2022 Movie Scratches: Amsterdam-- Devotion-- Black Panther-- Father Stu-- Violent Night

2022 Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw at the theater.  I did not go to any movies between when Liz died on September 23 and December.

21.  AMSTERDAM--  9-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--  A very historic who-dun-it.

22.  DEVOTION--  12-9--  Fox Lake--  $6--  Be there for me and his wingman certainly was, including crash landing his plane to save him.

23.  BLACK PANTHER--  12-9--  Fox Lake--  $6--  It's the Wakandans vs. the blue-skinned underwater-living descendants of the Mayans.

24.  FATHER STU--  12-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--  A ne-er-do-well finds his true calling as a priest then has his ultimate test of faith.

25.  VIOLENT NIGHT--  12-13--  Fox Lake--  $5--What did Santa do on the barmaid.  One wild and crazy Santa.  All the blood and gore you could possibly want in a Christmas movie.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why is it called hamburger when it is made of BEEF?

2022 Movie Scratches: Minions-- Pets-- Bullet-- Invitation

2022 Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw in the theater in 2022.

17.  MINIONS:  THE RISE OF GRU--  8-9--  Woodstock--  $5--  How Gru got so despicable.    Hard to teach a Minion kung fu.  

18.  D.C. LEAGUE OF SUPER PETS--  8-30--  Fox Lake--  $5--  Talk about your motley  crews of pets with super powers and how the rest of the D.C. Superheroes got their pets.

19.  BULLET TRAIN--  8-30--  Fox Lake--  $5--  Brad Pitt sure isn't James Bond.  Talk about your  fickle hand of fate.  One of the best movies I've seen.

20.  THE INVITATION--  9-8--  Fox Lake--  $6--  Be very selective if invited to strangers' parties.  Quite proper English and mean old Victoria.

Like I Said Before.  Good To be Back At The Movies.  --RoadDog

2022 Movie Scratches: Thor-- Elvis-- Crawdads-- Nope

Movie Scratches for 2022--  Movies I saw in the theater.

13.  THOR:  LOVE AND THUNDER--   7-21--  Fox Lake--  $6--  A love story of a different sort.  An Zeus is a real codger.

14.  ELVIS--  7-28--  Fox Lake, $6--  As bad as the Colonel was, Elvis wouldn't have been as big without him.  I didn't see the whole movie the first time as I started coughing a lot and that's just not the thing to do these days.

15.  WHERE THE CRAWDADS SING--  8-4--  Fox Lake-- $6--  Now I understand about all those praying mantis mentions.   A real hard life for the Marsh Girl.

16.  NOPE--  8-8--  Fox Lake--  $6--  A real "One-Eyed, One Horned Flying Purple People Eater."   Horses and a mad chimp.  So, that's why all those balloon men. 

--RoadDog

2022 Movie Scratches: Bob's-- Maverick-- Elvis-- Dominion

Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw at the theater in 2022.

9.  BOB'S BURGERS MOVIE--  6-14-- Woodstock--   $5--   Love the characters, especially frequent diner Teddy.  But do they have to sing about everything?  It gets annoying.

10.  TOP GUN MAVERICK--  6-27--  Fox Lake--  $6--   "You told me not to think!"   The Mav and Goose's son make up.

11.  ELVIS--  7-12--  Woodstock--  $5--   The Colonel was certainly a Flim-Flam man.  Was the Colonel a good guy or a bad guy.  Tim Hanks for Best Actor Oscar.  Great music.

12.  JURASSIC WORLD DOMINION--  7-14--  Fox Lake--  $6--  Bringing back the old cast (well, at least the ones not eaten).  Barbasol Shaving Cream and spittinig dinosaurs.  Dinosaurs and humans living together in a Ghostbusters thing as Bill Murray can tell you.

$6 Matinees at Classic Cinemas.  $5 on Tuesdays.  --RoadMovie

2022 Movie Scratches: Ambulance-- Lost-- Strange-- Beasts

Movie Scratches for 2022--  Movies I saw at the theater this year.

