Last night I watched Late Night with the Devil, a horror film set in the world of ’70s late-night television. Overall I thought it was a great concept, but I had minor squabbles with the execution. Low budget or not, some of the effects, makeup, and technical aspects took me out of the film. Performances, set design, and (again) the concept, were great. Interestingly, there are several other films in a similar vein that I need to check out.
RoboDoc
If you’re a fan of RoboCop, or just filmmaking in general, I highly recommend checking out RodoDoc.
Star Trek: The Cheers (and Frasier) Generation III
This is my last one of these, I swear! I finished Frasier and my TNG rewatch, but I had to include these. Stephen Root is a favorite actor and Penny Johnson Jerald is a biggie. She managed to appear on TNG and in major roles in DS9 and The Orville. And Daniel Davis as Moriarty is obviously a TNG favorite.
Stephen Root
Penny Johnson Jerald
Daniel Davis
Star Trek: The Cheers (and Frasier) Generation II
As I’ve watched Frasier, I’ve found even more people than I listed in my last post about actors appearing on Cheers, Frasier, and Star Trek. I only have about a season left, but can there really be more?!
For the first two, we get a M*A*S*H / Star Trek / Frasier overlap!
Rene Auberjonois
David Ogden Stiers
Anthony Montgomery
Saul Rubinek
Nana Visitor
Robert Picardo
Frasier visits a sci-fi convention!
Blackadder’s Christmas Carol
Star Trek: The Cheers Generation
Star Trek: The Next Generation is pretty much my favorite TV show. I have it, and many of the movies with the original cast, on repeat at most times. I recently decided to take a little break from Trek and gave Cheers a whirl. Little did I know, many actors who appeared on/in Star Trek were also on Cheers and Frasier. Here are some examples of the crossovers!
Christopher Lloyd
Christopher McDonald
Carol Kane
Georgia Brown
Jeff McCarthy
Bonus
B-Movie Bands
- Sources
Halloween VII
I’m severely behind in my Halloween movie and TV watching.
- Midnight Meat Train
- Candyman
- Fall of the House of Usher (three episodes)
- Coraline
What else should I watch? Check out my past posts about horror movies and Halloween.
Creepin’ (A History)
Down The Rabbit Hole
If you haven’t noticed from my previous posts, I like going down rabbit holes with film and TV. There are some interesting overlapping stories between Hugh Hefner, Peter Bogdonovich, Dorothy Stratten, and Bob Fosse.
- Star 80 (directed by Bob Fosse)
- Cliff Robertson as Hugh Hefner
- Eric Roberts as Paul Schneider
- All That Jazz
- Roy Scheider playing Bob Fosse
- Fosse/Verdon
- Sam Rockwell as Bob Fosse
- Lin Manuel Miranda playing Roy Scheider playing a fictionalized Bob Fosse
- Welcome to Chippendale’s
- Nicola Peltz as Dorothy Stratten
- Dan Stevens as Paul Snider
- Other
- John Ritter as a look-a-like Peter Bogdonovich in They All Laughed (directed by Peter Bogdonovich)
- Peter Bogdonovich as a fictionalized Hugh Hefner in Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Stephen Quirk 