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THANK YOU once again to all of you readers for making Balladeer’s Blog so enjoyable to write. As I always say, the unusual and controversial items I sometimes churn out here mean that readers have to be open-minded and very secure in their own beliefs not to just take offense and leave. You folks are the greatest!
Here are some of my most popular blog posts from the past 12 months.
ROBERT REDFORD R.I.P. – After his death I reviewed his obscure films like War Hunt, This Property is Condemned, The Chase, Downhill Racer and others HERE.
RYAN O’NEAL: FORGOTTEN FILMS – A posthumous look at his films like Green Ice, Nickelodeon, Wild Rovers, The Thief Who Came to Dinner and more HERE.
THREE BAD TOM SELLECK MOVIES – The Chinese Typewriter HERE, The Gypsy Warriors HERE, and The Washington Affair HERE.
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION – A Trip to the Moon by Mr. Murtagh McDermot (1728) An Irishman travels to the moon and meets the inhabitants HERE. Mars to the Earth (1895) – The first Martian visit to Earth HERE. Story of the Second Traveler (1879) An island of sci-fi wonders HERE, Wonderworlds (1911) A spaceship expediton to explore other planets HERE.
BAD MOVIES – JACINTO MOLINA, SPAIN’S KING OF HORROR – I reviewed his movies like Exorcismo, Fury of the Wolfman, Assignment: Terror, Werewolf vs the Yeti, House of Psychotic Women and many more HERE. THE BOD SQUAD (1974) Women abducted by pirates learn kung fu and fight back HERE. AGAINST THE DARK (2009) Steven Seagal fights zombies HERE. FOES (1977) A very weird assault by aliens HERE. KARATE GIRL (1973) Turkish kung fu movie HERE.
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION – PARTNERS IN CRIME (1984) – Loni Anderson and Lynda Carter as widows of a P.I. who take over his agency and solve his murder as their first case HERE. THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. (1966-1967) Stefanie Powers as U.N.C.L.E. agent April Dancer HERE. MRS. COLUMBO (1979-1980) Kate Mulgrew as Columbo’s wife solving murders HERE.
THE NEGLECTED RAILROAD WAR (1878-1880) – A neglected conflict that involved Robber Barons and various big-name gunslingers like Doc Holliday, Bat Masterson, Texas Ben Thompson, John Joshua Webb and more HERE.
MORE FORGOTTEN TELEVISION – BLUE LIGHT (1966) Robert Goulet as a deep-cover American spy who has infiltrated the Nazi propaganda system HERE. STAGECOACH WEST (1960-1961) – Wayne Rogers plays a stagecoach driver based in Wyoming in the 1800s HERE. CIMARRON STRIP (1967-1968) Stuart Whitman is an Old West Marshal in the Cimarron Strip HERE. ESPIONAGE (1963-1964) Real-life spy stories from the Cold War and the World Wars back to the Revolutionary War HERE. CASEY JONES (1957-1958) Alan Hale as the legendary 1890s train engineer HERE.
TIMEBOMB (1991) – Forgotten Michael Biehn film. This action/ sci-fi movie is part Terminator and part Jason Bourne films. He met Patsy Kensit, with whom he subsequently had a relationship, making this flick HERE.
SWASHBUCKLER MOVIES – RICARDO MONTALBAN- Rage of the Buccaneers, Mark of the Renegade and The Saracen Blade HERE. ROCK HUDSON (at left) – Sea Devils, Captain Lightfoot, The Golden Blade and Bengal Brigade HERE. JOHN PAYNE – Raiders of the Seven Seas, Tripoli, and Caribbean Gold HERE. JEFF CHANDLER – Yankee Buccaneer, Flame of Araby and Yankee Pasha HERE.
QUISP VS QUAKE (1965-1973) – Battle of the breakfast cereal mascots HERE.
NEGLECTED GUNSLINGERS – Whiskey Jim HERE. Big Steve Long HERE.
