My Favorite Albums – Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) – The Alan Parsons Project

The album takes its title from Edgar Allan Poe’s famous collection Tales of Mystery and Imagination and transforms many of Poe’s best-known poems and short stories into musical compositions.

Tales of Mystery and Imagination (Edgar Allan Poe) was the debut album by The Alan Parsons Project and remains one of the most ambitious concept albums of the progressive rock era. Released in the United Kingdom on June 25, 1976, the album marked the beginning of the creative partnership between producer, engineer,

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I Love Lucy – Doyle’s Space: SitCom Hall of Fame

“I Love Lucy” is my 5th inductee into the Doyle’s Space Sitcom Hall of Fame. The series won five Emmy Awards, including best situation comedy (1953 and 1954) and best actress (Lucille Ball, 1956).

“I Love Lucy” is a classic American television sitcom that originally aired on CBS from October 15, 1951, to May 6, 1957. Created by Jess Oppenheimer, Madelyn Pugh, and Bob Carroll Jr., the show is often considered one of the greatest and most influential sitcoms in television history.

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The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

I watched the 1957 Universal International horror/sci-fi movie “The Incredible Shrinking Man” on Svengoolie. After going through a strange fog, while boating, Robert “Scott” Carey begins to slowly shrink after a few months. The movie was produced by Albert Zugsmith (Touch of Evil, High School Confidential, Confessions of an Opium Eater) and directed by  Jack Arnold (It Came From Outer Space, Creature From the Black Lagoon, Revenge of the Creature, Tarantula!, High School Confidential).

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