Universal Monster Army

I see the young 'uns started their own thread. So, what's so great about being able to remember seeing horror hosts every weekend on TV, and finding brand new Aurora monster kits in the stores? Plenty! Let's preserve those memories here.

I'm 41.....qualifying as an Old One. Can I be Cthulhu? ;)

Sign me up!  :D
Born in the Year of the Chevy (& the Shadow of Sputnik)
been a Monster Kid my whole life!

& stay off my lawn!  ;)

55 in November

The Big Five-0 in September. I was just old enough to catch the '60's monster fever.  A turbulent period in US history, but a great time to be a (monster) kid.

60 years young and loving every minute of it.

I was born in 1967, so even though I missed the monster boom of the 60's, I did catch the last gasp of it in the early 1970's, including the glow-in-the-dark Aurora monsters and the Prehistoric Scenes models. Everything cool from the 60's, from "Batman" to "The Wild, Wild West" to "The Munsters" was playing in reruns on TV and I didn't know that it wasn't brand new. I read "Famous Monsters of Filmland" along side "Star Log" and "Fangoria". I caught Ray Harryhausen's movies in second run theaters and saw "Eye of the Tiger" and "Clash of the Titans" during first run. I watched Universal Monster movies on out local horror hosted program, "Fright Night", and I also caught the new wave of sci-fi at 10 years old when "Star Wars" opened in 1977, so I'm sort of a child of both worlds.

I turned 49 in May. I, too, caught the tail end of the original monster-kid craze. Mom was a monster fan, so she turned me on to it all at a pretty young age. My first Aurora kit was "Superboy & Krypto" when I was just five. I was home from school, sick with a cold, and Mom ran out and bought the kit, glue, and paints. That was the start of it. Soon I was buying Famous Monsters, Creepy, Eerie, Vampirella, Castle of Frankenstein, and all the monster kits I could lay my hands on.

My first loves were KING KONG, Gorillas, FRANKENSTEIN & Dorothy Provine (who played Rocky Shaw in the '59-'60 tv series, THE ALASKANS.  I'm 55 - same as my I.Q.

Thanks for the thread, CZ.

>So, what's so great about being able to remember seeing horror hosts every weekend on TV, and finding brand new Aurora monster kits in the stores?<

Plenty!

And classic Charlton, Dell, & Gold Key horror comics - for 12c!
And new Warren, CoF, and Marvel monster mags at the newstand - for under $1!
And monster records in the stores - AN EVENING WITH BORIS KARLOFF, etc.
And new Hammer films in Drive-Inn double bills!
And...

-Craig

I'm a cranky old man of 53 -- with a two year old son.  How the heck did that happen?  Well, I know how it happened, but still....

(Oopsy! Thanks, Terry - I forgot my Stats: 53 this July. Born with NASA, graduated on the Bicentennial!)

46.........born in 64 and caught the fumes of the 60s Monster Mania watching Chiller Theater on WPIX  out of NYC from '71-'82, and sneaking into the Lake Drive-In in Wolcott Ct. for a dizzying array of first and second run 70s and 80s monster, Hammer, and exploitation flicks.

Halcyon days. Is there anything more beautiful than this??

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The diaper-jockeys in the under 40 thread can keep their cineplexes. They've COMPLETELY missed the romance and thrill of BEING THERE when you could find Auroras in every department store, a Drive-In in every town, and a horror host on every black and white TV.

I'm 46 too, born in '65.  Don't give up on the drive-ins!  They're still out there.  Seek and you shall find.  :)
My dad took us to the d-i regularly in the mid-70s and I got to see a bunch of "classics" there.

Also enjoyed various Warren publications, Marvel comics and loved picking up four of them for a dollar.  Plus the other staples, Kolchak the Night Stalker, Land of the Lost  -- all those classics.  ;)

I'm 44, and will be turning 45 in August. But everyone I meet or show my I.d. to swears I look
32-35. It's all that Rock and Roll( DEVIL music) I listen to. Plus, the fact I still dress the same
way I dressed in high school. Black t-shirts( punk, metal), VANS( tennis shoes), black Levis jeans.
I totally lok like half the teenagers on my block. Lol

  I was born in the year of our Lord, Nineteen Hundred and Sixty-Two, and I am proud to say, "I'm an old one".  My grandfather had stacks of Creepy, Eerie and Tales from the Crypt comics, and that's all we had to read on a cold Michigan Saturday afternoon. We would get dropped off at the grandparents' house while Ma & Pa went shopping. But only after the great Sir Graves Ghastly had left the airwaves! He was my first tv hero! That voice, that humor, that Glob!! I just recently explained the Glob to my husband, who has never seen the "upside down face on the chin" technique before! And all the Universal Monsters!! Ahhhhh! I used to have a recurring dream that they were all at the laundromat that my grandma worked at, and they scared everyone off, except me, and we hung out together forever! Which I have not dreamed about since the early 70s.....Now I dream about the TOYS!   :)

Quote from: Scatter on June 23, 2011, 05:27:55 PM

The diaper-jockeys in the under 40 thread can keep their cineplexes. They've COMPLETELY missed the romance and thrill of BEING THERE when you could find Auroras in every department store, a Drive-In in every town, and a horror host on every black and white TV.

I too grew up watching Count Gore Saturday nights on Channel 20, missed Aurora but played with AHI/Remco...missed the glorious drive ins but...nevermind, most of you all are probably asleep after hitting the Sizzler early bird 4:00 dinner special to read this now!