5.  AMBULANCE--  4-21-  Fox Lake--  $6--  All that screen action will wear you out.  Has there ever been  a better chase?  And so many funny moments.

6.  LOST CITY--  4-28--  Fox Lake--  $6--  When fiction becomes the real thing.What has happened to our Harry Potter?

7.  DOCTOR  STRANGE IN THE MULTIVERSE OF MADNESS--  5-10--  Woodstock--  $5--  The good doctor can sure take a beating, but keeps on ticking like the old commercial used to say.  And, of course, there's that third eye.

8.  FANTASTIC BEASTS:  THE SECRETS OF DUMBLEDORE--  5-13--  Fox Lake--  $6--  That Creedence sure reminds me of Professor Snape.  What?  No Depp?  Still, like the Niffler and Bowtruckles.

--RoadFlick

2022 Movie Scratches: Godfather-- Batman-- Morbius-- Uncharted

Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw at the theater in 2022.

The last movie I had seen at a theater was in February 2020 and then, COVID-19!!  I finally went back to see my first movie since then on March 24 of this year.  Before that, I had been trying to see 50-60 movies a year.

And, what better movie to get back into a theater than the 50th anniversary of that great movie "The Godfather."  I show the date I saw it, where and how much.

1.  THE GODFATHER--  3-24--  Fox Lake--  $6--  Still making those offers which can't be refused fifty years later.  What a way to return to the movies after that virus thing.   The last movie I had seen in a theater was on February 28, 2020, when I saw "Birds of Prey."

2.  THE BATMAN--  3-31--  Fox Lake--  $6--  You've sure got a lot of cats.  That Riddler was pretty deep.

3.  MORBIUS--  4-12--  Woodstock--  $5--  Watch out for the cure's side effects.  All batty.  A vampire with a conscious.

4.  UNCHARTED--  4-14--  Fox Lake--  $6--    Feed the cat. Where'd they hide the gold?  A cross between Indiana Jones and National Treasure.

Good To be Back.  --RoadMovie

Past Movie Scratches: Ghostbusters-- Ghostbusters-- Abominable-- European-- Vacation-- Vegas

Past movie scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

103.  GHOSTBUSTERS--  11-20--  "He slimed me!!"  Who chose the Sta-Puft Marshmallow Man?  "I feel like the floor of a taxi cab."

104.  GHOSTBUSTERS II--  11-20--  "We be fast and they be slow."  The Saleri Brothers get their revenge.  The big lady to the rescue.  "Your Love Has Lifted Me Higher."

105.  ABOMINABLE--  11-23--  Returning baby to his parents on Mt. Everest.  Yetis aren't so bad.

106.  EUROPEAN VACATION--  11-25--  Clark destroys Stonehenge and starts a riot at Oktoberfest.  And that poor Monty Python guy.

107.  VACATION-- 11-25--  The pea-green Family Truckster.  Getting directions in a bad neighborhod.  You sure couldn't do that scene today.  Then there is that gal in the red sports car and swimming pool.  Aunt Edna.  "I love a parade."  One disaster after another.

108.  VEGAS VACATION--  11-25--  The blackjack dealer sure "owned" Clark.  The dam tour, Wayne Newton and Cousin Eddie.  And son "Papagio" can't lose.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  When the stars are out they are visible.  But when the lights are out, they are invisible.

Past Movie Scratches: Goblet-- Phoenix-- Hallows-- Chamber-- Jurassic-- Wick

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV nin 2021

97.  HARRY POTTER AND THE GOBLET OF FIRE--  11-13--   Dragons and Merfish and the maze.  Ot was "The Shining" all over again.  He's back.  He's really, really back.  The guy whose name can not be said.

98.  HARRY POTTER AND THE ORDER OF THE PHOENIX--  11-13--  The new Dark Defense Arts teacher, Miss Umbrage.  The Wall of Cats, the Walls of Edicts.  Dumbledore's Army.