FIVE LOST OUTLAW TREASURES OF THE OLD WEST HERE.
THE DOUBLE DAGGERS (1877) – The second Deadwood Dick Dime Novel HERE.
RICHARD DENNING’S BAD MOVIES – Target Earth, Creature with the Atom Brain, Unknown Island, Day the World Ended and more HERE.
SILENT FILMS – Mabel Normand comedies from 1916-1920 HERE.
Silent movie adaptations of various works of Edgar Allan Poe like The Cask of Amontillado, Murders in the Rue Morgue, The Gold Bug, The Pit and the Pendulum, Fall of the House of Usher, The System of Dr. Tarr and Prof. Fether, The Masque of the Red Death, The Raven and more HERE.
FOUR BRUCEPLOITATION MARTIAL ARTS MOVIES – The many imitators of the late Bruce Lee in films like Bruce, Kung Fu Girls, Bruce Lee vs Gay Power and Bruce Lee vs Supermen HERE.
SUPERHEROES – Iron Fist: More 1970s stories with Master Khan, the X-Men and more HERE. Wonder Woman Year One HERE. The Defenders: Valkyrie’s Quest and more HERE. The Clock: His final stories (1941-1944) HERE.
RED NAILS – Marvel’s lauded adaptation of this Robert E. Howard story HERE.
ETRUSCAN MYTHS – I look at gods and goddesses like Tinia, Uni, Turan, Aita and Fufluns HERE.
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAMS – United International College HERE, Truckee Meadows College HERE. Mesalands College HERE. Lake Sumter State HERE. Lamar College HERE. Gulf Coast Christian College HERE. Sweet Briar College HERE. Montcalm College HERE. Carteret College HERE. Mohave College HERE.
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Logged, thank you sir!
Congratulations on your 16th Anniversary
Thank you very much, sir!
A pleasure and honor
I feel the same way!
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Thank you!
Congratulations ❣️❣️❣️
Thank you very much! I appreciate it!
Bravo!
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Happy Blog-day!
Thank you very much, Capn!
You’re very welcome!
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A happy happy b/day to you
Thanks very much! I appreciate it!
16 years is an achievement. Heep up the great work.
I will! Encouragement helps!
well then… It is brill, it is brill, it is brill.
Ha! You’ll give me a swelled head!
Well….why not!!
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Congratulations!
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Happy Blog-day! It’s an amazing achievement to have a blog that is sixteen years old. I only started my blog a few years ago and still have much progress to make. I appreciate all the blogs you listed here but my favourite is the Robert Redford tribute. I have always been a huge fan of Redford and adore all films he has made throughout his career.
Thank you for saying so! I agree about Redford Films. I have a hard time picking a favorite.
Congrats to the treasure trove that is your blog!!! 🎉🍾
Very kind words! Thank you very much!
Congratulations!
Thank you!
Happy anniversary, I salute you for taking the time to put together interesting, thoughfully-written pieces for your readers to enjoy several times a week. Long may it continue. If you don’t always get a comment from me it’s either because it’s something I don’t feel qualified to comment on, or else I just didn’t get round to your post in time. With that in mind, I’m going to try to and play catch-up by leaving a smattering of comments around the place this week. Thanks again my friend!
Thank YOU for such a nice comment! I really appreciate it! The only reason I no longer do as may posts about the U.K. is because I feel I may not really understand what’s going on and I base that on how other people around the world develop a far-off notion of what’s going on here in the U.S.
Congratulations Lil Bro!
Thank you so much!
Congratulations! Your posts are always a highlight of my day.
The precise tagging helps target the content I’m here to enjoy using the RSS feed reader. While I don’t share your political leanings or love for college sports, I can still enjoy everything else because there isn’t much, if any, bleed over. I don’t have much sympathy for the haters.
Thanks very much for saying so! You’re obviously one of the readers I described as being open-minded and secure enough in your own beliefs that you read my blog posts on other topics.