Yes, “the Broadway of TV” is back for this look at the program’s third season.
STANDOUT EPISODES:
THE MEANEST MAN IN THE WORLD – Directed by the one and only Sidney Lumet, this episode dealt with a mean-spirited father trying to force his kind-hearted son to treat people as horribly as he himself does. It all culminates in mean ol’ dad wanting his son to join him in foreclosing on an elderly widow and a deserted orphan on Christmas Eve. Starring Betsy Palmer, Wally Cox, Richard Hilton and Josephine Hull.
THE SEVENTH VEIL – A psychiatrist (Ben Astar) tries to determine which of the men in the life of his patient Francesca (Diana Lynn) is so abusive that he has caused her nervous breakdown. Also starring Dan O’Herlihy, Conrad Janis, Richard Abbott and Cindy Cameron.
COUNTERFEIT – BORIS KARLOFF stars as George Redford, a seemingly mild-mannered British man who raises tomatoes. Actually, he is really a brilliant counterfeiter whose work is so terrific that it takes years for the authorities to catch on. Edna Best and John McGiver also star. Continue reading
CHAR-BROILED – The number 2 team in the nation – the HUTCHINSON COLLEGE BLUE DRAGONS – welcomed the CISCO COLLEGE WRANGLERS. The Blue Dragons proceeded to fold, spindle and mutilate Cisco College, leading them 21-0 to end the 1st Quarter, 42-7 at Halftime, and 52-7 in the 3rd Quarter before logging a FIFTY-NINE to SEVEN triumph over the Wranglers in the 4th.
ANOTHER ROSWELL INCIDENT – In Roswell, NM the NEW MEXICO MILITARY INSTITUTE BRONCOS (should be Cavalry) took the field against the visiting DODGE CITY COLLEGE CONQUISTADORS. The Conquistadors led the Institute 7-3 in the opening Quarter, but the Broncos went up 23-20 by the Half. The 3rd Quarter ended with NMMI leading 30-20 before winning out 37-20 in the end. 
STRAIGHT TALK (1992) 
EDDIE L. DRISCOLL played several different Movie Host characters during his THIRTY-THREE years working at the same television station – WLBZ Channel 2 in Bangor, Maine. That Maine location made Driscoll’s characters the Movie Hosts that a certain horror author had watched in his youth (see below). Eddie’s shows aired throughout Maine and into Canada’s Maritime Provinces.
Over the years, he worked there as a cameraman, weather man, kiddie show host and much more. He retired from WLBZ in 1987. His Movie Host characters: 
UNCLE GORY – From 1964 to 1967 Eddie hosted his new Saturday night at Midnight show titled Weird. On this Bad Movie Show he played Uncle Gory, a Dungeon Master in a fur vest and a mop-top wig. Uncle Gory hosted from his dungeon with a human skull displayed on a slab near him. He presented each week’s movie like it was a story coming to life from a book he was reading aloud. 
PART SEVEN – Picking up where we left off, Ofe the chief conspirator in the murder of Ozidi the Elder had cowardly fled once again rather than face the avenging son Ozidi the Younger in combat. Ozidi’s grandmother Oreame cast spells to flush out Ofe no matter where he was hidden. 
JOHNNY COOL (1963) – Okay, this weekend I once again met someone who never heard of this film, so I resolved to do what little I could to spread the word about it by reviewing it here on Balladeer’s Blog. 
Sammy was still wearing his pre-glass eye eyepatch in the film and also sang the movie’s title song. There’s a boatload more kitsch casting in Johnny Cool, which I’ll cover as we go along. 
It has literally been almost a year since Balladeer’s Blog did a post in my Transgress with Me series, so here we go. For newbies, I’m an Independent Voter who used to be a Democrat until they became such intolerant fascists. 
MINERSVILLE 
