I've seen some good (fairly) old movies on AMC lately -- mainly '70s and early '80s.
There's also Fox Movie Channel, which shows 20th Century-Fox's library. Which does have quite a few light entertainment treasures.
I got stupid. The money was too good.
Jayne ,'Objects In Space'
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Fred Pete - Feb 01, 2005 3:27:17 am PST #8619 of 10001
Ann, that's a ferret.
DXMachina - Feb 01, 2005 3:54:51 am PST #8620 of 10001
You always do this. We get tipsy, and you take advantage of my love of the scientific method.
Alas, I only get AMC. My cable system has no TCM.
Nutty - Feb 01, 2005 4:20:24 am PST #8621 of 10001
"Mister Spock is on his fanny, sir. Reports heavy damage."
I think my TCM is premium, so I don't have it. AMC is kind of bush league, but when you need to see a minor horror flick from the 70s about a hundred million times, they're the place to go.
One of the joys of having watched old TV shows in syndication during my teens was that I got to see a lot of actors before they were really famous. Charles Bronson did an episode of The Fugitive, as did Kurt Russell (as a kid) and Beau Bridges. I saw Martin Sheen, looking like a 14-year-old hoodlum, on Hawaii Five-O.
Kathy A - Feb 01, 2005 4:59:23 am PST #8622 of 10001
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
When I was in college, I happened to catch the end of an old Gidget episode while waiting for Jeopardy to come on, and I saw the boyfriend-of-the-week on the screen and said, "Oh, my God, it's Captain Furillo!" Sure enough, when the credits popped up a few minutes later, the name "Danny Travanty" was featured.
erikaj - Feb 01, 2005 5:08:30 am PST #8623 of 10001
Always Anti-fascist!
Oh, God, Captain Furillo probably imprinted me for life, Kathy.(I was probably too young. But it was Mom's Favorite Thing Ever. Apple, tree, it's a thing for a reason.) But it's funny the stuff they do Before They're Famous.
Frankenbuddha - Feb 01, 2005 5:34:10 am PST #8624 of 10001
"We are the Goon Squad and we're coming to town...Beep! Beep!" - David Bowie, "Fashion"
My favorite is Clint Eastwood as an absent-minded scientist in a sequel to Creature from the Black Lagoon.
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 6:06:26 am PST #8625 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 6:07:42 am PST #8626 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
You can read that article in Spanish here.
sumi - Feb 01, 2005 7:22:38 am PST #8627 of 10001
Art Crawl!!!
Are you guys, particularly the L.A.istas, familiar with FIDM?
It's a Fashion Design school in LA and it has an exhibit of Hollywood costumes going on RIGHT now -- including costumes from RotK and PotC!
Their website: [link]
§ ita § - Feb 01, 2005 7:25:45 am PST #8628 of 10001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Ooh! Amazing -- they'll also have Lemony Snicket costumes!