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Post by alfromni on Aug 30, 2017 15:33:53 GMT
When I was young we didn't have TV, just radio, and radio programmes like "Journey into Space". en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Journey_into_SpaceThe first main weekly SciFi TV programme in the UK (at first we only had the BBC) was the black and white Dr. Who, which was usually transmitted live. Who'd have thought he would have lasted so long. But then he is a time lord. :-) I'm showing my age.  If you're looking for good plotlines with surprise endings then try the "Murder in Mind" series. www.youtube.com/results?search_query=murder+in+mind+full+episodes |
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Post by brimfin on Aug 30, 2017 23:33:04 GMT
alfromni No worries! De gustibus and all that. In fact, I'll be happy to admit the program's flaws—especially as regards acting, cinematography, and budget—and I don't like it half as much as The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, or Thriller. Still, I believe it had very imaginative ideas, and it certainly burned horrifying images into my then-young mind. brimfin That may well be the one I [mis]remembered as well. Did the fruits and vegetables have faces? Disgusting and gruesome--but very effective in that regard--episode. What a weird show. Memories, eh? Yes, if The Twilight Zone, The Outer Limits, Thriller, and Alfred Hitchcock Presents were the gold standard, Tales From the Darkside was more like lead or tin. They were ultra low budget episodes as well. But they did have some gems along the way and it's fun to discuss the good and bad episodes of anthologies. salzmankYes, the fruit did have faces as well as voices in the episode, and she probably did go for the banana; it would have been the obvious choice. |
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 1, 2017 18:55:11 GMT
brimfinThat's probably it, then. I think it was that image, more than anything (certainly more than the plot!), that really stuck with me.
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Post by DanaShelbyChancey on Sept 1, 2017 18:59:42 GMT
I remember thinking once, Alfred Hitchcock Presents were all dark comedies, Twilight Zone were all Stranger in a strange land stories, and Outer Limits were all allegories.
Am I full of it?
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Post by alfromni on Sept 4, 2017 23:16:29 GMT
SalzmankWhy not simply call it "The Ersdale Affair"?
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Post by mecano04 on Sept 6, 2017 20:34:38 GMT
A picture of Salzmank , writing his stories:  and how about the " Ersdale Estate" ? |
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Post by mecano04 on Sept 7, 2017 0:22:03 GMT
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 7, 2017 0:41:12 GMT
mecano04Oh, you're far too kind, and the cover for "Ruby Red" looks superb! I've tried to sell some of my tales to Ellery Queen's Mystery Magazine and Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, both to no avail. I think one of the better things I've written is a not a mystery but an historical tale involving time-travel; I've never been able to interest any magazine or publisher in that either, but I'm still tryin'... (As with my prose, so with my poetry, by the way.) alfromni recommended that I try re-writing one of my tales to sell to the BBC; one of these days, when I have more time, I'm going to do just that and see what they make of it, but I suppose I'm not holding my breath... By the by, I don't think I look like the Shadow when I write my stories, but it is true that I usually use a pen and pad (no quill, though) and that I own an antique typewriter, so on the other hand...
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 10, 2017 20:54:01 GMT
SalzmankMy dad used to write "poetry" and carefully kept a copy of each and every submission and rejection notice in a scrapbook. He never did get any actually published BUT His dad sent a photo of a two headed rat to "Ripley's Believe It or Not" and they made a drawing of it and THAT was printed in the paper ! None of which has anything to do with you and your quill pen other than inspiration for a tangent. 
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 10, 2017 21:19:05 GMT
BATouttaheckDon't you know how easily I go off on random tangents about whatever strikes my fancy at the moment? Compared with that, no worries at all, and I really enjoyed this story about your dad. I wish I could keep a collection of rejection notices--everything is digital and online nowadays, and very little is personal. I did receive one warm notice from the editor of Alfred Hitchcock Mystery Magazine, who liked the story I sent but told me that her magazine no longer publishes much puzzle-plot fiction, the sub-genre (or sub-sub-genre) not exactly being in vogue. Ah, well. One of these days I'll write a James M. Cain-style "crime" story just to see if that does any better with the editors... (Not exactly a fan of Cain and his ilk, but I'd rather write one of those stories than something along the lines of, say, Salinger's Catcher in the Rye. I still find it a dreadful book.) A two-headed rat? And I thought I was unusual with my interest in what magician Ricky Jay has deemed "learned pigs and fireproof women"! My cousin--Uncle Save-a-Coin's daughter--once bought me a quill pen for a present, so it's all connected... Thanks as always, Bat.
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 10, 2017 21:30:33 GMT
Salzmank Grandpa Bat lived in Mamaronek NY and found and killed the rat in the shed (or somesuch) and found it unusual enough to photograph. I need to Google the Ripley files but somehow I doubt that it will be there unless it was in the daily cartoon with something vastly more interesting. There was a two headed calf born in my neighborhood not all that long ago. It was fine and healthy. Never knew what became of her (them ?) "Uncle-Save-A-Coin" ...   Whadda editors know anyway ? WE know your stories are publish worthy. Still chuckling over the recent unintentional deaths. right ? Doghouse6 Dragging dog (another Charter Member of Tangents-R-Us) over to explore some new territory !  check out the drawings above ^^^^^ very salzmank-ish
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Post by alfromni on Sept 21, 2017 19:43:42 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 21, 2017 19:49:23 GMT
alfromniA PUZZLE and ARITH-MA-TICK  .   Fast get-away 
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Post by alfromni on Sept 21, 2017 20:03:47 GMT
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Post by BATouttaheck on Sept 21, 2017 20:06:59 GMT
As Topo Gigio always said to Ed Sullivan Easy for YOUuuuuuuuuuuuu Diff-I-cult for me, Eddie ! err.... alfromni |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 21, 2017 20:14:22 GMT
BATouttaheckOh well...to quote Osgood Fielding III..."nobody's perfect"
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 23, 2017 15:06:07 GMT
alfromni , brimfin , BATouttaheck , jervistetch , Pete , mecano04 , et al. OK, new puzzle, of the pure "lateral thinking" variety (i.e., a real riddle, with an answer, NOT an Author Author!-esque problem):
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Post by alfromni on Sept 23, 2017 16:09:51 GMT
Salzmank --- F-grade One answer which comes to mind is that the particular group of students are "on strike" over some grievance or other, and refuse to partake in any project/presentation which may be given. Rather than lose face and report the matter to the Principal the teacher hands the group the low F-grade.
The problem here is of course the discussion of errors, unless the errors discussed are those of disobedience.
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Post by Salzmank on Sept 23, 2017 16:13:46 GMT
Salzmank --- F-grade One answer which comes to mind is that the particular group of students are "on strike" over some grievance or other, and refuse to partake in any project/presentation which may be given. Rather than lose face and report the matter to the Principal the teacher hands the group the low F-grade.
The problem here is of course the discussion of errors, unless the errors discussed are those of disobedience. Close, but no kewpie doll... |
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Post by alfromni on Sept 23, 2017 16:19:10 GMT
Oh well...I tried! |
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