Sending Happy Thanksgiving wishes to my neighbors south of the border. Eat, drink and be merry! Be safe too, crash at a friends or relatives if you need too, you know turkey overdose can be fatal !

Well it's been a busy week for me shoveling and knocking snow off the branches of the evergreens (to save them from branch loss). We had about a week of rain before the snow hit so it has made the branches really overburden and I don't want to lose any branches if I can help it. I have about 50 or so evergreens so I'm kept busy. I'm including some pictures of the Winter Wonderland from Dundalk, Ontario. Snowbelt territory and land of potataers!

Happy Thanksgiving to you and your families. God Bless.

While watching Fringe the other night, they aired the trailer for the new JJ Abrams directed project STAR TREK. Imagine my excitement, too bad I have to wait until May 2009. You can view the trailer HERE.

I have to admit I am a big JJ Abrams fan. From Alias, LOST, Fringe on TV to Cloverfield and now Star Trek. Zachary Quinto (Spock), Chris Pine (James T. Kirk), John Cho (Sulu), Bruce Greenwood (Captain Pike), Ben Cross (Sarek) and Australian actor Chris Hemsworth, plays the hero's father, George Kirk. You can view alot more pictures and behind-the-scene stories HERE. I'm totally psyched about the new movie, I liked the fact that there was a little hint of the original series in dialogue and mannerisms in the new version, even though the actors aren't the same. In an interview JJ talks about how much Twilight Zone influenced him and his love for that show. I also heard there will be a comic involved, just like for Fringe. By the way Fringe has been absolutely brilliant, it's a show you really have to pay attention to because every detail could be a clue and there are alot hidden throughout each episode, ie. The Observer. Fantastic show.

One of my memories as a kid was wishing to be Captain Kirk's daughter so I could boldly go where no man has gone before. And of course I wished I could be part of the Robinson family in Lost In Space. Ah the impressionable ideology of youth.

I was reading a terrific Halloween horror story from a 1939 Inside Detective magazine called "Mark of the Vampire". It was so awesome I thought I'd share it with you. For some reason the linking isn't working (what else is new) so if you go to weirdhollow.blogspot.com and to October 25th entry you can read the entire story there. It reminded me of school because back then the teachers would read us a scary story (some were really scary) and as we got older urban legends became the fair. Today I find out that our province wants to get rid of Halloween at schools so as to not offend the other religious students who are against Wiccans.

I thought back to when I was a kid and wanted so much to be Batgirl or Lily Munster but we were poor so my mom would use whatever we had around the house. One year I was a gypsy and had the tablecloth with my mom's brooch attached and a scarf around my head with huge earrings. Other costumes over the years (made by my mom) were a Chinaman (she had one of those Oriental pajamas outfits and made the hat out of cardboard, I also had a fu-manchu moustache), a pirate, a cowboy Little Red Riding Hood and a convict. I know mostly boy costumes, it wasn't my idea, I always wanted to be something else. I think the best costume I had was a witch (also handmade). But I guess it more than made up for it in the treat department. I remember this one house the elderly lady would have a package of Wrigley's Spearmint Gum and she would let you take on piece out of the package. A different time when even a small treat was special. Today my kids complain if they don't get a ton of candies. Less is better, beware that tummy ache!

I wish everyone a safe and Happy Halloween.

I'm feeling a bit nostalgic lately with all the terrible things going on in the World, I've been reminiscing alot about my youth, not that things were perfect back then but kids had alot more respect and decency than alot of today's youth. I became editor of Captain Kangaroo last week and have been going thru my old tvguides and newspapers getting little summaries of the episodes. Even some surprise guest appearances which aren't mentioned anywhere. One in particular was the Great Emmett Kelly. There is an Emmett Kelly Museum located in Sedan, Kansas their website is HERE. I remember the Captain's kind words about minding your P's and Q's and good manners and such. I personally loved Mr. Green Jeans, I think because of my love of animals, I was always excited to see what kind of animal would visit. I know there were other shows of that time as well which held me total rapture, The Friendly Giant, Mr. Dressup, Mister Rogers and of course Kukla, Fran and Ollie (a little before my time).

I remember wanting one of those Schwinn bikes that Captain Kangaroo always spoke about, but we couldn't afford it so my dad got me a Goodwill Special this huge, green clunky piece of junk from the late 40's. But at least it was a bike and for the next ten years I rode her. (Even though the kids made fun of me, I finally got a slight upgrade when I was 12). Cox and Forkum have this great tribute cartoon of Captain Kangaroo HERE.

Do you remember the Tom Terrific cartoons with Manfred the Mighty Wonder Dog and later Fred from Channel One? Puppeteer Maury Bunin created Fred utilizing Hank Stohl's Aniforms concept. Aniforms utilized rubber outlines of the character, contained in a special case, that were manipulated by the puppeteer off camera using levers attached to the case.

The last ad is from my 1959 tvguide, too bad you can't send away for your sock puppet. Sometimes simplier is better. Ya'll have a good week and take care.

Another sci-fi show is in the remake department at ABC, the 1980's series V. It is being helmed by Scott Peters of The 4400. The original V was an allegory of the Holocaust and Nazi Germany, with a fantastic cast including Marc Singer, Michael Ironside, Robert Englund, Lane Smith and Jane Bader. The new one will involve a Homeland Security Officer and her family. Other news about last weeks debut of Sanctuary, it received high ratings for a premiere last occuring when Eureka debuted. I really liked it, American version of a Torchwood like scenario. AMC is developing Red Mars, a series based on Kim Stanley Robinson's 1992 novel, from writer/executive producer Jonathan Hensleigh (Armageddon). Also in development at AMC is The Prisoner with Jim Caviezel and Ian McKellan. I remember watching the original with the awesome Patrick McGoohan. Still loving Fringe which has a comic book out as well covering the storylines as each episode is unveiled. (VERY COOL)

So now onto the last two shows to comment on that I watched, Life on Mars and Eleventh Hour. I really enjoyed LOM, the cast is stellar, I love all the flashbacks in the 70's music, story etc. Well done. Michael Imperioli and Harvey Keitel are off-the-wall crazy good! I found Eleventh Hour to be a huge letdown. Dull, predictable, uninteresting. I expected better from Bruckheimer and company.

The new trailers are out for Twilight and The Unborn. Looks really really good. For Twilight you can view the trailer at Movietome. And for The Unborn you can visit their own site HERE.