Halfway there! Today’s theme from 30 Days of Creativity is “Monster.”
Today, the Ram steps off the movie set to take on the small screen, directing The Twilight Zone Season 2, Episode 6: “The Eye of the Beholder.”
Other Day 15 creations can be seen here.
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OMG … I love that you did this. LOVE!
Thank you! Is it one of your favorite episodes, as well?
It’s one of mine … and thanks for doing it in black and white.
yes great that you did it in black and white … I did like this one … wasnt Ellie Mae Clampett the girl?
Yes, it was Donna Douglas. I even looked for the Ellie Mae Clampett Barbie and couldn’t find her. I think Fay Wray works better, anyway, because she has that expression of horror. Ellie Mae would have been grinning like she’d just brought home a new batch of critters.
I’m glad–and you’re very welcome!
This is SO cool!
This is an excellent nod to one of my very favorite episodes of “The Twilight Zone.”
Well done!
Thank you very much! I don’t remember a lot of TZ episodes, but that’s one that stays in my memory. Also the one with Joan Crawford and the eye surgery.
The Joan Crawford/eye surgery episode was on Rod Serling’s The Night Gallery … his followup series to The Twilight Zone. It was also the first directorial effort of some newcomer named Steve Spielberg. I don’t think I missed an episode of either series.
correct! The only thing better then the JC Night Gallery is the one with the Earwig … IT LAID EGGS!!!
OH! OH! I remember the earwigs! The thought of them still gives me the creeps. Was that with Vincent Price? I can’t remember; but, whoever played the part was a great screamer!
It was in Laurence Harvey’s ear.
I could start screaming now. Earwigs…shudder.
I seem to have blocked that one out of my brain. Let’s keep it that way!
Speaking of earwigs … take my love, take my land …
Mean.
Oh, that’s right–it was Night Gallery. And Miss Crawford demanded that they replace the young Spielberg, but the powers in charge said NOPE–you don’t have star clout anymore, Miss Pepsico. Consequently, she not only worked with Spielberg, but I believe they formed a friendship that lasted until she died. At least that’s how I remember the story. Funny that I forget all about Night Gallery–it’s all Twilight Zone to me. But so many of those television shows back in the day provided beginnings for people who went on to become powerhouses in the movie industry.
Television wasn’t afraid to be creative, different or original back in those days and writers ruled … briefly.
“Talking Tina” (with Telly Savalas) was a favorite episode of mine, as well. For whatever reason – I always think of those two episodes, together.
I must have watched them both close together, once upon a time.
🙂
I’ll have to go and look that one up.
I just looked it up. She is actually called “Talky Tina.”
Oops.
The episode is named “Living Doll.” I’ve always called it “Talking Tina” – but now I know!
🙂
Since I found this so amusing and I knew that you’d appreciate it, too . . .
Last night I had popped Monster High pictures up on Flickr. (Yes. Monster High drove me to open a Flickr account. Speaking of which – I need to follow you over there. I digress. Anyway.) My youngest son (age 15) glanced at my computer screen on his way into the kitchen. There was a picture of Draculaura (Dead Tired) up on my screen. He glanced at it and said “That is really cute!” then he paused, looked at me and asked “Monster High?”
I looked at him, startled.
I said “Yes! That is a doll from Monster High. How do you know about Monster High?!” and he grinned, sheepishly and said “Mom. There is a set of dolls. They have a female vampire. Hello…!” (He is really into vampires.)
Then he went on to tell me all of the variations of dolls found in Monster High. (And he was right. He knew about the major dolls in the series. He could describe them but didn’t know their names. He had described Lagoona Blue – so I mentioned her name. He said “Yeah! That’s her name! Mom… she has a Hydration Station, too.” *grins* He and I ended up talking about Monster High for quite some time.
Turns out that he wants a Draculaura doll.
We’re going to head out to Target and Big Lots to try our luck, today.
Hopefully we will both come home with a doll.
😀
(My husband thanks you. He had asked me what I wanted for my birthday at the end of this month. I kept telling him that I didn’t know. Then I saw your doll photographs. And I had an answer for him! These dolls will be so much easier to pose/work with/customize than ball-jointed dolls are for me to work with. They are a whole lot less expensive, too! *grins* I LOVE them! So… at this time, anyway – my hubby thanks you. We’ll see if he remains as excited if I end up collecting them as I imagine I will. *GRINS*)
Yay! It’s so funny, because Lindsey has a little cousin who was the first person I knew of who collected Monster High dolls. I remember after Lindsey told me about them that I looked at them in Target and thought it was a cute concept, but I didn’t really have an interest in them.
Then a LJ friend has a granddaughter who started making her own clothes for her Monster High dolls. I enjoyed seeing photos of her work, and that triggered my memory of them. I happened to see the Gloom Beach set of five in a Big Lots last year and on a whim, asked for and received them for Christmas. Now I’m in love with them all–they’re addictive!
So yeah, eventually, your husband will be muttering my name with exasperation. But when you compare them to other posable dolls, they are much less expensive. Their hands are removable so all that jewelry can go on and off–it also makes dressing them easier. But I broke the arm (at the elbow joint) of my first Clawdeen Wolf doll, poor thing. She’s taped. I don’t know how little girls fare with them because they do seem a little more delicate than other dolls.
I wish you and your son success in your search!