After Christmas Clearance

I know, I'm really late with my posts. I bought this stuff weeks ago. I also still have my tree up. I'm just very behind so far this year. :)

Did you any good deals after Christmas? Everything I bought, I got for 50 to 70 % off.

I got the black tree I was looking for after Halloween! Yay! It's 4 ft. tall and pre-lit with clear lights. But, I bought purple lights to put on it. It was originally $25 at Walmart, I got it for $6.25! Wheee! Can't wait to put this up next Halloween!

Got three new ornaments, C-3PO and two Tinkerbells for my wife. Some mini nutcrackers, lots of new lights and a few other misc. decorations.

Gone In '14

I finally finished my annual list of notable deaths from 2014. I've been putting this list together since 2006. It's really sad to see all of the great entertainers we lose each year. May they rest in peace.

Most of the information for this list comes from Who's Alive and Who's Dead. Check out their Yahoo! Group and Website.

My past lists can be viewed here.

Jan. 1 - Juanita Moore, actress ("Imitation of Life"), 99
Jan. 2 - John "Jay" Traynor, pop singer (Jay and the Americans), 70
Jan. 3 - Phil Everly, pop singer (The Everly Brothers), 74
Jan. 3 - Alicia Rhett, actress ("Gone With the Wind"), 98
Jan. 3 - Saul Zaentz, film producer ("One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest"), 92
Jan. 5 - Carmen Zapata, actress ("Sister Act"), 86

Jan. 6 - Larry D. Mann, voice actor ("Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"), 91
Jan. 7 - Run Run Shaw, kung fu film producer, 106
Jan. 9 - Cliff Carpenter, voice actor ("Terry and the Pirates"), 98
Jan. 11 - Ariel Sharon, Israeli prime minister (2001-06), 85
Jan. 12 - Frank Marth, actor (various parts on "The Jackie Gleason Show"), 91
Jan. 15 - Roger Lloyd-Pack, actor (“Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire”), 69
Jan. 16 - Cassandra Lynn Hensley, model (“Playboy”), 34

Jan. 16 - Russell Johnson, actor (the professor on "Gilligan's Island"), 89
Jan. 16 - Dave Madden, actor (Reuben Kincaid on "The Partridge Family"), 82
Jan. 18 - Sarah Marshall, actress (“The Long, Hot Summer”), 80
Jan. 19 - Ben Starr, TV sitcom creator and writer ("The Facts of Life"), 92
Jan. 20 - Claudio Abbado, conductor, after a long illness, 80

Jan. 22 - Luis Avalos, actor ("The Electric Company"), 67
Jan. 27 - Pete Seeger, folk singer ("If I Had a Hammer"), 94
Jan. 31 - Christopher Jones, actor ("Ryan's Daughter"), 72

Feb. 1 - Maximilian Schell, actor ("Judgment at Nuremberg"), 83
Feb. 2 - Philip Seymour Hoffman, actor (Capote), 46
Feb. 3 - Richard Bull, actor (Nels Oleson on "Little House on the Prairie"), 89
Feb. 3 - Gloria Leonard, adult film actress/publisher ("High Society"), 73
Feb. 6 - Ralph Kiner, major leaguer (Pittsburgh Pirates) and baseball announcer (New York Mets), 91

Feb. 10 - Shirley Temple, actress ("Heidi"), 85
Feb. 12 - Sid Caesar, actor and comedian ("Your Show of Shows"), 91
Feb. 15 - Cliff Bole, TV director ("Star Trek: The Next Generation"), 76
Feb. 15 - Mary Grace Canfield, actress (Ralph Monroe on "Green Acres"), 89
Feb. 16 - Ralph Waite, actor (John Walton Sr. on "The Waltons"), 85
Feb. 17 - Bob Casale, new wave guitarist (Devo), 61
Feb. 18 - Nelson Frazier Jr., aka Big Daddy V, pro wrestler (WWF), 43
Feb. 18 - Malcolm Tierney, actor (Braveheart), 75
Feb. 18 - Maria von Trapp, singer (Trapp Family Singers), 99
Feb. 20 - Roger Hill, actor (“The Warriors”), 65
Feb. 24 - Franny Beecher, rock and roll guitarist (Bill Haley and the Comets), 92

