Friday Night Video

It's been a while since we watched a little Outer Limits, so how about tonight? This, from October 1964, is called "Behold Eck!" It's the heartwarming tale of a two dimensional creature trapped in a world he didn't make... or something like that.

This is another one of those shows I wasn't allowed to watch, although I remember my babysitter sneaking a look. She told me I wasn't supposed to watch it, so she instructed to block my eyes as she checked it out for a minute. Naturally, I peaked.

Update

Sorry for not updating lately. I think I'm fighting a little bit of a cold and a little bit of a depression.

Friday Night Video

This video is from a game that the kids played when they were little- the three older kids, that is. I had bought the shareware version of this at a computer show- back when they had computer shows. It came on a floppy disk and it only had the first level. The kids played it so much, I tried to by the whole program but near as I could tell, the company had gone out of business.

I remember Rachael was particularly adept at this. So, it was almost always her in the driver's seat- with Helaina and Jacob flanking her on either side... one of the many things they bonded over.

This video goes on for six minutes and twenty-eight seconds. I'm pretty sure Rachael could beat that time.

Today's Comment

There's a video going around online of a mother singing to her baby girl. Only the baby's face fills the screen, while the mother sings off camera. It's a sad song I suppose, and the mother's voice is ok. But the baby just watches as tears well up in her eyes until finally the mother stops and comforts her, again off camera.

I guess this is supposed to be entertaining, but I can't figure out why anyone likes this sort of thing. The baby is clearly concerned and upset. Why put her through this? This isn't cute. All I can think is, "Shut your mouth, put the camera down, and go hug her."

Even worse is that the mother had to have discovered this at some point prior to this video, found it cute, or entertaining or ...something. And then set up a camera and put her baby through it all over again.

What the hell is the matter with people?

A Little More Mace Action

This video would have come out better if I wern't getting bumped throughout half time. Oh well...

Friday Night Video

When I was a kid, somewhere around kindergarten or first grade, there used to be a couple of old movie shows on TV in the late afternoon. One was Ed Miller's Dialing for Dollars, the other was Boston Movie Time.

The intro for Boston Movie Time started with the camera in first person, rolling through a couple of old theater doors into the movie theater just in time for the show to begin. For some reason, I found this quite creepy. Maybe it was the stark black and white of the era. Maybe it was because I probably wasn't supposed to be watching TV.

Whatever the reason, I remember catching glimpses of an old sci-fi movie. This particular one, uniquely enough, had to do with a robot that had gone out of control and was now on a rampage. As I remember it, the robot's body was a large, shiny cylinder and the arms were like silver dryer hoses. This thing lumbered around, terrorizing mostly women and me. I remember nothing else about this movie, other than that the thought of this thing kept me up for many, many nights.

I've looked many times for this movie on the internet, but as you can imagine, searching for an old sci-fi movie staring an out of control robot that's turned on it's creator, has brought me hundreds of thousands of results- none of which are the one I'm looking for.

So, instead, tonight I offer a clip of Mary Poppins in Japanese.

Trick or Treat

Nothing says "Halloween" like standing outside in the dark, cold rain, while your sixteen year old is knocking on doors, dressed as a pumpkin.