Thanks to my good friend Troy Guinn for this head's up. Deadpit radio dedicated their 11-30-07 podcast to the late Hayden Milligan, a.k.a. horror host I. Zombie. Just go to www.deadpit.com, then scroll down to the past shows and it's available there.
Wrapped up shooting all the segments for the next Creature Feature episode this past Saturday evening. The next show is "The Last Man on Earth."
Now begins the editing phase. I will drop the raw footage off this week to my editor, and then all the pieces will come together. Did a few things different this episode, trying different lighting/sound techniques and equipment, as well as working with some new crew members. Look forward to seeing how it all turns out!
This episode airs Saturday, December 29th @ 7:00pm, on Nashville's CW58.
Since I wrote about this a couple of days ago I thought I'd follow up here - Ain't it Cool News reports the new Wonder Woman will be an Australian Supermodel named Megan Gale.
Looking at her listing on IMDB.com, she only has two films under her belt to date, one of which was a 2005 film called Stealth. She only plays a bit part in it, apparently, but the film stars, interestingly enough, Jessice Biel, who reports now say passed on the role.
Don't know if her acting is up to the task, but she certainly looks like an Amazon warrior princess to me!
Since I posted the first two parts of this Inner Sanctum broadcast with Boris Karloff, I thought I'd put the final part here. My congratulations to whoever posted these on Youtube - a subscriber by the moniker of Lost Airwaves. Great job with the photos accompanying the radio broadcast. Parts 1 & 2 are in posts below - enjoy!
Evil Knievel passed away Friday, November 30th, 2007. He was 69 years old. News reports say Knievel had been struggling for years with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung condition. In 1999 he underwent a liver transplant after nearly dying of hepatitis C, which he believed he contracted through one of the many blood transfusions from his wrecks.
What a character. Police dubbed him "Evil Knievel" as a child when he was caught stealing hubcaps. Among his many achievements in life, he also was a star athlete in High School, volunteered to be an army paratrooper in the 1950s (making 30 jumps), and played hockey with the Charlotte Clippers. But it was as a motorcycle daredevil that Evel would rise to fame, capturing the world's attention and becoming one of the biggest attractions of the 1970s. His son Robbie later followed in his footsteps, becoming a stunt cyclist himself.
Evel starred in a 1977 movie called Viva Knievel!, in which he played himself - it also starred Laura Hutton and Leslie Nielson. There was also a 1971 film starring George Hamilton, as well as a made for TV film in 2004, and a failed TV pilot starring Sam Elliott.
Is there any American male who grew up in the 1970s who wasn't inspired by the exploits of Evel? I remember setting up wooden ramps to jump on my bicycle, placing various objects below in my own death defying stunt. I also remember, in true Knievel fashion, wrecking and lying on the ground afterwards staring up at the sky!
I was listening to sports talk on my car radio last night and they had a segment called 4 Questions. Of the 4, only two were sports related - and one of them was, "What was your favorite toy as a kid?"
I thought about it, and my favorite toy growing up was my Evel Knievel stunt cycle. I used to play with that thing for hours in my driveway, cranking the handle furiously to watch Evel ride again and again. I have a scar to prove it, on the knuckle of the first finger of my right hand, where it would scrape the ground as I cranked the launcher, and although it was bloody and hurting I kept on cranking!
Evel definitely wasn't a saint. He was an alcoholic, got caught soliciting an undercover police officer for sex, left his wife of 38 years for a younger woman, was later charged with domestic violence toward this younger woman (whom he did eventually marry), and most recently was involved in a lawsuit with rap artist Kanye West over West's usage of Evel's image in a rap video. Life is so much simpler as a kid - you don't know the details of your heroes, you simply see them as the image they portray. Sometimes it's sad to learn the real person behind the facade. That is the most disappointing thing I've encountered since I started this horror host business.
Below is video footage of two of Evel's most spectacular jumps - look at the size of the ramp in this first one!! Seeing this as an adult it's a wonder he wasn't paralyzed - check out the crew as they get to him. The first thing they do is start yanking on his head and flip him over on his back. Amazing. The second clip is the famous Ceaser's Palace jump. I remember watching this one live on TV. Incredible crash - He was the real life Ghost Rider, suffering multiple crashes that should have killed him. Ride on, Evel. Ride on!
While I was surfing the web this morning I stumbled across the website IESB.net. It's a movie news site, and among the various movie rumors/news/gossip was a report about the upcoming (still in planning/production stages) JUSTICE LEAGUE movie. Various cast rumors were being discussed, and among them, Wonder Woman!
Now, I've never been a huge Wonder Woman fan, but I sure did watch the 70s TV show starring Linda Carter. That was one groovy show, and I managed to watch it regularly. It was a real product of the 70s - Linda Carter did a great job with what they gave her to work with, and she looked great in the suit.
The Justice League movie is actually slated for a 2010 release, according to IMDB - but there is also a Wonder Woman film in the works for 2009, again according to IMDB. So who would they cast to play Wonder Woman in the new movies?
Well among the rumors floating about on IESB.net was this one from September 2007:
Jessica Biel
On first glance, I'd say Jessica looks too young when compared to Linda Carter. But, Linda was actually only 24 years old when Wonder Woman first hit the airwaves in 1975, which puts Jessica Biel actually a year older than Linda was when they started shooting the series! She certainly has the physique, and she did a fine job in the movies I've seen her in. I think she'd be a great choice.
One thing they'll have to be careful about, if they cast Jessica as Wonder Woman - next to her they'll definitely have to have someone other than Brandon Routh play Superman - she's more buff than he was in Superman Returns, without a doubt!
Regardless of who they cast in either film, one thing is guaranteed - the theme song won't be anywhere near as good as the TV show!!
Here is the second part of the Inner Sanctum radio broadcast I posted yesterday starring Boris Karloff. These old time radio shows are a LOT of fun. I have been downloading a ton of "Lights Out" shows lately. There are lots of sites nowadays that have these and other radio shows available for free download. Gotta love the internet!!
Since I wrote about this a couple of days ago I thought I'd follow up here - Ain't it Cool News reports the new Wonder Woman will be an Australian Supermodel named Megan Gale.
Evil Knievel passed away Friday, November 30th, 2007. He was 69 years old. News reports say Knievel had been struggling for years with diabetes and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, an incurable lung condition. In 1999 he underwent a liver transplant after nearly dying of hepatitis C, which he believed he contracted through one of the many blood transfusions from his wrecks.
I was listening to sports talk on my car radio last night and they had a segment called 4 Questions. Of the 4, only two were sports related - and one of them was, "What was your favorite toy as a kid?"