99.  HARRY POTTER AND THE DEATHLY HALLOWS, PART 2--  11-15--  The final battle.  It is the Dark Lord No Nose and his Deatheaters vs. Hogwarts.  Neville Longbottom the Hero.  We find out a lot of answers.

100.  HARRY POTTER AND THE CHAMBER OF SECRETS--  11-16--  Welcome to Quiddish.  Glyfindor wins thanks to Harry.  Hermoine thwarts Professor Snape.

101.  JURASSIC WORLD--  11-16--  Old Blue comes through in a pinch.  Training Raptors.

102.  JOHN WICK--  11-18--  Like Rambo all over again.  He's impossible to shoot, but he never misses.  "You shot my dog!"  More violence an shooting than you can believe.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  How come Superman could stop bullets with his chest, but always ducked when somebody threw a gun at him?

Our 49th Wedding Anniversary-- Part 13: Heading Home on Our Last Anniversary

SATURDAY, AUGUST 27, 2022

There was a still a clown hanging around this morning outside our room, only now wearing a bathrobe and later tourist clothes (but still with clown face painted on)  Not something you'd expect to see outside your door in the morning.  And, actually, a little bit unsettling.

Went to the Grant Hills Motel office for coffee and today's Dubuque newspaper.  The manager asked if we were going to stay another day, but Liz had already told me she wasn't feeling well and wanted to go home.  I told her that we didn't want to stay and she said that was alright as they still didn't have any room cancellations.

Read the newspaper outside and we headed for home at 10:30.  I had considered driving the Stagecoach Road on the way home, but Liz said she wasn't feeling well, so took the usual US-20 route.

Instead of going on the US-20 bypass around Freeport, we took Business US-20, the original US-20 through town. It sure seemed like we went a long way on it.

When we got home after a 353 mile drive for our anniversary, I cut the grass and then we went to Sunnyside and the McHenry American Legion.

Little did I know at the time, but this was to be my last anniversary with Liz and that we only had less than a month before her death.  Today, December 23, is the third month since she died.

Sure Going to be a Strange Christmas This Year.  --RoadDog

Our 49th Wedding Anniversary-- Part 12: Filming for a TV Pilot Show

AUGUST 26, 2022

Back to Grant Hills Motel and it was getting quite crowded with people walking all over the place.  There was even a movie crew there setting things up and testing a drone for aerial shots.  We knew that we couldn't get the room for tomorrow night because of a big wedding taking place nearby, so thought they must be there to film it.  With a twenty-person film crew, what kind of big deal wedding was that going to be?

We went inside, got our drinks and back outside to sit and watch the goings on.  Again, this is why we like mom and pop motels.  That sitting outside on a pleasant night is just the ticket.

We later learned that the film crew (and actors) were there to film a pilot for a new TV series or possibly a film about clowns.  There was one guy in a particularly striking (and a little scary) clown outfit.  They had already filmed some exterior shots around the motel.

And, they even filmed a segment in the room next to ours where a bad cop went in and killed two people.  The two people in the room were not actors but motel guests who had been asked to do the honors.  We had even talked to them a bit when we arrived back at the motel.

The cop had a fake gun (probably because of the accidental killing of a cast member in a big Hollywood film shoot earlier this year).

Watch Out for the Clowns and Cop.  --RoadDog

Our 49th Wedding Anniversary-- Part 11: Drinkin' at the VFW

Back at our favorite drinking spot in Galena, the VFW on Main Street.  They have $2 drafts.  The cheaper we pay for beer,  the better in our book.  Plus, we almost always we find locals to talk with.  My idea of a great bar.  And, you don't see every other person in the bar deeply involved with their "Smart Phone."

Talked with one guy who had brought his own limes into the bar.  We just had to ask why?  He said that even though the bartenders wash their hands when they go to the bathroom, but they handle money and money is covered with germs.  Makes sense, but I don't think I'll be toting limes alon with me.

