Balladeer's Blog
NEWS ROUNDUP: JANUARY TWENTY-EIGHTH
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: GREAT GHOST TALES (1961)
AS BLACK HISTORY MONTH APPROACHES, JACK BREWER WEIGHS IN ON MINNESOTA
KENYAN MYTHOLOGY: CREATION MYTH OF THE KIKUYU
JANUARY TWENTY-SIXTH NEWS ROUNDUP
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: FUNGUS ISLE (1923)
COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS FROM BALLADEER’S BLOG: JAN TWENTY-FOURTH
MARVEL PREMIERE (1972-1981)
DOG STARS: RIN TIN TIN AND KEYSTONE TEDDY
NEWS ROUNDUP: JANUARY TWENTY-THIRD
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: DAYTONA BEACH CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY
THE DAY PENNSYLVANIA’S TREASURER KILLED HIMSELF ON LIVE TELEVISION
THE DOBERMAN GANG MOVIES (1972-1980)
JANUARY TWENTY-FIRST NEWS ROUNDUP
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RANKINGS
THE GREAT ACTRESS SARAH BERNHARDT IN MERES FRANCAISES (1917)
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: CHANNING aka THE YOUNG AND THE BOLD (1963-1964)
NEWS ROUNDUP: JANUARY NINETEENTH
THE SHIP OF SILENT MEN (1920) ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION/ HORROR MIX
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS: JAN 18th
FLASHBACK: SNOPES ADMITS THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION PLACED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT CHILDREN WITH HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
CAPTAIN AMERICA: MORE 1940s STORIES
RICARDO MONTALBAN’S SWASHBUCKLER FILMS
JANUARY SIXTEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
THE “NEW” MONSTER MASCOTS CONTEMPLATED BY GENERAL MILLS IN THE 1990s
ADVENTURES IN RAINBOW COUNTRY (1970-1971) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR JANUARY FOURTEENTH
JOHN CARPENTER’S CREATURE FROM THE BLACK LAGOON: SCRIPT REVIEW FROM 1988
CUCUMBER CASTLE (1970) THE BEE GEES, BLIND FAITH AND LULU
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE Nth MAN (1920-1924)
JANUARY TWELFTH NEWS ROUNDUP
SIR GRAPEFELLOW AND BARON VON REDBERRY
FLASHBACK: PERPETUAL DEMOCRAT DISHONESTY ON ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT ISSUES
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS: JAN 10th
MARVEL ISSUES: JULY 1967
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR JANUARY NINTH
ELVIS AND ANDREW JACKSON: TWO PEAS IN A HISTORICAL POD ON THIS DATE
THE GHOST GOES GEAR (1966) BAD MOVIE REVIEW
APOCRYPHAL GOSPEL OF THE SAVIOR
JANUARY SEVENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
CHARLEMAGNE: ASTOLPHO RESTORES ROLAND’S SANITY
JANUARY SIXTH-A-PALOOZA – 2026
PETROCELLI (1974-1976) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
NCAA DIVISION THREE COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WAS FINALLY PLAYED
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR JANUARY FIFTH
FLASHBACK: NEW YORK TIMES OP-ED ON THE POMPOSITY OF THE AMERICAN LEFT’S TRUMP-HATERS
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE BASKETBALL RESULTS: JAN 4th
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE WAR UNDER THE SEA (1892)
MOON KNIGHT: HIS EARLIEST STORIES
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: SCHOOLCRAFT COLLEGE
JANUARY SECOND NEWS ROUNDUP
A MONTH BY MONTH LOOK AT NINETEEN TWENTY-SIX
JOHN PAYNE’S SWASHBUCKLER FILMS
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER THIRTY-FIRST
THE WATCHER (1995) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
CHARLEMAGNE: ASTOLPHO IN THE VALLEY OF LOST THINGS
BEST OF SEPTEMBER 2025
