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MY HALLOWEEN NIGHTMARE
It was the same dream I always have.Once again I found myself filled with dread, on a pier overlooking the sea. Once again I knew that help in the form of a ship was on its way, but it was doubtful...
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THE LEAD SLED DOG THEORY
In a film or a story The Lead Sled Dog is the character who sets the pace for everybody else. He gives the film a metronome beat. He's like the base player in a jazz combo. Other actors find themselves...
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THE DOG THEORY CHALLENGED
I explained the Lead Sled Dog Theory (see the previous post) to a young actor yesterday, and he wasn't impressed. I didn't keep notes but the conversation went something like this:ACTOR: "I can tell...
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THE BEST ARTIST NOBODY EVER HEARD OF
The best American artist, that is. If he's not the best he's surely one of the best. I'm talking about Charles Burchfield (1893 - 1967), a little-known regional painter of the American North East....
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I just discovered that one of my favorite modern plays...if you can call something from 1955 "modern"... is on YouTube. It's Rod Serling's "Patterns." The theme is fresh and controversial even now,...
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KEITH MORRISON: CRIME SHOW KING
Above, that's Keith Morrison, the much imitated narrator of Dateline, a popular TV crime show. I like Keith because his voice is so stylized...he's a modern Vincent Price!Here's (above) one of Keith's...
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ADVICE TO THE TALL
It's presumptuous but it has to be said: tall people need lessons in being tall. I don't see anybody else stepping up to the plate, so I'll take a crack at teaching it myself.First off, you talls need...
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"POSSESSED": A HALLOWEEN ROMANCE
SYDNEY: "Gertrude, I have to talk to you about something."GERTRUDE: "Do we have to talk now, Sydney? I'm very tired."SYDNEY: "Yes, it won't wait, I'm afraid. It's about...Stanley."GERTRUDE:...
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MEMPHIS FURNITURE
Above, you'll find a room full of Memphis furniture (above) from the 1980s. That was the trendy furniture style of its day, the thing we 80s people all longed to have. Gee, 30 years later some of the...
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HALLOWEEN PHOTOS
Here's a bunch of random Halloween photos I've been saving all year. I can't remember where I got most of them.What the heck is this (above)? Is it a mask? Is it a sculpture? The big face in the middle...
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MORE HALLOWEEN PORCH DECORATIONS
More Halloween porch pictures! Geez, I wish I had the original poster this cabbage monster came from. Veeery nice! The original of this would have been a great portrait to frame and put up on the wall...
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CREEPY PORTRAITS
I love family portraits, especially those of evil, deceased matriarchs or patriarchs who continue to inspire fear in the family they left behind. Of particular interest are the ones who left a will...
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SALEM WITCHCRAFT: THE PURITANS' POINT OF VIEW
For centuries Europe had been the scene of increasingly senseless slaughter. Wars of succession, religion, territory and trade proliferated. No excuse for discord was too small.Then there was the Black...
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HALLOWEEN: THE NEXT DAY
Well, Halloween's over! It was great, wasn't it?I didn't have time to go for an art-directed porch this year, so I went for the kind favored by rural farmers and Ray Bradbury-type kids living in small...
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WHAT MOVING WILL BE LIKE
Soon I'll be leaving my nice little home in L.A. Gee, I'll miss it. I'll say goodbye to my neighbors.......and my friends... ....and my mistress. She's a good egg. She'll land on her feet. When we get...
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I'M MOVING TO A SMALL TOWN
Haw! A reader...probably someone who speaks English as a second language... told me he couldn't understand why I would want to move to a small town. What's so great about sleeping in tiny buildings?...
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JOHN K DRAWS EDDIE
Here I am (above) with yet another John K caricature of me. Yikes! That haircut makes me look gay! I'll bet I'd just gotten it. John loves to catch people when they're fresh out of the...
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LIFE IN A SMALL TOWN
"Hi! Uncle Eddie here! I'm a city boy and I'll be moving to a small town soon. I've never lived in a small town so I'm reading all I can about that kind of place, so I'll know what to expect. The book...
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RALPH BAKSHI AT STEVE'S
Here's a few photos of Ralph and Steve that I took a couple of days ago. Sorry about the blur and the yellow. Geez, the color is yellow green and that's even worse.It was wonderful to see Ralph again,...
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AFTER MOVING TO A SMALL TOWN
In LA most of our friends were mine...a terrific bunch of guys and their families that I met as a result of working for decades in the animation industry. Fine lads all of them.My wife had girl...
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