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Jeremy Butler <[log in to unmask]>
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Film and TV Studies Discussion List <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 10 Dec 1992 16:59:41 CST
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On Thu, 10 Dec 1992 15:40:17 CST Sandy Camargo said:
>which they are shot. THE TINGLER in which a creature gets loose in a movie
>theatre and you can see its nasty image behind the screen, and which is
>therefore supposed to make the real movie audience feel threatened, is another
>example. Have a good end of semester, all you academic-types out there.
 
And in one (apocryphal?) story THE TINGLER's directory William "The Spider"
Castle is said to have wired theater seats to give patrons a little
electric tingle at the appropriate moment.
 
P.S. As a youth, Castle, who was known as The Spider, once jumped in front
of a subway train, shouting, "This is the end of The Spider." The train
slowed to a stop before it could hit him.
 
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          Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat
              a peach?
          I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk
              upon the beach.
          I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.
          I do not think that they will sing to me.
                                      --T. S. Eliot
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