When I was sorting out some books to get rid of, I found this clipping from April 20, 1984, in one of my "Kennedy killer" books.  ...

Also known as TAB, this was a service of Scholastic Book Services, and it got a lot of folks into reading (I hope).  Me, I was already there...

While watching the 1940 WC Fields film The Bank Dick on TMC the other day, I was astounded to recognize some of the music.   It’s an a...

Along with the rising of mass media and a united pop culture in the twentieth century came a realization that folks might have shared the sa...

Here’s what the Daily Oklahoman ’s obit read March 22, 1959 - October 28, 2011 MOORE Mark Lynn Barragar left this life to be with t...

We end this Halloween season with a bit of gentle fun, John Debney's enchanting soundtrack to the 1994 telefilm The Halloween Tree .  ...

In the early 1970s, late-night Saturday TV, in the Tulsa, OK broadcasting area, didn't get any cooler (or sillier) than Mazeppa Pompazoi...

From my copy of the October, 1964 Jack and Jill :

The rest of the Bride's tale from the coloring book.

more of my eight-year-old Halloween reading. Except for the skin color, the witch on the bottom right kind of resembles a couple of Jr H...

Not only did Victor Frankenstein survive being tossed from the windmill in Frankenstein , his critter survived in the basment, as told in mo...

Here is the second installation of Oddio Overplay’s Halloween record.   As I said last Monday, the comps are sadly no longer availa...

My copy of this magazine has no cover any more, but I found an image of it somewhere.  Here it is, along with a seasonal song.

From the October 1965 Golden Magazine : Even if she had help from Mom and Dad, that's still a fine effort for a nine-year-old...

...courtesy of my daughter Melissa, who was about 8 at the time.

In 1997, the USPS issued these stamps featuring some of our favorite guys.

The Oddio Overplay website no longer seems to carry this anthology of fun and “scary” music.   Glad I found it first to share with you! ...

More from the October 1964 Jack and Jill .  See you Monday with some high-voltage music!  Until then, may all your music be mix...

Here are the first few pages from the Universal Monsters Coloring Book. What happens when the lightning strikes (as if you didn...