tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post238945856379639147..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project--An IntroductionJohn Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-62206698195858149332023-10-07T12:20:53.082-07:002023-10-07T12:20:53.082-07:00Thanks for taking the time to comment!Thanks for taking the time to comment!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-56445367483523134742023-10-06T21:25:21.625-07:002023-10-06T21:25:21.625-07:00Just found your piece on "I saw the whole thi...Just found your piece on "I saw the whole thing," absolutely fascinating, thanks for the amazing writing, look forward to more✌️ Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-24174271406845866352022-08-29T13:26:41.379-07:002022-08-29T13:26:41.379-07:00Good idea!Good idea!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-12517373381138483232022-08-29T11:17:54.446-07:002022-08-29T11:17:54.446-07:00Thanks for the reply. It would make sense to repla...Thanks for the reply. It would make sense to replace the incomplete list in your introduction with a link to the updated one!Brent Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315969937572547432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-79376315572771331002022-08-15T08:04:23.835-07:002022-08-15T08:04:23.835-07:00Here's a link to the annual updated list from ...Here's a link to the annual updated list from a year ago: https://barebonesez.blogspot.com/2021/08/the-hitchcock-project-list-of-all.html. I'll be doing a new one this month. Thanks for your interest!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-54987830978100564572022-08-14T02:12:34.729-07:002022-08-14T02:12:34.729-07:00I'd like to link to this article in the Alfred...I'd like to link to this article in the <a href="https://www.brentonfilm.com/alfred-hitchcock-presents-collectors-guide" rel="nofollow"><i>Alfred Hitchcock Presents</i> Collectors Guide</a> but the list of reviewed episodes is sorely in need of an update. Any chance of it happening?Brent Reidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11315969937572547432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-58421271048420421802022-04-05T10:31:20.545-07:002022-04-05T10:31:20.545-07:00Oh thank you SO much Mssrs. Seabrook and Larson fo...Oh thank you SO much Mssrs. Seabrook and Larson for your erudition. I probably (ONLY) half-remembered this factoid from reading the "Robert Bloch Companion" a long time ago. Best, HJ joneshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956194392707125860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-32824030752074578792022-04-05T10:04:23.370-07:002022-04-05T10:04:23.370-07:00Randall Larson responded:
Here's what Bloch h...Randall Larson responded:<br /><br />Here's what Bloch had to say about "Water's Edge" and Hitchcock, from an interview with Randy & Jean-Marc Lofficier in Starlog #112 (1986), which was republished in my collection of RB interviews, "The Robert Bloch Companion" (p. 124):<br /><br />"THRILLER came just a few months after the HITCHCOCK show. I did a dozen episodes. Boris Karloff became one of our dearest personal friends. I met him during the show and it was a delight to know this man personally.<br /><br />I had done a story called "Water's Edge" for the Alfred Hitchcock Magazine and much to my surprise they rejected it, so I sold it promptly to another magazine, then offered it to the television show [THRILLER]. And they said, "we can't do that." The next thing I know, I get a letter from the people at the magazine, they want to reprint the story in a collection called Alfred Hitchcock's Stories They Wouldn't Let Me Do On TV. So they did. The next thing, the Hitchcock Show bought it and did it on TV."<br /><br />I don't find any details on "Sign of Satan" but it might have been the same kind of thing. RB didn't write the scripts for either of those episodes (Barre Lyndon did Satan, Alfred Hayes did Water's Edge).Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-14023358096688225372022-04-02T04:37:23.661-07:002022-04-02T04:37:23.661-07:00Thanks Jack and keep me- duh- 'posted'. B...Thanks Jack and keep me- duh- 'posted'. Best, HJjoneshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956194392707125860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-39179590209256729162022-04-01T17:46:44.515-07:002022-04-01T17:46:44.515-07:00I had not heard that. Perhaps Randall Larson might...I had not heard that. Perhaps Randall Larson might know? He's the Bloch expert.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-59487579547479633942022-04-01T06:54:47.149-07:002022-04-01T06:54:47.149-07:00Hi Jack,
It's now 2022 so I don't know if...Hi Jack,<br /><br />It's now 2022 so I don't know if you still check responses to this site (!). Anyway I once read online that Robert Bloch had 'intended' both the "Sign of Satan" and "Water's Edge" for the tentative THIRD season of Boris Karloff's "Thriller". Alfred Hitchcock (alas) had a hand in the cancellation of that much-loved series, but those two stories were subsequently filmed for his "Alfred Hitchcock Hour"(with so-so and outstanding results, respectively).<br />Have YOU ever heard that Bloch had 'intended' any of his "AHH" work earlier for "Thriller"?<br /><br />Thanks and best, Hunter J. Jones (Belleville Public Library, Reference) joneshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00956194392707125860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-2328557943188248852013-04-05T17:08:20.041-07:002013-04-05T17:08:20.041-07:00Thanks, Walker! I also have the complete series on...Thanks, Walker! I also have the complete series on DVD--that's where I get the screen grabs to illustrate my articles.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-69414791679778907822013-04-04T20:26:48.915-07:002013-04-04T20:26:48.915-07:00A very worthwhile project and I'm also looking...A very worthwhile project and I'm also looking forward to the finished book. I actually viewed most of the Hitchcock TV shows during the original run of 1955-1965 and it was one of my favorites. Since then I've been buying the dvds and thanks to the bootleg market, I have them all.<br /><br />In fact I got my complete Hitchcock Hour series from Martin Grams at Pulpcon a few years ago. Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-59716051499688309702013-04-04T16:08:44.363-07:002013-04-04T16:08:44.363-07:00Thanks Marty!
And Matthew, I'm speechless. Pe...Thanks Marty!<br /><br />And Matthew, I'm speechless. Peter will tell us to get a room...Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-30753917941146921982013-04-04T08:22:21.629-07:002013-04-04T08:22:21.629-07:00Wow! Jack, you and I were born the same year, mar...Wow! Jack, you and I were born the same year, married the same year, and both enjoy watching rerurns of THE ALFRED HITCHCOCK HOUR with our wives. I also have connections with John McCarty (whose book publicist I used to be) and Martin Grams (with whose comparable tome on THE TWILIGHT ZONE I lent a modest hand). I covered Bloch's contribution to the Hitchcock series in my FILMFAX analysis of his television career, and of course my "introduction" to you and your fine work via Peter's various blogs was a stroke of the greatest fortune. As Tim Burton's Ed Wood would say, "It's uncanny!"<br /><br />I'm delighted that you will apply your excellent research and writing skills (most especially your focus, which I share, on the transition from page to screen) to the remainder of the Hitchcock episodes. What you have written here so far has been superb, and I know you will maintain your high standards. Having enjoyed both your Brown and Finney books, you may rest assured that when this material appears between covers, I will gladly purchase my own copy.<br /><br />Congratulations and good luck, pal!Matthew Bradleyhttp://bradleyonfilm.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-53605767943171671682013-04-04T07:07:06.456-07:002013-04-04T07:07:06.456-07:00Looking forward to reading these.Looking forward to reading these.Marty McKeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05516468586469252914noreply@blogger.com