ThatBobMadison
@ThatBobMadison
Writes books. Member: International Thriller Writers. Western Writers of America Spur Awards Finalist. Loves Classic Comedy.
#BreakingNews: My old pards @ScottMcCreaWest and C. Wayne Winkle got together to write Room to Die in the West. A sprawling, violent, lusty western adventure. Grab a copy! amazon.com/Room-Die-West-…
Herbert Lom may be the MVP of the franchise ... more so than Sellers!
Clouseau crashes his own funeral. REVENGE OF THE PINK PANTHER (1978) Remembering the late, great, genius, and totally bonkers PETER SELLERS - who left us 45yrs ago today, aged just 54.
I'll drink to that. (My husband says I'll drink to anything....)
"A tavern chair is the throne of human felicity." "There is nothing which has yet been contrived by man, by which so much happiness is produced as by a good tavern or inn." Samuel Johnson
If you are a film buff, you MUST follow @DamnFoolCrusade! He's the best there is.
I spend far too long analyzing film transfers and audio fidelity across all formats and when there’s a really bad transfer problem or a truly stupendous transfer, I wind up making very niche elaborate goof sketches about transfer aspects filled with silly imitations.
Sherlock Holmes does not need H&R Block. He's already a master of deduction!
She's writing into a vacuum only because no one reads her.
If she’s writing into a vacuum what am I writing into?
Marathon Man is one of the three best thrillers of the 1970s.
You might love a film, but that’s where it usually ends. This is a film I wish I’d WRITTEN.
You "really" had to be there, but this was a cultural touchstone. It's almost impossible to over-estimate how popular The Gong Show was in the late 70s. Peak 70s!
49 years ago today, The Gong Show premiered. When Gene Gene the Dancing Machine came on, it was absolute chaos. 😂😂
What is the most Orwellian term or phrase from the last few years? Undocumented.
What is the most Orwellian term or phrase from the last few years? Chestfeeding?
A stance I have taken for years; it has gotten me into many arguments, but I have yet to waver.
If you buy illegal drugs you are to a non-trivial degree morally implicated in the crimes committed by drug dealing gangs.
What was your favorite comedy film from the 1980s? 🤣
What was your favorite comedy film from the 1980s? 🤣 My pick: Airplane! (1980)
Which #JamesBond role do you think was totally miscast?
Which #JamesBond role do you think was totally miscast? I’ll start:
Cool beans!
Awesome Sauce! (Do folks still use that phrase?) The Treasure of Askelon is a #1 New Release on Amazon!
What makes you think I don't do it now?
Did you ever pretend to be bionic in the 1970s?
I'll never forget my favorite Sherlock Holmes movie where he was examining a bed and turned to Watson and said, "I don't know what, but something's missing." And Watson said, "No sheet, Sherlock."
Who is the greatest sitcom character of all time? Characters.....
Who is the greatest sitcom character of all time?
I heard that line and all my capillaries dried up.....
Writing tip: if the Western you're writing has a character say some minor variation on "I'm spiritual, not religious" then you need to do another draft
Bladys of the Stewponey by Sabine Baring-Gould is one of the greatest novels ever written, full stop.
What’s the best obscure book(s) you’ve ever read that more people should know about?
This is the guy who should do library story time!
When truth was played out on TV. 👍👍👍
That's where I saw The Empire Strikes Back, The Black Hole, Star Trek: The Motion Picture and several others. Very happy memories.
"Death Wish" had its world premiere at the Loews Theater in New York City on this day in 1974. In its first week alone, it attracted over 40,000 ticket buyers and smashed all in-house box office records. There were lines reported down the block for four consecutive weeks.
True, even in the wilds of Transylvania....
You know you spent your childhood and adolescence right when your neighbour's listening to Chaikovski's Swan Lake and the first image that pops in your head is Bela Lugosi.