Seaman and Price, the guys who wrote Who Framed Roger Rabbit, directed a Tales From the Crypt episode. Theirs was a take on Macbeth, this time featuring an unscrupulous club owner who […]
202. Rabbit vs. Predator
201. Stray Party
Jody and I had nowhere to go on our first Christmas in Hollywood. We’d only been in town for a couple of months, and the few friends I’d made working at the […]
200. Can’t Happen Here
I was raised in the shadows of major events. We forget that the ’60s spilled over into the ’70s: Vietnam and Watergate, school bussing, the Equal Rights Amendment, Tiny Tim’s Tonight Show […]
199. One In A Million
My pager shook in my pocket. I pulled over at the nearest pay phone. “Hey, John. What’s up?”
198. Mr. Warmth
I was raised on ’70s television, the era of the guest star: The Love Boat, Fantasy Island, game shows, Love American Style, the Dean Martin celebrity roasts, Battle of the Network Stars, […]
197. When I’m Driving In My Car
My glamorous job in the world of premium cable television consisted mostly of driving around Los Angeles.
196. Get Out of Bed, There’ll Be No More Napping (Wake Up!)
Tales From the Crypt’s sound stage and production office was located above a Rolls-Royce garage.
195. I Still Don’t Know What I Was Waiting For
Scooter visited the record store to see his old buddies and to brag about his new gig. He’d moved on from selling CDs to working as a production assistant on HBO’s Tales […]
194. Mr. Nice Guy
In-store appearances. In one regard they are a blast. The energy in the record store is high, there’s a lot of action, and of course there’s the brush with greatness. Hanging with […]
193. Jimmy Tickets
A new manager arrived at Music Plus. His name was Jeff, and his nose and cheeks were a road atlas of broken capillaries. Regardless of whether he was yelling, which he usually […]
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