Sadly, just before we left, I found out that they have craft and import beers for $3.25.  I had a couple, but would have had more at that price had I known of the special.

Cheaper Beer Is Better Beer.  --RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Halloween-- Wax-- Fly-- Resurrection-- Jaws-- Jaws

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

91.   HALLOWEEN H2O--  10-15--   How's Mikie learn to drive?This time he's at a rich kids' school.  Whio

92.  HOUSE OF WAX--  10-20--  It's a melting situation.  Some pretty gross ways to die.

93.  THE FLY--  10-23--   Some of the grossest changing ever.  Yuck!!

94.  HALLOWEEN RESURRECTION--  10-30--  Laurie goes to psychiatric hospital.  Michael follows her there and bedlam and mayhem take place.

95.  JAWS--  11-1--  Quinn gets his.  Don't go into the water.

96.  JAWS II--  11-1--  Do what Dad says or get eaten by a shark.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why do feet smell and noses run?

WLS Top Ten for Week of Dec. 18, 1972: 'Papa Was a Rolling Stone'

1.  I AM WOMAN--  Helen Reddy

2.  ME & MRS JONES--  Billy Paul

3.  PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE--  Temptations

4.  YOU OUGHT TO BE WITH ME--  Al Green

5.  IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA--  Albert Hammond

6.  CLAIR--  Gilbert O'Sullivan

7.  VENTURA HIGHWAY--  America

8.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW--  Harold Melvin/Blue Notes

9.  ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA BOOGIE WOOGIE FLY--  Johnny Rivers

10.  I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Stylistics

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DEBUTS

20.  LIVING IN THE PAST--  Jethro Tull

29.  LONG DARK ROAD--  Hollies

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "All The Things That We've Been Through."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"If You Don't Know Me By Now"

Past Movie Scratches: Play-- Die-- Hard-- Halloween-- Transylvania-- Carrie

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

85.  CHILD'S PLAY--  9-21-- Meet Good Guy Chuckie.  So this is how he got that way.  "This is the end, friend."

86.  DIE HARD--  9-24--  A Christmas hostage situation.  It's Cowboy John.  "Yippie Yi Kay."   It's John vs. Hans.  A real Christmas story.

87.  DIE HARD 2--   9-25--   You're in my little pond now.   John takes a beating but keeps on ticking.

88.  HALLOWEEN II--  10-1--  Why doesn't she ever look behind her?   You don't know what death is.

89.  HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA  2--  10-2--  The wedding, pregnancy and a baby.  Is he a vampire or not?

90.  CARRIE--  10-9--  Don't cross her.

--RoadDog

WLS Top 29 Songs for Week of Dec. 11, 1972-- Part 5: 'Summer Breeze'

These were the Top Ten Songs in Chicago a half century ago according to Powerhouse WLS, 890 AM.

*  Means the song was climbing the charts.    The number after the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

10.  *CLAIR--  Gilbert O'Sullivan       #2      Clair is the young daughter of his former agent.  She was three at the time.  That's her giggling at the end of the song.

9.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW--   Harold Melvin / Blue Notes    #3

8.  SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts      #6      Jim Seals died recently in June.  He is the brother of England Dan Seals.

7.  *ME & MRS. JONES--  Billy Paul     #1    (for three weeks)    Cheatin's never been finer.

6.  *VENTURA HIGHWAY--  America     #8

5.  *IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA--  Albert Hammond      #5

4.  I  CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW--  Johnny Nash      #1  (for four weeks)

3.  *YOU OUGHT TO BE WITH ME--  Al Green     #3

2.  PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE--  Temptations      #1

1.  *I AM WOMAN--  Helen Reddy    #1

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "In Numbers Too Big To Ignore."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"I Am Woman"

WLS Top 29 Songs for Week of Dec. 11, 1972-- Part 4: 'I'm Stone In Love With You'

Yep, still fifty years ago.

