tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post8341586832967852722..comments2024-03-27T05:54:38.797-07:00Comments on <i>bare</i>•bones e-zine: The Hitchcock Project-Henry Slesar Part Thirty-Six: "The Opportunity" [7.33]John Scolerihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14082147756474762000noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-71279563181096035142018-01-29T09:00:20.635-08:002018-01-29T09:00:20.635-08:00Thanks, Greg! I did not see much about her online ...Thanks, Greg! I did not see much about her online when I wrote this.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-54093292928755691812018-01-28T18:12:55.502-08:002018-01-28T18:12:55.502-08:00An episode with Rebecca Sand from 'The Edge of...An episode with Rebecca Sand from 'The Edge of Night' was featured in the movie, 'Driving Miss Daisy' when Esther Rolle suddenly dropped dead while she was watching the soap opera while shucking peas.Greg Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485260212201742258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-31919753664581466042018-01-28T18:10:55.584-08:002018-01-28T18:10:55.584-08:00Rebecca Sand (Kate DeVore) had just finished a sti...Rebecca Sand (Kate DeVore) had just finished a stint on the CBS soap 'The Edge of Night' playing icy blonde murderess Theresa Vetter who poisoned her husband and murdered her lover. Larry Hagman ('JR' from DALLAS) was in this storyline as Theresa framed his girlfriend. Interestingly, 'The Opportunity' was written by Henry Slesar who later wrote for 'The Edge of Night'!Greg Mayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10485260212201742258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-70922467810420228762017-11-22T06:21:38.905-08:002017-11-22T06:21:38.905-08:00Thanks, John! I think this is a very strong episod...Thanks, John! I think this is a very strong episode.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-53525489306305793372017-11-22T00:00:30.015-08:002017-11-22T00:00:30.015-08:00The Opportunity is a good, nasty episode of the Hi...The Opportunity is a good, nasty episode of the Hitch series. It's one of those,--I don't recall how many there are altogether--that has no wholly good people in them. They're not all bad; and Coleen Gray's character is just a nice young woman who did a bad thing. Her character is, ironically, given what she's up against, the nearest there is to a heroine, as she's the only person I care for in the story.<br /><br />All three major players are good, and I wish the nature of Long's bad marriage had been more neatly detailed. That which I understood of his relationship with his wife was one of mutual loathing did not help me quite "get with the system" with this one. This is one Hitch half-hour the ending of which I would not, could not have guessed based on the "set-up".<br /><br />The episode is a rare chance to see Richard Long play a character who isn't a gentleman. He could play villains, but usually of the charming sort. He scarcely shows any real charm in The Opportunity. Coleen Gray was usually a sympathetic presence, and this helps one identify, at least a little, with someone in the story. The actress who played Long's wife rather resembled the Hugo Haas "bad girl" actress Beverly Michaels, with a more sophisticated demeanor and way about her. <br /><br />Overall, I rate The Opportunity a good but not great episode. There's a coldness to it that made me keep a distance from it emotionally.john kenrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00710666533854296630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-5070838516962851782014-09-11T22:11:16.885-07:002014-09-11T22:11:16.885-07:00Oh, and I forgot to mention I'd give this thre...Oh, and I forgot to mention I'd give this three obese Alfs out of a possible four.Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-81547997306080201842014-09-11T04:42:23.641-07:002014-09-11T04:42:23.641-07:00I like Richard Long, too. He does a great job in t...I like Richard Long, too. He does a great job in this episode of using that nice guy personality to his advantage--until the end.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-44716299867172780962014-09-10T17:13:50.089-07:002014-09-10T17:13:50.089-07:00A great episode. Richard Long was one of my favori...A great episode. Richard Long was one of my favorite character actors of the 60s (he excelled, of course, on The Big Valley) and this performance is so at odds with the nice guy role he usually took. When I see Long, I think of Gig Young. Fabulous last shot too, of that pillow. Peter Enfantinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04317575598411394944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-62372945039137786352014-09-06T07:33:50.463-07:002014-09-06T07:33:50.463-07:00Thanks for checking. Ashley's article is excel...Thanks for checking. Ashley's article is excellent. We get lots of page views months and even years after the posts go online. Every time "The Jar" airs on TV hundreds of people Google that article. I think the Internet is the new library for the people--easily available and free.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-4295041258167203792014-09-05T21:39:33.930-07:002014-09-05T21:39:33.930-07:00Jack, I googled Manhunt, April 1957 and a lot came...Jack, I googled Manhunt, April 1957 and a lot came up about the obscenity trial and Mike Ashley's short history of the magazine, but no illustration.<br /><br />Speaking of comments, a couple pulp collectors at the last two Pulpfests have told me they enjoy reading about Thriller a Day and other articles on bare*bones e-zine. My comments on Thriller were back in 2010, so maybe these blog posts have a longer life than I thought.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-64431499039375625012014-09-05T07:30:52.805-07:002014-09-05T07:30:52.805-07:00Walker! Welcome back! I have missed your comments....Walker! Welcome back! I have missed your comments. As you can tell, I enjoyed this episode and had fun writing the article. Is that Manhunt illo online anywhere? Since that's a bedsheet issue it's way too expensive to consider buying.Jack Seabrookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02216640325305820140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6672923492889685727.post-49402194375274730392014-09-04T21:28:36.846-07:002014-09-04T21:28:36.846-07:00I see sex is rearing its ugly head again. I had a ...I see sex is rearing its ugly head again. I had a history professor in college who liked this saying and repeated it at least once each lecture. To this day I don't know what it means. I looked it up on google but still I don't know. I guess some people just think sex is ugly?<br /><br />Three years ago on the Mystery*File blog, while discussing MANHUNT, sex reared it's ugly head again(http://mysteryfile.com/blog/?p=11822). It seems the next issue after the March 1957 date was in court bought up on obscenity charges in Flying Eagle Publications vs United States.<br /><br />The April 1957 issue on page 25 had an illustration judged obscene because it appeared to show an erect penis. We argued in the comments about this and it appears to be much ado about nothing.<br /><br />But MANHUNT, for its time was always pushing the boundary in sexual matters. This story is another example.Walker Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16089880902426182100noreply@blogger.com