#Captain Haggerty

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Captain Haggerty aka Arthur Haggerty in Zombi 2 aka Zombie Flesh Eaters (1979)

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Zombi 2 (1979) aka Zombie Flesh-Eaters aka Zombie Variety Film Dir. Lucio Fulci

Practical special effects by Giannetto De Rossi

The name of the man who played this New York Harbor Cop is not on record. Folklore has it that he was a real off-duty NYPD officer who signed up for the role and brought his own uniform. Apocryphal, but fun if true.

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Zombie Flesh Eaters (AKA Zombi 2) | Lucio Fulci | 1979

...and Captain Haggerty as Fat Boat Zombie

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Nobody:

Me: SHOULDERS

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Some instances from Captain Boodry in which he must be doctor.

“A 2 o clock a cask of watter rooled away in the Bluber room and one John Haggerty tryed to stop it and got his leg broke just above the Nee there was another chance to show my surgical skill set it splinted it and bandaged it.”

“Saturday March the 21st 1857 Comes in with light gales from the NW ships head NNE under Close reefs got up a cot for the invalid splinted his leg over bathed it got up the cabin stove and had a little snow put up the weather cloths and killed two [drawing of a pig] and &c scallded a whole regiment of [drawing of a cockroach] middle and latter part wind East”

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Too Much Love Can Kill You

Prologue – Chapter 1– Chapter 2 – Chapter 3 — Chapter 4 – Chapter 5 –Chapter 6 – Chapter 7 – Chapter 8 – Chapter 9 – Chapter 10 – Chapter 11 – Chapter 12 – Chapter 13 – Chapter 14 – Chapter 15 – Chapter 16 – Chapter 17 – Chapter 18 – Chapter 19 – Chapter 20 – Chapter 21 – Chapter 22 – Chapter 23

Previously:

You stood from seat signaling the others in your party to do the same and said, “I’ll speak with my lawyers about paying you back the money my schooling cost anything other than that you’ll have to talk to my father about it.”

“We’ve warm rehearsal later,” Roger reminded gently, “Last concert and all.”

You gave the father and son a nod before going to the table where the group of girls are sitting. And as promised autographs and photos were taken and given before heading out.

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Epilogue

In the end, your mother decided to let your father drown in his own denial. She made the choice to got to the concert backed by Etta and Mrs. Haggerty in tow. You’d seen other familiar faces but settled for the elated feeling that enveloped you at the thought of this being another chapter in your life you can close.

The concert was a big success, full house from the get and the energy had you and the boys almost jumping off the walls. Before getting on stage, Brian had asked if your song was something you’d like for the world to hear.

“It’s our song Brian,” you said with a grin, “And I do think we should at some point, not now though. Now it should be ours to savor without prying eyes and ears.”

He smiled at you lovingly and nodded, “Maybe you’re right of course. Its settled then, the song is ours and ours alone, theres no need for the world to see it.”

The closeness felt through the bond as you played was indescribable. The warmth and the love that seemed to zoom between the two of you flowed freely like a river.

All in all it was a fulfilling tour and an even more fulfilling event of a lifetime. You knew you’d be back home now that bridges were mended, but also because sometimes there’s just nothing like going home. You’re home is with Brian, you knew, where he went you’d follow. But its good to know and have the reassurance that you are the same for him.

And at the end of the night though you longed for your father to be there to celebrate with you, you knew that with the people you had on your side now everything would be ok. 

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a/n: Yes I know! Hella short BUT HAVE NO FEAR! Editing shall be a thing for this piece so if at any time you don’t see it on the masterlist its because of that.  Thank you all for reading!

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Canceled. Postponed. Empty.

Coronavirus fears force cancellation of World Figure Skating Championships in Montreal (montrealgazette.com) Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette Updated: March 11, 2020

The Quebec government has axed the World Figure Skating Championships, slated to be held in Montreal starting Monday.

Health Minister Danielle McCann announced the event was cancelled at a news conference on Wednesday, citing fears of the spread of the new coronavirus.

The week-long event is expected to host 200 skaters from more than 50 countries. But there have been concerns about international travel because of the global coronavirus outbreak.

Governments have been warning against major gatherings of people travelling from around the world, resulting in the cancellations of many conferences. In Canada, chief public health officer Dr. Theresa Tam is advising Canadians to avoid cruises and self-monitor for 14 days if they are arriving home from any kind of travel due to the coronavirus....

Two things: a) This was done by the Quebec provincial government, not the International Skating Union or Skate Canada (the national federation), despite skaters and others publicly begging the ISU to actually take a responsible stand (...for once). b) This happened also on the day when Quebec confirmed its eight case of COVID-19 coronavirus.

Coachella and Stagecoach Are Officially Postponed to October (rollingstone.com) By Amy X. Wang & Samantha Hissong & Jon Blistein  March 10, 2020 7:05PM ET

Due to the ongoing coronavirus outbreak, neither the Coachella Music and Arts Festival nor the Stagecoach Music Festival this year will take place as scheduled, organizers confirmed to Rolling Stone.

Coachella was originally slated for two consecutive weekends next month — April 10th, 11th, and 12th, followed by April 17th, 18th, and 19th — at Empire Polo Club in Indio, California, about two hours outside of Los Angeles. Stagecoach was set for the weekend after, April 24th to 26th. A newly reunited Rage Against the Machine was set to headline Coachella alongside Travis Scott and Frank Ocean. Multiple sources told Rolling Stone on Monday that Goldenvoice, the AEG subsidiary that organizes the festival, had been in talks with various artists’ management teams about postponement for the last week, adding that the talks were still ongoing as of late Monday night.

