Here's a blast from the past (a TBT)-- back in the 1960s, a company called Castle would routinely take famous movies and release edited-down, 8-10 minute versions for use in schools and libraries. These whittled-down movies were a lot of kids' first exposure to movies like Dracula and Abbot & Costello Meet Frankenstein. You could check them out at the library and take them home-- actually take home a movie!-- and watch it on your home projector.
Here are a couple, but there are many more.
Not long ago a friend posted a shot of one of the Nautilus submarines from the 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea ride at Walt Disney World. I rode this ride at Disneyland and was always captivated by it, and am convinced that it would captivate anybody today. (Who cares if they don't know the movie. Most kids haven't read Tom Sawyer, either, but the pirate caves are incredible.) This article from 2004 tells a wild story of the strange demise of this amazing ride.
The great Too Much Horror Fiction blog this week has a look at books Dean Koontz wrote under other names. Take a look -- especially for these great vintage paperback covers.
Another great TV Theme Thursday: an opening from Darkroom, a horror anthology series hosted by James Coburn in 1981.
TV Theme Thursday-- here's one with an extended "previously" for an adventure all around the Universal Studios Tour as seen in 1977.
