tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post5513202478917362970..comments2023-11-25T09:34:32.294-08:00Comments on It Couldn't Happen Here...: Episode 13: Primal ScreamJohn Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15830334036783163702noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-64538625042845176292017-01-02T18:31:45.046-08:002017-01-02T18:31:45.046-08:00Anybody know why Kolchak needed to go down to the ...Anybody know why Kolchak needed to go down to the caves and get a picture of the creature even though he had already stolen one from the police station and was ready to publish earlier in the episode?<br />I didn't notice Paul Baxley doubling for Kolchak in that end scene. One day I want to figure just how many bit parts/victims he played on Kolchak!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15010108164128096354noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-4229926345952017792012-02-16T18:18:41.503-08:002012-02-16T18:18:41.503-08:00One thing I hadn't noticed before is how simil...One thing I hadn't noticed before is how similar Kolchak is to James Rockford- in his reluctant heroism and in how creative he is in<br />conning his way into hospital rooms, office buildings, etc.Cmacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-50660371143979981142012-02-16T18:17:13.092-08:002012-02-16T18:17:13.092-08:00This is the first episode of the series I've w...This is the first episode of the series I've watched in years, I also watched Chopper.<br />I'm pretty disappointed thus far. I think the problem is the villians- they're just pure animalistic hunger, they're not really adversaries for Kolchak, they show up every once in a while kill someone, and then disappear. Maybe there are some good villians in other episodes but I don't remember very many.<br />I didn't like Primal Scream, I didn't get why the apeman takes<br />so much time trying to kill Kolchak- he clearly could just snap his neck like a twig, but instead we hear Carl screaming<br />for about a minute- did they need to pad the episode for 50 minutes? I did enjoy the cameo with Jamie Farr- its hard for me not to look at his nose, its as long as the prosthetic Jeanette Nolan wore in La Strega.<br /><br />I liked Chopper even less, it was just a mess.Cmacnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-35434815029379028022012-01-23T18:29:38.965-08:002012-01-23T18:29:38.965-08:00I love Barbara Rhoades. Lust after her, actually. ...I love Barbara Rhoades. Lust after her, actually. Even as a kid I loved her. <br /><br />In any case, I love this episode. I just do. I love monster on the loose stories. <br /><br />Great bit of low budget ingenuity when they represent Jamie Farr's students with sound effects. Presto, a quiet desk and chair classroom set instantly becomes a classromm on the verge of being filled with two dozen noisy students...and we never see a single one of 'em (we just *hear* 'em)!Doug Khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10796333627043218622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-12724981784144518692012-01-23T11:27:10.551-08:002012-01-23T11:27:10.551-08:00Can't disagree with the reviewers on this one ...Can't disagree with the reviewers on this one - at best, a mediocre episode. I notice how they spend a little more time than usual with the Kolchak formula "elements" - did we need to follow the Captain into his office and see him toss out Carl's voucher? From my dvd copy it even looks like that led to an act break. That's supposed to be a climax?<br /><br />Even the Jamie Farr expert bit - which overall I liked - did tend to go on a little too long. Also, the Carl-sneaks-by-the-guard bit gets played not once but twice with the hospital doctor. Add this all up and it seems like there was simply a shortage of real story to this story!<br /><br />There's also a bit of a continuity lapse. We see the young black woman attacked, then have Carl tell us "the murder of Rosetta Mason gave the police no new leads." But later we see Carl discover Rosetta's body inside the tunnel (seemingly intact and not too mangled, unlike everything we've heard about other victims). So, how would the police have come to the conclusion earlier that she'd been murdered? At that point, she'd have just been a missing person.<br /><br />Of course, the episode does have Barbara Rhoades, so it can't be all bad. She popped up in a lot of TV throughout the 1970s and 1980s (she's even the Egyptian priestess ghost in an episode of the Forrest Tucker/Larry Storch Ghostbusters), but never lucked into a regular part on a hit series.grgstv338https://www.blogger.com/profile/03532739459643834686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-86023847573970734362012-01-23T10:39:49.172-08:002012-01-23T10:39:49.172-08:00Barbara Rhoades was also in two Columbo episodes. ...Barbara Rhoades was also in two Columbo episodes. In one of them, "Identity Crisis," wearing a halter top (luckily).<br />In the other, "Lady In Waiting," she had a priceless reaction to having to babysit Columbo's cigar while he talked to someone in a non-smoking building. (Anyone who thinks early ' 70s TV didn't have anti-smoking messages - apart from PSA's, I mean - should see some of those Columbo scenes.)Grantnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-60733532155434111102012-01-23T10:27:57.076-08:002012-01-23T10:27:57.076-08:00Peter-
