Ryder PI (1985)

All time comedy classic from the 1980's about 2 stupid private detectives, played by Dave Hawthorne and Bob Nelson. They are on the case looking for a missing girl, and a big time drug lord. Howard Stern makes a hillarious apperance as a crazy newscaster. You have to see this to believe it. ****

Deaf Smith and Johnny Ears (1973) MGM

Good western with Franco Nero and Anthony Quinn. Anthony Quinn plays Deaf Smith, even though he can't hear he is very perceptive. Together they both fight in the war over Texas in the 1840's. Lots of action. ****

John Wayne Special "Swing out Sweet Land" 1970

This special is about America from the 1600's to early 1900's. Many famous stars of the 50's -70's play the roles. Michael Landon as Peter Minuet, Dean Martin as Eli Whitney, Bob Hope as George Washington entertaining the troops at Vally Forge. Even though this is a comedy, it is good for kids to see, because they do give a lot of information about the basic foundations of America. There are also good music performances by Johnny Cash, and Roy Clark. Broadcast only once thought to be lost. Now availiable on DVD from MPI. ****

Green Glove (1952) United Artists

Good film starring Glen Ford as an American GI returning to France after the war to search for a priceless Green Glove covered in diamonds that was left behind. ***

Slumdog Millionaire (2009)

This is a good film about a kid from the slums of India, that wins a chance to be on the tv show "Who wants to be a Millionaire." The story is told from the near ending, back to the beginning, sort of a flashback method. The acting of the children, and the leard star are very well done. The Hindi subtitles should have been bigger. The DVD gives the option to have extra captions. I would recommend this film however the violence is not for the squemish. ***

Rightous Kill (2009)

This movie moves along at a fast pace. Deniro and Pacino are good, however the ending is quite predicatble. Brian Dennahey is good as the captian of these two long time police officers and friends. This film reminds me of Death Wish (1974) with Charles Bronson. **1/2 stars

The David Steinberg Show

This was a hillaarious half hour variety show from Canada. Each show had a special guest like John Voight, Milton Berle, James Coco, Robert Vaughn to name a few. It alos stared the SCTV cast John Candy, Andrea Martin, Joe Flarety, martin Short, and Dave Thomas. Thomas was Steiberg's scottish guard, Martin Short was Steinberg's annoying sleazy lounge singer cousin Del Bravo. Across the street was the Hello Deli, run by Dave's friend Vinny, played by Bill Saluga. Vinny had a confused cousin Ray Raymond Johnson also played by Saluga. This is where he dis his famous "you can call me Ray, yaou can call me Ray Jay...... don't call me johnson bit". ****** Funny

The Guns of Will Sonnett (1967-69)

This is a great TV show. There were 50 half hour episodes. The show stars Walter Brennan and Dack Rambo. Rambo searches for his father Jim Sonnett who is the son of Will Sonnett played by Walter Breenan. Jim has led a rough life, and is wanted for various crimes. Will and Jeff Sonnett have to get to him before any lawman or angry townspeople get to him. Each epiosde was harmless, with a good message. The show was loaded with stars before they were stars like Charles Grodin, Jack Nicholson, and many many others.

Hec Ramsey: The Century Turns (1972) Universal

Pilot episode for "Hec Ramsey" The show stared Richard Boone as Hec Ramsey, a lawman in 1901. This show was way ahead of its time. Ramsey used a sort of primative version of forensics to solve crimes using finger prints, ballistics, and cement casts. Hec Ramsey was a western version of CSI. He was always way ahead of the young clean cut chief of police. This show only lasted 10 episodes and was cancelled by NBC in 1973. Hopefully the complete series comes out on DVD.

Summary of WEB 2.0.

This project was good review for people that already have some familiarity with this technology. It was also a good program to teach individuals that are new to WEB 2.0
The best points are Flickr, Blogger, Craigslist, and Twitter. IGOOGLE is also pretty cool because they have classic video games from the 1980's to choose from.

