The Night Stalker

This post was originally made on my Movie Ad blog, "Held Over!" but in case you missed it there, it fits here just fine (better, really) since there were a lot of monsters in it. The fall of 1974, when I was 15, was a memorable one, what with Kung Fu still on, and Night Stalker and Planet of the Apes starting up. These ads were clipped from the TV Guide and the article from the Macon Telegraph.

Since I only got to watch night-time TV when I went to my Grandmas's house, not at home, (at least, not what I wanted) I only saw a few of the Night Stalker episodes. But, I enjoyed them, and of course clipped out any article or TV Guide spotlights that I came across. I have lately been enjoying the DVD release of the show, and it takes me back to the 70's every time.

The Monster Times LIVES!!!

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Timeless genre classics like "Werewolves On Wheels" grace every two-color cover.

Yes, you heard (or read) the title correctly: The Monster Times newspaper from the 70's is returning! And we have the fine fanged folks at Fangoria to thank for it. They are going to be making available every issue of the late, great monster paper via digital download!

This is great news. I own 30 issues that I bought back when they were being published, and a look over this blog's reposting of elements and covers from it shows my affection for it. But they are a pain to scan the oversized newspaper-format pages, and require page scans in sections and stitching them back together in Photoshop. So not as many articles from it get posted here, as often as I'd like to. Also I would love to be able to read the issues I missed, so this is going to be a real boon to fans like me.

Here is the page to watch: http://www.fangoria.com/themonstertimes

And, they plan on releasing NEW issues in the future! Something to look forward to...

UPDATE: well, it looks like the excitement of the above post was premature... as of 01-31-2010, the site link above seems to be down. I suppose it was too much to hope for! But since this project is so delayed, I am starting to post more articles from this publication myself, so click on the "Monster Times" tag on the right to see all the posts that feature it! Also visit my other blog, "My Star Trek Scrapbook," and look for the same tag there to see the Trek-related articles.

Frankenstein: The True Story clipping

This article was clipped from the local Ft. Lauderdale newspaper's TV guide, the week of November 30, 1973. I was 15 at the time. I didn't get to see it when it played, but the article went right into my scrapbook.