Coming Up; Bowing Out; and Playing Around with a Horror

We’re now officially just a week away from Halloween! Actually, this month has really sped by- maybe because we’ve been so busy. Let me mention a couple things that it might be smart for you to take care of now- before we do the appearances: check out Garry Meier’s page at the WGN radio site to be part of his live audience at the Odeum on Friday- you will need to pre-register on his site if you want to be there! I’ll be there from 4 to 5 pm, and , after the broadcast at 7, you can experience the Asylum Experiment’s 3 haunted houses on the premises of the Odeum- for free! Listen to Garry for details… Also, you might want to get your tickets early for the 3-D presentation of “Creature from the Black Lagoon” at the Muvico Theaters in Rosemont on Sunday afternoon! I’m there from 2-4 pm- and will only be able to meet with ticket holders for this event. You can purchase your tickets for the movie- which begins at 4:30 pm- at www.muvico.com . Don’t miss this chance to see this 1950s classic on the big screen in 3-D- with a live introduction by- me! I’ll give you all the info on our upcoming appearances in an upcoming blog- or- just check out the appearances tab here on our site. I wanted to mention the passing of a local man who actually had a part as an extra in another 1950s classic- “The Blob”! The Chicago Sun Times had an article about Howard Fishlove, who played one of the audience members running out of the theater when the Blob was oozing into it! In the article, a family member said that the movie’s star, Steve McQueen, supposedly told Mr. Fishlove that “you might make it, Howard- you’re pretty good.” I’m hoping that meant that Howard wasn’t one of the losers running out of the theater SMILING and happy in that scene- when they should have looked terrified. He later did several commercials for the great Joe Sedelmaier, including one in which he portrayed a Soviet woman! I recall that very funny commercial quite well- he (“she”)was the narrator of a Russian fashion show, calling out “svimvear” and “eveningvear”- and it all looked the same! Another interesting fact about Mr. Fishlove- his family had a novelty company that produced the beloved (?) novelty fake vomit labeled “Whoops”! He passed away this past weekend at the age of 76. Let’s wrap up this blog with our “Halloween Horror of the Day”! Let’s go with one that’s more contemporary- and enough to scare some people into producing their own “whoops”- it’s that nasty ‘Good Guy” doll , infused with the spirit of a serial killer- Chucky! Anybody who’s seen this horror probably has an aversion to any movies with living dolls- because Chucky, who dying killer Charles Lee Ray transfers his spirit into, is that most hideous of terrors- a plaything that comes to life, influencing his young owner, and murdering those who get in his way or whom he wants vengeance against! Even more frightening- the longer the killer’s spirit stays in the doll- it slowly becomes human- and , rather than become a human version of the doll- Chucky must move his soul into –his young owner Andy’s body! He must outwit Andy’s mom and her policeman pal to pull this off, in a terrifying cat and mouse game in the mom’s apartment! Like all the best monsters, Chucky refuses to die- coming back in sequel after sequel- even spawning a child! This really bad “Good Guy” isn’t playing around- and gets a place of honor in our showroom window as our “Halloween Horror of the Day”!