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I've always loved this CARMINE INFANTINO & MURPHY ANDERSON illustration of BATMAN & ROBIN, so I thought I'd post one of the times it was used as a book cover, though it's also served time as a poster and no doubt been pressed into service in various other incarnations. Whaddya think? Nice, innit?
The third entry in the 'ROAD' series of films was a staple of Sunday afternoon TV viewing over the course of many years, and I've lost count of the number of times I've now seen this comedy classic. I'm sure I saw it at my grandparents' house at least once, but the last occasion I recall was on one of the rare times they visited us on a Sunday, rather than us visiting them.
I saw it again after that, of course - several times, but somehow that's the day that seems foremost in my mind, when six of us sat around the TV set and laughed uproariously at BING & BOB's antics, with my father giving a running commentary on what was coming up next. Not that it mattered much of course, because we'd all seen it before and practically knew it off by heart.
I now have the complete set of 'Road' movies in a gloriously remastered DVD box set and it goes without saying that I have memories associated with all seven films. However, ROAD To MOROCCO is probably my favourite of them all, which is high praise indeed because the other six are all pretty durn funny. HOPE & CROSBY were planning an eighth film - ROAD To The FOUNTAIN Of YOUTH - when Bing died suddenly on a golf course in Spain in 1977. There was talk of Bob doing the film with GEORGE BURNS, but it never happened.
Perhaps it was just as well; good as George Burns was, Bing & Bob had a special chemistry that was difficult to beat. Altogether now - "Pat-a-cake, pat-a-cake, Baker's man, bake me a cake as fast as you can..."
As related in a previous post, I had to wait around 12 or 13 years to finally see this movie. It was due to be screened one Saturday morning on BBC TV back in 1973 or '74, but I had a part-time job in a CO-OP store in another neighbourhood and, despite the temptation to 'throw a sickie', chose to show up for work.
So, practically half my life down the line, I finally got to see it on TV one night and immensely enjoyed it - despite DRACULA's reflection being clearly visible in a mirror and one of The MONSTER's electrodes being almost pulled off as he rises from a table he's on. (It's attached to a clamp and starts to pull away as he gets up .)
Still, despite those minor faults, it's a great little film - and GLENN STRANGE gets far more screen time (and more to do) than his previous two outings as Doctor FRANKENSTEIN's creation. The film was originally shot in black and white but this trailer has been colourized - enjoy! Comments welcome.
