tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post1619178623718827102..comments2024-03-03T10:32:45.969-08:00Comments on Mr. Peel's Sardine Liqueur: Sustaining The CharacterMr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-31488958677453651332013-11-24T09:44:49.475-08:002013-11-24T09:44:49.475-08:00After 33 years, I finally saw "Hero At Large....After 33 years, I finally saw "Hero At Large." I remember I had just graduated from High School when John Ritter was being interviewed on a Kansas City Radio Station. When asked about Steve Nichols' home town, Ritter thought the place was just made up by the writers. The station was bombarded with calls confirming the fact that "Yes, John, there really is a Cawker City." It is mostly known today as the home to the World's Largest Ball of Twine. But the connections with Hollywood are more interesting. MGM silent movie star Claire Windsor aka Clara Viola Cronk, grew up in Cawker City. The writer, A. J. Carothers worked for Walt Disney who was also familiar with Cawker City. As a young boy growing up in Kansas City, Disney used to ride the Central Branch of the Missouri Pacific railroad all the way to Downs and back to Kansas City just for fun. Unfortunately, Mr. Carothers passed away in 2007 so I can not ask him how he learned of Cawker City, but it is possible he knew Clair Windsor personally. If anyone reading this has any information about the film or A. J. Carothers, please email cawkercitymuseum@yahoo.comCawkerCityKidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15629433822141024942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-50467309633397344462008-08-22T18:01:00.000-07:002008-08-22T18:01:00.000-07:00Jeremy--If you do watch it, I don't know what you'...Jeremy--<BR/><BR/>If you do watch it, I don't know what you'll think. But yeah, Ritter is very much missed. This may not be his best role, but he was a great talent.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-71627670232092522892008-08-21T07:54:00.000-07:002008-08-21T07:54:00.000-07:00Funny, I just recently got a copy of this after ha...Funny, <BR/>I just recently got a copy of this after having not seen it for twenty plus years but haven't revisited it yet. Really love and miss Ritter which is the main reason I am wanting to watch it again...Nostalgia Kinkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02506680500183270767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-33930426110384365942008-08-15T10:27:00.000-07:002008-08-15T10:27:00.000-07:00I haven't seen CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST in years, but I ...I haven't seen CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST in years, but I always enjoy the NY location shooting in those Italian movies as well, especially in Lucio Fulci's ZOMBIE. It always feels like the footage in those films is shot totally on the fly and in most cases it probably was.Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-77083540775716134412008-08-14T23:27:00.000-07:002008-08-14T23:27:00.000-07:00I'm totally hooked on late '70s NYC location-shoot...I'm totally hooked on late '70s NYC location-shooting. There's really nothing else like it, especially in all the Italian horror/exploitation flicks of that era, where the New Yorkers can't resist gawking right into the camera. Check out Antonio Margheriti's THE SQUEEZE to get a literally chilling look at NYC in the winter of 1978. Also, I think that huge DRACULA billboard you mention as being visible in HERO AT LARGE is also seen in the opening NYC sequences of CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, if I'm not mistaken. Must've been shot at the same time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-87762863056088102572008-08-14T22:54:00.000-07:002008-08-14T22:54:00.000-07:00I can't make any promises on DRACULA, but we'll se...I can't make any promises on DRACULA, but we'll see what the future holds. Thanks very much!Mr. Peel aka Peter Avellinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10553482286909862975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2118574901486983093.post-67209714189985712412008-08-13T23:44:00.000-07:002008-08-13T23:44:00.000-07:00Excellent review, Peel. I remember Hero At Large p...Excellent review, Peel. I remember <EM>Hero At Large</EM> playing on HBO in the early '80s and being mad that Ritter wasn't flying around like <EM>The Greatest American Hero</EM>. Now it's hard to say which of those is worse. Please review <EM>Dracula</EM> next!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com