Quote from: BaronLatos35 on June 23, 2011, 07:04:33 PM...nevermind, most of you all are probably asleep after hitting the Sizzler early bird 4:00 dinner special to read this now!

Ha! I'm more likely to just be getting up at 4PM. Hungarians tend to keep odd hours. And they don't even have Sizzlers in NC! The ancient ones (70+) hit Cracker Barrel, IHOP, or Golden Corral for those 4PM dealies.
Growing up in NJ, we had "Chiller Theatre" on WPIX Ch. 11 and "Creature Features" on WNEW Ch. 5. I got to meet both Zacherley and Lou "The Creep" Steele at the 4th Chiller Theatre Model, Toy & Film Expo, as well as Joe Bob Briggs (TMC's "Joe Bob's Drive-In Theater" and TNT's "MonsterVision"). Actually, Joe Bob's an old friend. I was the editor of the only newspaper in the entire state of NJ to ever carry his "Joe Bob Goes to the Drive-In" column in it's mid-'80s heyday.

Oh, I also met Rhonda Shear, former hostess of USA's "Up All Night!" (Friday nights only; Sat.'s it was Gilbert Gottfried), and Elvira, at Chiller. I'd actually done phone interviews with them both for Femme Fatales magazine, but finally got to meet them "in the flesh" at Chiller.

Ha! My AARP membership is just around the corner. BaronLatos35, I hear you on Channel 20's Count Gore De Vol. I remember a time when he didn't have the mustache. Where does the time go?

I'm 51 and was part of that elite group of kids whose parents would find my copies of FM, CoF and routinely throw them in the trash! I literally dug them out and hid them in my room. A couple didn't survive: I had the issues of FM with the Creature on the cover by Gogos, and the one with the close up photo of Chris Lee as Drac. Somehow I couldn't retrieve those issues. Funny how I still remember that. Also funny how my copies of Monster Times survived.

I carried around a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula when I was in grade school (the Airmont edition) but never actually read the novel until I was in my 40's. I remember seeing Cagney's Man of a Thousand Faces and the next day in class (seventh grade) instead of listening to the teacher wrote my own bio of Chaney based on what I'd learned from the film.

My dad would buy and help us build and paint the Aurora Superman, Robin, and Bat Plane models. It wasn't until I was ten or eleven that I started my collection of Aurora monsters.

Oh no, the army is being split down age lines? What about unity and brotherhood and all that stuff? Come on people! Yeah, I know, those darn kids started it with their thread. I think they were out on my lawn today too. I was gonna call the police but it was 4 pm and we were ready to go to the Sizzler.

Well, if we're doing this, I belong on this side. Somehow I am now 46, which just seems wrong, but that's what the numbers add up to. Grew up loving monsters, sci fi, and super-heroes, despite getting a lot of flak about it from the norms. Now I even co-write a blog on comics and pop culture of the 70s (see my signature), write articles for Back Issue magazine, and am nearly done with my first novel, which features the Frankenstein Monster. So I guess I never grew out of any of that stuff -and boy am I glad!

Count Z.  I was born in Chicago, in the Year of Our LORD, 1953. but moved to New Jersey in June, living there for 23 years.  The Korean "Police Action" continued for 4 more months, everybody liked Ike and Lucy, and the second Elizabethan era began.  I met Boris Karloff on MILLION DOLLAR MOVIE at the age of 6,  and started right in with CHILLER THEATRE (WPIX) at the age of 7.  Not too soon after came SUPERNATURAL THEATRE, (WOR), and CREATURE FEATURE (WNEW).  My parents DESPISED horror films, (they were "cheap"), but it didn't stop me from hiding  issues of FM between the mattress and the box spring!

Count Z.  where in New Jersey were you?  I came from North Plainfield, in Somerset County.

Elisabeth  8)

One can never be too old to have a happy childhood I always say.

8)

Hey Doc, no giving up on the Drive-Ins for me. Here's one of the few things I love about living here in South Florida.......the Lake Worth Drive-In!!

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZ71wGSHfTnuLS8_N1AI3LqqtjEqxrPDkqM2dikD2pQkf302x9ww)

(http://t3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTLGIziv2nyQT2lCwpQb9NyppTffqhK9y1J4CnvQQCxxUfPYS9_bw)

And there's a Sonic drive-in burger joint right next door!!

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs-roFkdLKJnrz69WjXMNbktkPMy8RWF0pInt_45EWukFu7CG8)

I'm fitty-seven and a half. My body sometimes reminds me, but I sure don't feel on the inside what I thought it would feel like!
My Dad loved spooky stuff and monsters, my poor Mom didn't but what could she do with four boys!
Today I got up at 5, worked all day, and tonight this old fart's gonna go rock out on his geetar from 9-1 at a local bar.  Hopefully meet some gals. Take that, whippersnappers! I'll feel it tomorrow though...

Count, that's cool you've met all those people, Ink that's cool you are from the DC area and watched Gore!, Gary I wish I had a drive through around here

Karen, that was laugh out loud funny. My wife looked at me like I was crazy...

It's all jokes people, just talking junk! Now back to my thread...

I'm ten years old.

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Quote from: BaronLatos35 on June 24, 2011, 08:43:04 PM
Count, that's cool you've met all those people, Ink that's cool you are from the DC area and watched Gore!, Gary I wish I had a drive through around here

Karen, that was laugh out loud funny. My wife looked at me like I was crazy...

