Stuff I like
On February 8th, 1980, The Fog was released nationwide after a limited released at the beginning of the month.
Directed by Halloween franchise creator John Carpenter and co-written by Debra Hill and edited by Tommy Lee Wallace.
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| The Fog (1980) |
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| John Carpenter, Debra Hill and Rob Bottin on set with Bottin and Tommy Lee Wallace appearing as apparitions  |
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| Tom Atkins and Jamie Lee Curtis |
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| Adrienne Barbeau |
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| Janet Leigh and Nancy Loomis |
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| Gloria Talbott (1931-2000) |
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| The Cyclops (1957) |
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| Daughter of Dr. Jekyll (1957) |
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| I Married a Monster From Outer Space (1958) |
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| The Leech Woman (1961) with Grant Williams  |
Rip Torn was born on February 6th, 1931 in Temple, Texas.
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| Rip Torn (1931-2019) |
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| Alfred Hitchcock Presents: Number 22 (1957) |
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| The Man Who Fell to Earth (1976) |
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| Coming Apart (1969) with Sally Kirkland |
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| A Stranger is Watching (1982) |
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| The Beastmaster (1982) directed by Don Coscarelli |
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| The Larry Sanders Show (1992-1998) |
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| Freddy Got Fingered (2001) |
On February 5th, 1969, the sketch comedy show, Turn-On premiered on ABC at 8:30pm EST. Created by Ed Friendly and George Schlatter, the producers of Rowan and Martin’s Laugh In. Among the cast was Teresa Graves, who would soon join Laugh In. Tim Conway was the guest host.
Turn-On (1969)
The show was pulled from the air after the first commercial break by most affiliates for “excessive poor taste” and viewer complaints. One station played a black screen while playing live organ music. It was an emergency protocol that hadn’t been used by the station for 20 years.
TV Guide
It was so bad that when the west coast caught wind of how bad it was, they didn’t even air it.
George Romero was born on February 4th, 1940 in New York City.
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| George A. Romero (1940-2017) |
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| Night of the Living Dead (1968) Judith O’ Dea and Duane Jones |
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| Dawn of the Dead (1978) |
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| Day of the Dead (1985) |
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| Season of the Witch (1973) |
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| The Crazies (1973) with Lynn Lowry |
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| Martin (1977) |
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| Knightriders (1981) |
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| Creepshow (1982) |
On February 3rd, 1994, In the Mouth of Madness was released in US theaters.
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| In the Mouth of Madness |
Considered by director John Carpenter to be the last movie of his “apocalypse trilogy” including The Thing (1982) with Keith David and Prince of Darkness (1987) with Donald Pleasence.
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| John Carpenter |
Starring Sam Neill, Jurgen Prochnow, Julie Carmen, David Warner, John Glover, Bernie Casey and Charlton Heston.
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| Sam Neill |
On February 1st, 1979 Sid Vicious was released on bail from his assault arrest the previous December. After a small party in a Greenwich Village apartment, during the early morning hours of February 2nd, Sid Vicious died of a heroin overdose at the age of 21.
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| Sid Vicious (1957-1979) |
Sex Pistols Timeline:
10/8/1976 - Sex Pistols Sign with EMI
12/1/1976 - Sex Pistols and the Filth and the Fury
1/6/1977 - Sex Pistols Dropped by EMI
3/10/1977 - Sex Pistols Sign to A&M
3/16/1977 - Sex Pistols Dropped by A&M
4/3/1977 - Sid Vicious First Gig
5/27/1977 - Sex Pistols Release God Save the Queen
6/7/1977 - Sex Pistols Boat Party
1/5/1978 - Sex Pistols 1978 Tour Begins
1/14/1978 - Sex Pistols Last Stand
1/17/1978 - Sex Pistols Call It Quits
10/12/1978 - Sid Vicious Arrested for Murder
10/23/1978 - Sid Vicious Suicide Attempt
12/9/1978 - Sid Vicious Arrested for Assault
Helen Chandler was born on February 1st, 1906 in Charleston, South Carolina. Her decade long career, spanned stage, radio and film.
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| Helen Chandler (1906-1965) |
Best known for her role as Mina Seward in Dracula (1931).
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| With Bela Lugosi, Dwight Frye, Edward Van Sloan and David Manners in Dracula (1931) |
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| Married to Bramwell Fletcher (1935-1940) |
