A bullied young man trains rats to do his bidding. This gave me nightmares in 1971.[1] Now, not so much. It's fun, though, and the cast is great: Bruce Davison, Ernest Borgnine,[2] Sandra Locke, Elsa Lanchester, J. Pat O'Malley. This is the full movie, a pristine, official, free YouTube release:
[1] I read the book then, too. Maybe that's what gave me the nightmares.
[2] Publicity at the time alleged that Borgnine's ex-wife Ethel Merman saw the movie five times just for the sight of him being mauled by rats. Merman had filed for divorce 32 days into the marriage.
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OK, Mustang, you've opened the door to salacious tidbits.
Ethel Merman reportedly had sex with Jacqueline Susann, of Valley of the Dolls fame. But, let bi-gones be bi-gones.
Borgnine, near the end of his life and in his 90s, was being interviewed on TV. Asked how he stayed so healthy at his age, Ernie leaned over and said, "I masturbate a lot."
Once the cat was out of that bag, he went on to openly admit that in other interviews. He touted the one-hand shuffle as a health practice. Twice a day, every day.
And although he obviously had no problem touching it, he didn't eat meat.
All McHale his Love Boat . . . ?
JM,
"So uh, what do you want to do tonight Marty? I mean after that..."
Mustang,
I really like non ballplayer autographed baseballs. I have a couple from musicians. They really liked signing them because even though they sign autographs a lot, who doesn't want to sign a baseball?
I worked on a Dave Brueback concert once and that one is by far my coolest one.
As to Willard... G-d I hated that movie. Especially the end where he is eaten alive by Dustin Hoffman and George Segal. Still gives me the creeps.
Above,
Life aboard the KY-73
Ensign Parker: Skip, should we fire our torpedoes?
McHale: Already have Ensign. Already have.
To all above, great stuff! BTW,anyone else irritated to see Marcus Stroman go to the Cubs for 3/23? Guys like that help to cement a staff (staph?), and for reasonable money. I'm getting a bad feeling about this off-season. Yeah, it's early......
Oooops, Stroman signed for 3/71. Still, easily affordable, huh, when George was the GM....
I'm not sure anyone would want to shake hands with him after reading that.
And if I'm not mistaken, Stroman had a real interest in donning pinstripes.
Doug K, did you ever get to go to Foley's, the great baseball bar across from the Empire State Building? They had 4,000 signed baseballs on display... including all of the 2009 Yankees and Stan Lee. They closed in 2020 but announced that they hope to come back when the germs are defeated.
JM, you mean you didn't have sex With Jacqueline Susann? I thought we all did.
Not only did Jackie Susann have sex with Ethel Merman, she became obsessed with her, and turned into something of a stalker, hanging around outside her house and the like.
I know. Hard to understand.
Stephen Sondheim, on the other hand, compared Merman to a talking dog.
For my part, I was simply smitten by her performance in "Airplane!" I got a feeling!...
Mustang,
No. Never went there and now I'm sad. If it ever reopens let me know.
Actually, that sounds like a good place for an IIHIIF meet up somewhere off in the future... uture... utre... but only because the Yogi Berra Museum doesn't have a bar.
Hoss,
I loved her in "It's A Mad Mad Mad World" playing off the incomparable Dick Shawn.
The Merm played Batman villain Lola Lasagna, which puts her above all criticism forever—despite the disco album: https://youtu.be/inzhNkQENOs
Doug, when Foleys reopens I'll put up the splashiest post of all time. Blingees and all.
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