In a Twitter post and statement to Rolling Stone Tuesday evening, Goldenvoice said: “At the direction of the County of Riverside and local health authorities, we must sadly confirm the rescheduling of Coachella and Stagecoach due to COVID-19 concerns. While this decision comes at a time of universal uncertainty, we take the safety and health of our guests, staff and community very seriously. We urge everyone to follow the guidelines and protocols put forth by public health officials.” [...] 

Warriors to play Nets without fans in arena following San Francisco order  ESPN News Services March 11, 2020

The Golden State Warriors will play Thursday's game against the Brooklyn Nets with no fans inside the Chase Center, the team announced Wednesday."Due to escalating concerns about the spread of the coronavirus, and in consultation with the City and County of San Francisco, tomorrow night's game vs. the Nets at Chase Center will be played without fans," the team tweeted. "Fans with tickets to this game will receive a refund in the amount paid."The Warriors are still meeting about the matter, and further direction could come from a league owners call Wednesday afternoon, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. After Thursday's game, the Warriors are away from the Chase Center until March 25....

NCAA March Madness games in Cleveland, Dayton will not have spectators, says Gov. DeWine (cleveland.com) By Nathan Baird, cleveland.com

COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio Gov. Mike DeWine said Wednesday he will issue an order barring spectators from indoor sporting events in the state due to coronavirus concerns.That means no spectators at next week’s NCAA men’s basketball tournament events — the “First Four” games in Dayton and the first and second-round games scheduled for Cleveland’s Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.DeWine said details about outdoor sporting events — such as Indians and Reds baseball and the Ohio State football Spring Game — are still being worked out. [...]  The Big Ten issued a statement that its men’s basketball tournament in Indianapolis next week will proceed as planned. 

The Big Ten tournament proceeding with spectators seems ... unwise. Rutgers, Maryland, Illinois, Nebraska and Iowa, at least, are all coming from areas with multiple cases of COVID-19.

The NCAA has also maintained a studied silence about what will happen with the men’s tournament subregionals or the women’s tournament “pods”, some of which will technically be slated to occur in areas with ongoing outbreaks. They have stated that they will make decisions “in the coming days”, whatever that means.

FED CUP FINALS AND PLAY-OFFS POSTPONED DUE TO CORONAVIRUS OUTBREAK (tennis.com) By Tennis.com March 11, 2020

On Wednesday, ITF announced the postponement of both the Fed Cup Finals and the play-offs due to the coronavirus outbreak. The Finals were originally scheduled to take place next month in Budapest, Hungary, at the Laszlo Papp Sport Arena.

“We are extremely disappointed to have to make this decision, but we will not risk the safety and welfare of players, captains, event staff or spectators,” ITF president David Haggerty. This decision has not been made lightly; the threat posed by the COVID-19 is a serious one and calls for us to act responsibly as a federation and as human beings. This situation goes beyond sport.

“New dates for the Finals and for the Play-offs will be announced in due course and will primarily be guided by the length of time that tennis as a whole is affected by COVID-19. We will continue to collaborate with our colleagues across the sport to ensure that the impact on players, tournaments, rights holders and fans is as minimal as possible....”

At the moment, it appears that four of the next five important tournaments on the men’s tour -- Monte Carlo, Barcelona, Madrid, and Rome -- are very likely to be canceled or held without spectators ... and the Miami Open is teetering, and even the venerable French Open appears endangered. On the women’s tour, Miami, Charleston, Madrid and Rome may face the same choices.

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On the twenty-first of July, beneath the burning sun. McDowell met the Southern troops in battle, at Bull Run; Above the Union vanguard, was proudly dancing seen, Beside the starry banner, old Erin's flag of green.Colonel Corcoran led the Sixty-ninth on that eventful day, I wish the Prince of Wales were there to see him in the fray; His charge upon the batteries was a most glorious scene, With gallant New York firemen, and the boys that wore the green.In the hottest of the fire there rode along the line A captain of a Zouave band, crying, "Now, boys, is your time;" Ah! who is he so proudly rides, with bold and dauntless mien? 'Tis Thomas Francis Meagher, of Erin's isle of green!The colors of the Sixty-ninth, I say it without shame, Were taken in the struggle to swell the victor's fame; But Farnham's dashing Zouaves, that run with the machine, Retook them in a moment, with the boys that wore the green!Being overpowered by numbers, our troops were forced to flee, The Southern black horse cavalry on them charged furiously; But in that hour of peril, the flying mass to screen, Stood the gallant New York firemen, with the boys that wore the green.Oh, the boys of the Sixty-ninth, they are a gallant band, Bolder never drew a sword for their adopted land; Amongst the fallen heroes, a braver had not been, Than you lamented Haggerty, of Erin's isle of green.Farewell, my gallant countrymen, who fell that fatal day, Farewell, ye noble firemen, now mouldering in the clay; Whilst blooms the leafy shamrock, whilst runs the old machine, Your deeds will live bold Red Shirts, and Boys that Wore the Green! Boys That Wore the Green- David Kincade

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Brooklyn Nine-Nine 6x08 “He Said, She Said” Review

The detectives of Brooklyn’s 99th precinct have solved plenty of gory murders, drug rings, B&Es, and cases of identity theft, but one area the show has steered clear of — until now — was the subject of sexual assault. And with good reason: how does a comedy find the humour in a situation that is all too distressingly real for the majority of women?

