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Kier-La talks about Stanley Kramer's 1971 adaptation of Glendon Swarthout's best-selling book of teen misfits who embark on a great adventure with results both triumphant and tragic. Featuring interviews with actors Miles Chapin and Bill Mumy, and composers Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. ----more---- Credits: Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special Guests: Miles Chapin, Bill Mumy, Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. Clips from: Bless the Beasts and Children ©1971 Columbia Pictures R.P.M. ©1970 Columbia Pictures Ladybug Ladybug ©1963 United Artists Music: "Bless the Beasts and Children", "Cotton's Dream", "Down the Line", "Bless the Beasts and Children (Reprise)", "Down the Line (Reprise)", "Journey's End", "Stampede", "Free", "Requiem" ©1971 Barry De Vorzon and Perry Botkin, Jr. "Bless the Children", "Beautiful Day" © So Boss Music & Paul Gordon Music ASCAP "She Came to Hollywood" ©2016 Bill Mumy Bill Mumy Official Website >> Additional Music from Epidemic Sound: "The Vanished" by John Barzetti "Buried in our Lands" by Enigmanic Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley

Kier-La talks to acclaimed poet, author, playwright and screenwriter Carol Lynn Pearson, who adapted Jean Mizer's classic short story into the 1974 Mormon film production of the same name. ----more---- Credits: Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special guest: Carol Lynn Pearson  Bonus Audio - Carol Lynn Pearson reads "Our Mother in the Movies" Clips from: Cipher in the Snow ©1974 Brigham Young University Brigham Young ©1940 Twentieth Century-Fox Film Corporation Mirror, Mirror ©1969 Brigham Young University The Great Brain ©1978 Inter Planetary Pictures  Snakes ©MCMLXXV Holy Wednesday Productions, Inc. Music: War in Heaven - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Before the Beginning - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Are You Up There? - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Darlin' - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records And Now You Know Me - The Clingers ℗1969 Columbia Records Additional music from freemusicarchive.org: Solitude - Entertainment for the Braindead Travel Light - Jason Shaw Running Water - Jason Shaw Ghosts - Crowander Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Special Thanks to Skip Elsheimer, Dennis Nyback, Jesse Ficks, Chris Davidson and Becky Ebenkamp Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley  

Kier-La talks to Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith and musician/songwriter John Sebastian about the 1978 Canadian Halloween special from which this podcast derives its name, as well as delving into Nelvana's early years and their ill-fated feature, Rock and Rule. ----more---- Credits: Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse Special Guests: Clive Smith and John Sebastian Clips from: The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited Mr. Pencil Draws the Line ©1975 Nelvana Limited A Cosmic Christmas ©1977 Nelvana Limited Inside Out ©1972 National Instructional Television Center How We Made The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana Limited White Line Fever ©1975 Columbia Pictures Industries  Rock and Rule ©1983 Nelvana Limited Inspector Gadget ©1983 DHX Media Excerpt from "Welcome Back" ©1976 Reprise Records Episode adapted from Kier-La Janisse's book chapter in The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul, edited by Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle, University of Toronto Press, 2014. Incidental music: Robert Farmer, "Why Seeming so Fast but so Deadly Slow" from freemusicarchive.org  Special Thanks to Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley