For All You Little Monsters!

Who didn't love being a kid in the 1960s -- complete with monster models from Aurora!

And in 1970 or so, Aurora got fancy, with glow-in-the-dark monsters!  The above ad is on the rear cover of the May, 1970 World's Finest #193.

The above ad is from Superman's Girl Friend Lois Lane #108, cover-dated February 1971.  I regret to inform you that I did not join the Monster Fan Club, darn it!  If you did, I'd love to hear about it!

See you on Monday, fiends and degredations!

   

You Too Can Be Munster-iffic!

Yes, for the past seventeen zillion Blog-o-Weens we have been wading through Whitman's The Munsters coloring book, and haven't reached the end yet!

Here are pages 101 and 102.

After a thrilling costume party at which Uncle Herman won first prize, Marilyn and her date are, for some reason, taking a tour of the Munsters' attic.

You'll have to wait until later in the month to find out what Marilyn's date is so wacked-out about!

But we'll see you back here on Friday for something else wondrous and/or silly.

  

Scary Books, Kiddies! - Dalton

Scary Books, Kiddies!

The Cattle Mutilators. By John J Dalton. Manor Books, 1980. No cover credit.

This is the tale of a country doctor who notices a pattern of not only indigent male patients with surgical incisions in the family jewels ... but farmers’ cattle with similar (or worse) damage. At least the four-legged victims are dead!


Evidently this is a pretty rare book, ’cause Amazon folks are selling it for northwards of $50.

Maybe the truth is in here! I couldn’t tell you. I finished reading it on June 24, 1990, and don’t recall anything about it. I got 50 pages into a rereading recently but wasn’t sufficiently motivated to go further.

Talk to you next time, kiddies! 

  

MA-149 - An Old-Fashioned Halloween -- Welcome to BLOG-O-WEEN!

Yes, my friends, this is the most delicious time of year -- Halloween time!

To kick off this magic, spooky, wacky season, here's a new music compilation. The tracks:

01 - Halloween Party - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:31)

02 - Main Title (It! The Terror from Beyond Space) - Paul Sawtell & Bert Shefter - 1958  (1:05)

03 - Hey Jude - Paul Frees - 1970  (3:53)

04 - Weebles Haunted House - Hasbro Playskool - 1976  (0:29)

05 - Monster Approaches (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:45)

06 - Halloween Driving Safety - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:31)

07 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #1 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (0:37)

08 - Attack of the Mole Men - The Dickies - 1979  (3:40)

09 - Main Title / Shooting Stars (This Island Earth) - Herman Stein - 1978  (3:49)

10 - The Mad Scientist - The Zanies - 1958  (1:59)

11 - The Munsters (1st Season Opening Theme) - Jack Marshall - 1964  (0:44)

12 - The Munsters (1st Season End Credits) - Jack Marshall - 1964  (0:31)

13 - Hollywood Halloween - Section 8 - 1979  (3:06)

14 - Mysterioso, Burglar Music - J S Zamecnik - 1913  (0:46)

15 - Plodding Monster (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:37)

16 - The Raven - Kenny and the Fiends - 1963  (1:55)

17 - The Witch (Album Version) - The Rattles - 1970  (2:56)

18 - Halloween Values - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:28)

19 - Sonik Re-Entry (Fantastic Theatre) - The Electrosonics - 1962  (2:34)

20 - Son of Dracula Main Title - Hans J Salter - 1978  (1:07)

21 - TV Monster - The Bounce - 1980  (2:49)

22 - Return to the the Haunted House - The Fleshtones - 1985  (2:22)

23 - Visitors from Space (It Came from Outer Space) - Herman Stein - 1978  (1:40)

24 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #2 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (1:05)

25 - What Can We Be for Halloween? - Jill Gallina - 1978  (2:05)

26 - Halloween Treats & Candy - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:28)

27 - Mysterioso Pizzicato - J Bodewalt Lampe - 1914  (0:22)

28 - Spookie Movies - Gary Paxton - 1962  (2:17)

29 - Night Gallery Theme - Gil Melle - 1970  (0:36)

30 - The Octopus - Angel and the Devines - 1964  (2:13)

31 - Halloween Jingle - William B Tanner Co - 1974  (0:32)

32 - Plan 9 from Outer Space - The Happy Few - 1981  (3:36)

33 - Shocks and Stingers (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (1:11)

34 - Graveyard Theme (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) - Vince Guaraldi - 1966  (0:53)

35 - Dumb Ways to Die - Metro Trains Melbourne - 2012  (3:00)

36 - Monsters (Jonny Quest) - Hoyt Curtin & Ted Nichols - 1964  (0:51)

37 - Do They Know It's Halloween? - North American Halloween Prevention Initiative - 2005  (5:52)

38 - Scooby-Doo, Where Are You? Underscore #3 - Ted Nichols - 1969  (0:45)

39 - Halloween Jack-o-Lantern Contest - Pepper Tanner Creative Sales Service - 1973  (0:33)

40 - Winged Death (The Deadly Mantis) - William Lava - 1978  (2:53)

41 - Trick or Treat (It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown) - John Scott Trotter - 1966  (1:14)

42 - The Night Stalker Suite - Robert Cobert - 1972  (4:00)

43 - Prologue - Welcome to Creepshow - John Harrison - 1982  (4:07)

 

And, to quote the liner notes:     It’s our hope that these selections from TV, film, advertising, and pop music will help rekindle some of the childlike anticipation and corniness inherent in an old-fashioned Halloween!

 

https://www.filefactory.com/file/6fzg0bi84bv2/MA-149.rar

 

Come back on Monday for more!  See you then!