In the wake of the #MeToo movement (it’s worth mentioning that Terry Crews, who plays Terry Jeffords, has been one of the most vocal supporters of the movement since the beginning, sharing his own story of sexual assault), it seemed it would only be a matter of time before Brooklyn Nine-Nine turned its attention to the sensitive subject; and, in the same vein as episodes such as “Moo Moo” and “Game Night”, manages to make its point authentically and succinctly, while still providing laughs.

During the morning briefing, Captain Holt tells the squad about their newest case: Seth Haggerty, who has had his penis broken by a golf club. Jake’s game of guessing how such an injury could possibly occur is ruined when Holt somberly informs them that Seth was attacked by a female coworker who claims he had sexually assaulted her.

Jake is assigned to the case and Amy, who is somehow three weeks ahead in her paperwork, offers to jump on with him. As we learn later, Amy has ulterior motives for wanting to work the case, outside of getting back in the field: it hits close to home for her, as she, like many, has also suffered through workplace harassment.

First, Jake and Amy interrogate Seth, who is wearing a comedic diaper cast. Predictably, he claims that he did nothing wrong. Next, they bring in Keri, who tells her side of the story: Seth had been drinking, he got her alone and tried to take her clothes off, so she took his golf club and hit him in the “cookie monster” with it.

Right away, this episode did something I was impressed by: it would have been easy for Jake or someone else to want to take Seth at his word, to question Keri’s version of events, or to suggest that her response was the wrong one; but no one does. (In fact, the show sends Hitchcock, perhaps the one most likely to make any such comments, home for the week in the cold open, perhaps realizing that such a storyline is one Hitchcock can’t live in genuinely.)

It’s one thing to say the woman needs to be believed; it’s another to show it, and show it without saying that that’s what you’re doing.

After discussing it, Jake and Amy decide that Keri should file charges against Seth for sexual assault. But she refuses, because her company has already offered her a $2.5 million hush money payment and a promotion in exchange for her silence.

It seems like an easy decision to make: $2.5 million to pretend nothing ever happened; or open an investigation which has little chance of finding any damning evidence, relive the assault, and open yourself up to being disbelieved, ostracized, and punished for telling the truth.

Except.

Assaulters don’t deserve to walk free.

This is the crux of Me Too: it takes an inordinate amount of courage to make oneself so vulnerable in order to stop the same thing from happening again, to someone else, when there seems to be so little possibility of success.

After some encouragement from Amy, Keri decides to press charges and an investigation is officially opened, but it doesn’t get off to the most auspicious start: Jake and Amy arrive at Keri’s workplace to conduct interviews with her coworkers, hoping someone else will corroborate her story, but everyone seems intent on toeing the company line and insist that Seth is a “great guy” and the company is a “very professional place.” (This, while some employees are openly drunk.)

Not only do Jake and Amy not get the evidence they need, they find out that Keri has been fired and her settlement retracted because acts of violence won’t be tolerated. Distressed, Amy throws herself into the case, desperate to find evidence so that Keri doesn’t lose her job because of Amy’s advice.

Later, Amy comes clean to Jake about why exactly this case hits so close to home for her: at her first precinct, she was approached by her commanding officer after being promoted to detective, because he seemed to think she owed him something in return for her career. Amy never told anyone about the incident, in which her boss tried to kiss her, because she felt that maybe her promotion hadn’t been earned in the first place and that any future promotions wouldn’t be offered to her. (This particular backstory seems to be lifted right from the Harvey Weinstein scandal that started the whole Me Too movement in the first place.)

Another thing this episode did very well — as it did in the aforementioned “Game Night” episode, also — was let Jake sit back and be a comforting presence and ally rather than an active participant. As “Game Night” was Rosa’s episode, “He Said, She Said” is Amy’s. (Jake himself brings attention to the role of men in this topic while Rosa and Amy are having a back-and-forth about the merits of pursuing a sexual assault charge: should he leave the room, or should he be a part of the conversation? In the end, he decides to be an active listener and stop interjecting, which is exactly the right call.)

Because this is Brooklyn Nine-Nine and, above all, it’s a show that’s meant to make you feel good, Amy and Jake do end up with the evidence they need: one of the employees at the firm comes forward with a text chain in which Seth tells the same story Keri did. However, even with the conviction, Keri still quits her job because she knows she’s being isolated from her other coworkers and that will have ramifications of her career.

Two step forward and one step back. As the show is sure to iterate, doing the right thing isn’t always easy.

It’s not all bittersweet, though; the episode ends with Rosa revealing that another female employee from the same firm has come forward to share her story, which leads to my favourite line of the episode: “Two steps forward and one step back is still one step forward.”

If this plotline does all the heavy lifting of the episode, the B-plot works hard to add in some levity: Captain Holt learns that one of his greatest-ever collars, the Disco Strangler, has died when his transport van flipped and caught on fire. (This is a reference that goes waaaaaay back: the Disco Strangler was mentioned in the show’s pilot episode, when Terry uses the story of his capture to convince Jake that their new captain is the Real Deal.)

