THE BEST OF THE POST (1960-1961) – This anthology series ran for 26 half-hour episodes, all of them in color and all of them based on short stories published in the Saturday Evening Post. John Conte hosted.
STANDOUT EPISODES:
COMMAND aka CAVALRY COMMAND – In the post-Civil War American southwest a cavalry captain and his young lieutenant clash over issues of command. Meanwhile, a conflict with Native Americans rages. Starring Everett Sloane and Ben Cooper.
THE LITTLE TERROR – A little girl (Patty Ann Gerrity) learns she has the power to make things disappear by whispering the word “oogledeboo.” Though her grandfather (Charles Ruggles) tries to get her to stop using her power she still experiments with it. Hey, maybe the Twilight Zone‘s little kid who wishes people into the cornfield got his start this same way. Also with Robert Quarry himself.
THE MARRIAGE THAT COULDN’T SUCCEED – June Lockhart stars as a blind woman whose marriage to a miner faces various challenges. When he goes off to war and is Missing in Action, she refuses to lose faith that he is still alive. Continue reading



THE FEAST OF BRICRIU (Fled Bricrenn) – The Book of the Dun Cow version of this tale is dated to around the 700s A.D. and is considered the forerunner of the story of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight in British legends.
THE FACE OF MARBLE (1946) – John “He’s probably even in the Zapruder Film if you look hard enough” Carradine stars as a mad scientist who is trying to use electrical and chemical treatments to revive the recently deceased. Human and animal test subjects come back to life able to walk through solid objects and are controlled by John’s voodoo-practicing maid. William “One-Shot” Beaudine directed and Willie Best was on hand as the butler.
ACCOUNT OF AN EXPEDITION TO THE INTERIOR OF NEW HOLLAND (1837) – Written by multiple parties, with Lady Mary Fox, Richard Whateley and Lord Holland the likeliest authors. “New Holland” was an old name for Australia. In 1860 the novel was reissued under the title preface The Southlanders.
Southland boasts a population of roughly four million and is divided into eleven distinct regions which, though under one overall parliamentary government, enjoy a large amount of internal sovereignty. Some regions are republics and others live under a hereditary monarchy. In several of the republics, however, their chief executive figure is still called a king despite being elected.


From June 24th, 2020 – 
U.S. President: Ulysses S. Grant Vice President: Vacant. Henry Wilson had died on Nov 22nd, 1875 and the 25th Amendment requiring a new Vice President to fill any such vacancy would not be passed until 1967. Speaker of the House: Michael C. Kerr Chief Justice: Morrison R. Waite
CAPTAIN VICTORY
Powers: Captain Victory (No relation to the Jack Kirby character of that name) could fly and had massive super strength. The upper limits of his flying abilities and his strength were never established before the character disappeared.
LIGHTNING GIRL 