DECEMBER TWENTY-NINTH NEWS ROUNDUP
FOOL KILLER LETTER SET MOSTLY BETWEEN CHRISTMAS AND NEW YEAR’S DAY 1878-1879
TWENTY BOOKS ABOUT BARACK OBAMA CORRUPTION AND SCANDALS
ALL COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPIONS FOR 2025
WONDER WOMAN: YEAR ONE
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH
BEST OF AUGUST 2025
AN ITALIAN CHRISTMAS CAROL – NON-E MAI TROPPO TARDI (1953)
THE SMURFS: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2011)
DECEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH NEWS ROUNDUP
CHARLEMAGNE: ASTOLPHO IN ETHIOPIA
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2015)
BEST OF JULY 2025
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER TWENTY-SECOND
RICH LITTLE’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (1979)
NAIA AND NCAA DIVISION TWO CHAMPS CROWNED – AND DIV THREE SEMIFINALS
FLASHBACK: REPORTERS WITHOUT BORDERS STATES THAT UNDER OBAMA THE U.S. FALLS TO 46th IN THE WORLD FOR PRESS FREEDOM
THE HUMAN FLY: HIS 1977-1979 SERIES
BEST OF JUNE 2025
DECEMBER NINETEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
A CHRISTMAS CAROL: A GHOST STORY (2022)
NJCAA COLLEGE FOOTBALL CHAMPS CROWNED
ANTHONY GEARY, R.I.P. – BLOOD SABBATH (1972)
NEWS ROUNDUP: DECEMBER SEVENTEENTH
TALES OF CHARLEMAGNE: THE EMPEROR SURROUNDED
SKINFLINT (1979) A COUNTRY-WESTERN CHRISTMAS CAROL
BEST OF MAY 2025
DECEMBER FIFTEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
FLASHBACK: THE REAL DIVIDE IN AMERICA – DEMOCRATS VS THE REST OF US
A REDNECK CHRISTMAS CAROL (1997)
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S POSTSEASON COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: DEC 13th
MARVEL ISSUES: JANUARY 1978
BEST OF APRIL 2025
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER TWELFTH
ON THIS DATE THE SULAWESI CAVE ART WAS DISCOVERED
A DIVA’S CHRISTMAS CAROL (2000) 2025’s CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON CONTINUES
HOORAY FOR SANTA CLAUS: SEVEN VERSIONS
DECEMBER TENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
BEST OF MARCH 2025
APPOINTMENT WITH ADVENTURE (1955-1956) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2012)
NEWS ROUNDUP: DECEMBER EIGHTH
FLASHBACK: ANOTHER BERNIE SANDERS SUPPORTER POINTS OUT HOW BAD DEMOCRATS ARE NOW
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL POSTSEASON RESULTS: DEC 7th
BEST OF FEBRUARY 2025
HOURMAN: HIS EARLY STORIES
THE PETTICOAT REVOLUTION OF DECEMBER FIFTH
DECEMBER FIFTH NEWS ROUNDUP
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: UNDERWATER HOUSE (1899)
IT’S CHRISTMAS, CAROL! (2012)
BEST OF JANUARY 2025
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR DECEMBER THIRD
A CHRISTIAN CAROL (2016) CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON 2025 CONTINUES
NCAA DIVISION TWO BOWL GAMES MIX WITH THE PLAYOFFS THIS SATURDAY
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: WILLIAM SHATNER AS ARCHIE GOODWIN IN NERO WOLFE (1959)
DECEMBER FIRST NEWS ROUNDUP
CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON 2025 CONTINUES: A CHRISTMAS CAROL (2019)
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF RESULTS: NOV 30th
FLASHBACK: AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL NAMES BARACK OBAMA A WAR CRIMINAL AND HUFFINGTON POST CALLS HIS WAR ON PRESS FREEDOM “A DICTATOR’S DREAM.”
SPIDER-WOMAN: MORE OF HER EARLY STORIES
A CHRISTMAS CAROL (ITV 2000): CHRISTMAS CAROL-A-THON 2025 BEGINS
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR NOVEMBER TWENTY-EIGHTH
HAPPY THANKSGIVING 2025!
