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TAC, Jr. #22
From the publisher of The Adventures Continue
October 1, 1998
Contents:
1) TAC #15 DEADLINE
2) ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY WEEKEND
3) DID YOU NOTICE?
4) SPEEDING BULLET
5) VARIETY GIRL -- WHERE WAS GEORGE?
6) WE HAVE STRICT SPEED LAWS IN THIS TOWN
7) MYSTERIES & SCANDALS REPEATS AGAIN
8) IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS
1) TAC #15 DEADLINE --
Just a reminder, the deadline for ordering TAC #15 is October
10. Only by
ordering in advance can you be sure to receive an original copy
of this
latest issue. The price is $10.95 plus $3.05 shipping.
2) ANOTHER MURDER MYSTERY WEEKEND --
Dwight Kemper recently sent me this notice: Just a quick note
to let you
know that THE SUPERMAN MURDER CASE will be appearing as a mystery
overnight,
Friday, October 30, 1998 at Indian Mountain Inn, Brackney, PA.
Prices start at
$79.95 per person, double occupancy and include the mystery,
dinner, breakfast
and room. Indian Mountain Inn is planning a special dinner based
on foods that were
popular in 1959. Call (717) 663-2645 for reservations!
An article about an earlier Murder Mystery Weekend will appear
in TAC #15.
3) DID YOU NOTICE? --
a) I must have watched each episode of the Adventures of Superman
a
hundred times, yet readers continue to notice things that escaped
my notice
during those many viewings. John O'Neill recently called to talk
about "The
Clown Who Cried," and I was surprised at his observation.
How many of you
noticed that the William Wayne played both Rollo and Crackers
(as the
clown). Only in the final scenes is Peter Brocco wearing the
clown make-up!
b) Watch at the final scene in "Defeat of Superman."
If you listen real
carefully, you'll be able to hear the slate clap signaling the
beginning of
the scene.
c) Another of John's interesting observations: Tris Coffin
(who appeared in
several episodes of Superman) is the narrator at the beginning
of "Jimmy
Olsen, Boy Editor." Nowhere, however, does he receive credit.
[This one I
had noticed, but never thought to mention it before.]
4) SPEEDING BULLET --
Finally, some good news regarding Jan Alan Henderson's Speeding
Bullet
(first published in Cult Movies magazine in 1995). By
now I'm sure you know
that the editors of Retro Vision magazine failed to publish
the revised and
updated version (entitled "Heroes Last Forever") as
part of their
three-volume MEN OF STEEL. Jan has now taken the work to Mike
Bifulco,
author and publisher of the very successful Superman
On Television. According
to a joint release from Mike and Jan, Speeding Bullet
(as it is once again titled) will be released in book form early
next year. Stay tuned to TAC, Jr. and The Adventures
Continue web site
for further updates. To read Jan's comments here.
5) VARIETY GIRL -- WHERE WAS GEORGE?
After AMC ran Variety Girl recently, many of you wrote
asking if George's
appearance in the film had been cut. Frankly, I too thought this
was the
case. A day or two later, Jim Beaver assured me that George was
there, but
that his appearance was painfully minor. As the film comes to
a close, you
will see a horse standing center screen as two women enter from
either side.
If you look in the background, just to the viewer's left of the
horse, you
will see George. He is again seen a few moments later standing
on his
tiptoes as the entertainers line up and just before the text
begins to roll
from the bottom of the screen.
6) WE HAVE STRICT SPEED LAWS IN THIS TOWN --
Did any of you happen to see the article in the paper this past
July about
the small town speed trap in Missouri? It seems Macks Creek lived
by the
speeding ticket. According to the AP article, Macks Creek has
no stop light
and only 272 residents, but its five police officers wrote an
estimated
2,900 speeding tickets each year, generating approximately $165,000
in
revenue.
Remember how things turned sour in Ackport after Jimmy Olsen
was stopped for
speeding? Well something similar happened in Macks Creek. But
it wasn't a
crack cub reporter for the Daily Planet who brought about the
change.
Instead, a state legislator was stopped and later proposed a
law limiting
the amount of total revenue a city could generate from traffic
tickets.
Without that revenue, the town went bankrupt, the mayor resigned,
and the
officers were laid off. Hmmm, I wonder if they checked the files
for any
missing truckers. [Thanks to Francine Fleischer for sending the
article my way.]
7) MYSTERIES & SCANDALS REPEATS AGAIN
Tom Chenevert has alerted me that the George Reeves episode of
E!
Entertainment's Mysteries & Scandals will be repeated
again this week. If
you missed it before, you can catch it at the following times:
Mysteries & Scandals -- The life, career and tragic death
of actor George
Reeves, famous for his role as TV's ``Superman.'' Host: A.J.
Benza.
Thursday, Oct. 1 at 7:30 PM (Eastern Time)
Friday, Oct. 2 at 9:30 AM (Eastern Time)
Friday, Oct. 2 at 5:00 PM (Eastern Time)
8) IT'S BEGINNING TO LOOK A LOT LIKE CHRISTMAS --
This holiday message comes to you compliments of Brad Shey:
I was in the Hallmark store at our local mall today and discovered
that they
have issued two Superman Christmas ornaments. One is a Superman
figure and
comic book from Action Comics issue #1:
http://www.hallmark.com/ornaments_bin/dreambook/product.asp?Orn=1095QXM4313
The other ornament is a pressed tin (lunch box) that opens:
http://www.hallmark.com/ornaments_bin/dreambook/product.asp?Orn=1295QX6423
I've already purchased both of them and thought you might
like to pass the
information along to the readers.
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