It's all jokes people, just talking junk! Now back to my thread...

I knew it! I knew I saw that Latos kid sneaking around. He said something about wanting to get his ball out of my backyard, but I knew it was just a ploy to cause trouble!

I got my eyes on you..... Zombie Roll Eyes

I'm 41, and was raised by my parents on the classics of horror and scifi.  Still to this day I'd rather watch a film made 70 years ago than some of the things that come out today.

I'm as Old as Im-Ho- Tep, Can I Qualify?  And yes, I still have my Aurora Monster Models, And I STILL collect everything Universal.

You definitely qualify Terry!! Welcome to the UMA kid!! Now get crackin' on posting some pics of your collection.  ;D

A 49'er here. I hit the "glow-in-the-dark" era of the late 60's-early 70's. Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Models, Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Colorforms, Glow-in-the-Dark Frisbees, Glow-in-the-Dark yo-yo's, Glow-in-the-Dark Super Balls, Glow-in-the-Dark...well, you get the point.

Quote from: 60sThru80s on August 02, 2011, 10:49:47 PM
A 49'er here. I hit the "glow-in-the-dark" era of the late 60's-early 70's. Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Models, Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Colorforms, Glow-in-the-Dark Frisbees, Glow-in-the-Dark yo-yo's, Glow-in-the-Dark Super Balls, Glow-in-the-Dark...well, you get the point.

GLOW IN THE DARK anything, is still the best. Whoop!

GO GLOW!

Quote from: 60sThru80s on August 02, 2011, 10:49:47 PM
A 49'er here. I hit the "glow-in-the-dark" era of the late 60's-early 70's. Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Models, Glow-in-the-Dark Monster Colorforms, Glow-in-the-Dark Frisbees, Glow-in-the-Dark yo-yo's, Glow-in-the-Dark Super Balls, Glow-in-the-Dark...well, you get the point.

Dude, I'm STILL obsessed with anything glow-in-the-dark!!

I am most definitely an old one for I passed the test recently, first of all I had a suspected heat attack at the top of a flight of stairs then bump I was at the bottom. With cracked ribs two fractured arms and a sizable bump. I now qualify for the oldies medal of honour and I'm only 52! However I have sprung back as any good monster kid would.  As for my pedigree my grandmother loved the silent horrors right up until the forties output then my father shared his love of fifties sci-fi so you can say it is a career for me which I love.

tv horror!! WHAT???   :(   I am so sorry to hear about your misfortune. I hope you are back to 100 percent well, good friend! That sounded like a trauma that would freak me out royally. You must be a really strong and upbeat monsterkid, to be able to talk about it in such a laid back manner...and I salute you!!
I would still be moaning and whining!  Springing back to the UMA makes us ALL happy, and we expect you to heal well and never ever do it again!!
I would like to send you all my best wishes and hugs (if applicable).  Please keep us updated on your progress ( cracked ribs and fractured arms sound pretty rough), and don't ever disappear again.....or I will be so worried I'll fly over there and check on you!  :)  Here's to your healing and knowing you another 50 years!

Quote from: marsattacks666 on August 04, 2011, 12:41:01 PM
GLOW IN THE DARK anything, is still the best. Whoop!

When I'm at a store with my daughters I can say no flat out to any toy purchase they "just have to have" but bring me something glow and it's theirs!!

Tv horror, I hope you make a speedy recovery!

TV Horror, prayers for a quick recovery!!!

Thanks for the concern, as it happened about six or seven weeks ago I am fairly on the mend, it only hurts when I laugh which is often unfortunately. I had already slipped on the ice on Boxing day also cracking a few ribs so they must be made of rubber thank God. After all am I not a great one? I was given the all clear heart wise which is more good news so I can't complain as for moaning and such I wish. I have a big sister who keeps me on my toes , so poor wee Maurice has no time to feel sorry for himself. Yes I have returned!!!!!

Quote from: Scatter on August 04, 2011, 05:29:51 PM
Dude, I'm STILL obsessed with anything glow-in-the-dark!!

I shared a bedroom with my older brother who was a bit of a wuss when it came to monsters. He HATED it when turning out the lights at bedtime, and my Aurora monster models were glowing their little hearts out on the top of my bookcase.

AARP accepts you at 50 now? Great, I can start looking forward to all their junkmail next year!

I'm looking forward to The Mad Monster Party con next March in Charlotte, NC. Haven't been to a con since the October '98 Chiller Expo in NJ. Had hoped to go to the April 2011 Chiller, but had some family health issues put the brakes to that. Oh well, if the Queen City starts having decent horror cons, I can stay local and hopefully see a lot of my old Chiller pals come down here!

I was born in 1969 (a decade to late "sigh", oh well!). The big year for me was Halloween night 1976. The original Frankenstein came on TV late that night. I never been the same since.

Rick ;)

Maurice, so glad to know you're on the mend!!

Now I'm depressed that I looked at this topic...you're all a bunch of young-uns...I'm Sixty one years old! 

Holy cow, Maurice, take it easy for awhile will ya? You sound like Evel Knievel with those busted ribs and arms! Seriously though, glad to hear your ticker checked out.

Thank you Scatter and Moonshadow I am well on the mend , however I still don't glow in the dark worse luck. Now that would be cool!

Quote from: Unknown Primate on August 04, 2011, 04:10:10 PM
GO GLOW!