CraigsList

Craigslist has many items for sale. It is the best place to post things for sale because it is free. I like this add for old records for sale.

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/for/1057429096.html

I posted and add for some records at

http://newyork.craigslist.org/lgi/emd/1061581228.html

craigslist is cool

Google Docs

I have been using Google Docs for about a year. This is a good place to store documents. I no longer have to e-mail them to myself. Google Docs is quite useful.









The Yellow Rolls Royce is now on DVD
1965 MGM
Rex Harrison, Omar Sharif, Art Carney

So Fine (1981) LADD/WARNER

This is a very funny film staring Ryan O'Neal as a college professor, and Jack Warden as his garment shop owning father. Warden's character borrows money from Eddie, a mobster played by Richard Keil. Eddie attempts to reclaim his money by havving O'Neal kidnapped, and forced to work in his fathers garment shop. Things get really crazy when O'Neal stars having an affair with Kiel's hot Italian wife. One of their affair encounters leads to chaos, with O'Neals clothes being tossed into the fire. He must then wear womens cloths because this is all that Eddie's wife has in the house that will fit O'Neal. When he attempts to get back to the garment shop he ripps his pants. The butt cheecks are exposed. A store owner see's this and orders a few thousand pairs. The pants showing the Butt Cheecks are called So Fine and become a top selling item for women. This film is loaded with laughs, especially due to Warden and Kiel's crazy antics. ****

The Seven Ups (1973) 20th Century Fox

The seven ups is a film about a special police task force, set up to seek out criminals that deserve 7 or more years in jail. Roy scheider stars as the determined police officer attempting to bring down a really bad mob guy. Things get out of control when one of the seven ups is killed. Tony Lo Bianco plays Scheider's old friend. Lo Bianco works for the mob, but gives Schedier information about bad guys. This movie has a very good car chase scene. Lots of action ****

The Brinks Job 1978 Universal

This film is a funny true story about some small time crooks that rob the Brinks safe and transport company in 1950. Peter Falk and Peter Boyle head the cast, with Paul Sorvino, Allen Garfield and Warren Oats. There are a few funny gags centered around Peter Falk and Allen Garfield. Warren Oats also has a few funny moments. Sheldon Leonard plays the head of the FBI. ***1/2

Logan's Run 1976 MGM

Michael York plays Logan 5, a sort of policeman called a sandman, in the year 2274. No one lives past the age of 30. They are all placed on a large carosel, and blown up. This is reffered to as the renewal. York's co worker is Francis, played by Richard Jordan. Jordan beleives in the whole renewal process, but York's character begins to question the procedure. Jenny Augutter plays Logan's love interest. The film has some good special effects (for 1976) and sounds quite well. The performances are good, and still hold up today, especially Peter Ustinov as the old man, and Roscoe Lee Brown as the robot guy called Box. Farrah Faucet is also included in the cast. ****

Destiny of a Spy (1969) Universal

60's made for TV film that stars Lorne Greene as a spy sent out on a dangerous mission by Anthony Quayle. This is not a very good film. There are some unintentionally funny parts, and bad freeze frame stop action. The plot is muddled, and technically goes no where. There is one scene where Greene removes his shirt and tie, then puts it back on crooked. He leaves with a crooked tie, and in the next shot he is neat and tidy. I guess this was overlooked in the cutting room. The film also stars James Donald, Rachel Roberts and Harry Andrews. **

Cancel my Reservation (1972) Columbia Rated G

This film can be used to put insomniacs to sleep. Terrible unfunny film that stars Bob Hope as a run down TV personality, and Eva Marie Saint as his wife. He goes to Arizona for vacation and gets involved in a dopey murder conspiracy. He meets a silly sherif (Kenan Wynn) and a tough town bad guy (Forest Tucker). Ralph Bellamy, Ann Archer, Henry Darrow, and Chief Dan George are also in the cast. There are also various cameos by celebrity personalities. See this one only if you are a die hard Bob Hope fan. * star

