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If, on Dec. 7 or 8, you should step outside and find yourself in the Chicagoland area, you will want to know that the Music Box Theater, 3733 N. Southport Ave. in Chicago, will be showing MYSTERY SCIENCE THEATER 3000: THE MOVIE at midnight both evenings. Call 773-871-6604 for more information.
Bodybuilding legend and some time actor Reg Park died yesterday in Johannesburg, South Africa, of skin cancer. He was 79.
MSTies will remember his performance as Hecules in episode 412 – HERCULES AND THE CAPTIVE WOMEN. Reg Park was born in Leeds, England, named after his father, a gymnasium proprietor and owner of the Reg Park Barbell Company. Reg took up bodybuilding in 1946. He finished Mr. Universe runner-up to future film rival Steve Reeves in 1950, then won the title outright in 1951, 1958 and 1965. After marrying South African-born Mareon Isaacs in 1952, the Parks moved permanently to South Africa where Reg ran a chain of fitness studios. California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger considered Park his friend and mentor. Schwarzenegger lived and trained with him in the late ’60s. It was Reg who urged Arnold to try a movie career. Check out his web site.
Michael Blodgett, an actor best known for his role as Lance Rocke in the 1970 cult film “Beyond the Valley of the Dolls” who went on to write novels and screenplays, died Nov. 14 at his Los Angeles home of an apparent heart attack, his ex-wife Lanetta Blodgett said. He was 68.
MSTies will remember him as Bob Draper in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER.
The 2008 edition is ready for purchase!
And it’s perfect for that MSTie on your holiday shopping list! |
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