As one might deduce from the postings this week, my instincts have been trying to drag me to the dark corners of the cave and disconnect from the outer world. But this is the Friday before Halloween, which was a fairly important holiday around here. Hell, it was damn near a religious holiday for the First Church Of The Great Bull Gopher. So i'm latching on to that and going to try to double down in our regular ceremonial woos-out of Friday Night Fights, so we're going for both the F & G in this week's
In keeping with the upcoming holiday, we've got a Monster (& SciFi) Quiz and a Creepy Game. Not surprisingly, i won't be crediting the source of the quiz today. Not making it that easy. But, do note that this quiz comes from the long lost days of 1974, so answer accordingly. (And that explains why certain yet-to-be genre celebrities go un-noted in some questions)
As usual, tune in tomorrow for the answers to the quiz.
In the meantime, here's a game for you to play while you wait:
This game was designed by Bill Dubay, a name you should recognize. Right?
This was originally done for Creepy #55. They promised us a Giant Color Poster inside, but they snuck this game in unannounced, with the playing board serving as the inside front & back covers:
Of course, you'll need playing pieces:
...some cards...
...and, of course, rules by which to play the game:
You'll also need a random number generator. If you can't find a six sided die, this cut-out spinner is provided:
But really. The six sided die is much easier.
Oh, and that Post Title?
This was the 201st post.
(Those weird things up there do make sense, if one has the context.)
In keeping with the upcoming holiday, we've got a Monster (& SciFi) Quiz and a Creepy Game. Not surprisingly, i won't be crediting the source of the quiz today. Not making it that easy. But, do note that this quiz comes from the long lost days of 1974, so answer accordingly. (And that explains why certain yet-to-be genre celebrities go un-noted in some questions)
As usual, tune in tomorrow for the answers to the quiz.
In the meantime, here's a game for you to play while you wait:
This game was designed by Bill Dubay, a name you should recognize. Right?
This was originally done for Creepy #55. They promised us a Giant Color Poster inside, but they snuck this game in unannounced, with the playing board serving as the inside front & back covers:
Of course, you'll need playing pieces:
...some cards...
...and, of course, rules by which to play the game:
You'll also need a random number generator. If you can't find a six sided die, this cut-out spinner is provided:
But really. The six sided die is much easier.
Oh, and that Post Title?
This was the 201st post.
(Those weird things up there do make sense, if one has the context.)
Escape From The Creepy Castle by Bill Dubay for Creepy #55 (1973)
Ok, I can't let this one slide--in the Night Stalker (Question #37), Darren McGavin played Karl Kolchak, a reporter, and not any of the monsters offered as answers. Are all these quiz makers a "Swift as Aphrodite"?
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You'd really think they'd get that right, especially given the source of this quiz.
ReplyDelete(And they did. That was one of the Trick Questions they put in the quiz to weed out competitors)
Bonus points - who actually played Janos Skorzeny?
Barry Atwater played Janos in "The Night Stalker"--it took me a minute to remember that, as my first thought was Chuck Connors, but he played a completely different monster named Janos Skorzeny in an early Fox show called "Werewolf".
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Really? I remember the show, just barely, but never watched it to make the name connection. I wonder what behind the scenes secrets led to the name link? Hardly seems random. It one a nod to the other, or do both pull from somewhere else?
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I believe that both chara are named as a tribute to a real life Janos, who I think was a stunt man in a bunch of horror movies, and fairly well-known in the trade. At the very least, he was someone well known in horror movie circles, but not so much the general public. I probably should google it, but it used to be easier to search my memory for such items...sigh...
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I know what you mean. All the data is still up there, but my filing retrieval system seems to have gotten corrupted.
ReplyDeleteA quick look earlier indicates that the Werewolf character was named as tribute to The Night Stalker movie. But, like you, i've got something nagging in my head that says the name goes deeper.
Hopefully, it'll bubble to the surface of the mental swamp soon.
There was a stunt man named Janos Prohaska (sp?), who played monsters and apes in 1960s TV shows. I think he played the ape-like creature in a Star Trek episode, A Private Little War, and a gorilla in a Voyage To the Bottom of the Sea episode, Fatal Cargo.
ReplyDeleteI have no idea, though, whether Janos Skorzeny was named after him.
Also, IIRC, Peter Lorre's character in The Face Behind the Mask was named Janos something.
I believe you spelled Prohaska's name correctly. That white, horned ape critter in A Private Little War was one of four appearances on Star Trek. In fact, he was even in the first pilot for Star Trek as one of the creatures caged in the Talosian's menagerie.
ReplyDeleteThat's the only place i knew him from, but i'm not at all surprised to see he was on Voyage To The Bottom Of The Sea. They had plenty of call for someone who knows how to move in a creature suit.
More recently, there were characters named Janos in X-Men: First Class and Game Of Thrones. But most of these characters likely are unrelated. Janos was a very popular Hungarian name. Even these days, it's still #45 in popularity, though it's fallen about 20 places just since the turn of the century. It's the Hungarian equivalent of John, so odds are most are unconnected without a surname or other secondary link.