GO GLOW!!!, should be the next theme.

I know all of my fellow great old ones will appreciate this tiki-style drive-in in Montclair, Ca:

http://critiki.com/location/?loc_id=526 (http://critiki.com/location/?loc_id=526)

It gets an 8.5 overall score from Cri-tiki:
http://critiki.com/location/?loc_id=526 (http://critiki.com/location/?loc_id=526)

Man would I love to check that place out!

Me too!! I'm obsessed with Drive-ins, and this one is worth obsessing over!

50 in December, and I love having experienced both the delightful anticipation of having to wait for a weekly horror movie on TV, and the ability to collect and own them on DVDs

Maurice - The Indestructible Man!  Wow, you're a tough ol' Irishman!  Glad things are healing up for you.

For the first time in my life, I feel my age (55) - I think it's all catching up to me!

You are right Mark, I'm a tough old boot. The funny thing is I use to be a real daredevil for in the past I wrecked houses and old factories for a living and came away unscratched. Yet I now find that my bumps now bring me more injuries , old age who needs it. Even my doctor never knew me until I turned fifty! Now I'm at his office nearly every couple of weeks, yeah I must have been very wicked in my past lives ha ha ha. Thanks for the concern.

Every doctor I see mentions how I must have really abused my body over the years - I mean, tell me something I don't know!

You never realize when you're doing all those things to your body in your youth that there will be payback someday. I sometimes think it would be easier to list the parts that don't hurt!

I'm 44.  But I've put my body through hell.  Car crashes.  Football.  Fights, wreckless stunts  and general screwing around.  I met my wife AFTER all of that so we joke that I was once a stud---but she gets the schmootz left over after the craziness of my teens and 20s.

If anyone has ever seen North Dallas 40------I basically feel like Nick Nolte's character every day. ;)

Don't feel bad friends. Here is my story in a nutshell. I will be 55 in 14 days. I am a cancer survivor, I fell off a telephone pole and cracked my spleen. I was in intensive care for 2 days they thought I wasn't going to make it. I had a polynatal cyst when I was younger and I let it go. It grew up my spine over the years and had put poison through my body. I was rushed to the hospital and they called in all interns because the way it grew, you could only see it in medical books. They removed all the cyst and poisons. That is when I was 19.  When I was 22 I started to do cable tv. I told them about my defective ladder but it did not get replaced and on day while I was on it, it broke. I landed in the middle of the street from 18'. I landed with all my weight on my left hand. I shattered my knuckly and my finger is 15% disabled, So much so that in the winter I sometime have to shake it to get it to move. Then when I was 50, I had a heart attack and was dead for 2 minutes. They brought me back and here I am today at 54. I just had a toe removed because of a bone infection. I am still not cleared to go back to work. One suture won't heal. All this plus being born with asthma. Somehow I made it this far but it has been a rough trip. I must be like Boris Karloff "The Man With Nine Lives" but I am almost out of them so I am being careful and you should be too.  The old man is finished complaining about his aches and pains now. Thanks for listening to my brief bio.

Universal Steve Rocks!!  Seriously, dude, I need to stop complaining about my problems, which were mostly self-inflicted (but not, necessarily on purpose).  Here's to smooth sailing from now on, Steve - stay healthy, bruddah!

Well count me in too! I'm 54 and wonderin' where all the time went.    The first monster that really grabbed me was the original Godzilla in black and white It was awsome it made me tingle all over I was hooked!  Well hello you bunch of old dudes and dudettes.  8)

Universal Steve!!  I never would have known that all those things could happen to a human (Except for the ladder accident), and I am amazed that you are around to talk about it  :)  Man, I get the willies when I think about your spine problems!  Do us all a favor and finish up so you can hang around here and talk about monsters!  I have all the confidence in you that you will be a stronger human than any of us, when that suture heals up!

I've just found myself a new hero, you are The Man Steve. I wish you all the best for a speedy recovery and you will be in my prayers.

Thanks guys. I really appreciate the kind words. I consider myself just hitting my stride. It has been a long journey and I am looking forward to a longer one in the futire. After all, someone is going to have to build the stack of models on my bench . But most importantly someone has to watch over my family. My son just turned 27 and is engaged and my daughter will be 25 in October.  They both live at home but probably next year they will leave. I need to be there to help them in case they hit rough spots. My wife and I probably wont know what to do with ourselves when they leave.

Quote from: Unknown Primate on August 10, 2011, 03:36:45 PM

For the first time in my life, I feel my age (55) - I think it's all catching up to me!

You & me both... ;)

I think roofer years are kinda like dog years-
so 30+ years of roofing houses times 7 (is it?)
I'm feeling all of my 54 years (every damn morning)  ;D

Quote from: Universal Steve on August 12, 2011, 02:31:06 AMMy wife and I probably wont know what to do with ourselves when they leave.

Stock up on Viagra and Aspercream!

Quote from: Zardoz on August 11, 2011, 12:16:25 PMWell hello you bunch of old dudes and dudettes.  8)

Hello right back atcha, Z!

Quote from: Street Worm on August 12, 2011, 05:43:59 AM
You & me both... ;)

I think roofer years are kinda like dog years-
so 30+ years of roofing houses times 7 (is it?)

Happy 210th!!

lol...
well I guess I feel pretty good for 210~  :D

Quote from: Universal Steve on August 12, 2011, 02:31:06 AM
My wife and I probably wont know what to do with ourselves when they leave.