Since you've been married you may have...Peter-<br /><br />Since you've been married you may have noticed that non-collecting spouses avoid The Collection as much as possible. They hate and despise The Collection and are in fact, quite jealous of it because collectors spend more time on The Collection than on the wife.<br /><br />So in answer to your question, the wife does not dust the pulps. She plots their removal from the house and hopes to take part in their destruction.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-86879731939523699912012-01-23T08:49:01.806-08:002012-01-23T08:49:01.806-08:00That's what I thought as well. It's Carl, ...That's what I thought as well. It's Carl, looking at the cops coming down the tunnel while the primitive is squeezing the life out of him (close cousin to Peremalfait?)Troy Thomasnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-45858111305089513422012-01-23T08:41:17.770-08:002012-01-23T08:41:17.770-08:00I assumed that that goofy slo-mo crap during the p...I assumed that that goofy slo-mo crap during the police arrival was the director (or writer) giving us Carl's perspective on how slow the cops were coming to his rescue rather than the actual snail's pace of Chicago's finest. I would have loved for one of them to open their mouth and say something along the lines of "Cwwwwwwwwaaaaaaaaaaaaarrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrllllllllllllllllllll, heeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrrrrrrrreeeeeeeeeeee weeeeeeeeeeeeeeee cooooooooooommmmmmeeeeeeeeeee!"Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-20014844258630692822012-01-23T08:21:51.546-08:002012-01-23T08:21:51.546-08:00Wow. I wondered if that were the same Craig Baxle...Wow. I wondered if that were the same Craig Baxley. Unreal.<br /><br />When I told Madame BOF--oops, sorry, wrong blog--I mean Mrs. Professor Matthew--oops, sorry, wrong blog--I mean my wife that I used to watch Harrington religiously on ONE DAY AT A TIME as a lad, she (to use her own vernacular) looked at me like I had six heads. But she shared <br />John's affection for the hair-sniffing thing. I'm sure Jack Seabrook will appreciate my pointing out that Rhoades (note spelling) was also in two ODD COUPLES, as a group-therapy participant in the role-reversal episode and as a flapper in "Blinky" Madison's speakeasy.<br /><br />Yes, Marley is always a welcome presence, and appeared in Matheson's sole BOURBON STREET BEAT episode, "Target of Hate," with fellow up-and-comers James Coburn and Richard Chamberlain way back in 1960.<br /><br />Not sure I've ever actually seen SCHLOCK!, but I got the joke. Speaking of which, thanks for picking up on "William Pratt," which for those not in the know was Boris Karloff's real name. And I believe it was THE MUMMY'S GHOST.<br /><br />What you said about the police in the finale was so true. I was thinking, "Hell, they probably don't care which one they shoot!" That goes right along with the camera-smashing and voucher-tossing Marley being one of Carl's least honorable police antagonists. My wife marvels at Carl's constant breaking of the rules and/or laws, but when he's up against people like that, it seems much more justified.<br /><br />The metropolitan-missing-link angle always reminded me of the far superior ALTERED STATES.Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-6853964562168214932012-01-23T06:53:16.889-08:002012-01-23T06:53:16.889-08:00Walker-
Living in that vast museum you live in, y...Walker-<br /><br />Living in that vast museum you live in, you actually have time to read? Does the wife do the dusting of the pulps (I think not!) ?Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-91842013270739526352012-01-23T06:47:32.800-08:002012-01-23T06:47:32.800-08:00As usual you guys have just about covered all the ...As usual you guys have just about covered all the main points and there is nothing left for me to say about this mediocre episode. So all I can comment on is what I ate while watching KOLCHAK. A large of plate of pencil points and meatballs, preceded by a big salad and three glasses of wine. The episode took a little over 45 minutes and so did my meal. <br /><br />I then took a nap and read some ghost stories by M.R. James. I highly recommend reading M.R. James instead of watching Kolchak splash around in the sewer.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3061398142362448372.post-87338489820632764122012-01-23T06:18:08.949-08:002012-01-23T06:18:08.949-08:00Barbara Rhodes as the secretary? I'm surprised...Barbara Rhodes as the secretary? I'm surprised he ever got out of that "hovering" mode and got on with the rest of the story.Grantnoreply@blogger.com