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THE GREATEST TEAM IN BASEBALL!!!!!!!!
I HAVE LOVED THE PHILLIES FOR THE PAST 44 YEARS.I ESPECIALLY LIKE THE ERA WHEN THE PHILLIES PLAYED AT RECREATION PARK (1883-1886.) THE PHILLIES WON IT ALL IN 1980 AND I CRIED.I FEEL THAT THIS WILL BE OUR YEAR-2004.GET THE NEW ENCYCLOPEDIA!!!!!!!

A happy-sad walk through the history of the Phillies.
As a lifelong fan, this video is a treat that I watch over and over again. It conjurs up good memories and bad, such is the life of a Philly Phan. ... Read more

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Jeepers !!!!
I can't say anything bad about a movie with Merle Haggard, Joi Lansing, Lon Chaney,Basil Rathborne, JohnCarradine, and Molly Bee. So what if has little or no plot and some bad corny country humor and a man in a goriila suit......I'd sooner watch this than most of latest so-called country music crap

Yahoo
Mix horror-greats Lon Chaney Jr. and John Carradine with the lovely Lansing and some good country music and you have a fun movie. Thanks to miserably poor acting by Ferlin Huskey's sidekick (Huskey is no actor either), a man in a gorilla suit and continuity errors worse than "Plan Nine from Outer Space" and the unintentional humor makes this much more fun. Watch midnight turn instantly to noon and back again. The slender and loopy haunted house/spy plot is all part of the fun. Buy this one for repeat viewings.

I'd rather eat green road apples in July than see this again
Hey ya'll. Yessa yessa, this film is scraping the bottom of the cider barrel. Although the voluptious 'Boots Malone' and the Oriental chick with the constant pearl necklace give some great eye candy, this film takes a nose dive shortly after the opening credits. I like the car though, it seems to have been made with over 30 handguns and rifles.

Not much to say here some country singers playing honest to goodness country entertainers wind up staying the night in a house that everyone in town believes is haunted. It's not, it's run by spies or something masterminded by the hot Asian chick, who also has Lou Chaney Jr. (aka The Wolf Man) as a henchman. There is also the skinny, corpse like dude who floats around the movie like a ghastly fart.

The directing is imaginative with the dream sequences. This movie also pulls in country acts by showing them on the television. Yeah right, way to break up a non-existant plot. Even if you like old time country Hee Haw music, this movie is a stretch.

Merle Haggard vs. John Carradine!
"Hillbillies in a Haunted House" is a sequel to "Las Vegas Hillbillies" and is one of the most entertaining Country and Western monster musicals ever made. Ferlin Husky, Don Bowman, and Joi Lansing are an act on their way to the Nashville Jamboree who decide to spend the night in a haunted house, where they meet up with, among others, Linda Ho, Basil Rathbone, Lon Chaney, a Gorilla, and best of all, the always cheery John Carradine. Along the way there are many country songs (including one truly dreadful number by Joi all about the history of gowns...) some of which are good, and some of which aren't. I loved "The Cat Came Back", and was amused by the extremely youthful Merle Haggard cameos.

There is a conspiracy involving an agency named M.O.T.H.E.R. and a villain named Dr. Fu. There is a guy in a gorilla suit (George Barrows, perhaps?) Best of all is the television broadcast that Jeepers watches to help him go to sleep in which the hilariously scowling faces of the villains haunt poor Jeepers while a bad C&W song is being performed. Needless to say, John Carradine wins the contest for chewing the scenery. His scowls and eyebrow twitches never fail to make me laugh. There are silly subplots about spies and the like, and homage is paid to Ed Wood in the 'timeless' day/night location shots (and continuity gaffes of positively Woodsian proportions.)

Finally arriving in Nashville, the last fifteen or so minutes of the film are good old C&W stage acts like Merle Haggard, Sonny James, Molly Bee, and Marcella Wright.

If you like Country music, particularly the vintage stuff, or you just like goofy, nonsensical movies that make you laugh, though sometimes you aren't sure why, this film is for you.

A JOI TO BEHOLD!!
If you don't have a serious bone in your body, you'll love this 'so-bad-it's-good' movie. It's a follow-up to LAS VEGAS HILLBILLYS with some of the original characters. Ferlin Husky is 'Woody Wetherbee' again...but this time around, the beautiful Joi Lansing takes on Mamie Van Doren's role of 'Boots Malone.' This is an update of one of those Bela Lugosi/East Side Kids/Ghosts-On-The-Loose-type old dark house movies but with country music and film making from the school of Ed Wood Jr. There are the Ed Wood 'confusion between day and night' shots, boom mike shadows, a graveyard at the back of the house resembling the one in "Plan 9" as Richard Webb (TVs Captain Midnight) hides behind a very skinny branch to see Lon Chaney Jr emerge from the crypt. We have a gorilla on the loose and Oriental spies/villains with names like Madam Wong and Dr. Fu. Great dialog, too. Example- Madam Wong (after seeing a kidnapped, bound and gagged Joi Lansing in the cellar)to John Carradine:"YOU IDIOT!" John Carradine:"THE GORILLA DID IT!" The last 15 minutes of the movie consist of great country music acts from the mid 60s. Merle Haggard does the classic "Swingin' Doors" and Molly Bee (looking a bit like a young Connie Stevens in a sequined cowboy hat) does "Heartbreak U.S.A." Sonny James appears earlier for a couple of numbers and the delectable Joi sings her heart out with "Full-Time Lover." (Joi can also be found as an extra feature on Something Weirds 'Horrors Of Spider Island' DVD. It's a Scopitone juke box film short called "Web Of Love" and is worth the price of the disc alone). Buy this DVD now and put it on your shelf next to "ROAD TO NASHVILLE" and "LAS VEGAS HILLBILLIES." Good fun at a good price! Thanks Amazon. ... Read more

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Not very good
This is one of those movies that you are better off renting than buying. It stars Ron Howard as Huckleberry Finn and Donnie Most as Tom Sawyer (no joke, Ralph Mouth from Happy Days). Although Ron Howard has the look of a Huck Finn, I thought this was a terrible choice for this character. Both Howard and Most don't fit not only because they are made more for "series" television, but also because they are way too old to be playing these characters.

