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POLAVISION Tuesday,
December 12, 2006 - 9:57am
THE
CARPENTERS
Look for Christy and Jimmy McNichol and Fred Astaire, they were guest stars! Here's more with Karen singing with that sublime voice of hers: Monday,
December 11, 2006 - 8:09am
HOOTENANNY
Remember the movie A Mighty Wind? This is the era and performers they were spoofing (like the Chad Mitchell Trio who open disc one with 'A Might Day'). There are also unbelievably hilarious comedy routines from Vaughn Meader and Woody Allen on the first disc. I'll do a proper review in the review section of this set when I've happily absorbed the entire thing, but wanted to give you a heads up that Hootenanny is now available for pre-order (for a January release date). (Read about the show on TVparty!) I can't say enough good things about it - and I'm only through the first disc. If there's a more exciting eclectic mix of music on DVD I haven't seen it. Trini Lopez, Mariam Makeba, The Carter Family, Johnny Cash, Hoyt Axton, Ian & Sylvia, Marion Williams, Doc Watson and dozens of others. This is the it. Monday,
December 11, 2006 - 7:30am
FREE
THE WEST MEMPHIS THREE - 10 YEARS LATER There's a devastating 1996 HBO documentary called Paradise Lost (Blockbuster & Netflix have it as well as Amazon) and a follow-up film (Paradise Lost 2) that lays out the facts in a clear and concise way. If we're truly to live in a just society, we have to be sure that the people convicted of horrific crimes are caught and punished. That didn't happen in this case, and one of the young men waits on DEATH ROW for a crime he did not commit. And in that community a child sadist and killer goes free. I feel bad that there isn't much I can do about it - except for the remote possibility that YOU are someone that can make a difference. As someone who grew up in the South - and live there now - I know how things all-too-often happen (these boys were convicted without a single SHRED of physical evidence - and the state has been dragging their feet for ten years on doing the DNA tests that could exonerate them). Although several high profile celebrities have taken up the cause, I can only imagine the horror these young person's lives must be, incarcerated as they are as child molesting killers. Travel to wm3.org for more info. Monday,
December 11, 2006 - 7:26am
The Polaroid Polavision Player allowed users to view their Super8mm films instantly, without sending out for processing. You shot the action with the Polavision camera then removed the cartridge which developed the film in a mere 90 seconds. You then dropped the cartridge into a special viewer/ projector to watch. It was a huge leap forward for home filming, but the movies had no sound and the home video recorder was lurking just over the horizon. That spelled doom for Polavision. Friday,
December 8, 2006 - 11:43am
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December 7, 2006 - 8:43am
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December 5, 2006 - 1:33pm
CHRISTMAS
MOMENT OF ZEN
Tuesday,
December 5, 2006 - 8:15am
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Richard
Tolleson remarks about an earlier blog entry: "I remembered seeing
'Polavision' at JC Penney one Christmas. By the next Christmas, Sony had
Betamax and RCA had Selectavision in the stores. For years I thought I
had imagined that whole Polavision thing. It reminds me of an announcement
that was made in the Spring of 1956. A blurb in Broadcasting
magazine stated that ABC was ready to reveal a new method for delaying
The Mickey Mouse Club for West Coast airing. That same week Ampex
introduced videotape, and whatever method ABC was planning on using is
lost to history (or at least I haven’t found it yet)."