Feb. 24 - Harold Ramis, screenwriter/director (“Caddyshack”), 69
Feb. 25 - Jim Lange, game show host ("The Dating Game"), 81
Feb. 26 - Tim Wilson, comedian (the Bob and Tom show), 52
Mar. 2 - Stanley Rubin, screenwriter and producer (“River of No Return”), 96
Mar. 5 - Geoff Edwards, game show host ("Jackpot!"), 83
Mar. 6 - Sheila MacRae, actress (Alice Kramden on "The Jackie Gleason Show"), 92
Mar. 7 - Hal Douglas, voice actor (movie trailers and commercials), 89
Mar. 10 - Cynthia Lynn, actress (Fraulein Helga on "Hogan's Heroes"), 76
Mar. 12 - Richard Coogan, actor (Captain Video on "Captain Video and His Video Rangers"), 99

Mar. 15 - David Brenner, comedian ("The Tonight Show"), 78
Mar. 16 - Mitch Leigh, Broadway composer ("Man of La Mancha"), 86
Mar. 18 - Joe Lala, drummer and actor ("Monsters, Inc."), 66
Mar. 18 - Lucius Shepard, science-fiction and fantasy writer ("R&R"), 70
Mar. 21 - James Rebhorn, actor ("Scent of a Woman"), 65
Mar. 22 - Patrice Wymore, actress ("Ocean's Eleven"), 87
Mar. 25 - Eddie Lawrence, a.k.a. Old Philosopher, comedian, 95
Mar. 27 - James Schlesinger, U.S. Secretary of Defense (1973-76), 85
Mar. 28 - Jeremiah Denton, U.S. prisoner of war in Vietnam / U.S. Senator (R-AL, 1981-87), 89
Mar. 28 - Lorenzo Semple Jr., screenwriter ("Batman"), 91
Mar. 29 - Marc Platt, dancer/actor ("Seven Brides for Seven Brothers"), 100
Apr. 3 - Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith, country musician and songwriter ("Dueling Banjos"), 93
Apr. 5 - John Pinette, comedian ("You go home now, fatboy! You been here four owah!"), 50
Apr. 6 - Mary Anderson, actress (“Gone With the Wind”), 96

Apr. 6 - Mickey Rooney, actor (“National Velvet”), 93
Apr. 8 - James Hellwig, aka The Ultimate Warrior, pro wrestler, 54
Apr. 21 - Craig Hill, actor (P.T. Moore in "Whirlybirds"), 88
Apr. 29 - Al Feldstein, magazine editor ("MAD"), 88

Apr. 29 - Bob Hoskins, actor ("Who Framed Roger Rabbit?"), 71
May 2 - Efrem Zimbalist Jr., actor (Inspector Lewis Erskine on "The F.B.I."), 95
May 3 - Leslie Carlson, actor ("The Fly"), 81
May 4 - Dick Ayers, comic book artist ("The Fantastic Four"), 90
May 5 - Jackie Lynn Taylor, child actress ("Our Gang") and TV hostess (San Diego, California), 88
May 8 - Nancy Malone, actress (Libby Kingston on "Naked City"), 79
May 11 - Ed Gagliardi, rock bassist (Foreigner), 62

May 12 - H.R. Giger, surrealist artist ("Alien"), 74
May 13 - Ernie Chataway, heavy metal guitarist (Judas Priest), 62

May 16 - Magoo Gelehrter, a.k.a. Garou Wolfman, horror host ("Penny Dreadful's Shilling Shockers"), 51
May 18 - Jerry Vale, singer ("Have You Looked into Your Heart"), 83
May 18 - Gordon Willis, cinematographer ("The Godfather"), 82
May 22 - Matthew Cowles, actor (Billy Clyde Tuggle on "All My Children"), 69
May 23 - Mona Freeman, actress (Flesh and Fury), 87

May 25 - Lee Chamberlin, actress ("The Electric Company"), 76
May 25 - Bunny Yeager, glamour model and photographer (photographed Bettie Page), 85
May 28 - Maya Angelou, poet ("And Still I Rise"), 86
May 30 - Joan Lorring, actress ("The Corn is Green"), 88
May 31 - Marilyn Beck, Hollywood columnist, 85
Jun. 1 - Jay Lake, science-fiction writer (Mainspring), 49

