21 November 2021

Hell’s Bells (1929)

On November 21st, 1929, Walt Disney released the animated short Hell’s Bells. 

It is the 4th in a series of 75 animated musical shorts entitled Silly Symphonies. 


The accompanying music used throughout the majority of the short is Funeral March of a Marionette by French composer Charles Gounod. This piece of music would later be used as the theme for the television series Alfred Hitchcock Presents. 

Little demons milking fire from a demon cow

Cerberus the 3 headed dog

The voice of Satan is provided by Walt Disney himself. 



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Frankenstein was released in 1931

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20 November 2021

The Day After

 On November 20th, 1983, The Day After premiered on ABC. 

The movie coldly and methodically showed us what the aftermath of a nuclear exchange would be like. 

More than 100 million people tuned in. 

The movie even aired in communist Russia 3 years later during negotiations with the US for the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces Treaty. 

The movie so moved President Reagan and other lawmakers that it may have helped to facilitate the eventual signing of the treaty. 


Steve Guttenberg 


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19 November 2021

Rocky and Bullwinkle

 On November 19th, 1959 The Adventures of Rocky and Bullwinkle and Friends (originally titled Rocky and His Friends) premiered on ABC.



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Roger Beltran was born in 1953

18 November 2021

Sleepaway Camp

 On November 18th, 1983 Sleepaway Camp was released in US theaters. 

Sleepaway Camp

Felissa Rose

If you know you know

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Jackie Kong’s The Being was also released in 1983


17 November 2021

Salem’s Lot


On November 17th, 1979 part one of Salem’s Lot premiered as a TV miniseries on CBS.

Directed by Tobe Hooper and based on the book by Stephen King. 


Reggie Nalder as Kurt Barlow


One scene in particular has been emblazoned in the minds of a particular generation of kids raised on television.

Iconic


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16 November 2021

Night of the Comet

 On November 16th, 1984 Night of the Comet was released in US theaters. 



Kelli Maroney and Catherine Mary Stewart

Mary Woronov and Robert Beltran had previously starred in Eating Raoul together in 1982.

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Night Patrol was also released in 1984

15 November 2021

Licensed to Ill

 On November 15th, 1986 Adam “MCA” Yauch, Michael “Mike D” Diamond and Adam “Ad-Rock” Horovitz released Licensed to Ill. 

4 months later the debut album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 charts with 6 songs in the top 10 and four #1 hits. 

Young Beasties with a beardless Rick Rubin


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Yaphet Kotto was born in 1939

14 November 2021

Wendy Carlos

Wendy Carlos was born on November 14th, 1939. 

The reclusive, transgender composer and electronic music pioneer has worked with Stanley Kubrick on scores for A Clockwork Orange and The Shining. 

Earlier albums bore the title of her given name. 

She collaborated with “Weird Al” Yankovich on a comical adaptation of Peter and the Wolf. 


Carlos’ debut album in 1968


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Castle Freak was released in 1995