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.. If it makes any difference at all, it's probably not the Halloween stuff at the stores and at home, even though the kids always go nuts for this "creep out" stuff.  More and more adults, too, looks like -- some say it's the second-biggest holiday of the year, if not THE biggest.

Ca-Ching, goes the cash register, and another angel costume gets its wings bent, straight out of the box -- isn't that how that one goes, from that "It's a Dunderheaded Life" movie they always play this time of year?

Sorry, I know what it's really called, it's just that life has pretty weird lately, and you know how we always joked around about movie titles, like the...

What? Yeah, Bedford Falls and Jimmie Stewart -- always such a great story.  My favorite actor, too.  Did you ever see him in "Harvey," about that big rabbit -- or "Arsenic and Old Lace" either?

Oh, that's right -- that was Cary Grant, wasn't it.  Might make a good double feature on your home front this weekend.  Hmmm?  Yeah, we might do "Galaxy Quest" back-to-back with "Mystery Men" again.  Silly, but I like them both, at least once a year. How can you not enjoy a send-up of superheroes or space shows on teevee.  Nice to escape and laugh for a while...

Huh? Oh, yeah, "The Hatchback of Notre Dame," I'd forgotten about you making up that one for a sec.  I love it -- and a good pick, this time of year.  Yeah, yeah -- the Laughton one, wasn't.... excuse me?

Yes, I absolutely agree -- the old black-and-white, classic monster movies from the 40s and 50s are way better fun.  I mean, who needs all that gore, the way the world is today, right?  Nice to set the mood, and leave something to the imagination.

And... well, exactly.  Who needs all that blood spurting and spraying all over -- like that's a great quality movie?  I don't think so!  Besides, the black-and-white film is so perfect for all those atmospheric lighting techniques they used.  There's probably no one left alive who has a clue how to do...

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