Ummmmmmmm...........personally, I'm not going to have that problem. Nope.  :D

Welli just turned 40 last May so here I am! I did get to catch the very tail end of the Monster Craze-I remember the big Aurora glow monster boxes at the toystore up to around1977 and I grew up watching monster movies on UHF TV every weekend straight through when I graduated school in 1989.I had thebig and small Remcos(I never had the big Phantom and Creech, but I still have al 6 of the little Remcos), Shogun warriors (including Godzilla and Rodan) andsomegfood flicks at the drive-in-Godzilla vs Megalon,Giant Sopider Invasion (scared the CRAP out of me when i was 5!), Kong 76, Sinbad and the Eye of the Tiger, At the Earth;s Core, People that Time Forgot, Godzilla vs Cosmic Monster,SSSSSS (another one that terrified me), Orca, Godzilla On Monster Island, and some kung fu movies too.

RedKing - YOU are a Monster Kid and Kaiju King rolled into to one!

Turning 56 next month.  Started with Science Fiction theater and bought every monster model I could find when they started coming out.  Couldn't get enough.  Friends used to look at me weird because there were times I would rather live in a world of monsters than of Vietnam.  I used to cock an eyebrow at them and ask, "Oh, you'd rather live in a world where Jack, Martin and Bobby died?"  I look back at a lot of escapism from the 60s and think of it as the golden age of escapism.  But who didn't need to escape back then.

As to battle scars.  Had heart surgery in 98 and kidney surgery last year.  In 98, heart stopped three times in the emergency room before they got me stabilized.  Stopped five more times on the operating table before they got the pacemaker in.  I had been clinically dead.  Another surgery a year later and was able to remove the pacemaker as the previous surgeries held.  The strangest one though was in 67 when they put me in the hospital Friday night for appendicitis only to discover on Sunday morning that it was constipation :o  The only good thing was watching Jason and the Argonauts saturday afternoon on the 13 inch black and white in the upper corner.  They even lured me into the building with ice cream only to take it away because of the appendicitis.  &%#* mad doctors!!

I wonder if the youngin's thread is comparing battle scars?

Quote from: Illoman on June 24, 2011, 05:12:54 AM
I'm 51 and was part of that elite group of kids whose parents would find my copies of FM, CoF and routinely throw them in the trash! I literally dug them out and hid them in my room. A couple didn't survive: I had the issues of FM with the Creature on the cover by Gogos, and the one with the close up photo of Chris Lee as Drac. Somehow I couldn't retrieve those issues. Funny how I still remember that. Also funny how my copies of Monster Times survived.

I carried around a copy of Bram Stoker's Dracula when I was in grade school (the Airmont edition) but never actually read the novel until I was in my 40's. I remember seeing Cagney's Man of a Thousand Faces and the next day in class (seventh grade) instead of listening to the teacher wrote my own bio of Chaney based on what I'd learned from the film.

My dad would buy and help us build and paint the Aurora Superman, Robin, and Bat Plane models. It wasn't until I was ten or eleven that I started my collection of Aurora monsters.

;)

QuoteI wonder if the youngin's thread is comparing battle scars?

nope

Quote from: Scatter on June 24, 2011, 03:24:23 PM
Hey Doc, no giving up on the Drive-Ins for me. Here's one of the few things I love about living here in South Florida.......the Lake Worth Drive-In!!

(http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQZ71wGSHfTnuLS8_N1AI3LqqtjEqxrPDkqM2dikD2pQkf302x9ww)

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And there's a Sonic drive-in burger joint right next door!!

(http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSs-roFkdLKJnrz69WjXMNbktkPMy8RWF0pInt_45EWukFu7CG8)

Ahhhh, drive-ins! Too cool!

8)

Indeed! Drive-ins are boss! we have 3 around here, two o which are double screeners. One is for sale-Oh how I would LOVE to buy it, fix it up in retro 50s/60s style and show all of our fave movies!!

There are a couple of drive-ins in my area, too. They actually put up a TEMPORARY drive-in two summers ago on a vacant lot in Charlotte, with an INFLATABLE screen. They were hoping to open it permanently, but I don't think they ever got the permits for it.

Born in 1957

I was born in 1962, I'll be 50 in July.  My parents both enjoyed horror movies, so I grew up watching them, I can remember at 4 or 5 playing old maid with my parents and The Mole Men airing in TV.  When I turned 8 I was allowed to stay up on Friday nights to watch Creature Features on WGN (Chicago).  I saw all the classics, Lugosi's Dracula being the first one (which is why Dracula is my favorite movie).  I also remember that the same night one of the mummy movies aired (I don't remember which one), which would have been my first mummy movie, War of the Worlds also was shown.  Needless to say, it would be a while before I saw my first mummy movie.  I was one of the kids who would run home to watch Dark Shadows after school.  On Saturday afternoons on channel 32 a horror/scifi movie was shown and when that was over, I turned to channel 44 for another horror/scifi movie.  I was so excited when I got to see my first PG movie in 1975--Jaws--with my dad, uncle, and brother.  My mom, aunt and 2 sisters went to see Benji.  As they were the first ones out of the movies, they got dinner--fish sticks.  The guys didn't eat much that night.  I also remember going to the drive in for a triple feature--Godzilla's Revenge, Monster Zero, and War of the Gargantuas.
As I said in my profile, I've been watching horror and science fiction movies all my life.  I do enjoy other genres of movies, but horror and scifi will always be my favorite.