TOM TURKEY TRILOGY: THE WASHINGTON AFFAIR (1977)
NOVEMBER TWENTY-SIXTH NEWS ROUNDUP
ANOTHER TOM TURKEY: THE GYPSY WARRIORS (1978) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW
THANKSGIVING STORY FROM THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR
TOM (SELLECK) TURKEY: THE CHINESE TYPEWRITER (1979) – BAD MOVIE REVIEW
NEWS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER TWENTY-FOURTH
FLASHBACK: AND YET ANOTHER FORMER DEMOCRAT WEIGHS IN
BALLADEER’S BLOG COLLEGE FOOTBALL POSTSEASON RESULTS: NOV 23rd
ZOROASTRIAN END OF THE WORLD MYTH
MARVEL COMICS ISSUES FROM JANUARY 1977
NOVEMBER TWENTY-FIRST NEWS ROUNDUP
NCAA D3 PLAYOFF TEAMS FOR 2025
GODS OF AINU MYTHOLOGY
NCAA D2 PLAYOFF MATCHUPS
NEWS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER NINETEENTH
RYAN O’NEAL: FORGOTTEN FILMS (1969-1981)
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: THE ULTIMATE INHERITORS (1914)
NAIA COLLEGE FOOTBALL PLAYOFF MATCHUPS
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: MRS. COLUMBO (1979-1980)
NOVEMBER SEVENTEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
CCCAA PLAYOFF AND BOWL MATCHUPS
FLASHBACK: CALIFORNIA WOMAN SAYS “FELLOW LIBERALS, I’M TIRED OF YOU.”
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: NOV 16th
AUSTRALIA’S SUPERHEROES: 1970s-1990s
NEWS ROUNDUP: NOVEMBER FOURTEENTH
FORGOTTEN TELEVISION: BEARCATS! (1971)
MONDO CHARLES BRONSON: HIS MOST UNUSUAL MOVIES
FLASHBACK: ENGLAND’S NICK COHEN ON HOW THE LEFT BECAME APPALLING
NOVEMBER TWELFTH NEWS ROUNDUP
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: NUNEZ COLLEGE
THE ORIGINAL SEVEN PILOTS OF THE LAFAYETTE ESCADRILLE
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION ABOUT WORLD WAR ONE
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR NOVEMBER TENTH
DEMOCRAT HARRY TRUMAN’S WORLD WAR ONE MILITARY SERVICE
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: NOV 9th
SGT. YORK: LEGEND OF WORLD WAR ONE
SUPERHEROES OF RURAL HOME-CROYDON-ENWIL PUBLISHERS
EDDIE RICKENBACKER: AMERICA’S GREATEST FLYING ACE OF WORLD WAR ONE
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR NOVEMBER SEVENTH
FOES (1977) WEIRD MOVIE REVIEW
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: MOHAVE COLLEGE
ANNUAL NOVEMBER FIFTH POST: 2025
NOV FIFTH NEWS: EVERYWHERE THE DEMOCRATS WON LAST NIGHT WERE AREAS THAT VOTED FOR KAMALA LAST YEAR
SEVEN AMERICAN ACES OF WORLD WAR ONE
ANCIENT SCIENCE FICTION: EDGAR RICE BURROUGHS’ FIRST TWO PELLUCIDAR STORIES
DANGEROUS ASSIGNMENT (1952) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
NOVEMBER 3rd NEWS ROUNDUP
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: NOV 2nd
FOX FEATURES SUPERHEROES
HALLOWEEN WITH PAUL NASCHY, SPAIN’S KING OF HORROR
NEWS ROUNDUP FOR THE THIRTIETH
EDGAR ALLAN POE: SILENT FILM ADAPTATIONS
HALLOWEEN READING: THE KING IN YELLOW (1895)
OCTOBER TWENTY-NINTH NEWS ROUNDUP
AGAINST THE DARK (2009) STEVEN SEAGAL FIGHTS ZOMBIES?
