[78-L] Some Blobvious Observations

[David Lennick]

Odd, because Magic Moments charted January 20/58 and The Blob on october 6th. 
And the film opened on September 12.

dl

Taylor Bowie wrote:
> I don't know,  David.  Burt himself stated in an interview that The Blob was 
> his first hit...perhaps it was written before Magic Moments.  I'm not sure 
> when in '58 The Blob was released (or when it escaped!) but I do recall the 
> song getting heavy air play here in Seattle on the old KJR radio  station.
> 
> Taylor B
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 4:05 PM
> Subject: Re: [78-L] Some Blobvious Observations
> 
> 
>> Taylor Bowie wrote:
>>> Burt Bacharach's first hit tune...
>> Noop..Magic Moments preceded it by most of 1958.
>>
>>
>>> at age five I forced my Dad to take me to
>>> see the movie's  first run in downtown Seattle.  The audience was him, 
>>> me,
>>> and about 500 screaming teenagers.
>>>
>>> The great character actor Olin Howlin plays the old man who discovers The
>>> Blob and makes a serious error in judgment by poking at it with his 
>>> walking
>>> stick,  leading to his wonderful line:  "Git it offa me!"
>>>
>>> Steve McQueen's girl (forget her name) later played Sherriff Andy's lady
>>> friend on TV.
>>>
>>> Taylor
>> Ya know, I've still never seen it!
>>
>> dl
>>>
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "David Lennick" <dlennick at sympatico.ca>
>>> To: "78-L Mail List" <78-l at klickitat.78online.com>
>>> Sent: Monday, March 23, 2009 3:50 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [78-L] What has spotted these discs?
>>>
>>>
>>>> Michael Biel wrote:
>>>>> David Lennick wrote:
>>>>>>  The album stank to high heavens
>>>>>>
>>>>> Cara Mia by David Whitfield?
>>>> That one I usually smash..except when it turns out to be the DJ pressing
>>>> which
>>>> is unbreakable.
>>>>>> and had stuff growing inside
>>>>> Beware of The Blob.
>>>> I had "The Blob" on 78..traded it, wish I hadn't. It doesn't even turn 
>>>> up
>>>> on 45
>>>> very often.
>>>>
>>>> dl