15.  SOMETHING'S WRONG WITH ME--  Austin Roberts     #12      I don't remember it.   From Newport News, Virginia.

14.  OPERATOR--  Jim Croce      #17      And kids today would say "Operator?   What's an operator?"

13.  I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME--  Lobo    #2    Born July 31, 1943.

12.  ROCKIN' PNEUMONIA BOOGIE WOOGIE FLU--  Johnny Rivers     #6      Just a rockin' good song.  Tickle those ivories.

11.  I'M STONE IN LOVE WITH YOU--  Stylistics      #10     From Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.   The unique voice of Russell Thompkins, Jr.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "See The Number On The Matchbook Is Old And Faded."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Operator"

WLS Top 29 Songs for Week of Dec. 11, 1972-- Part 3: 'Dialogue'

Fifty years ago.

*  Means the song was climbing the charts in Chicago.  The number after the artist is how high the song got on the Billboard Hot 100 National Charts.

20.  *SWEET SURRENDER--  Bread       #15       Imagine Bread doing a slow song.  Wonder how many babies ended up getting made because of a Bread song?

19.  IF I COULD REACH YOU--  5th Dimension    #10    Their last Top Ten.

18.  *FUNNY FACE--  Donna Fargo      #5      Country goes pop.  The pride of Mt. Airy, North Carolina, which was also Andy Griffiths home town and the one Mayberry was based on.

17.  *DIALOGUE--  Chicago       (Parts 1 & 2)     #24        Great blend of horns.  Great music.  Are they in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame yet?

16.  *CORNER OF THE SKY--  Jackson Five      #18     I don't remember this song.  From the Broadway musical "Pippin" starring Ben Vereen.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "You Kiss The Tears Away.  You Smile At Me And Say."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Funny Face"

WLS Top 29 Songs for Week of December 11, 1972-- Part 2: 'Keeper of the Castle'

25.  *I WANNA BE WITH YOU--  Raspberries      #16       So much energy in this song.  That's Eric Carmen singing.  Band formed in Mentor, Ohio.

24.  *SUPERFLY--  Curtis Mayfield      #8         That great opening.  Just oozes Soul.

23.  *SITTING--  Cat Stevens      #16     One of my favorite Cat songs and with that unique voice of  his.  Go to You Tube and give it a listen.

22.  WALK ON WATER--  Neil Diamond       #17      Sure didn't remember this one.    A slow-fast song.  Follow up to "Play Me."

21.  KEEPER OF THE CASTLE--  Four Tops     #10      Not one of their better-known songs.  This is a father's job.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Oh I'm On My Way, I Know I Am."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Sitting"

WLS Top 29 Songs for Week of December 11, 1972-- Part 1: "You're So Vain"

These were the songs on the Top 29 of Chicago's WLS, 890 AM fifty years ago.

*  Means the song was climbing the charts.  The number after the artist is how high the song for on the Billboard Hot 100 National Chart.

29.  YOU'RE SO VAIN--  Carly Simon     #1      Anybody not know this one?

28.  SUPERSTITION--  Stevie Wonder        #1    He once said:  "Just because a  man lacks the use of his eyes doesn't mean he lacks vision."  So much talent.

27.  PIECES OF APRIL--  Three Dog Night       #19       That's Chuck Negron singing.   Written by David Loggins.

26.  YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE--  Loggins & Messina       #4      Always a favorite of mine.  What about your daddy?  Talk about your square parents.   Jim Messina was a member of Buffalo Springfield and Poco.

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "We Knew No Time For Sadness.  That's A Road We Both Had Crossed."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"Pieces of April"

Our 49th Wedding Anniversary-- Part 10: Cajun Jack's and the VFW

FRIDAY,  AUGUST 26

I was sitting out by the Grant Hills Motel's pool at 12:45 pm.  It was nice when the clouds rolled by, but very hot when they were gone.  They are cutting the grass and I sure love the smell of fresh mown grass.  One of those great smells of summer.

