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Permanent Tag: Animation Rating: Hits: 202 Comments: 1 Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No Dock Ellis and the LSD No-No Ever hear of the time Dock Ellis pitched a no-hitter while tripping balls on acid? In celebration of the greatest athletic achievement by a man on a psychedelic journey, No Mas and artist James Blagden proudly present the animated tale of Dock Ellis' legendary LSD no-hitter. In the past few years weve heard all too much about performance enhancing drugs from greenies to tetrahydrogestrinone, and not enough about performance inhibiting drugs. If our evaluation of the records of athletes like Mark McGwire, Roger Clemens, Marion Jones, and Barry Bonds needs to be revised downwards with an asterisk, we submit that that Dock Ellis record deserves a giant exclamation point. Of the 263 no-hitters ever thrown in the Big Leagues, we can only guess how many were aided by steroids, but we can say without question that only one was ever thrown on acid. Sadly, the great Dock Ellis died last December at 63. A year before, radio producers Donnell Alexander and Neille Ilel, had recorded an interview with Ellis in which the former Pirate right hander gave a moment by moment account of June 12, 1970, the day he no-hit the San Diego Padres. Alexander and Ilels original four minute piece appeared March 29, 2008 on NPRs Weekend America. When we stumbled across that piece this past June, Blagden and Isenberg were inspired to create a short animated film around the original audio. www.nomas-nyc.com buy Rufus Thomas (Do The) Push and Pull - Part I and II here: http://bit.ly/4fVbjk User: BoogeBoogieston Nov 13, 2009 3:49 PM









Unmoderated Tag: Celebrities Rating: Hits: 90 Comments: 0 A Face In The Crowd - Original Trailer A Face In The Crowd - Original Trailer SPOILER ALERT. The meteoric popularity of Arthur Godfrey was allegedly the basis of the 1957 drama Face in the Crowd. Andy Griffith makes a spectacular film debut as Lonesome Rhodes, a philosophical country-western singer discovered in a tanktown jail by television talent coordinator Patricia Neal and her assistant Walter Matthau. They decide that Rhodes is worthy of a TV guest spot, the result being that the gangly, aw-shucks entertainer becomes an overnight sensation. As he ascends to stardom, Rhodes attracts fans, sponsors and endorsements by the carload, and soon he is the most powerful and influential entertainer on the airwaves. Beloved by his audience, Rhodes reveals himself to his intimates as a scheming, power-hungry manipulator, with Machiavellian political aspirations. He uses everyone around him, coldly discarding anyone who might impede his climb to the top (one such victim is sexy baton-twirler Lee Remick, likewise making her film debut). Just when it seems that there's no stopping Rhodes' megalomania, his mentor and ex-lover Neal exposes this Idol of Millions as the rat that he is. She arranges to switch on the audio during the closing credits of Rhodes' TV program, allowing the whole nation to hear the grinning, waving Rhodes characterize them as "suckers" and "stupid idiots." Instantly, Rhodes' popularity rating plummets to zero. As he drunkenly wanders around his penthouse apartment, still not fully comprehending what has happened to him, Rhodes is deserted by the very associates who, hours earlier, were willing to ask "how high?" when he yelled "jump". Written by Budd Schulberg, Face in the Crowd was not a success, possibly because it hit so close to home with idol-worshipping TV fans. Its reputation has grown in the intervening years, not only because of its value as a film but because of the novelty of seeing the traditionally easygoing Andy Griffith as so vicious and manipulative a character as Lonesome Rhodes. Andy Griffith - Lonesome Rhodes Patricia Neal - Marcia Jeffries Anthony Franciosa - Joey Kiely Walter Matthau - Mel Miller Lee Remick - Betty Lou Fleckum Kay Medford - First Mrs. Rhodes Rod Brasfield - Beanie Charles Irving - Mr. Luffler Howard I. Smith - J.B. Jeffries Paul McGrath - Macey Alexander Kirkland - Jim Collier Big Jeff Bess - Sheriff Hosmer Henry Sharp - Abe Steiner Suzanne Ballard John Bliss Kim Chan - Radio Announcer Faye Emerson - Herself Betty Furness - Herself Virginia Graham - Herself Burl Ives - Himself Bunny McCallum Marshall Neilan - Senator Fuller Lois Nettleton Amanda Robinson John Cameron Swayze - Himself Rip Torn Mike Wallace - Himself Percy Waram - Col. Hollister Walter Winchell - Himself Sandra Wirth - baton twirler User: BoogeBoogieston Oct 11, 2009 3:55 PM





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