[78-L] Some Blobvious Observations

[Taylor Bowie]

That seems to make sense...guess Burt got his time-line mixed up.  Maybe he 
thought it made a better story to say that  the success of The Blob was his 
big break.

Bet the Como Magic Moments sold more copies than The Blob...probably by a 
factor of 10 or more!

Taylor


----- 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 4:27 PM
Subject: Re: [78-L] Some Blobvious Observations


> 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
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