I've seen a place in Elizabeth called Cajun Jack's advertised quite often and we drive by it every time we  go to Galena.  But, we'd never stopped in.  Any place with a name like that will be of interest.  So, today was the day we would check it out.

They have great decor outside and inside.  We ordered beers and got a half order of Cajun chips with steak and all sorts of fixins' for $9.  We could not finish it.  We just had one draft beer apiece and would have had more had we known that they were just $1.75.  That is a good price these days.

Back to the motel then downtown Galena and, like yesterday, almost unbelievably found a parking place right in front of the VFW where I wouldn't have to parallel park.  This is especially hard these days since I lost my depth perception.

--RoadDog

Our 49th Wedding Anniversary-- Part 9: A 'Great" Morning at a Mom and Pop Motel

Continued from November 13th.

FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 2022

Got my coffee from the office as well as a free copy of today's Dubuque (Iowa) Telegraph-Herald.  The price of it is now $1.50 Monday to Saturday.  A little bit higher but definitely better than the Chicago tribune which is now $4 daily.  I will be cancelling my subscription, sadly, soon.  I love having a print paper in my hand, but not at $140 every two months.

Sat outside the room, had my coffee and read the paper.  Now that's good living to me.

The neighbors in Room 14 left for breakfast and a boat ride  in Dubuque, but will not be coming back to the motel.  Too bad, we sure had a nice conversation with them last night.  Those old Mom and Pop motels are very conducive to sitting outside your room and talking with fellow travelers, something you can't do in newer motels.

I watched some of "South Park," a really funny adult cartoon show which unfortunately attracts a lot of kids to watch it.  It is hilarious, but things they talk about and cursing should not be for kids.

--RoadDog

81st Anniversary of Pearl Harbor: Herbert Jacobson-- Part 4: The USS Oklahoma Rolled Over

Seven of my blogs today will be about Pearl Harbor and this story which started in my RoadDog's RoadLog blog.

During the attack, the Japanese hit the USS Oklahoma with numerous torpedoes and the ship rapidly rolled over and sank.  Many of the men, including Herbert Jacobson, were trapped in the upturned hull and a few were cut free through intense efforts of sailors and civilian Navy Yard employees.

But the attack resulted in the deaths of 429 crewmen aboard the USS Oklahoma, including Herbert Jacobson.  In all, 2,402 Americans were killed that day, when Japanese forces attacked much of the U.S. Pacific fleet.

It took several years before the remains of the 429 deceased USS Oklahoma sailors entombed in the ship to be recovered.  Many of the remains were commingled because there was so little left of the bodies.

Continued in my Not So Forgotten:  War of 1812 blog.

Past Movie Scratches: Men-- Robot-- Die-- Hard-- Fantastic-- Beetlejuice

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 2021.

79.  MEN IN BLACK II--  9-16--  You know what they say about postal workers.

80.  I ROBOT--  9-17--  The Robot Revolt.  What's the First Law?

81.  DIE HARD 2--  9-18--  Why shoot them once when you can shoot then four times?  Just another Merry Christmas with John McLain.

82.  DIE HARD WITH A VENGEANCE--  9-18--  Simon Says.  Having a REAL bad day..

83.  FANTASTIC FOUR--  9-19--  Stretch, Rock Invisible & Flame.

84.  BEETLEJUICE--  9-21--  "Day-O."  That horrible human problem.  Never trust the living.  Watch out for those Sand Worms.

--RoadDog

Past Movie Scratches: Goodfellas-- RED-- RED-- Forrest-- Brother-- Hunter

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I saw on TV in 2021.

73.  GOODFELLAS--  9-2--  The rise and fall of Henry Hill.  All that great music.  "Do I amuse you?"

74.  RED--  9-3--  Retired Extremely Dangerous.   Retirees not to be messed with.

75.  RED--  9-3--   Making a mess of Paris.  Watch out for that Korean guy.  This doesn't mean I'm not going to kill you later.