Although all evidence — including a charred body and the word of a badly injured van driver — points to his old nemesis actually being dead, Captain Holt refuses to believe it, thinking instead that this is the Disco Strangler’s great escape.

Is this a case of Captain Holt’s detective senses being right despite having no evidence to go on, or is he making up a case because accepting that the Disco Strangler is dead would also mean accepting that his best years are behind him?

Terry and Charles seem to think it’s the latter, and as Holt investigates and the evidence mounts against him, it seems they’re right: Holt’s main clue, a piece of string that he believes belonged to a yo-yo, turns out to be part of the sign the Strangler had to wear that declared him a fall risk, and seeing the van driver badly injured in the hospital makes it seem ridiculous to think that she could be in cahoots with the criminal.

Just as Holt is ready to admit that he’s wrong and he is no longer the young cop he used to be, he receives aerial footage from a helicopter of the Disco Strangler walking along a highway. Holt orders a team be dispatched to pick him up. The thirty-odd intervening years since Holt last caught the Disco Strangler make themselves known though, as Holt’s triumphant moment is somewhat ruined by the fact that the old Strangler is too deaf to hear what he’s saying.

Working off a reduced cast for this episode (as previously mentioned, Hitchcock is sent home in the cold open, Scully only has a minor role to play, and Stephanie Beatriz, who directed the episode, only appears as Rosa a couple of times) works in the show’s favour: the two main plots balance each other nicely, and each is given room to breathe, with especial attention given to Amy’s story in a way that doesn’t feel rushed or overbearing. As usual, the show handles delicate subject matter with deftness and finesse, and I’m grateful for it.

Brooklyn Nine-Nine airs Thursdays on NBC at 9/8c.

Sam’s episode rating: 🐝🐝🐝🐝.5

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sad and uncomfortable about the ctommy finale so hey do yall want to hear about what i think we should do for the mariners this offseason? no? well you're getting it anyways

so we've got a few major holes right now in our lineup. we've got an outfielder (mitch haniger) in free agency, we've got an outfielder who sucks at defense and frankly should be moved to a DH position and possibly be traded at the deadline if he doesn't have a bounceback year (jesse winker), and we've got a second baseman in free agency (adam frazier). what's a team to do!

now more talented and knowledgeable people than I have opined on this subject relentlessly, but i don't like to be quiet so you're going to hear from me on this one too. here's what i think the mariners should do. obligatory disclaimer that i don't know shit about what the fuck a payroll cap is other than we have one, so. that's not coming into consideration

1. THE OUTFIELD

there have been a number of proposals suggested by others, but i'm going to focus on what i think is a good idea. first, we sign brandon nimmo. he's an outfielder, he's a left handed back, he's got improved OBP, all things we're looking for. i'd love to have him, he's perfect. we've plugged one hole in the outfield. 

now for the other hole. there are two options here. first, we could re-sign mitch haniger. i love mitch (We're Going To End This Fucking Drought letter my beloved) and i would love to have him back. most of his issues are due to the fact that he's unnaturally prone to freak accidents, and at SOME point he's got to have an injury free year, right? right? 

the other option is masataka yoshida, a left-fielder from japan's baseball league. the mariners are well known for having signed famous players who came from the npb (ICHIRO MY BELOVED), it wouldn't be out of the question to sign another one. yoshida is a two time batting champ, and he would go far in plugging the hole we've got in that left field. 

if we don't plug that other hole... well then i'd say we probably do a situation where taylor trammell, maybe kyle lewis if he comes back?, and sam haggerty take turns in that section of the field. 

no we are probably not getting aaron judge. still. a girl can dream.

2. THE INFIELD

here's where things get tricky. people go ohhhh should jp crawford be moved to second baseman? should the new person signed play shortstop? here's my thoughts: i do not give a single shit. if jp plays second base, i will be happy and cheer. if he plays shortstop, i will ALSO be happy and cheer. i am a very cheery boy.

there are a lot of shortstops and second basemen entering the field. i was always lukewarm on adam (kate, if you're reading this, im so sorry. i cheered at captain slapdick i promise) and i honestly don't think we should re-sign him. there are lots of other options we've got entering free agency. most people are focusing on four Big ones: carlos correa, dansby swanson, trea turner, and xander bogaerts.

gonna say no to correa. i don't like cheaters (for those who do not know baseball, correa was part of the '17 cheating astros, and i have hated him ever since). i would DEARLY love turner or swanson or bogaerts. however lots and lots of teams want them, so that's yknow. a bit of a wild card situation.

i'd also really like to get jose iglesias. he's slipped under the radar a little bit in comparison to others, but he had a .297 season, so that'd be amazing.

