Each year on the anniversary of this blog I post links to what I feel were the year's best posts. That having been said, tomorrow is the 5th anniversary of A Shroud of Thoughts. Since this is a bit of a milestone for this blog, I thought I would then do something a bit more special tomorrow. I still wanted to keep up the tradition of listing what I feel to be my best posts of the year, so I am posting them today. So, without further ado, here are the best posts of 2008-2009.
The Week of the Kung Fu Craze Parts One, Two, and Three (June 10-12, 2008)
60 Years Ago Today the Ed Sullivan Show Debuted (June 20, 2008)
Quality Comics July 5, 2008
The Phenomenon That is the Dark Knight July 27, 2008
The Beatles Movie That Never Was August 3, 2008
When Advertising Spokemen Go Bad August 17, 2008
How Original Was Stan Lee
Danger Man, AKA Secret Agent September 3, 2008
Bus Stop: A Lion Walks Among Us September 14, 2008
The Spider Turns 75 September 21, 2008
The Satanic Panic of the Eighties September 28, 2008
The Week of "The Bowling Alley" and "Chatty Cathy" October 5-11, 2008
The Week of Halloween, includes "A History of Hammer Films Parts One and Two," "DC Comics' Horror Titles of the Seventies," and "The 70th Anniversary of Orson Welles' "War of the Worlds" Radio Broadcast" October 26-Nobember 1, 2008
The 40th Anniversary of the Heidi Game November 17, 2008
The Flying Aces of the Pulp Magazines November 30, 2008
The Week Before Christmas Day, includes "Elves" and "Frosty the Snowman" December 14-20, 2008
Yuletide Week, includes "Gene Autry, the Christmas Cowboy," "Eggnog," and "TV Show Christmas Episodes" December 21-27, 2008
The Week of "Spy Shows Parts One, Two, Three, F1our, and Five" January 4-10, 2009
"The Sixties Sex Comedies Parts One, Two, and Three January 18-23, 2009
Albany: London's Most Prestigous Apartments Feburary 1, 2009
Swinging London on Film Feburary 16, 2009
Doctor Dolittle: The Film That Almost Bankrupted 20th Century Fox February 21, 2009
Happy Birthday, Dr. Seuss! March 02, 2009
The Week of "Fail-Safe," "Rich People and Theorists: Will Recession Affect Movies," and "Mister Peepers" March 22-28, 2009
The Week of "The 'Road' Pictures," "The First Cartoons on Television in Prime Time," "The Stratemeyer Syndicate: How Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys Were Born," and "Harvey" April 5-11
Turner Classic Movies Turns 15 April 14, 2009
Twlight of Some Brands April 22, 2009
The Week of "Ida Lupino as Director" and "The Geeks That Time Forgot: The Lone Gunmen" May 17-23, 2009
The Television Networks of Paramount May 24, 2009
My anniversary is coming up too and I was going to do something similar! It's a superb idea.
ReplyDeleteI'm particularly partial to your post on TCM's 15th Anniversary and the Twilight of Some Brands. :-)