Jun. 1 - Ann B. Davis, actress (Alice on "The Brady Bunch"), 88
Jun. 4 - Don Zimmer, major-league player, manager, and coach, 83
Jun. 6 - Eric Hill, children's author ("Spot the Dog"), 86
Jun. 6 - James McNair, aka Uncle Jimmy Mack, comedian, 63
Jun. 11 - Ruby Dee, actress ("A Raisin in the Sun"), 91

Jun. 12 - Carla Laemmle, actress ("Dracula"), 104
Jun. 13 - Chuck Noll, NFL football player and coach (Pittsburgh Steelers), 82

Jun. 15 - Casey Kasem, cartoon voice actor (Shaggy on "Scooby-Doo, Where Are You!") and radio host ("American Top 40"), 82
Jun. 16 - Tony Gwynn, major leaguer (San Diego Padres), 54
Jun. 17 - Patsy Byrne, actress (Nursie on "Blackadder"), 80
Jun. 18 - Johnny Mann, singer and arranger (The Johnny Mann Singers), 85
Jun. 19 - Gerry Goffin, pop songwriter ("Saving All My Love For You"), 75
Jun. 22 - Steve Rossi, comedian (Allen and Rossi), 82
Jun. 24 - Caleb Bankston, reality television personality ("Survivor"), 27
Jun. 24 - Eli Wallach, actor ("The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly"), 98
Jun. 26 - Howard Baker Jr., U.S. Senate majority leader (R, 1985-88), 88
Jun. 27 - Bobby Womack, soul musician ("That's The Way I Feel About Cha"), 70

Jun. 28 - Meshach Taylor, actor (Anthony Bouvier on "Designing Women"), 67
Jun. 30 - Bob Hastings, actor (Lt. Elroy Carpenter in "McHale's Navy"), 89
Jun. 30 - Paul Mazursky, film director ("Down and Out in Beverly Hills"), 84
Jul. 1 - Walter Dean Myers, children's author ("Lockdown"), 76
Jul. 6 - Dave Legeno, actor ("Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince"), 50
Jul. 7 - Dickie Jones, cartoon voice actor (Pinocchio), 87
Jul. 9 - Eileen Ford, modeling agent (Ford Models), 92
Jul. 9 - Ken Thorne, TV and film score composer ("A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum"), 90
Jul. 10 - Curt Gentry, author ("Helter Skelter"), of lung cancer, 83
Jul. 11 - Tommy Ramone, punk rock drummer (The Ramones), 65
Jul. 13 - Thomas Berger, novelist ("Little Big Man"), 89
Jul. 16 - Johnny Winter, blues guitarist, 70
Jul. 17 - Elaine Stritch, actress (Dorothy McNab on "Two's Company"), 89
Jul. 19 - Skye McCole Bartusiak, actress ("The Patriot"), 21

Jul. 19 - James Garner, actor (Jim Rockford on "The Rockford Files"), 86
Jul. 23 - Dora Bryan, actress ("A Taste of Honey"), 91
Jul. 25 - Bel Kaufman, novelist ("Up the Down Staircase"), 103
Jul. 28 - James Shigeta, actor (“Flower Drum Song”), 85
Jul. 30 - Dick Wagner, rock guitarist (Alice Cooper), 71
Aug. 4 - James Brady, White House press secretary (1981), 73
Aug. 4 - Walter Massey, actor (Dr. Donald Stewart on "Lassie"), 85
Aug. 5 - Marilyn Burns, actress (“The Texas Chainsaw Masscre”), 65
Aug. 8 - Menahem Golan, film director/producer (“Delta Force”), 85
Aug. 8 - Danny Murphy, actor (“There's Something About Mary”), 59
Aug. 9 - Charles Keating, actor (Dr. Damon Lazarre on "All My Children"), 72
Aug. 9 - Ed Nelson, actor (Dr. Michael Rossi on "Peyton Place"), 85

Aug. 11 - Robin Williams, actor (Dead Poets Society), 63
Aug. 12 - Lauren Bacall, actress ("How to Marry a Millionaire"), 89
Aug. 12 - Arlene Martel, actress (Tiger on "Hogan's Heroes"), 78
Aug. 18 - Don Pardo, TV announcer ("Saturday Night Live"), 96
Aug. 19 - Brian Hutton, film director (“Kelly's Heroes”), 79