uh. that;s my mariners dreams for this offseason. lets go ms

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Harley easy rider

#Harley easy rider movie

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#Harley easy rider movie

Hopper and Fonda hosted a wrap party for the movie and then realised they hadn't shot the final campfire scene. Many other replicas have been built since the film’s release. The demolished bike was rebuilt by Dan Haggerty and shown in a museum. One "Captain America" was demolished in the final scene, while the other three were stolen and probably taken apart before their significance as movie props became known. Each bike had a backup to make sure that shooting could continue in case one of the old machines failed or got wrecked accidentally. The 1949, 19 Harley Davidson Hydraglide bikes were purchased at an auction for US$ 500 (equivalent to approx. In total, four former police bikes were used in the film. The motorcycles for the film, based on hardtail frames and Panhead engines, were designed and built by chopper builders Cliff Vaughs and Ben Hardy, following ideas of Peter Fonda, and handled by Tex Hall and Dan Haggerty during shooting. All Harley-Davidson have had Panhead Motors which were standard from 1947 through 1965. I can tell that those two choppers are 1951 Harley-Davidson Panheads because of the motor. I once had rented this film, and watch the whole thing. La fin tragique des deux motos (et des deux pilotes) Le dernier geste de Dennis Hopper avant de mourir: Un doigt d'honneur! Quelles différences entre un Panhead normal et un Panhead police? Someone made it 4 stars, because yesterday it was only 3. I watched it yesterday (ffwd) and I was thinking the same. Wickey wrote what about to give these 5 stars? Unfortunately the original bikes were stolen after the film ! Ended up getting 73 superglide because of the movie. People would say, 'Wow, Terry Southern co-wrote that.Both customized 1951 HD FLH Police MotorcyclesĮxcellent movie. Having him with us as a writer on the script put it above periscope depth. Peter Fonda said of Southern's contributions, "He gave us dark humor and a literary panache that Dennis and I did not have. Well, one of them was the producer and other was the director, so there was no way the Writers Guild was going to allow them to take a screenplay credit unless I insisted." Not listening to the WGA, Southern allowed them to have their credits on the film, which was largely improvised. He said that he and Dennis liked the film so much, they wanted to be in on the screenplay credits. After they had seen a couple of screenings of it on the coast, I got a call from Peter. In an interview with Creative Screenwriting, Southern claimed, "Peter was to be the actor and producer, Dennis the actor and director, and a certain yours truly, the writer. In an interview with The Guardian, Dennis Hopper claimed that Terry Southern wrote nothing in the film besides contributing the title, as he broke his hip in a fall.

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Some of the scenes which were in the original cut, but got deleted are: The original opening showing Wyatt and Billy performing in a Los Angeles stunt show (their real jobs), the two of them being ripped off by the promoter, getting in a biker fight, picking up women at a drive-in, cruising to, and escaping from Mexico to score the cocaine they sell, an elaborate police and helicopter chase that took place at the beginning after the dope deal, with police chasing Wyatt and Billy over mountains, and across the Mexican border, the road trip out of Los Angeles, edited to the full length of Steppenwolf's ''Born to Be Wild'' with billboards along the way offering wry commentary, Wyatt and Billy being pulled over by a cop while driving their motorcycles across highway, two of them encountering the black motorcycle gang, ten additional minutes for the volatile café scene in Louisiana, where George deftly keeps the peace, Wyatt and Billy checking in a hotel before going over to Madam Tinkertoy's, extended and much longer Madam Tinkertoy sequence, extended versions of all of the campfire scenes, including the enigmatic finale in which Wyatt says ''We blew it, Billy.'' All deleted footage is believed to be lost. There are various reports about exact running time of original rough cut of the movie Four hours, four and a half hours, or five hours.

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Easy rider bikes

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He would later call that letter an honest mistake. In 2002, he sold the frame to John Parnham, president of the National Motorcycle Museum and, ironically, some time after that, signed a letter of authenticity stating Granger had the original. A Texas man, Gordon Granger, claimed Haggerty sold him the original Captain America in 1996 for $63,000, but in 2008, Haggerty himself was telling the media that he’d sold the original to the Guggenheim Museum.Įventually, Haggerty admitted that he’d sold parts from the original ( “a few bits and pieces, a chain or a fender, nothing more”) to Granger, while he kept the frame for himself. The problem with that is that Haggerty is not a reliable source, and much of the tale around the authenticity of this chopper relies on his own version of events, according to a 2015 Maxim piece. It even came with three letters attesting this much: one from the National Motorcycle Museum, one from Fonda and one from Haggerty. The claim was that it was rebuilt by Dan Haggerty from whatever was left of the bike used by the stuntman in the fiery crash in the film (Fonda himself gifted it to Haggerty), and was the most authentic thing possible. To this day, it is not certain that this bike was the authentic one. A legal dispute ensued after the auction, but the house claimed it eventually ended in the sale of the chopper for $1.35 million. He was finally credited for his work when auction house The Profiles in History announced the sale of the reportedly authentic Captain America in 2014, owned by Michael Eisenberg, who had bought it from Haggerty.

