I'm happy to report that two years after Hurricane Katrina, legendary New Orleans television personality, Morgus the Magnificent, is back on the job in the Crescent City, hosting late-night horror and science-fiction films, conducting questionable medical experiments, and rocking out with The Ghouls.

One N'awlins resident who, sadly, has not resurfaced since Katrina is Dr. Mysterian. His wonderful 'blog, The Essential Ghoul's Record Shelf, still lies a' moldering in the grave.

[Link: Morgus' Official Website]
[Link: The Essential Ghoul's Record Shelf]
[Link: Morgus & The Ghouls MP3]

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[Link: The Vintage Vegas Postcard Museum][via]

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The sight of Hans Conried prancing around as Dr. T in his undulating undies with the Maribou frills, put me in mind of his old television show, Fractured Flickers, which featured silent film clips dubbed with inane, and frequently hilarious dialogue. Conried served as the show's narrator and also hosted a celebrity interview during each episode, while Jay Ward mainstays June Foray, Edward Everett Horton, and Paul Frees provided voice talent.

I've located 2 samples for your viewing edification: the first clip showcases the great animated opening and closing credits which are clearly linked at the hip with Dudley Do-Right, while the second clip is a very funny spoof of Fritz Lang's early talkie, M, featuring Peter Lorre's homicidal psychotic child murderer transformed into a struggling ex-smoker.

[Link: Fractured Flickers with Hans Conried]
[Link: Peter Lorre - The Quitter]

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The very fine Golden Age Comic Book Stories weblog has been on a serious William Bendix weekend bender that's showcasing lots of great movie posters and magazine ads, including this loaded-with-subtext advertisement for Tootsie Rolls from Nellie Comics, starring a purse-carrying beefcake superhero named "Captain Tootsie" who takes a group of obnoxious kids to the movies so they can cheer a scene from the William Bendix film, Johnny Holiday, that proudly features a box of the turd-like, cavity-pulling candies being given to a hospitalized mother. I've never seen this film, but I'm betting that Mom dies soon after from a blocked colon.

[Link: Golden Age Comic Book Stories][via The Cartoonist]

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