The movie attempts to be faithful to the book, and does a half way decent job, but the 78 minutes makes for quite a bit of plot skipping and assuming on the part of the audience. They don't spend too much time on the relationship of Huck and his Pap or home life with Widow Douglas, but spend quite a bit on the scenes with the duke and king and escaping down the Mississippi.

What makes this movie particularly disappointing is that it doesn't bring the novel to life at all, and fails miserably at giving it an "adventure" feel. The film seems to be presented in a "series" way rather than film. You feel like you are watching the Waltons and waiting for a commercial when they move to a new scene. The producers also decided to add a tacky song into the movie for no apparent reason.

There are appearances by "Mark Twain" (an actor dressed up like the author), who gives his two cents on the characters and how they fit into the time period. There is not much of reason to put this in, and, although it is an attempt to give background information for this time period, it comes off as being corny and silly.

The recent Elijah Wood version, although not as accurate as this one, is a better movie, as is the 1985 version with Patrick Day.

Three Thumbs Down
I watched this movie with my 2 sons. We were all disapointed even though we like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, we like to watch Happy Days reruns with Ron Howard, and we like old movies. A much better choice is "Tom and Huck (1995)" which is destined to become a classic. ... Read more

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Not very good
This is one of those movies that you are better off renting than buying. It stars Ron Howard as Huckleberry Finn and Donnie Most as Tom Sawyer (no joke, Ralph Mouth from Happy Days). Although Ron Howard has the look of a Huck Finn, I thought this was a terrible choice for this character. Both Howard and Most don't fit not only because they are made more for "series" television, but also because they are way too old to be playing these characters.

The movie attempts to be faithful to the book, and does a half way decent job, but the 78 minutes makes for quite a bit of plot skipping and assuming on the part of the audience. They don't spend too much time on the relationship of Huck and his Pap or home life with Widow Douglas, but spend quite a bit on the scenes with the duke and king and escaping down the Mississippi.

What makes this movie particularly disappointing is that it doesn't bring the novel to life at all, and fails miserably at giving it an "adventure" feel. The film seems to be presented in a "series" way rather than film. You feel like you are watching the Waltons and waiting for a commercial when they move to a new scene. The producers also decided to add a tacky song into the movie for no apparent reason.

There are appearances by "Mark Twain" (an actor dressed up like the author), who gives his two cents on the characters and how they fit into the time period. There is not much of reason to put this in, and, although it is an attempt to give background information for this time period, it comes off as being corny and silly.

The recent Elijah Wood version, although not as accurate as this one, is a better movie, as is the 1985 version with Patrick Day.

Three Thumbs Down
I watched this movie with my 2 sons. We were all disapointed even though we like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn, we like to watch Happy Days reruns with Ron Howard, and we like old movies. A much better choice is "Tom and Huck (1995)" which is destined to become a classic. ... Read more

Amazon.com

A concert documentary with the on-a-budget production values and straight-shooter presentation of Poet of the Common People better have a magnetic subject. Of course, no one ever accused cantankerous country maverick Merle Haggard of lacking charisma. Here's one of the incontestable giants of the genre working his way through a slew of his classic tunes, including "Kern River," "Mama Tried," "Silver Wings," and "Workin' Man Blues." Interspersed between concert footage are interview segments in which a somewhat reluctant Hag emits bits of homespun philosophy and recites lyrics that prove that the title of this serviceable video is no idle boast.--Steven Stolder ... Read more

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Film was very poor quality
I've always loved ordering from amazon and have always been pleased, however this was a huge disappointment. The film quality of this tape was worse than some 20 yr old home movie video. I don't know why the quality was so poor, maybe it was dubbed over alot, its a mystery. Songs were ok, but lighting and filmography were very poor. I also don't care for it when we don't know what songs are on a video either. This has been my one and only disappointment with any order from amazon. This tape appeared to be filmed in the late 70's or early 80's judging from the hairstyles of the fans, and also Merle looked pretty young. However, I doubt if this had anything to do with the quality, it simply was not a very well made tape.

Western swing for the new era
Merle Haggard's style is very much a harback to the days of Jimmie Rodgers, Moon Mullican, Lefty Frizzell and Bob Wills. He can really capture their style and do it very convincingly. However, sometimes he over-tries to be some of his idols (as any Bob Wills cover Haggard does shows) and he thus doesn't have as original a style as a George Jones or a Jerry Lee Lewis. However, Haggard is above the law and this is 100% oldtime country entertainment at its best. ... Read more

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Portrait of the singer and songwriter many call the "Poet of theCommon Man". This program tells the Haggard story--warts and all--from his humblebeginnings growing up in a boxcar to his election to the Country Music Hall of Fame.Haggard talks frankly about his criminal record, failed marriages, and bankruptcy. Fanswill thrill to Haggard's great hits, including "Okie from Muskogee", and clips fromvintage performances and a recent concert at California's Crazy Horse Saloon. ... Read more