#Easy rider bikes movie

“Soney” Vaughs and Ben Hardy did everything on their own, following Fonda’s instructions.Īfter a falling out with producers before the movie started shooting, Vaughs was fired and erased from history. However, it’s more likely that L.A.-based builders Clifford A. Fonda himself would tell reporters that he built the bike himself, along with bike customizer Tex Hall and actor Dan Haggerty. Who designed it is a matter of much controversy as well and, because how much time has passed since then, the debate can’t be settled accurately. The latter theory claims that a replica was destroyed while shooting the final scene, and the other three were stolen right before the premiere and were lost for good. Depending on who you believe, either two or four bikes were made for and used in the film. Another says that four 1962 FLH Panheads were used. One theory has it that it’s based on a 1952 HD Hydra-Glide, which Fonda bought at a police auction, keeping only the original Panhead engine. If reported claims that it was sold in October 2014 for $1.35 million are accurate, it’s also one of the most expensive Harleys.Įveryone involved in the production of the movie has a different story to tell about the Captain America, from what bike they used as a starting point to who designed and built it, and even how many of them were made, used and destroyed in the process. It’s also the most legendary Harley-Davidson in the world and a huge movie star, and one of the most disputed and controversial at the same time. Entirely crafted by hand over an existing frame, Paul D’Orleans, author of the book The Chopper: The Real Story, describes them as a “quintessentially American folk art form,” being a “type of customized motorcycle usually defined by a stretched out wheel-base, and pulled back handlebars, and a sissy bar, and a wild paint job.”Ĭaptain America is just that. Easy Rider became an instant hit, not just because of the stellar cast (Fonda, Hopper himself, Jack Nicholson), but also because of the choppers used.Ĭhoppers had been around for some time, but this film literally took them into mainstream. Peter Fonda’s character took it on a cross-country, tragic ride, and it also featured in the final, fiery scene in the film’s third act. The bike was featured in the 1969 movie Easy Rider, directed by Dennis Hopper after a script he co-wrote. It embodies the rebellious spirit that signaled a cultural shift and inspired a counter-culture movement, and became a symbol of the anti-establishment. The Captain America bike is quintessentially American, and not just because of the bold American flag motif on the tank, made to stand out by the chrome paintwork on the body.

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Zombi 2 (1979) aka Zombie Flesh-Eaters aka Zombie Variety Film Dir. Lucio Fulci

The name of the man who played this New York Harbor Cop is not on record. Folklore has it that he was a real off-duty NYPD officer who signed up for the role and brought his own uniform. Apocryphal, but fun if true.

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Too Much Love Can Kill You

Summary: Soul marks are found through touch and song, one must sing to find their half and touch completes their connection. To reject your mark is to sentence them to death. you have been on tour with Brian, Roger and Rufus for a year and have known them for nearly four. What happens when you find out along the way that you are the mark of one Brian May?

Previously:

“(Y/N) can you please tell me what’s going on?” He asked as soon as you found a table away from the glass door.

You sit with a heavy sigh and couldn’t be more than grateful when he sat next to you.

“How much has Roger told you about how we met?” You ask after taking a deep breath.

Prologue – Chapter 1 – Chapter 2 – Chapter 3 – Chapter 4 – Chapter 5 – Chapter 6 – Chapter 7 – Chapter 8 – Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Brian gave you a puzzled look before shaking his head, no.

You took a deep breath and began, “We met through Rory as you well know.”

Brian nodded.

“Oh sweetheart is this your mark?” The proprietor, Etta, said.

“Ms. Etta,” You say with a smile and stand away from Brian to embrace the woman.

“(Y/N/N),” Etta said with a shake of her head, “I haven’t been your sitter in years.”

You share a laugh and invite her to sit with you and Brian.

“Brian this is Etta my neighbor, former babysitter and utmost supporter when I made the choice to leave town,” you say motioning to Etta before doing the same saying, “Etta this is Brian my mark.”

The pair greet each other properly and the conversation turns serious again.

“I guess I should start from the beginning then,” you say before taking a deep breath and continuing on, “My dad is an immigrant, moved here from (insert country here). Ever since I was little he’s made it clear that he’s worked hard for me to have not only a good life but a fruitful future. And the closer I got to finishing high school and begin college, he made it abundantly clear that I was to chose something productive career wise.”

Brian nodded understanding where you are coming from.

“That’s how meteorology came into my life. I wanted to do something I love doing and if that meant being a weather person then so be it,” you said with a laugh, “What the parents didn’t know was that I had made music my minor. They thought that being in the music business was a waste of time and that nothing would come of it.”

A light seemed to have lit as realization dawned on him of what you were saying.

“Unlike you, Space-man, I finished and got my doctorate right off the bat,” Brian laughed that that but felt no less proud that you did and accomplished what you had set out to do.

“And while I did do some work in my field of choice, I wasn’t completely happy, which prompted me to go back to school this time to study music,” you said a smile appearing on your face as you remembered your second run of school, “That’s how I met Rory...in school.”

To him the pieces fell into place from there. How your parents found out about your sudden career change, how they borderline disowned you because not only are you an amazing artist in your own right but you write beautifully as well.

“Speaking of which, your mom’s been asking about you,” Etta said as she served the tea.

“Oh?” You say shocked at this.

“Old Mrs. Haggerty, or as we all call her the witch, has been trying to make up for stuff and has looked into your music career,” Etta said with a small grin on her face, “In case you don’t know Brian, Mrs. Haggerty was one of Mr. (insert dad’s last name) biggest supporters when it came to how (Y/N) should live her life.”

“Traditionalists,” he said with a hum.

“Yep, meaning freedom would have never come if (Y/N) hadn’t taken her life into her own hands,” Etta said with a sure smile.

“To be completely honest, I regret nothing,” you say strongly, “I did what I set out to do and got my doctorate in meteorology, which I love and enjoy mind you, but am also fulfilling the second half of my dream.”

“Which so happened to give you a family of mad blondes,” Brian poked.

You laughed at that nodding in agreement, “Not to mention a mad space man too.”

Brian blushed at that and said nothing. 

Etta looked at the pair kindly not believing how well they fit before saying with a knowing smile, “Fitting how you landed yourself one of the best musicians of all time.”

You saw Brian blush at that and couldn’t help the proud grin that he indeed is the best. Granted you might be slightly biased now that he is yours.