Frost/Nixon (2009) Universal

This is a great entertaining film. Michael Sheean is very funny as David Frost. The film chronicles how Frost's 1977 interviews with Nixon thrust him to fame. No one in the TV world wanted to give David Frost any money to produce the interviews, he could not even get good advertisment endorsements. He used his own money to finance the near 2.5 million dollar interview. These were sold to syndication and made David Frost a legend. Frank Langella was great as Richard Nixon, he was funny and touching at times. A great overall production. A must see. ****

The Pyx 1973 Rated R

The Pyx is a Canadian crime horror drama film that stars Christopher Plummer, and Karen Black. Karen Black plays a drug addicted hooker that winds up dead. Christopher Plummer is the detective trying to solve the murder. His investigation leads him into a world of a strange bizzare cult with weird intentions. This film is sort of dated, but it is a good time passer. Much of the acting is bad, and the production is very cheap. **1/2 stars

WIKI

Wiki's are the best. The PALS wikki is good, I use it for cataloging stuff, and to read about millenium problems. My favorite wiki is wikipedia, although a librarian would have to be careful using it or even someone doing a school report because sometimes the material posted is false. I use wikipedia for quick answers about some things like how many RCA recording stars are there past and present?, and is Eugene Ormandy still alive? and for information on Hanibal Hamlin, Hanibal lecter, Hanibal Smith and the Hanibal 8.

MORE ABOUT RSS FEEDS

The feeds will continue to move libraries into the future. The world is at our finger tips, we can find out about books long before they are published, films long before they are made, and local news. This is great technology. A++++++++++++++




PS - I saw ANDY WILLIAMS at BURGER KING in Farmingville. Poor guy he has not had a hit song in 40 years.

RSS feeds

One can age quite frequently playing with the RSS feeds. The amount of material on IGoogle can keep a person on line for 6 months. I like Mastics staff feeds, especially publishers weekley and librarian journal. The local and public feeds are also cool. i have added some cool movie feeds to my google reader page. This is another addicting guilty pleasure of the 21st century.

PS "Far From the Madding Crowd" 1967 Peter Finch Julie Christie Alan bates and Terrance Stamp. OUT ON DVD MAYBE MMSH WILL ORDER A COPY OF THIS CLASSIC.

Classic Issac Hayes live video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DqJ7aoy_1O0

Video

Peter Finch Appreciation Society

Join the Newly formed Peter Finch Appreciation Society. This society pays homage to one of the greatest actors of our time


http://www.facebook.com/home.php?#/group.php?gid=71248017784&ref=ts

Suffolk Wave

Suffolk wave is very cool, they have the movie Bartlby with the great paul scofield. The quality is not bad for a 1970 film. I also saw a vulgar funny Howie mandel concert from 1986, he must have snorted lots of cocaine before this show. The music can definetly be improved, hopefully the system can add classic rock to the line up, and maybe they can add some cool classic TV shows. There a many shows in public domain, like One Step Beyond and Loretta Young, SO SYSTEM DO YOUR HOMEWORK AND SEEK THESE OUT. If you need help contact TONY BALOZA, HE IS THE BOSS OF FILM TELEVISION AND MUSIC.

Flickr Rules

http://www.flickr.com/photos/vintagemovieguy/

check out this cool Flickr page.

traveling executioner

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MywfXyAMFrk

You Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryh5vVTK_1s&feature=PlayList&p=69672204640AA282&playnext=1&index=3

