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The Littlest Angel 1969 Movie Review

Here’s our little conversation about “The Littlest Angel” (1969). Little Johnny Whitaker finds himself in heaven, under the care of Fred Gwynne, Cab Calloway, Connie Stevens, Tony Randall, John McGiver, and E.G. Marshall (as God). Not the littlest discussion, since it still ran to an hour and a half, but there were plenty of nostalgic digressions, leavened by a little aseasonal misanthropy, since I started out with a headache. But the Advil soon took effect, and things were merry and bright in the Tie-Dye universe. You can eavesdrop on our ruminations here.

Next week, “Scrooge” (1970) is undoubtedly more my speed (it’s not just a story; it’s a lifestyle), with Leslie Bricusse riding the coattails of Lionel Bart’s smash musical “Oliver!” Albert Finney and Alec Guinness (as Marley’s ghost) do their game best to put a fresh spin on Dickens’ oft-adapted “A Christmas Carol.”

We’ll be boiled in our own pudding with a stake of holly through our hearts, on this heartwarming Christmas edition of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. Join Fezziwig for a round of “Roger de Coverley” in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., NEXT WEEK AT A SPECIAL TIME: THURSDAY EVENING, DECEMBER 22, AT 7:00 EST!

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Thank you very much… Thank you very much…

December 17, 2022
Avengers Christmas & Space 1999 Talk

Last night I must have been getting blocked by telepaths, because I was having a dickens of a time remembering anyone’s names (Dennis Leary, Judy Davis, George Sanders, etc.). Either that, or Roy’s COVID fog is spreading. Or, I suppose, I may just be getting old.

But it is the Christmas season, so I’ll be charitable to myself and chalk it up to an undigested bit of beef, a blot of mustard, a crumb of cheese, a fragment of underdone potato… There was more of gravy than of grave about last night’s discussion.

At least “The Avengers” (1961-69) is still fresh. Here’s our conversation about the series and its 1965 holiday episode “Too Many Christmas Trees.”

We don’t know what we’re doing next week yet (we’re still negotiating over Christmas devil movies), but if you’re a “Space: 1999” fan, you might enjoy a special edition of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner, tomorrow afternoon, as David Hirsch and Robert Wood join Roy to discuss their new book, “Maybe There: The Lost Stories from Space: 1999.”

Drop by, “Space” out, and leave your comments, when they livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., THIS SUNDAY AFTERNOON AT 2:00 EST.

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December 10, 2022
The Avengers Emma Peel Christmas Special

This week being what it’s been, I somehow forgot to write a stand-alone promotion of this evening’s Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner. At least I did mention it at the end of my Monday post, in which I linked our Sunday discussion of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.”

Tonight, Roy and I will be at our stylish best, though a mite confused as to which side of the road to drive, during our conversation about “The Avengers” (1961-9). Not Iron Man, Captain America, and the gang, mind you, but the snazzy UK spy-fi series, widely regarded to have achieved its apex when Diana Rigg as Emma Peel bantered with Patrick Macnee’s John Steed. Week after week, the duo managed to defend Britain against a seemingly endless procession of nefarious plots, a surprising number of them with the aim of world domination.

To narrow our focus and keep it seasonal, the conversation will center on the surreal holiday episode, “Too Many Christmas Trees” (1965), in which Mrs. Peel and Mr. Steed find themselves at a fancy dress at a manor house overseen by Charles Dickens fanatics. Great fun for admirers of the series, with plenty of wry smiles for Dickens lovers – and some wonderfully bizarre dream sequences.

We have Great Expectations for this Droodless mystery, in which Oliver Twist (Mrs. Peel) and Sidney Carton (Steed) experience Hard Times in a Bleak House. It will the best of the times and the worst of times when you join us in the comments section, as we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:30 EST!

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December 9, 2022
Roy’s Sci-Fi Corner: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

At long last! The much-anticipated COVID EDITION of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner!

Last night, Roy, looking pallid but sporting a Dr. Strange goatee, soldiered through for our belated discussion of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968), originally scheduled for Thanksgiving weekend. I can’t say that his infirmity in any way effected the quality of the show (and you can take that as you will).

Next time, we’ll tidy up to welcome Mrs. Peel and Mr. Steed in a conversation about “The Avengers” (1961-69) – NOT to be confused with Iron Man, Captain America, and the rest – speaking broadly about the spy-fi television series, but focusing particularly on the surreal holiday episode “Too Many Christmas Trees” (1965).

So don your steel-rimmed bowlers and leather catsuits and meet us in the comments section when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., this Friday evening at 7:30 EST!

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Get well soon, Roy!

December 5, 2022
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Movie Review Delayed

Nine days after the originally-scheduled program, will we still be able to even remember the movie?

We’ll finally get around to our multi-postponed Thanksgiving weekend discussion of “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” (1968), the Child Catcher willing, on a special make-up edition of Roy’s Tie-Dye Sci-Fi Corner.

With one host still recovering from COVID and the other with a head full of sawdust, what could possibly go wrong?

By now, your kids will be all grown-up and gone to college. That should free you up to join us for our distinctive blend of mirth and dotage. Tune in to hear Roy sing the “Chitty Chitty Bang Bang” galop.

“Oh you pretty Chitty Bang Bang,
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
We love you.
And in
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
What we’ll do.”

Sing along in the comments section, when we livestream on Facebook, YouTube, etc., at a special time, THIS SUNDAY EVENING AT 7:00 EST!

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December 4, 2022

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