Aug. 24 - Richard Attenborough, film director (Ghandi), 90
Aug. 28 - Glenn Cornick, rock bassist (Jethro Tull), 67
Aug. 31 - Stan Goldberg, comic book artist (Archie Comics), 82
Aug. 31 - Jimi Jamison, rock singer (Survivor), 63

Sep. 4 - Joan Rivers, comedian and talk show host, 81
Sep. 7 - Don Keefer, actor (turned into a jack-in-the-box on "The Twilight Zone"), 98
Sep. 8 - Truett Cathy, restaurateur (Chick-fil-A), 93
Sep. 9 - Denny Miller, actor (Max Flowers in "Dallas"), 80

Sep. 10 - Richard Kiel, actor (“The Spy Who Loved Me”), 74
Sep. 14 - Angus Lennie, actor ("The Great Escape"), 84
Sep. 17 - George Hamilton IV, country singer ("Abilene"), 77
Sep. 19 - Audrey Long, actress ("Tall in the Saddle"), 92
Sep. 20 - Eric Lynch, aka Eric the Midget, radio personality ("The Howard Stern Show"), 39
Sep. 20 - Polly Bergen, actress and game show panelist ("To Tell the Truth"), 84
Sep. 27 - Sarah Danielle Madison, actress (Sarah Glass on "7th Heaven"), 40
Oct. 4 - Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, Haitian president (1971-86), 63
Oct. 4 - Paul Revere, rock musician (Paul Revere and the Raiders), 76

Oct. 5 - Geoffrey Holder, actor ("Live and Let Die"), 84
Oct. 5 - Misty Upham, actress ("Frozen River"), 32
Oct. 9 - Jan Hooks, actress ("Saturday Night Live"), 57
Oct. 14 - Elizabeth Pena, actress ("La Bamba"), 55
Oct. 16 - Tim Hauser, jazz singer (The Manhattan Transfer), 72

Oct. 19 - Gerard Parkes, actor (Doc on "Fraggle Rock"), 90
Oct. 20 - Oscar de la Renta, fashion designer, 82
Oct. 21 - Ben Bradlee, newpapser editor ("Washington Post"), 93
Oct. 23 - Joan Quigley, astrologer to Nancy Reagan, 87
Oct. 23 - Alvin Stardust, r.n. Bernard Jewry, glam rock performer, 72
Oct. 25 - Jack Bruce, rock bassist (Cream), 71

Oct. 25 - Marcia Strassman, actress (Julie Kotter on "Welcome Back, Kotter"), 66
Oct. 31 - Ian Fraser, composer ("Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy"), 81
Nov. 1 - Wayne Static, rock musician (Static-X), 48
Nov. 2 - Acker Bilk, clarinetist ("Stranger on the Shore"), 85
Nov. 3 - Tom Magliozzi, radio host ("Car Talk" on NPR), 77

Nov. 4 - Richard Schaal, actor (Leo Heatherton on "Phyllis"), 86
Nov. 11 - Henry Jackson, aka Big Bank Hank, rapper (Sugarhill Gang), 58
Nov. 11 - Carol Ann Susi, actress (Mrs. Wolowitz on "The Big Bang Theory"), 62
Nov. 14 - Glen A. Larson, TV producer and screenwriter ("Magnum, P.I."), 77
Nov. 17 - Jimmy Ruffin, soul singer ("What Becomes of the Brokenhearted"), 78
Nov. 18 - Dave Appell, pop songwriter and producer ("Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Old Oak Tree"), 92
Nov. 19 - Mike Nichols, film director (“The Graduate”), 83
Nov. 23 - Marion Barry, mayor of Washington, D.C. (1971-79, 1995-99), of cardiac arrest, 78
Nov. 28 - Bob Baker, puppeteer, 90
Dec. 2 - Bobby Keys, saxophonist (The Rolling Stones), 70
Dec. 3 - Ian McLagan, rock keyboardist (The Small Faces), 69