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RANKINGS: OCT 28th
THE PHANTASM FILMS (1979-2016) ONE OF MY FAVORITE HORROR FRANCHISES
NEWS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER TWENTY-SEVENTH
MOVIE HOSTESS STELLA FROM SATURDAY NIGHT DEAD (1984-1990)
BALLADEER’S BLOG COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: OCTOBER 26th
FLASHBACK: ROLLING STONE EDITOR BLASTS THE DEMOCRATS’ “PERMANENT COUP ATTEMPT” AGAINST PRESIDENT TRUMP
FRANKENSTEIN’S MONSTER: MARVEL STYLE
THE WORST MICHAEL MYERS STYLE SLASHERS FROM BAD MOVIES
OCTOBER TWENTY-FOURTH NEWS ROUNDUP
THE OMEGA FACTOR (1979) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION
FIVE AMBROSE BIERCE HALLOWEEN STORIES
NEWS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER TWENTY-SECOND
WAXWORK (1988) HALLOWEEN MOVIE
COOL NAMED SPORTS TEAM: CARTERET COLLEGE
BAD MOVIE: DEAFULA (1975) FOR HALLOWEEN SEASON
OCTOBER TWENTIETH NEWS ROUNDUP
FLASHBACK: “RESISTANCE, INC.” BECOMES THE EQUALLY MORONIC “NO KINGS, INC.”
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: OCTOBER NINETEENTH
HORROR HOST: MAD MARVIN (1957-1959)
HALLOWEEN HEROES AND ANTI-HEROES FROM MARVEL
THE WORLD’S A STAGE (2014) WITH ALEC BALDWIN
NEWS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER SEVENTEENTH
UNIQUE HALLOWEEN NOVEL: ISABELLA OF EGYPT (1812)
GANJA & HESS (1973) UNUSUAL VAMPIRE FILM
OCTOBER FIFTEENTH NEWS ROUNDUP
ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES: CRATES
THE SCARECROW (1972) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION HALLOWEEN TALE
EERIE TALES (1919) SILENT HORROR FILM
FIRST HOSTAGES FREED THANKS TO TRUMP, PLUS OCTOBER THIRTEENTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
THE WEREWOLF (1896) HALLOWEEN STORY OF A FEMALE LYCANTHROPE
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: OCTOBER 12th
FLASHBACK: ANOTHER FEMALE VOTER FED UP WITH THE DEMOCRATS
HACK/SLASH: THE EARLY STORIES OF THIS HALLOWEEN HEROINE
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS: OCT 10th
NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER TENTH
HALLOWEEN OPERA: TALES OF HOFFMANN (1881)
EXTRA: PRESIDENT TRUMP PERSUADES HAMAS INTO ACCEPTING HIS CEASEFIRE PLANS IN GAZA
POSSESSION (1981) HORROR FILM REVIEW
OCTOBER EIGHTH ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
THE RED SPECTRE (1907) SILENT HORROR FILM FOR HALLOWEEN
THE RUSTIC (c 6th Century BC onward) ANCIENT GREEK COMEDY
HALLOWEEN AT YULETIDE: A GHOST STORY FOR CHRISTMAS (1971-1978)
NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS ROUNDUP: OCTOBER SIXTH
FLASHBACK: LLOYD MARCUS DEFENDING PRESIDENT TRUMP FROM THE LIES OF HIS HATERS
BALLADEER’S BLOG’S COLLEGE FOOTBALL RESULTS FROM OCT 4th
MAN-SIZE IN MARBLE (1887) HALLOWEEN STORY
MYSTIC COMICS (1940): MARVEL/ TIMELY SERIES
HUMPHREY BOGART AS AN UNDEAD MAD SCIENTIST: THE RETURN OF DR. X (1939)
AMERICA HAS HAD TWENTY-ONE PREVIOUS GOVERNMENT “SHUTDOWNS” – PLUS FRIDAY’S CURRENT EVENTS ROUNDUP
CEMETERY OF TERROR (1985) FILM REVIEW
PHILYLLIUS: ANCIENT GREEK COMEDIES
OCTOBER FIRST ROUNDUP OF NEWS, MEMES AND POLITICAL CARTOONS
HALLOWEEN MONTH BEGINS FOR 2025
THE BOD SQUAD (1974) BAD MOVIE REVIEW
THE GIRL FROM U.N.C.L.E. (1966-1967) FORGOTTEN TELEVISION