2 Chucks!

Safe!?!?!? I see replay in MLB's future

The Curious Case of Klinton Spilsbury

Disney is in the process of resurrecting the Lone Ranger which starts filming this fall with Armie Hammer as the man behind the mask and Johnny Depp as his faithful companion Tonto.  This lead me to recently watch some old Clayton Moore Lone Ranger episodes and re-watch 1981's The Legend of the Lone Ranger movie starring Klinton Spilsbury.  Who?  That is exactly what I thought.

The Legend of the Lone Ranger came on the heels of Richard Donner's Superman so I am sure the thought was to get a franchise established. Donner was very careful in casting and went with the unknown Christopher Reeve at the time and Donner hit the jackpot.  The Lone Ranger producers went the same route and selected a tall and handsome man to sport the mask of this classic western icon but the end results were not good.

The unknown Klinton Spilsbury has this one credit to his acting resume.  Research does not come up with much.  Was Spilsbury an actor?  A model?  A guy that walked by the producer one day and got lucky?  It really is unknown.  Any way Spilsbury was in the movie with a supporting cast of Jason Robards and Christopher Lloyd and the movie was a box office disaster.  The pic had an 18 million dollar budget and after its run was done it cleared only 12 million.  I can claim I saw this in the theater and loved every minute of it.

Further examination shows something interesting, that was not even Spilsbury's voice in the movie.  All of Spilsbury's lines were dubbed over by actor James Keach.  There is no reason for exactly why this was done only rumors.  A story surfaced some time later that Spilsbury's wife was sick and dying during production and he tried to get off but he was the movie and could not leave.  A technical problem with the audio caused much of the cast to have to come and do voice looping but Spilsbury was a no show.  This lead the producers to hire James Keach to come do Splisbury's lines and some might believe ruin the newcomer's career.  It seemed to have worked.  Spilsbury has never been seen again on the big or little screen so he really did ride off into the sunset.  Oh well, better have to done one than none at all.

Friday Night Videos

Walking Dead Season 2- Can't wait for October!

Dark Knight Rises Teaser Trailer

New Release Tuesday

Wow.  Worst day of the year?  This is all I got.

The dude from The Hangover and The A Team stars in a pic I know nothing about.  The cover says Robert De Niro on it too.  When is the last time he did a descent movie?  1995 in Michael Mann's Heat?

Oh well, this has descent reviews so it is worth a rental.

The Rangers are on a 11 game winning streak and will play the Angels next so hopefully they can extend their 4 game lead.  Great starting pitching is carrying this team right now but I still think we could use some bullpen help.

Nolan take it easy at home for a few days, the boys have got this.

So the NFL players decided they were going to start missing their paychecks soon.  Must be hard to live on the average of $770, 000 per year.  Oh well, at least we will not miss any games now.

Friday Night Videos-I do like tater tots

Just One More Rocky

Carpenter is not involved but I still am in October

Back to Work Tomorrow!

Enjoy the All Star Game tonight!

New Release Tuesday

 Today we get some cult classics that have been in high demand for some time.

Battle Beyond the Stars- Richard Thomas, George Peppard, and Robert Vaughn star in this blatant Star Wars rip off that is like Magnificent Seven in space. This was a nice little low budget movie and had many of its FX shots recycled in other movies.

Damnation Alley-  In an post-apocalyptic world a group of survivors lead by Jan Michael Vincent and George Peppard travel around in one of the most cool vehicles you will see in a movie.  I never even had a copy of this on VHS so it has been awhile since I have seen this but I do remember they encounter giant killer cockroaches!


It's the All Star Break and the Rangers have won seven in a row to end the first half of the season and hold a one game lead.  There are not many trade options out there right now because it us a sellers market right now but we will see how it is at the trade deadline.  

Friday Night Videos-Never Give Up. And Never Stop Believing.

Sons of Anachy Season 4 promo

New Release Tuesday

There is not much out this week but we do have a little jewel released earlier in the year and this flick is quickly gaining cult status.

Hobo with a Shotgun- The great Rutger Hauer stars as a homeless vigilante that takes down crooked cops, bad Santas, and other punks with his pump shotgun.  With a tagline like "Delivering justice one shell at a time" I am definitely in on this one.


Still on Dexter season 2 and True Blood season 3.

The Rangers just swept the Orioles and have a 1 game lead on the Angels.  Nice to see the offense deliver these last few games.

Happy Birthday Sly! 65 and still in action.

Sly on the set of his new movie 'Headshot'