Quote from: Zardoz on April 19, 2012, 03:22:05 PM
Born in 1957

A VERY good year.

If this thread was a house, I'd ring the doorbell then run my under 40 yrs old ass off.

Quote from: BlackLagoon on April 22, 2012, 09:42:31 PM
If this thread was a house, I'd ring the doorbell then run my under 40 yrs old ass off.

Hey you, stay offa my lawn!!!   ;)

i love grumpy old men,, and for some reason, they like me too :D

Quote from: missdead13 on April 25, 2012, 12:59:41 PM
i love grumpy old men,, and for some reason, they like me too :D

That is because your cool!  Man I am gonna be 40 this November!!!!  I am gonna be a old monster!

Quote from: missdead13 on April 25, 2012, 12:59:41 PM
i love grumpy old men,, and for some reason, they like me too :D

It wouldn't have to do with what *color your eyes* are, would it ?

I've officially joined this group today...I feel a sudden urge to tell anyone who will listen what's wrong with young people these days...  ;)

Quote from: lblambert on April 27, 2012, 08:58:33 PM
I've officially joined this group today...I feel a sudden urge to tell anyone who will listen what's wrong with young people these days...  ;)

Happy Birthday!!!!!

Quote from: lblambert on April 27, 2012, 08:58:33 PM
I've officially joined this group today...I feel a sudden urge to tell anyone who will listen what's wrong with young people these days...  ;)

Welcome to the downhill side of the slope brother!!

Quote from: Scatter on April 27, 2012, 09:18:09 PM
Welcome to the downhill side of the slope brother!!

Thanks muchly...I figure the first 40 years of my childhood were the hardest

Quote from: lblambert on April 27, 2012, 09:32:40 PM
Thanks muchly...I figure the first 40 years of my childhood were the hardest

Yeah the second childhood is the best.  No one to tell us when to stop being a kid and I don't need my allowance anymore 8)

I'm feeling better at 49 than I did at 40! Something finally kicked in  :) I think it's because I finally started playing video games!

Did a lot of running around at the Sculpture Park keeping up with the little ones and was showing them how to roll down a hill on their side.  Yep I was really feeling like a kid that day but I was also afraid that I would be feelin' 40 the next morning! ;D  Happily I felt no pain, creaks or aches from our little adventure!

Quote from: zombiehorror on April 30, 2012, 10:19:41 AM
I was also afraid that I would be feelin' 40 the next morning! ;D

I recently went bowling for the first time in five years with some work friends.  Next morning felt like the morning after the season's first football practice!

I played Kinect Star Wars with my grandson a week or so ago, and the next day my muscles in my forearms were super sore (my light saber muscles). A day or 2 later, after some Advil, I was back doing it again without hurtiness! It's worth the pain to play cool games.

My right hamstring is gripping at me.  I have nothing to pin it on. :-\

I carded at a restaurant today. I couldn't believe it.

I'll be 49 in September, but I have a brother 4 years older, so I got to see a lot of stuff I would've been "too young" for otherwise.

Most recent "best part" for this old guy: My nine year old son saw a YouTube clip of the Cyclops (from 7th Voyage) and said "Dad, that was awesome. Do you think we could try to find that movie and watch it sometime?"  His eyes lit up when I pulled the Harryhausen Box Set from my shelf. It was a great afternoon.

Quote from: Walrus on July 01, 2012, 01:41:34 AMMy nine year old son saw a YouTube clip of the Cyclops (from 7th Voyage) and said "Dad, that was awesome. Do you think we could try to find that movie and watch it sometime?"  His eyes lit up when I pulled the Harryhausen Box Set from my shelf. It was a great afternoon.

AWESOME! That's perfect, raising the next gen of Monsterkids! That's the only thing I regret about never having any kids. Of course, if they'd grown up to be "Twilight" or Prequel Trilogy fans, I'd had to have "taken them out."

Quote from: charp13 on May 01, 2012, 02:07:37 PM
I played Kinect Star Wars with my grandson a week or so ago, and the next day my muscles in my forearms were super sore (my light saber muscles). A day or 2 later, after some Advil, I was back doing it again without hurtiness! It's worth the pain to play cool games.

Yes, the next gen of MonsterKids need training. Otherwise, they might grow up to like "Twilight" and Uwe Boll movies and Jar Jar Binks!

Quote from: Zombiology on April 29, 2012, 01:01:34 AMI don't need my allowance anymore 8)

I'll take it! That could be as much as two more action figures a month.

Quote from: missdead13 on April 25, 2012, 12:59:41 PM
i love grumpy old men,, and for some reason, they like me too :D

Dr Teufel Geist:  It wouldn't have to do with what *color your eyes* are, would it ?

Her eye color?   Um. Pink . . . Err . . . I was distracted by her bangs.  Yep, that's it.  That's my story and I'm sticking with it.

Missdead13: I think its because we (us old guys and you) have so much in common. I mean, you know the words to Roger Miller songs.   8)  You know Earnest Tubb is not a sincere place to take a bath and Kitty Wells is not where cats get a drink.  And I'll bet you'll know what Mortimer Brewster and C.K. Dexter Haven have in common.  You're that case where the term "Monster Kid" applies regardless of your birth year.  ;)

Whenever I'm feeling old and creaky, I just remind myself that when Elvis was my age, he had been dead for 15 years.  So I'm in pretty fair shape for the shape I'm in.

