The Third Banana: October 2008

The Terror-ific Third Annual Third Banana Halloween Anniversary Spooktacular Clip-O-Thon... The Third!

Excerpts from The Paul Lynde Halloween Special! I just think it's amazing that this even exists! KISS! Margaret Hamilton! Tim Conway! Billy Barty! KISS! Betty White! Donny and Marie Osmond! Billie Hayes!! KISS!! Truly one of the last gasps of old-style capital "S" Showbiz.

A rare Bela Lugosi appearance on an even rarer TV show, the 1949 video version of the radio classic Suspense. And check out the 35 year old Ray Walston!

The Adventures of Ozzie and Harriet: Halloween Party

Excerpts from Capulina Contra Los Monstruos (1974)

Clavillazo in El Castillo De Los Monstruos (1957)

Eegah! (1962) "Watch out for snakes!"

Popeye in Fright To the Finish (1954). You know, if standard drug store vanishing cream really did make people invisible, I think everyone would be much more cavalier about invisible people..

And take a tip from the fine folks at Centron, kids, and have a safe and paranoid Halloween! Remember homemade Halloween treats? Remember fruit? Too bad there were all those all those poisonings and hidden razor blades and.. what? That didn't happen?

And here's Centron's 1985 edition of Halloween Safety. Ramp up the dread! Pour on the paranoia!! Die, Halloween, die!!! Christ.. by 1985, we even had to worry about carving the damn pumpkin!! "Getting my insides scooped out tickles me!"

Labels: Bela Lugosi, Billie Hayes, Capulina, cinema, Clavillazo, Margaret Hamilton, Ozzie and Harriet, Paul Lynde, Ray Walston, TV

The Harry Files, Part III, 1934-1944

Modesto Bee, 2/23/34

Oakland Tribune, 2/13/34

San Antonio Light, 11/20/34

Brownsville Herald, 11/20/34

San Antonio Light, 4/5/36

Nevada State Journal, 8/18/38. Previously, Harry was rumored to
be a possible replacement for Bert Wheeler during Bert's brief split
with Bob Woolsey. Now here he is filling in for Stan Laurel. If he had
lived past 1944, I'm sure he would have eventually been a rumored
fill-in for Lou Costello.