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Takin’ Back The Streets

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…by kissing them!

Last night’s Official Movie was William Lustig’s 1983 bite-out-of-crime epic Vigilante, starring Robert Forster and a very angry Fred “The Hammer” Williamson. Don’t forget lil’ Woody Strode, though, who makes sure to call Forster a “nigga” before the halfway mark.

If anything I would say this is a horror flick for criminals. I can only imagine watching this from the perspective of a ruffian and putting my hands over my face whenever Williamson and co. would roll out in their thug-stopper van. Even if they saw him playing in the Super Bowl in ’65, or perhaps running around the amazing futurescape of The New Barbarians, I guarantee that all they would see now is a scary, bearded black dude coming out of the shadows with a shotgun.

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Trick, Hot Eat, or Cool Treat

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I hope you’re all doing the Monster Mash like some dirty apes, and filling bowl after bowl with eyeball grapes.

Dumping blood on some dud dressed like Elmer Fudd and pulling tricks on some square going as Fred “Ascare.”

Mourning Robert “Ghoul”et in a solemn way, with his records on blast and his face on your mask.

Taking children to task on the streets like a crook, snatching candy outta their bags with the meanest of looks.

Knocking on doors ’til daylight with your face quite a sight, from the JLR to you, have a fright of a night!

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400th Post: The Milkman Cometh

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I was going to save my landmark 400th post for the special occasion of HALLOWEEN, but who really cares about that number besides me? If you’re wondering why there’s been a moderate dry spell for a couple days, it’s because I was waiting, perched with wild-eyed vigilance. Ain’t I a stinker?

But since I started this blogger page with a silly video (ha, no longer available), I thought I should commemorate it with an even sillier one. This one is tempered just right for the spooky season, though. I give you an episode of Tales from the Darkside entitled “The Milkman Cometh.”

I caught this bowl of squash on TV a few weeks ago, and it’s a real stinker doozy. Still, you’ll be hard pressed, no matter how foul it may be, to not stick around long enough to find out the “shocking” conclusion.

Gasp! As monetary troubles are solved the easy way! (part 1)

Gulp! As Robert Forster solves these compounded problems with alcohol! (part 2)

And then…

Go Home Disappointed! As the Milkman’s identity is revealed!