76.  FORREST GUMP--  9-9--  Loved that Bubba.  Lt. Dan.  The Running Man.

77.  OH BROTHER WHERE ART THOU--  9-9--   Keeping ahead of that man and all that Dapper Dan pomade.  It takes two weeks to get anything.

78.  THE LAST WITCH HUNTER--  9-15--  Witches, they are among us.  Beware the Witch Queen.

--RoadDog

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of Dec. 4, 1972: 'I Can See Clearly Now'

From OldiesLoon.

These were the Top Ten songs and debuts in Chicago fifty years ago today according to WLS, 890 AM.

1.  PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE--  Temptations

2.  I AM WOMAN--  Helen Reddy

3.  I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME--  Lobo

4.  I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW--  Johnny Nash

5.  SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts

6.  YOU OUGHT TO BE MINE--  Al Green

7.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW--  Harold Melvin/ Blue Notes

8.  IT NEVER RAINS IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA--  Albert Hammond

9.  I'LL BE AROUND--  Spinners

10.  VENTURA HIGHWAY--  America

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DEBUTS

20.  CORNER OF THE SKY--  Jackson Five

24.  WALK ON WATER--  Neil Diamond

25.  KEEPER OF THE CASTLE--    Four Tops

27.  I WANNA BE WITH YOU--  Raspberries

28.  YOUR MAMA DON'T DANCE--  Loggins & Messina

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Got On Board A WestBound 747."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"It Never Rains in Southern California"

Past Movie Scratches: Jaws-- Torino-- Rock-- Prince-- Doom-- Grail

Past Movie Scratches--  Movies I watched on TV in 20221.

67.  JAWS--  8-25--  "This is going to be the best summer we've ever had."  Well, before the uninvited guest showed up in the water.  What was that about the boat's size?

68.  GRAN TORINO--  8-26--  The spitting contest.  "Get off my lawn!"  The persistant Padre.  Toad and Miss Yum Yum.

69.  THE ROCK--  8-30--  "Mr. Director, you have a very serious problem.  It seems that Alcatraz has just reopened."

70.  HARRY POTTER AND THE HALF BLOOD PRINCE--  8-31--  Jenny loves Harry.  How Harry learned about Holcruxes.  Tom Riddle is Voldemort.

71.  INDIANA JONES AND THE TEMPLE OF DOOM--  9-1--  She sure screams a lot.  Quite the meal at the maharaja's.   An unbelievable roller coaster ride.

72.  INDIANA JONES AND THE HOLY GRAIL--  9-1--   He really hates the Nazis.  Love the maps.  Be sure to choose wisely.

--RoadDog

POINTS TO PONDER:  Why does your alarm go off by going on?

WLS Top Ten (and Debuts) for Week of Nov. 27. 1972: Part 1: 'I Am Woman'

That's right, fifty years ago.

1.  I CAN SEE CLEARLY NOW--  Johnny Nash

2.  I'D LOVE YOU TO WANT ME--  Lobo

3.  I AM WOMAN--  Helen Reddy

4.  I'LL BE AROUND--  Spinners

5.  PAPA WAS A ROLLING STONE--  Temptations

6.  SUMMER BREEZE--  Seals & Crofts

7.  IF I COULD REACH YOU--  5th Dimension

8.  YOU OUGHT TO BE WITH ME--  Al Green

9.  IF YOU DON'T KNOW ME BY NOW--  Harold Melvin & Blue Notes

10.  WITCHY WOMAN--  Eagles

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DEBUTS

21.  ME & MRS. JONES--  Billy Paul

22.  DIALOGUE--  Chicago

24.  FUNNY FACE--  Donna Fargo

27.  SWEET SURRENDER--  Bread

Name That Tune (from the above songs):  "Gone Are The Dark Clouds That Had Me Blind."  Answer below.  --RoadDog

"I Can See Clearly Now"