WHA-KOO - FABULOUS DANCER 1978 ABC RECORDS

This LP is totally exstinct. There are some LP's 8-tracks reel to reel and casettes of this album on ebay, but no CD, or downloads. Someone must of had a VCR in 1978, probably a beta or U-matic, maybe a VHS, and taped this video from Wolf man Jacks Midnight Special, circa 1973-80.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kywJpP5UoI8
ZOO GANG - 1974 ITC TV
This show was based on Paul Gallico's novel of the same title, it had a great cast and a great theme by Paul McCartney and Wings. Unfortunatly it only lasted 6 episodes and was cancelled. It cost LORD LEW GRADE too much money to produce.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MywfXyAMFrk

The Traveling Executioner - 1970 Metro Goldwyn Mayer. Definetly Rated R

This is a sick funny crazy comedy with Stacey Keach playing a guy named Jonas Candide, a traveling executioner, who drives around to prisions circa 1920 carrying a big electric chair in the back of his van, frying the bad guys one by one. He has a strange dilema, he has to execute a woman given the death penalty for murder. Jonas brings her flowers and tells her "I ain't never fried no woman before". this is a classic 1970's campy favorite.


As you can see I could be on You Tube all day pulling these classics to demonstrate for you.

Library Thing

I have had a library thing account long before the county started using tag clouds. I try to find the most bizzare obscure material that hardly anyone has ever known about. I sometimes am suprised to see that there are some people in the world that have actually read these crazy books. This is also a good way to converse with people that have a common literary interest.

The Night they Raided Minsky's (1968) United Artists

NOTE: MAY CONTAIN SPOILERS
This is truly a classic film. Minsky's is the true story about how the striptease was first invented. The film is based on the book by Billy Minsky from 1960. The film is set in the lower east side of New York 1925 at Minsky's Burlesque. The star is Raymond Payne (Jason Robards), and his sidekick is played by the comedian Norman Wisdom. They find out that Minsky (Elliot Gould) is going to loose the theatre is the lease is not renewed. No one will renew the lease, not Minsky's father (Joseph Wiseman), or a Mobster played by Forest Tucker. The theatre is also having trouble with the head of the ethics committee, played by Denholm Elliot. How do they save the show? Enter a pure Amish girl named Rachel (Britt Ekland). Her goal is to dance stories from the bible, in a ballet style. The guys get an idea to build her up as the great stripper from Paris who drove all the men in France wild. Unfortunately Rachel catches on to there scheme to embarrass the head of the ethics committee, and to belittle her. She decides to go almost full Monty, but what she reveals is enough to get minsky's raided by the police.
This film is funny, smart, and full of burlesque songs and humor. It was also Burt Lahr's last film. *****

More Dead than Alive (1968) United Artists

This is possibly one of the most underrated western films of all time. Clint Walker plays Cain, a man who has just recently been released from prison after 20 years. Cain was formelly known as Killer Cain, the most ruthless villian of all time. Cain decides to change his ways, settle down, get married, and live a happy quiet life; until he meets Dan Ruffalo played brilliantly by Vincent Price. Rufallo runs a circus wild west shooting show, and he wants cain to be the main attraction. This gesture completely pisses off Billy (Paul Hampton) his current shooting main attraction. Billy and Cain clash, as well as other people from Cain's past that are out to get him. *****

College (2008) MGM

College is a modern 21 st century freshman, initiation, drink, party, sex film. There have been better fraternity films like "Revenge of the Nerds," and "Animal House," and of course the great "Old School," This film plainly stinks. The gags fall as flat as the beer. The girls are quite attractive, but this is not enough to hold a complete 95 minute film. The film dons a complete no star cast, if you consider the American Idol guy Kevin Kovarics a star, and mini me from "Austin Powers," a star. The ending was just predictable, as is the entire film. Take a pass on this one and watch "Old School," instead. 1/2*

delicious.com

VideoETA - The best source for DVD release dates, had many bookmarks on Delicious. i like this bookmark because it tells viewers about new and upcoming DVD releases. The Tag Clouds also lead viewers to other links that may be of interest or use. This is an easy way to make bookmarks that can be accessed anywhere, but it is also a great research tool. One example would be if a person was looking for an obscure film, and they noticed a tag cloud bookmark leading them to a link called something like "the world of obscure cinema," they may be able to find more material on the subject, or even see a film that hardly anyone else has seen. I think the tag clouds in the library OPAC are excellent, they are quite useful. i have a Library Thing account, and I have tagged many books for future reading, as well as personal favorites for recommendation.

