The McCarty Metro - A Blast From The Past

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HORROR MOVIES?

I remember back when I was a kid, halloween, scary, and horror movies were not like they are today. Early on, the films were about monsters, space creatures, zombies, and some bad special effects. During the 1960's and 1970's, they evolved some comedy, the paranormal, or being about the weird neigborhood kid who slashed up every person in sight. After the 1980's, those types of movies seemed all the same to me. Everyone would investigate a noise or scream while all the audience members would be yelling at the characters on the screen. And, rather than running the other way, they walk right into the maniac and get killed. In the end, it was always a girl would manhandle the killer (of course after he slashed the entire football team). Here are some that I have in my personal colletion that I like. To be fair... these are only ones that I saw first hand from my childhood through my early adulthood. None from before and after are listed. Below, see the poll question to enter in your top 3 as well, either current, or a blast from the past.

THIS MONTH'S POLL QUESTION

NAME YOUR TOP 3 HORROR MOVIES OF ALL TIME
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LAST MONTH'S QUESTION
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Did you look forward to going back to school after summer?
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The winner as selected by our readers was...

(with a whopping 87% of the vote) NO

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THIS IS THE VERY FIRST ISSUE I RAN AS EDITOR IN OCTOBER 1992

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	. IT'S THE GREAT PUMPKIN CHARLIE BROWN?

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown is a 1966 American prime time animated television special based on the comic strip Peanuts by Charles M. Schulz. What kid did not look forward to this prime-time special every year. Even now as an adult, I watch it.

The show was a Halloween special first shown in 1966, and it was the third Peanuts special (and second holiday-themed special, following A Charlie Brown Christmas) to be produced and animated by Bill Melendez. It was also the first Peanuts special to use the titular pattern of a short phrase, followed by "Charlie Brown", a pattern which would remain the norm for almost all subsequent Peanuts specials. Its initial broadcast took place on October 27, 1966, on CBS, preempting My Three Sons. CBS re-aired the special annually through 2000, with ABC picking up the rights beginning in 2001, where it now airs annually at Halloween. ABC is currently (as of 2013) broadcasting You're Not Elected, Charlie Brown immediately following It's the Great Pumpkin, as if to emphasize the proximity of Halloween to Election Day. Also, the Great Pumpkin is mentioned in You're Not Elected. The program was nominated for an Emmy Award. It has been issued on home video several times, including a Remastered Deluxe Edition of the special released by Warner Home Video on September 2, 2008, with the bonus feature It's Magic, Charlie Brown which was released in 1981]. To celebrate its 40th anniversary, a retrospective book was published in 2006. It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown: The Making of a Television Classic includes the entire script, never-before-seen photographs, storyboard excerpts, and interviews with the original child actors who provided the voices of the Peanuts gang.

Halloween has been celebrated by kids and adults for a long time. What century was the term 'Halloween' first used for the day?

1200's

1300's

1400's

1500's

1600's

1700's

1800's

1900s

YOUR NAME:

LAST MONTH'S ANSWER
In honor of Margaret McCarty's retirement, in what decade was the zip code first used when mailing letters.
The 1960s. Congrats to Gary who got it correct.