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Jeffrey, the episode you cite is the one with Seas...

2006-08-14T20:57:48.023-04:00

Jeffrey, the episode you cite is the one with Season Hubley.

I think it's time for Nick at Nite or TV Land to run the Alfred Hitchcock Presents episodes. I mean, there's only so much Good Times I can take. ("Damn! Damn! Damn!")

Back from Vegas. Not only did I get to keep my shirt, but I wound up winning back the rest of my clothing too--and the casino's socks.

Odie needs a new pair of shoes! Here's hoping that...

2006-08-13T15:02:16.500-04:00

Odie needs a new pair of shoes! Here's hoping that lady luck is on your side and that your lighter is working.

That John Huston episode left an impression on me, too. What can you say, Huston knows how to play disturbing freaks.

The episode that I found most disturbing was called "Final Escape" and began with a woman being sentenced to prison. She cons the prison undertaker to help her escape through one of the coffins - only to discover an unforeseen contingency has occurred. (Was that a spoiler?)

Greetings from Las Vegas everyone! I still have my...

2006-08-12T16:50:01.543-04:00

Greetings from Las Vegas everyone! I still have my shirt. It's the only thing I have left.

Ross: Only you could take a Hitchcock piece and turn it into a Lonney Tunes review.

Don't you mean only I could turn a Looney Tunes review into a suspense-filled Hitchcock piece?

Mr. Copeland: I remember that John Huston episode. When I saw the QT Four rooms section, I couldn't recall why it seemed so familiar.

Anyway, the casino wants my shirt. Must go.

Roald Dahl himself did a version of Lambs to the S...

2006-08-11T15:59:00.000-04:00

Roald Dahl himself did a version of Lambs to the Slaughter in his 1979 series Roald Dahl Presents Tales Of The Unexpected in 1979 with Susan George in the part played by Barbara Bel Geddes.

Now that I think about it, I don't think Robby Ben...

2006-08-11T05:58:11.690-04:00

Now that I think about it, I don't think Robby Benson played the doomed actor but that it was Parker Stevenson.

And by "Lonney Tunes" I of course meant "Mary Mala...

2006-08-10T23:18:00.000-04:00

And by "Lonney Tunes" I of course meant "Mary Maladies".

Odie - Only you could take a Hitchcock piece and t...

2006-08-10T21:28:00.000-04:00

Odie -

Only you could take a Hitchcock piece and turn it into a Lonney Tunes review.

I am humbled.

Nice article. The Sylvester toon is one of my favo...

2006-08-10T17:09:00.000-04:00

Nice article. The Sylvester toon is one of my favorites. I remember watching them as a kid and enjoying them for being funny cartoons, never realizing how adult a lot of the cartoons were until later. Now I'm introducing them to my son and enjoying them on an entirely different level.

I saw the series first-run when I was quite small ...

2006-08-10T14:59:00.000-04:00

I saw the series first-run when I was quite small (talk about revealing one's age)and positively adored Hitchcock. He's right up there with Paladin in the Pantheon of my childhood faves.

Of the NBC remakes, the episodes I recall were Joh...

2006-08-10T13:37:33.543-04:00

Of the NBC remakes, the episodes I recall were John Huston starring in the remake of The Man from the South about a bet that a man couldn't light his cigarette 10 times in a row or he'd lose his pinky (which Tarantino later ripped off in his segment of "Four Rooms") and The Method Actor starring Burt Reynolds as an out-of-work actor who ends up pulling a Ralph Cifaretto on rising actor Robby Benson. In a bit of trivia I uncovered while perusing IMDb, four of the episodes of the 1980s remake were written by none other than noble Ellsworth aka Jim Beaver.

I am very surprised to learn that this show preced...

2006-08-10T12:40:48.606-04:00

I am very surprised to learn that this show preceded The Twilight Zone by 4 years.

Great stuff, Odie. I can hear Hitchcock's voice in...

2006-08-10T10:01:42.950-04:00

Great stuff, Odie. I can hear Hitchcock's voice in my head as a read this piece.

I'm revealing my age here, but my first exposure to the Hitchcock personality came through the very Sylvester cartoon you describe. When I was a kid living in Kansas City, Kansas for a few years, the local station used to run Looney Tunes in the afternoon, so I saw certain shorts enough times to memorize the dialogue and quote it as an in-joke with friends; the Hitch/Sylvester was definitely one of those. It wasn't until a couple of years later -- fifth grade, I think -- that I saw my first episode of the original "Alfred Hitchcock Presents," and realized that this particular character was not invented by Mel Blanc and the animators, but was in fact a goof on a great director and beloved celebrity.