“Mrs. Haggerty won’t say anything, that I promise,” Etta said with a reassuring nod, “Rumor has it her son came to town with his wife and kid. According to Dindy, said son had a bit of a talk with her when the old Miss thought it prudent to co-parent despite mommy and daddy being there and doing a fine job at being just that mom and dad.”

You groan at that and say, “Poor Charlie.”

“Charlie being the son?” Brian asked curiously.

You and Etta nod.

“Being a single parent does that to a woman,” Mrs. Haggerty said with a knowing grin on her face, “And I should have known you’d come back with legends strapped to your side.”

You blush at that and stand to greet your old neighbor. 

Mrs. Haggerty surprised you by pulling you into a warm hug.

“You’ve grown into a fine young woman I have to say,” the elderly woman said, “Your folks will be more than proud of your achievements.”

“As soon as her old man sees that she’s productive, earning more than he had and is more than happy to be doing what she’s doing,” Etta said with a cough.

Brian gave Etta knowing look but said nothing otherwise. 

Mrs. Haggerty gave Etta a look but didn’t bother deny the statement, considering that it’s very true.

“Give them time dear,” the Mrs said, “I have it on good authority that your mother’s been following your career thus far.”

This shocked you, despite Etta having said that your mother had been asking after you.

“Told ya,” Etta said under her breath.

“Another word out of you and you’ll remember why it is your parents would ask me to babysit you young lady!” Mrs. Haggerty said sternly earning a barely contained barked laugh from Brian.

You laugh as well and nod at the elderly woman.

“If there’s someone you should call it very well is your mother, trust me on that,” with her piece said she bid us all a fond farewell and went to man her shop once more.

“I guess I do need to call home don’t I?” You say lightly to no one in particular.

“Whatever you think is best, you know I’ll support you,” Brian said coming to hug you from behind.

“I second that...but I don’t think there’s room for me in that hug,” Etta said brightly.

This caused the room to light up with laughter making the day not so dreary and uncertain.

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Deck the halls with the worst Christmas movies of all time

Even in these times of great upheaval, when the holiday season has been knocked for a loop if not canceled entirely, one Christmas tradition will remain unchanged. As everyone hunkers down around the television, the annual argument over what to watch will inevitably break out among families numbering greater than two. You’ve all seen It’s a Wonderful Life a thousand times, you can do Home Alone by heart, and you’ve just about had it with National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation. You need something fresh.

In that spirit, why not consider something terrible? Instead of putting pressure on ourselves to select the perfect Christmas viewing, just as we run ourselves ragged in our attempts to create the perfect Christmas, it’s worth a shot to cut loose and embrace the mess. This time of the year is chaos – there’s relaxation and liberation to be taken in allowing yourself an ironic distance from which you can safely chuckle at it, and nothing plays into that like the most splendidly awful movie you can find. Read on for a sampling of the best of the worst:

Operation Christmas Drop (2020)

Netflix joined forces with the United States military for this sunny work of state propaganda sporting the rictus grin of a romcom. Strong-willed but nonthreatening congressional aide Erica (Kat Graham) has been tasked with finding some fat to trim from the Air Force budget, so she travels to an operational base in Guam with plans to assess the usefulness of a program that sees trainee pilots airdropping crates full of Christmas toys and decorations to the locals every 24th of December.

Her courtship with the cocky captain on the island (Alexander Ludwig, doing a truly reprehensible rendition of Tom Cruise in Top Gun) isn’t quite enough to distract a critical-minded audience from the grotesque jingoism festering in the absent space where this film’s heart should be. Its parting message would seem to pertain to the magic of Christmas or some other reason for the season, but a closer look reveals the ulterior motive of flattering PR for the American imperial project. The islanders actually love having a gigantic military base taking up space in their rightful home, we’re shown. The last thing we should be doing is defunding the Air Force, purveyors of holiday cheer that they are!

Santa with Muscles (1996)

There was once a time, believe it or not, when the celebrity profile of mustachioed wrestler Hulk Hogan was so great that the viewing public was presumed to be willing to watch him do anything. John Murlowski put that to the test with his Christmastime vehicle for the Hulkster, in which Hogan plays a self-made fitness guru billionaire who conks his head while wearing a Santa suit (he was evading cops chasing him for reckless paintball-playing, an early sign of this film’s tenuous relationship to plausibility) and wakes up to believe he’s really Kris Kringle.

Elsewhere, mad scientist Ed Begley Jr. wants to destroy an orphanage so he can get at the power crystals buried beneath it. Doesn’t make much more sense in context. Cheap production values, a script of proud and blithe incoherence, Hogan’s brutal inability to fulfil the basic requirements of an actor, and an unearned George Bailey-level sentimentality in the conclusion instantly painted a target on this film’s back, with critics pegging it one of the worst of all time upon its initial release.

Elves (1989)

What says ‘Christmas’ quite like Pagan blood rituals, neo-Nazi conspiracies, and carnivorous imps? Writer/director Jeffrey Mandel wanted to mix some scares into the peace on Earth and goodwill toward men, but his attempt at decking the horror genre’s halls veered into unintentional comedy. A plain-spoken synopsis sounds like a joke: a teenaged distaff Scrooge (Julie Austin) has no idea that she’s the Aryan Nation’s chosen one, her pure DNA destined to bring about a master race of half-human-half-elf abominations. A down-on-his-luck cop (Dan Haggerty) helps her out, though they’re both getting a hand from about a half-dozen deus ex machinas laying plywood over the script’s many plot holes.

