tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post6546576464676796985..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Robert C. Dennis Part Ten: "Crack of Doom" [2.9]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-86316259681401821972022-05-20T14:43:22.127-07:002022-05-20T14:43:22.127-07:00Thanks for your comment!Thanks for your comment!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-17257804553824948842022-05-20T02:35:16.920-07:002022-05-20T02:35:16.920-07:00An excellent episode of AHP. I saw this as a kid o...An excellent episode of AHP. I saw this as a kid of about eight back in the mid 1960's and absolutely loved it. I was very lucky as kid watching this great series as every single episode that I saw was a good one, and have seen them all since then a second time plus a multitude of others. I just saw this one again for about the fourth time on MTV - May 19th, 2022. I noticed that Francis De Sales is in this episode who also had a small role as the Deputy District Attorney in the classic film "Psycho" near the end of the movie. Finally, Robert C. Dennis did a great adaptation of this story converting it into a teleplay. Majestic Tigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03502088750742552725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-36359686563317345922021-08-10T13:58:44.547-07:002021-08-10T13:58:44.547-07:00Thanks for reading!Thanks for reading!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-75800916803814885332021-08-09T22:48:17.845-07:002021-08-09T22:48:17.845-07:00I Almost Felt I Was In The Card Game! Great Episod...I Almost Felt I Was In The Card Game! Great Episode And Review!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-91494771953452643962017-07-01T06:04:46.953-07:002017-07-01T06:04:46.953-07:00Thanks, John. I agree that this is a suspenseful, ...Thanks, John. I agree that this is a suspenseful, entertaining half hour!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-21899835200300060742017-06-29T00:42:41.387-07:002017-06-29T00:42:41.387-07:00Fine episode. Thanks for the back story. Years ago...Fine episode. Thanks for the back story. Years ago I was for several years in the used and rare book business and the name Don Marquis is a familiar one. I know a few things about him but have never read his books. <br /><br />He was one of those writers who was hugely popular in his day and very well known, who seems forgotten or semi-forgotten. Maybe the world war had something to do with it. I mean, the changing tastes. I think of Thorne Smith and Robert Benchley as two others whose works, like Marquis, went out of fashion. <br /><br />A digression. Back to the Hitchcock half-hour: first rate all the way, and very much a tale for grownups. Hitchcock was never a kid or teen friendly show but its episodes did very now and again, and some are more accessible to younger folk than others. This one isn't.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-48133374606752768682015-12-02T09:08:24.466-08:002015-12-02T09:08:24.466-08:00Steve, it sounds like Marquis did not live a very ...Steve, it sounds like Marquis did not live a very happy life. Too bad.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-48308102191872622232015-12-02T09:07:45.016-08:002015-12-02T09:07:45.016-08:00Todd, thanks for the comment. I vaguely recall arc...Todd, thanks for the comment. I vaguely recall archy and mehitabel from my school days but haven't thought about them in years. Also, thanks for listing bare bones in your collection of links! I always find other interesting things to read there.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-90963114853605268242015-12-02T06:52:46.615-08:002015-12-02T06:52:46.615-08:00I had read a comment about Marquis by James Thurbe...I had read a comment about Marquis by James Thurber, saying, "The case of a swell guy like Don Marquis is enough to depress anyone...There must be some kind of strange law about disasters piling up on cerain people." And what was Thurber talking about?<br /><br />Marquis had a brother die at 20. Both of Marquis's children died young, his son at age 5, his daughter at 13. He was married twice; both wives pre-deceased him. He had a series of strokes that lift him with difficulty walking or speaking. He died of another stroke at 59.<br /><br />Born to write comedy, I guess.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-76422910749530180372015-12-01T21:58:17.215-08:002015-12-01T21:58:17.215-08:00archy and mehitabel (arch couldn't hit "s...archy and mehitabel (arch couldn't hit "shift") were the stars of a series of poems, rather than stories, left on don marquis's typewriter...lovely stuff. I've been meaning to read his short fiction...Todd Masonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01815516018079824802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-3091447452195065182015-12-01T10:02:47.637-08:002015-12-01T10:02:47.637-08:00Thanks, Steve! When I finish this series at some p...Thanks, Steve! When I finish this series at some point in the future I plan to collect all of the entries into a book so that there will be detailed analysis of the Hitchcock shows available for anyone who is interested. In the meantime, It's fun to work on. Thanks for reading!Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-78221189639724744252015-11-30T22:27:30.848-08:002015-11-30T22:27:30.848-08:00Another great post. You seem to be able to come u...Another great post. You seem to be able to come up with an amazing amount of information about each episode. The only thing I knew about Don Marquis was that he wrote the Archy and Mehitabel stories. The website you included is, as you said, excellent. I have only read part of it but I do intend to go back.<br /><br />As a not very relevant aside, one of Middleton's performances that I particularly like is in the film <i>A Big Hand for the Little Lady</i>, in which he takes part in another high-stakes poker game.<br /><br />Once again, thank you for this terrific series. I have started working backward now and am reading some of the Robert Bloch material.SteveHLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04017186128084713758noreply@blogger.com