Okay, if you remember from last week, the movie, Fear Strikes Out, struck out on us in the bottom of the fifth (beer.) I put it in my Netflix queue and it has dutifully arrived, so we’ll pick up where we left off. As always this film is presented in MartyVision using as few stills as possible to tell the story. Lights, camera...play ball and go nuts! (Click here to see part one.)
Midnight Movie @12:01 am Chelsea Okay, it’s Friday and that means it’s time for the Midnight Movie here at MAD. Tonight’s movie is one of my all-time favorites, “Fear Strikes Out.” It stars Anthony Perkins and Karl Malden and both of them are great in it. It’s the true story of Jimmy Piersall, a Boston Red Sox player (hello csp!), who, for a while, was a couple bases shy of a baseball diamond. This movie chronicles those kooky years of Piersall and his bitter and over-bearing father. Okay, let’s go to my apartment and watch it.
Every year there's a night when you walk out and realize that winter is finally over. Tonight's that night and it feels great! Of course, now that I've said that it'll probably snow six feet tomorrow.
Nice, you just tack a sign to the door and tell the store to move itself! Let's try that here: Movie, start now.
You can't read this in the picture, but it's an error box saying that a critical error has happened and the disc cannot recover. I tried cleaning it but got the same error in the same place. Looks like in addition to fear, this movie has also struck out. Anthony Perkins went "Psycho" three years later and Karl Malden used an American Express Card to get to San Francisco. The End. Goodnight everybody and see you tomorrow after dark.
Further reading and watching: Karl Malden Obituary in LA Times, Anthony Perkins Obituary in the NY Times, 1958 Anthony Perkins interview with Mike Wallace and What’s My Line.
The top five movies in my Netflix queue. Click on the title to watch the trailer from each movie.
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