WEB 2.0.

Be sure to check out the great "library news," blog listed under blogs that I am following. From this point on all posts pertaining to WEB 2.0 will be posted under this link. I see that MMSCL library has 6 fans of 110. I like the pictures on the YA blog of the YA area, and the fact that there is a link to Live Homework Help, I see that the teen blog has 13 friends so far. I like the flickr pictures on the main library blog, I see that the main library blog has 12 friends

Iron Man (2008) Paramount

Iron Man is a great technical achievement of a film. Robert Downey Jr. is good as the arms dealer, turned superhero. Jeff Bridges is also very good as his evil boss. This film is reccomed for those who like comic book superheros, and entertaing action films.

Road Trip (2000) Dreamworks

Roadtrip is a film that I had not seen in many years. I forgot how zany this film actually is. Tom Green is hysterical as the guy who has been in college for 10 years. Andy Dick has a very funny cameo as the hotel desk clerk. Another great scene is the slobby waiter in the resturant spitting and farting on the food. The crazy guy on the bus with the foot fetish is the film's director Todd Philips. This is one of the better college sex and beer films of recent years. ****

Zack and Miri (2008) Columbia

This a very funny comedy film by Kevin Smith. The film never falls flat on laughs, and it pays off at the end. Jason Mews is laugh out loud funny as the crazy porn actor. It would appear that Seth Rogan has been on a comedic role since "Superbad, and Knocked up." The plot is quite simple, a guy and girl who are roommates, and know each other for years, have fallen on hard times. Circumstances lead them to believe that making a porno will make them a fortune. Absolute hilarity soon breaks out. ****

St Ives 1976 Warner Brothers

St Ives is a great Charles Bronson film. Bronson stars as a down on his luck writer, with a gambling addiction. He is hired to work as a go between, to help retrieve some stolen ledgers. John Houseman is excellent as the weird eccentric millionaire that hires Bronson, Jacqueline Bisset is very attractive, and well cast as a sort of mystery woman. Others in the cast are Maxamillian Schell, Harry Guardino, Daniel J. Travanti, and bit roles by Robert Englund, and Jeff Goldblum. This film is a great mystery, well worth the 99 minutes of your time.

Pineapple Express 2008 Columbia

Pineapple Express is just downright hilarious. See this film for a good laugh. The plot is simple and silly, a summons process server, witnesses a murder and goes on the run with his pot dealer. The crazy antics of these two men are sometimes gross, but wildly funny. Ed Begly Jr. is hilarious as usual. Seth Rogan and James Franco make a good team and maybe they will make another film together in the near future. Gary Cole was very funny in this film as the villain. He was also very funny in "Office Space" and "Talladega Nights."

An Enemy of the People 1978 Warner Bros

This is definitely a forgotten film. Steve Mcqueen stars as Dr. Thomas Stockton, a doctor determined to get the polluted springs in his town closed down. He is faced with numerous issues, problems with the communities attitude toward this move, and problems with his family. The film is based on Ibsen's play of the same name. The setting is Norway, or Sweden, but the set looks like it was shot on the Warner Brothers back lot. The film is well cast and well acted. Joining Mcqueen are Bibi Anderson and Charles Durning. Warner Brothers barely released this film. A New York Times article published in 1979 dubbed this film The Movie that Warner Brothers does not want you to see. Mcqueen had to gain lots of weight for this role and he dons a full beard, and glasses. The film used to show up on late night TV once and a while, but now it never shows up. It seems that almost all of Steve Mcqueen's films have been released on video or DVD, except for this one. If it turns up, watch it, its well worth it.