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 12:53:09 AM


Her eye color?   Um. Pink . . . Err . . . I was distracted by her bangs.  Yep, that's it.  That's my story and I'm sticking with it.
Whenever I'm feeling old and creaky, I just remind myself that when Elvis was my age, he had been dead for 15 years.  So I'm in pretty fair shape for the shape I'm in.

hahaha.. I dont care what it is that makes them so nice to me, just so long as they are . ( and they are !!! )
Ive noticed that they usually are so nice, interesting, witty/ funny,etc..  and for some strange
reason, I always have ALOT in common with them. isnt that peculiar? lol. Old guys are the best :D

So ... is she saying she's into DILFs?

Quote from: Count_Zirock on July 02, 2012, 01:58:03 AM
So ... is she saying she's into DILFs?

Or better yet GDILFs ::)

At my age, I'd settle for someone who is into DILSHWs! :laugh:

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 02:54:06 AM

Or better yet GDILFs ::)

At my age, I'd settle for someone who is into DILSHWs! :laugh:

Umm... if either of those things are what I think they are ( i just thought they were Gilf's, but Im not too hip on that stuff )
, than yes ! absolutely.  :laugh:

Dads I'd Like to Shake Hands With . . . ::)

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 10:50:55 AM
Dads I'd Like to Shake Hands With . . . ::)

:laugh: :laugh:  oh man. im cracking up...

yes yes. absolutely  ;)

I also read this and had to look up gilfs    :) 
Although the first time I typed in "glifs" which has to do with heating elements!  wheeeeeee!

Quote from: missdead13 on July 02, 2012, 10:35:04 AMyes ! absolutely.  :laugh:

Ca-li-forn-yuh here I-- um, wait, do I get the senior discount on that Greyhound ticket?

Quote from: charp13 on July 02, 2012, 03:06:02 PM
I also read this and had to look up gilfs    :) 
Although the first time I typed in "glifs" which has to do with heating elements!  wheeeeeee!

Well, yeah . . . I understand there is an element of heat involved. :P

Quote from: Count_Zirock on July 02, 2012, 03:40:54 PM
Ca-li-forn-yuh here I-- um, wait, do I get the senior discount on that Greyhound ticket?

uhhuh.. i believe so.
can we use it to go eat the early bird dinner specials too? :laugh:

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 07:19:35 PM
Well, yeah . . . I understand there is an element of heat involved. :P

tons of heat.. its like 100 here in so. cal right now  :laugh:

Quote from: missdead13 on July 02, 2012, 10:57:11 PM
tons of heat.. its like 100 here in so. cal right now  :laugh:

Now for some reason, I have this running through my head. 8)
Fever - Peggy Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb5IweiYG8#)

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 11:02:48 PM
Now for some reason, I have this running through my head. 8)
Fever - Peggy Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb5IweiYG8#)

I have this record. .Love it. .

Unfortunately, I've had to encounter the horrific experience of people women ,trying to sing this butcher this, rather,
when they should have never ever neverrrr attempted.  Have you had to suffer through that? ** shivers** its awful.
It is a song you just cant " try " to sing.  Eeeek!!! :blank:

Quote from: Fester on July 02, 2012, 11:02:48 PM
Now for some reason, I have this running through my head. 8)
Fever - Peggy Lee (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JGb5IweiYG8#)

I need a hot little lady to sing this gently into my ears. ;)

Quote from: missdead13 on July 06, 2012, 02:56:38 AM
I have this record. .Love it. .

Unfortunately, I've had to encounter the horrific experience of people women ,trying to sing this butcher this, rather,
when they should have never ever neverrrr attempted.  Have you had to suffer through that? ** shivers** its awful.
It is a song you just cant " try " to sing.  Eeeek!!! :blank:

There are some songs that should be banned from karaoke bars and piano bars, if not by constitutional amendment, than by federal statute.  These include Fever, The Best is Yet to Come, Is That All There Is? as well as My Way. 
People should recognize that Lee, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, and Bennett make their songs sound easy because the singers are great.  Not that those songs are easy to sing.

But try to tell that to a drunk with a microphone . . . ::)

Quote from: Fester on July 07, 2012, 11:23:40 AM
There are some songs that should be banned from karaoke bars and piano bars, if not by constitutional amendment, than by federal statute.  These include Fever, The Best is Yet to Come, Is That All There Is? as well as My Way. 
People should recognize that Lee, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, and Bennett make their songs sound easy because the singers are great.  Not that those songs are easy to sing.

But try to tell that to a drunk with a microphone . . . ::)

LISTEN TO THIS MAN !!!!!  . . ( and I have tried to tell that to a drunk w/ a mic... ummm... It doesnt go over that well  ::)  )

btw....

I have to say dear sir, that your wise words are music to my ears, practically on daily basis now.
thats another reason older guys rock, they KNOW things.  Just full of useful knowledge. Its a comfort to me, especially as I'm getting up there in years myself,these days,
to know the world is not completely full ( just Mostly full ) of ridiculous, idiotic " meatheads"  ( in Archie Bunkers words and voice - DEAD from the neck up !!!! - ), but there are for every million or 10 million of " those " , there are people like " us" , kindred spirits who can think clearly.  How is it that Ive managed to meet some of the finest people I've ever met in my life thus far, HERE , at UMA?   amazing. should have joined LONG ago !!!!   .. sigh... well . at least Im here now.  { sigh of relief } :laugh:

I'm glad you found your way here.