Perhaps Mandel was banking on the public confusing his film for the superficially similar and far more popular Gremlins. Perhaps his eggnog had gone sour. Whatever his reasons, he gave the world the rare Yuletide entertainment that can make late December feel like Halloween. There’s no wrong time of year to drunkenly hoot and holler at the over-the-top artifice of a good Z-movie.

The Nutcracker in 3D (2010)

Of course it would be wrong to dose a child with high-potency psychedelics, but what is film for if not to express our forbidden urges within the socially sanctioned safe space of art? That’s the thought experiment articulated through the kiddie nightmares hiding within Andrei Konchalovsky’s animated take on the classic ballet by his Russian countryman Tchaikovsky.

Strokes of visceral body horror pervert the festive tale audiences know and love, as the nutcracker’s wooden flesh mutates into human skin with vivid gore verging on the Cronenbergian. The rat army’s aesthetics have been informed by Hitler’s Germany, rendering them as goose-stepping fascist vermin starved for the blood of children. Some of it is just plain strange, such as the musical number in which Nathan Lane appears as Albert ‘Uncle Al’ Einstein. A flagrant disregard for the original text fused with Konchalovsky’s evident belief that he was put on this Earth to traumatize his younger viewers, all amounting to a singularly ill-advised Christmas carol in hell. It’s a handy way to put some fear and respect in the more rambunctious tykes staying over during the holidays.

Deck the Halls (2006)

At last, a Christmas movie that salutes materialism, pettiness, and your a-hole neighbors. Matthew Broderick leads as milquetoast optometrist Steve, the “Christmas guy” in his cozy Massachusetts hamlet. That status gets threatened by the new guy next door, uncouth used car salesman Buddy (Danny DeVito, his Danny DeVito-ness undiminished by his regrettable dialogue), who initiates a pissing contest over which house will have the most garish and eye-searing lights display. It is his goal to have a house so bright that it can be seen from space; the film accepts this as a noble, worthy mission.

We’re supposed to be having fun with the rivalry that breaks out between the two man-children, but that’s difficult when they’re so individually irritating that we want them to both have bad lives. The final act makes a feint toward redemption, as they lay down arms and remember that Christmas is about togetherness, or whatever. Even then, all of the characters are still worth loathing, as they delight in filling in a climactic blackout with the lights of their cell phones. It’s too tacky to be a cherished memory, a tasteless person’s idea of heartwarming.

Noel (2004)

Years before Life Itself gave us an idiot savant’s take on the everything-is-connected movie, we got this mosaically structured melodrama tracing lines between five strangers through the respective magicks of Christmas and convenient coincidence. As director, Chazz Palminteri is responsible for this bizarrely miscalculated slice of fruitcake, in which the interlinked characters all seem to draw the wrong lesson from their experience. Susan Sarandon learns that it’s okay to give up on her Alzheimer’s-stricken mother, Penelope Cruz and hubby Paul Walker repair their strained marriage by doing nothing, and Alan Arkin thinks he’s found the spirit of his dead wife in Walker’s character.

Some miserable sap (Marcus Thomas) realizes that his only happy Christmas memory comes from the night he spent in the ER and crashed the hospital party, so he tries to get his hands broken for a repeat visit. (This brings about the immortal line of dialogue, spoken to a shady character: “Glenn said that you break hands.”) What we’re supposed to take away from all this, apart from it being horribly sad, is unclear. And without any real guiding idea or moral vantage point, it turns into a dish that’s all glaze and no ham.

Mixed Nuts (2004)

Nora Ephron, directing peak-of-his-powers Steve Martin, working from the premise of a well-feted French comedy, featuring an appearance from a young Adam Sandler on the verge of blowing up – how could it have all gone wrong? Blame it on the language barrier, making it difficult to translate the daffy energy of Le père Noël est une ordure with tipping over into shrill farcical excess. Everyone’s doing too much in this haywire mishmash of furtive liaisons, accidental murder, unfortunately regressive trans representation, and gallows humor pertaining to suicide.

Martin plays the phone operator on a prevention hotline, caught up in a convoluted plot that crosses his path with the landlord trying to evict the service (Garry Shandling), his madcap coworker (Madeline Kahn), an ex-con painter on the line (Anthony LaPaglia) and a handful of other all united by an unfunniness that blankets the film like a new-fallen snow. Characters run from one hysterically-pitched, laughless set piece to the next, creating little more than stress as they go.

Santa Claus Conquers the Martians (1964)

The seasonal sci-fi showdown that put Mystery Science Theater 3000 on the map has lost none of its bumbling charm over the years, its incompetence every bit as winning now as it was for the first midnight-movie crowds. A species of moronic little green men on Mars figure that the children of their culture need a little sparkle in their lives (the reasoning really is this vague, though it sounds better coming from a seer with an inexplicably Hebrew name) and go to the third rock from the sun to kidnap Santa himself. This proves easier said than done, in part because Earth is crawling with imitation Santas and in part because these aliens are so very dumb.

Evidently produced for a grand total of 18 dollars, enacted by an ensemble that could be most generously described as “fluent in the English language,” this three-alarm disaster is shot through with an earnestness that casts a lovable light on its technical and artistic failures. Director Nicholas Webster owes a debt of gratitude to Ed Wood, godfather of the so-bad-it’s-good curio: it’s better to go all in on a bad idea than to half-ass a passable one.

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