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Ok...this is just cool...

1960's Spider-Man to air on internet from Marvel!

Yep, that's right True Believers, Spider-Man is now airing once a week on the internet. Marvel will be posting new episodes each Thursday (on their website) of the original, and closest representation to the comic, animated cartoon.

Here is the first episode:



By the way, they also have the old 1970's Japanese production of Spider-Man on the same site; very interesting if you've never seen it.

Here is the episode with Electro and The Lizard Man:




And, since we're in the past anyway, have a look at this:



So, enjoy.

And remember, Captain Kirk says:

"Always rub your balls for good luck!"

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Farewell Mr. Shaw...

I was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Mr. Bob Shaw on Friday, April 10 2009. For those of you who are not familiar with him, he was "KTVU's film critic extraordinaire and Emmy Award winning video editor" here in the San Francisco Bay Area. He was only 56 years old.

I had the pleasure of meeting him a few months ago at the first screening of "Watch Horror Films; Keep America Strong" at the Grand Lake Theater in Oakland. Mr. Shaw had worked with Bob Wilkins on Creature Features and was the guy responsible for editing together the iconic Creature Features opening:





At the event I had the opportunity to tell him that this opening scared the hell out of me as a small child on more then one late Saturday night.

Mr. Shaw passed away quite young. Here are some highlights from his stay on this earth:

Robin Williams

Shirley MacLaine

Sandra Bullock

Billy Crystal

Farewell Mr. Shaw, and thank you for the memories.