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CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON 2011 BEGINS

Posted in A CHRISTMAS CAROL, tagged , , , , on November 30, 2011 | 6 Comments »

TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR MY ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF THE ENORMOUS NUMBER OF VERSIONS OF A CHRISTMAS CAROL THAT ARE OUT THERE. I’LL BE PEPPERING IN SEVERAL THAT I DIDN’T HAVE TIME TO INCLUDE LAST YEAR (I have about five dozen different versions)BUT FIRST A REPOST OF MY FAVORITE VERSION, BAR NONE: I’ll come right out and [...]

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THE JERRY SANDUSKY/ JOE PATERNO SCANDAL: USING CHILDREN AS HUMAN SHIELDS

Posted in opinion, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 29, 2011 | 2 Comments »

 Remember this scene from the movie The Dead Zone? Martin Sheen’s sleazy character holding up a child to use as a human shield against the bullets being fired at him? That was the overall impression I got from the sickening scenes of alleged pedophile enabler Joe Paterno seemingly trying to insulate himself from the scrutiny he [...]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS FROM NOVEMBER 26TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 27, 2011 | 16 Comments »

 NAIA FOOTBALL DOWN TO ITS FINAL FOUR TEAMS – The MARIAN UNIVERSITY KNIGHTS, who are the Top Ranked and Top Seeded team in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, completely annihilated the 11th seeded ST FRANCIS (IL) FIGHTING SAINTS by a score of 49-7. The Fighting Saints pulled off the upset of the 6 seeds from Morningside last [...]

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COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF SCOREBOARDS FOR NOVEMBER 26TH

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , , , , , , on November 26, 2011 | 9 Comments »

 Yes, newbies to Balladeer’s Blog, the divisions of college football covered here settle their seasons on the field. Today the CC Fighting Saints, the defending champions of NAIA football, welcome the Azusa Pacific Cougars to Helena, MT for quarter- final action. Will CC once again derail the Cougars’ post season run or will APU rise up and [...]

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MOVIE HOSTS: CHRISTOPHER COFFIN (1961? – 1967)

Posted in Bad and weird movies, Movie Hosts, tagged , , , , , , , , on November 25, 2011 | 5 Comments »

 Christopher Coffin, AKA Reed Pasternak AKA Reed Farrell, deserves to be mentioned with the biggest names in the history of B- Movie Hosts. As you can see in the photo at left Coffin hosted his movies from a wheelchair and when you combine that with his wry, erudite sense of humor and his aristocratic manner I think [...]

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THANKSGIVING COLLEGE FOOTBALL RIVALRY: TUSKEGEE VS ALABAMA STATE

Posted in college football, tagged , , , , on November 24, 2011 | 4 Comments »

 The HBCU gridiron rivalry between the TUSKEGEE GOLDEN TIGERS and the ALABAMA STATE HORNETS can’t help but be anything but flattering to Tuskegee. The Golden Tigers are, after all, Division 2 while the Hornets are 1AA (FCS if you’re a spineless conformist). In that respect it’s like the

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THANKSGIVING DAY BAD MOVIE: SLASHER IN THE HOUSE

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , on November 24, 2011 | 2 Comments »

Happy Thanksgiving! In the spirit of holiday classics that get trotted out each year here’s a special Turkey Day encore of last year’s review of the laughably bad Thanksgiving Day themed slasher movie from the 1980′s. Until someone makes a horror film about a guy in a Pilgrim outfit slashing people this is what we’ve [...]

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THE SANDUSKY/ PATERNO SCANDAL GIVES US ALL SOMETHING EXTRA TO BE THANKFUL FOR

Posted in opinion, tagged , , , , , on November 23, 2011 | 4 Comments »

                                                                                                   The Penn State scandal about alleged  serial  child  rapist Jerry Sandusky and his alleged enabler Joe Paterno has given all of us something extra to be thankful for in this holiday season.  1. BE THANKFUL YOU WEREN’T A CHILD GROWING UP IN THE SANDUSKY/ PATERNO SPHERE OF INFLUENCE – That could have meant you were at the mercy [...]

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THANKSGIVING EVE BAD MOVIE TREAT: THE TURKEY MONSTER MOVIE “BLOOD FREAK”

Posted in Bad and weird movies, tagged , , , , , , on November 23, 2011 | 7 Comments »

I first reviewed Blood Freak in the summer of 2010, but considering how its premise makes it appropriate to the Turkey Day holiday I’ll rerun it like they used to rerun The Wizard of Oz every Wednesday before Thanksgiving. BLOOD FREAK (1972) – Category: A neglected bad movie classic that deserves a Plan 9-sized cult [...]

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ALLEGED PEDOPHILE ENABLER JOE PATERNO AND HIS DELUDED DEFENDERS

Posted in opinion, tagged , , , , , , , on November 22, 2011 | 4 Comments »

 With each passing day more and more revelations come out about the Jerry Sandusky/ Joe Paterno scandal at Penn State. The culture of silence allegedly overseen by Paterno might put you in mind of a petty and selfish little man exerting far more influence than he should have been permitted to wield. The picture emerging is [...]

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