feature film masterpieces include “The Cyclops” (1957) with Duncan ‘Dean’ Parkin , Lon Chaney Jr.,  Gloria Talbott and Tom Drake; “Beginning of the End” (1957) with Peter Graves, Peggie Castle and Morris Ankrum; “The Amazing Colossal Man” (1957)* with Glenn Langan and Cathy Downs; “War of the Colossal Beast” (1958)*, “Attack of the Puppet People” (1958)* with John Agar,, “Tormented” (1960) for Allied Artists with Richard Carlson, “The Magic Sword” (1962) with Basil Rathbone, Anne Helm and Gary Lockwood for United Artists,  “Village of the Giants” (1965) for Joseph E. Levine’s Embassy Pictures with Ron “Ronny” Howard, Freddy “Boom Boom” Cannon, Joy Harmon, Beau Bridges, Tisha Sterling, Johnny Crawford and Tommy Kirk;  “The Food of the Gods” (1976)* with Ida Lupino and “Empire of the Ants” (1977)* with Joan Collins.

The screenplay adaptation of Gordon’s original story treatment for his classic mammoth American-International arachnid creature masterpiece production of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”) was written by veteran screenwriters László Görög and George Worthing Yates.  Görög previously wrote the screenplay for Virgil W. Vogel’s classic mammoth Universal Studios sci-fi creature masterpiece production with John Agar, Cynthia Patrick, a pre-“Leave It to Beaver” Hugh Beaumont, Nestor Paiva and a pre-“Batman” Alan Napier; “The Mole People” (1956). Yates previously wrote the original story treatment for Gordon Douglas’ classic Warner Bros. sci-fi creature masterpiece production of “Them!” (1954) with James Whitmore, Joan Weldon, Edmund Gwenn, a pre-“Gunsmoke” James Arness and a pre-“Davy Crockett”/”Daniel Boone” Fess Parker.   Yates also wrote screenplays for the classic Ray Harryhausen– Robert Gordon–Columbia Pictures “Dynamation” stop-motion sci-fi creature masterpiece with Kenneth Tobey, Faith Domergue and Donald Curtis; “It Came From Beneath the Sea” (1955) and the classic Harryhausen- Fred F. Sears-Columbia sci-fi masterpiece production with Hugh Marlowe, Joan Taylor and Curtis; “Earth vs. the Flying Saucers” (1956).

*Throughout the majority of his feature film/directorial career, Gordon released his classic mammoth “giant” creature/sci-fi masterpiece productions through Samuel Z. Arkoff and James H. Nicholson’s independent distribution/releasing firm, American-International Pictures; both Arkoff and Nicholson established American-International as the American Releasing Corporation in 1954, according to the Samuel Z. Arkoff papers collection housed at Loyola Marymount University in Los Angeles, California.   Arkoff later sold American-International to television and feature film production-syndication company Filmways in 1979, which was later acquired by Orion Pictures in 1982.  Orion, along with the majority of the American-International (AIP)/Filmways holdings** was then sold to the present incarnation of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM) in 1997.  Following MGM’s re-introduction of the “Orion Pictures” moniker, the modern incarnation of MGM recently revived the “American-International Pictures” (AIP) moniker for certain theatrical releases/feature film productions.

Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth 1958 American-International Pictures arachnid/sci-fi/creature masterpiece production was originally filmed under the title of “The Spider.”  According to a Dec. 1991 BBC Television interview with Samuel Z. Arkoff  for the British network’s “Talking Pictures” movie review show, the AIP co-founder noted that in the company’s early years, American-International operated differently than their major competitors when it came to pre-production plans.  Arkoff mentioned that the company came up with the titles of the proposed production (example: “The Spider”) before the creation of the original story/screenplay treatment, along with the choice of cast members, production crew members and the director.  Arkoff later mentioned that American-International co-founder James H. Nicholson was responsible for most of the creation of titles/production ideas for the film distribution firm, according to Eamon Harrington and John Watkin’s retrospective documentary on Arkoff and Nicholson’s distribution firm;  “It Conquered Hollywood! The Story of American International Pictures” (2001).

Arkoff and Nicholson decided to make a last-minute change to the title of “The Spider,”  under the title of “Earth vs. the Spider.”   Both Arkoff and Nicholson then decided to change the title back to “The Spider,” mostly for publicity/marketing/advertising/theatrical trailer/promotional materials to compete with Kurt Neumann’s classic mammoth Twentieth Century Fox (Twentieth Century Studios) sci-fi creature-fantasy masterpiece, “The Fly” (1958). with David “Al” Hedison (later of Irwin Allen’s 1964-68 Twentieth Century Fox/Twentieth Century Studios TV adaptation of “Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea” fame),  Patricia Owens and Vincent Price.

This will mark Svengoolie’s third big coast-to-coast broadcast of Bert I. Gordon’s classic mammoth American-International arachnid sci-fi/creature feature masterpiece production of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”) on Me-TV.  He previously showcased Gordon’s classic 1958 mammoth arachnid creature/sci-fi masterpiece production as a big broadcast premiere back in Jan. 2021 and as a regular big Holiday broadcast on Christmas Day of 2021.

Who was in “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”)?

The players who appeared in Bert I. Gordon’s American-International production of “Earth vs. the Spider” (1958, a.k.a. “The Spider”) were Ed Kemmer (as Prof. Art Kingman), June Kenney (as Carol Flynn), Sally Fraser (as Mrs. Helen Kingman), Eugene “Gene” Persson (as Mike Simpson), Gene Roth (as Sheriff Cagle), Hal Torey (as Mr. Simpson), June Jocelyn (as Mrs. Jack Flynn), Mickey Finn (as Sam Haskel), Troy Patterson (as Joe), Skip Young (as Sam, the bass player), Howard Wright (as Jake), Bill Giorgio (as Dep. Sheriff Pete Sanders), Hank Patterson (as Hugo, the janitor), Jack Kosslyn (as Mr. Fraser) and Bob Garnet (as the pest control man).

Safe/Healthy/Happy Holidays & Season’s Greetings from the Author/Writer of “Silver Screen Reflections”

Safe, healthy, peaceful & Happy Holidays/Season’s Greetings to all fellow Super Svengoolie & Sventoonie SvenPals, fellow Super ‘Toon In With Me” Tooners, fellow Super “Mystery Science Theater 3000” MSTies, fellow Super classic film/TV aficionados & fellow Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” everywhere from the writer/author of “Silver Screen Reflections!” 

In order of the calendar of Dec. Holidays: Safe, healthy and Happy Holidays, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Winter Solstice, Happy Festivus, Merry Christmas, Happy Kwanzaa, Happy early New Year’s & Season’s Greetings to all fellow Super SvenPals/fellow Super Tooners who celebrate the Holidays!

Last night was magical Tooners!

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— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) December 6, 2022

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— Sventoonie (@sventoonie) December 25, 2022

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— Toon In With Me (@tooninwithmetv) December 21, 2022

Whether you watched your favorite classic/cult classic mammoth Holiday film, cartoon and/or TV masterpieces earlier in the the day & numerous Holiday festivities, we fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners/Super MSTies/Super classic film/cartoon/TV aficionados/Super readers of “Silver Screen Reflections” hope you all had  wonderful, safe and healthy Holiday(s)!   Looking forward to more Svengoolie, Sventoonie and “Toon In With Me” big broadcast adventures with all my fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners in the New Year of 2023 and beyond! -C.H.

Update: I will share my Sven Holiday moments with all my fellow Super SvenPals/Super Tooners in the Mon. evening, Dec. 26 social media airlanes! -C.H.