Dec. 7 - Ken Weatherwax, actor (Pugsley on "The Addams Family"), 59
Dec. 9 - Robert Kinoshita, designed "Lost in Space" robot, 100
Dec. 9 - Mary Ann Mobley, Miss America and actress, 77
Dec. 11 - Tom Adams, actor (“The Great Escape”), 76
Dec. 14 - Bess Myerson, Miss America and game show panelist ("I've Got a Secret"), 90
Dec. 18 - Virna Lisi, actress ("How to Murder Your Wife"), 78
Dec. 21 - Billie Whitelaw, actress ("The Omen"), 82
Dec. 22 - Christine Cavanaugh, cartoon voice actress (“Babe”), 51
Dec. 22 - Joe Cocker, pop singer ("With a Little Help From My Friends"), 70
Dec. 30 - Luise Rainer, actress (“The Great Ziegfeld”), 104

Dec. 31 - Edward Herrmann, actor (Richard Gilmore on "Gilmore Girls"), 71

Stuff I Got For Christmas Part 2

Sorry it took so long for this post. I've been deathly ill for the past week. But, I'm feeling much better now. :)

Here's the rest of the non-Hulk pop culture stuff I got for Christmas. Everything is from my wife unless noted.

 2011 Diamond Select Frankenstein figure, ReAction Freddy Krueger and a skull sucker.

 Snow Miser and Heat Miser Funko Pop! figures.

Rudolph and Bumble notepads.

 Mystery Minis! Nebula from GOTG and Loki and Thanos from Marvel.

Loki is 1/144 and Thanos 1/72. Both rare figures!

 Hallmark Keepsake Ornaments.

Frano Harris "The Immaculate Reception" and The Legendary Leg Lamp.

 Star Wars Imperial Cherry Sours, Jelly Belly Galaxy Mix, 

Yoda Lightsaber Lip Balm and KISS playing cards.

 Books! The Nearly Complete Essential Hembeck Archives Omnibus, Comic Books 101 and two Peanuts hardcover books from the late 1960s.

Seven packs of Stupid Heroes, one pack of Heroes and two packs of Mars Attacks Invasion from my wife. Two packs of Star Wars Galaxy 7 from my brother.

 Yay! Stupid Heroes sketch card!

Butter Boy by Neil Camera.

 My son bought me the Lord of the Rings Trilogy and the first two Hobbit movies on blu-ray. I haven't seen the Hobbit movies yet.

I also got two more t-shirts. But, they're in the dirty laundry and I didn't feel like digging them out. Superman logo from my wife and Guns 'n Roses from a fellow co-worker.

Non-geeky stuff I got: lounge pants, slippers, blanket, knee brace, assorted candies and a bacon press!

All in all it was a pretty great holiday!

Stuff I Got For Christmas Part 1

How about a Christmas post on New Year's Day? Sure, why not. :) Happy New Year everybody!

I get a lot of stuff for Christmas. My family really spoils me. My wife complains about all of my "junk" and then buys me more! lol  As most of my readers know, The Hulk is the main focus of my collection. 

So, here's the Hulk stuff I got for Christmas. Starting with what my wife got me:

Vintage 1978 Duncan yo-yo! This is really cool! One side has a nifty picture of the Hulk and the other side is lenticular, with two different Hulk images when you tilt it.

 I hate when Blogger turns one of my pictures and doesn't give me the option to switch it back.

 Hulk clock. Wonderful!

Infinite Series Hulk: I saw this when my wife and I were Christmas shopping and I told her that I didn't have it. I was pretty sure she bought it. Avengers Assemble Leader: I cheated and bought this and gave it to my wife to give to me for Christmas. Hulk Widgets: It looks like he's pooping. :/

 A cool Marvel t-shirt and Hulk Visionaries: Peter David Vol. 3 (Trade Paperback).

 Marvel Select Abomination and Hulk playing cards: I'm 99.9% sure I have this Abomination and 100% sure I already have the playing cards. I still have to check on Abomination to be absolutely sure and hopefully we can take them back and trade them for something else.

 Here's what my brother got me: Mr. Potato Head as Hulk and Wolverine, Super Hero Adventures Hulk and a magic towel with Spidey, DD and Hulk.

Now I, too, can smell like the Hulk! Thanks bro! Haha!

Well, that's all of the Hulk goodies I got. Hopefully I'll do another post with the rest of the stuff I got for Christmas. Did you get anything cool for Christmas?