Our pal Daniel Griffith is hard at work on “JAM HANDY TO THE RESCUE!” his satirical documentary exploring the life and times of the prolific educational/industrial film producer, Henry Jamison Handy. Written by and starring the great Larry Blamire (director of the “Lost Skeleton” series), it will premiere on Shout! Factory’s upcoming special edition re-release of episode 424- MANOS: THE HANDS OF FATE, coming this Fall. 
BALDWIN HILLS, Calif. — Charles Aaron “Bubba” Smith, the No. 1 overall pick in the 1967 NFL draft who later found fame as an actor, was found dead at his home here on Wednesday, Aug. 3. He was 66. The cause of death was not immediately apparent but a police spokesman said the death does not appear to be suspicious. 
The live Nerdist.com podcast featuring Mike, Kevin and Bill is now up, at last. Bill popped over to Reddit today and did an “Iama.” Read the results here.
By the way, if you missed when Mike did an “Iama” it’s here. The Blu-Ray versions of the live “Reefer Madness” and “House on Haunted Hill” live shows are now available at the RiffTrax site. They seem to be “temporarily out of stock” on Amazon.
And the next pre-synched, video-on-demand title, due out Friday, Aug. 5, is Don “Alien Factor” Dohler’s… |
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