Re: "Horror 101" Collectibles, Full Size Props, and "The Monsters" themselves!
Hey, Stuntman...
You mentioned meeting Glenn Strange in your first post in this thread.
What did he have to say about working with Abbott and Costello?
I know he worked with them in the Classic "Abbott and Costello Meet Frankenstein" as well as with them on "The Colgate Comedy Hour" and "The Abbott and Costello Show"
Did he have any good stories about the boys?
I have been hoping that Sideshow will put out a two pack of Bud and Lou....
It's a very long story but here goes and I will post pics and videos.
My dad Remo Pisani played the bartender on Bonanza.
Here he is on the set with close friend Jack Lemmon.
and in a movie with Sammy Davis Jr.
Glenn was the bartender on Gunsmoke, they became friends.
I met Glenn as a little boy and remeber sitting on his lap hitting his hand like Costello did.
He was a very nice man and a very big man from what I remember.
He sent me an autographed picture which I lost years ago and wish I had.
He also knew my uncle Keefe Brasselle.
My uncle Keefe Brasselle was on the same show with Abbot,Costello, Glenn Strange, and Ben Chapman.
My unlce Keefe comes on stage at 7:55 into the clip,he is the one on the right.
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He was very well known back then as he got the starring role in the "Eddie Cantor story"
here's the vid...
https://www.imdb.com/video/screenplay/vi814481689/
Glenn also had a few of my Mom and aunts albums.
They were known as the " 5 Demarco Sisters"
Here they are on "What's My Line"
My Mom is sitting right next to the host.
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They toured the country with "Martin and Lewis" and opened for Frank Sinatra countless times...
Glenn is responsible for me getting into Universal Monsters but...
It was my Uncle Murray Hamilton that got me into Sci Fi and horror.
Here he is in the 2nd episode of the "Twilight Zone playing Mr. Death.
The show was called "One for the Angels"
Then he gets killed by David Vincent in "The Invaders"
The he gets the role of "Mr. Robinson" in "The Graduate"
Then Spielberg himself casts him as the mayor in "Jaws"
Here he is as the Monsignor in the classic "The Amityville Horror"
Uncle Murrays movies...
https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0358069/
They are all in heaven now but I will always be proud of them and what they left...