This place is a welcome refuge from the daily twits, ain't it?

Quote from: missdead13 on July 07, 2012, 12:14:43 PM

LISTEN TO THIS MAN !!!!!  . . ( and I have tried to tell that to a drunk w/ a mic... ummm... It doesnt go over that well  ::)  )

btw....

I have to say dear sir, that your wise words are music to my ears, practically on daily basis now.
thats another reason older guys rock, they KNOW things.  Just full of useful knowledge. Its a comfort to me, especially as I'm getting up there in years myself,these days,
to know the world is not completely full ( just Mostly full ) of ridiculous, idiotic " meatheads"  ( in Archie Bunkers words and voice - DEAD from the neck up !!!! - ), but there are for every million or 10 million of " those " , there are people like " us" , kindred spirits who can think clearly.  How is it that Ive managed to meet some of the finest people I've ever met in my life thus far, HERE , at UMA?   amazing. should have joined LONG ago !!!!   .. sigh... well . at least Im here now.  { sigh of relief } :laugh:

I love "All in the Family." :D

Just checking in to see how the rowdy crowd is doing  ::beer bottle thrown at head  :: quick duck::................I'm outta here..............

hate " twits/ twats"

love " all in the family "

and im drunk and throwing empty Sailor Jerry bottles.. . duck!!! lol

Ah, the sailor, my favorite rum.....not to many people know of Jerry

Quote from: missdead13 on July 08, 2012, 05:46:52 AM
hate " twits/ twats"

love " all in the family "

and im drunk and throwing empty Sailor Jerry bottles.. . duck!!! lol

Awe geez.

Quote from: Fester on July 07, 2012, 11:23:40 AM
There are some songs that should be banned from karaoke bars and piano bars, if not by constitutional amendment, than by federal statute.  These include Fever, The Best is Yet to Come, Is That All There Is? as well as My Way. 
People should recognize that Lee, Sinatra, Fitzgerald, and Bennett make their songs sound easy because the singers are great.  Not that those songs are easy to sing.

But try to tell that to a drunk with a microphone . . . ::)

Isn't there a William Shatner album, where he sings all those songs? :P

Quote from: Haunted hearse on July 08, 2012, 04:33:59 PM
Isn't there a William Shatner album, where he sings all those songs? :P

If there is, "sing" is not exactly what he is doing to those songs. :P

Quote from: BigShadow on July 08, 2012, 02:01:04 PM
Ah, the sailor, my favorite rum.....not to many people know of Jerry

oh. i know of him. hes one of my best friends :laugh:

Quote from: Fester on July 08, 2012, 05:11:01 PM
If there is, "sing" is not exactly what he is doing to those songs. :P

exactly. . its called Butchering :)

Quote from: horror1o1 on July 08, 2012, 02:05:25 PM

Awe geez.

duck!!  ;D

Quote from: missdead13 on July 02, 2012, 01:00:21 AM
hahaha.. I dont care what it is that makes them so nice to me, just so long as they are . ( and they are !!! )
Ive noticed that they usually are so nice, interesting, witty/ funny,etc..  and for some strange
reason, I always have ALOT in common with them. isnt that peculiar? lol. Old guys are the best :D

I'm "older" too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Born in 61, turned 51 in June. Was buying original issue Auroras when I was a kid--unless I got them as gifts...and amongst the minions of original Dark Shadows watchers at 4pm on ABC, WJZ-TV Channel 13, out of Baltimore

Quote from: Opera Ghost on July 09, 2012, 02:13:19 PM
I'm "older" too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Born in 61, turned 51 in June. Was buying original issue Auroras when I was a kid--unless I got them as gifts...and amongst the minions of original Dark Shadows watchers at 4pm on ABC, WJZ-TV Channel 13, out of Baltimore

which explains why you rock !! :laugh:

meant to ask you if youre planning on going to any of the cemetary movies this month,?
or the ones that you posted about ?( of which I went last night - it was totally rad. and Im going tonight as well )

Quote from: Opera Ghost on July 09, 2012, 02:13:19 PM
I'm "older" too!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Born in 61, turned 51 in June. Was buying original issue Auroras when I was a kid--unless I got them as gifts...and amongst the minions of original Dark Shadows watchers at 4pm on ABC, WJZ-TV Channel 13, out of Baltimore

So I know how excited you were when you could finally see the vision that is "Dark Shadows" brought to the big screen, by noted director legend Tim Burton, and starring master thespian and heartthrob Johnny Depp.  (ducks)

Quote from: missdead13 on July 09, 2012, 02:21:20 PM

which explains why you rock !! :laugh:

meant to ask you if youre planning on going to any of the cemetary movies this month,?
or the ones that you posted about ?( of which I went last night - it was totally rad. and Im going tonight as well )

I've not really looked at the Hollywood Forever schedule, but most of my Saturday nights are already occupied :(    One of my colleagues is on vacation so working more craziness this week thru weekend, so entertainment not on the books right now--but thanks for asking.

  "So I know how excited you were when you could finally see the vision that is "Dark Shadows" brought to the big screen, by noted director legend Tim Burton, and starring master thespian and heartthrob Johnny Depp.  (ducks)"
~ yeah....what HH said....it had SOME redemming value I'm sure...just didn't see any