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Talkin’ CONNERY BOND on the radio 10/14!
Wednesday, October 14 @ 8:00pm EST:
Join Pop Culture Man Arlen Schumer on his NIGHT-LIGHT radio show as he explores the first two Sean Connery Bond films, DR. NO and FROM RUSSIA WITH LOVE (with the next two, GOLDFINGER and THUNDERBALL, covered in next week’s radio show), which are the beginnings of the modern action film genre, instituting and incorporating so many signs, symbols and scenarios of that most unique decade of the 20th Century, the 1960s.
Arlen’s call-in guest on tonight’s show:
STEVEN JAY RUBIN: “The James Bond Movie Encyclopedia” paperback edition available 11/17/20 at amazon.com
CONNERY BOND part 1 WEBINAR 10/15!
THURSDAY, October 15 @ 7:00pm EST:
“THE SEAN CONNERY BOND CANON Part 1: Dr. No & From Russia with Love” Webinar via New York Adventure Club!
Though Daniel Craig, Pierce Brosnan, Roger Moore and other great actors have played the iconic James Bond 007 role over the decades, the majority of Bond aficionados still consider the first, Sean Connery, to be the definitive James Bond. And of his seven Bond films, the first four—Dr. No (1962), From Russia with Love (’63), Goldfinger (’64), and Thunderball (’65)— are considered not only his best, but perhaps the best of the entire Bond series.
Join New York Adventure Club as we explore the first two Connery Bond films (with the other two covered in next week’s webinar), which are the beginnings of the modern action film genre, instituting and incorporating so many signs, symbols and scenarios of that most unique decade of the 20th Century, the 1960s.
Hosted by pop culture historian Arlen Schumer, this multimedia overview of Dr. No and From Russia with Love includes pertinent clips from each film, behind-the-scenes production stills, and advertising and promotional materials!
TIX: nyadventureclub.com
•Can’t make it LIVE? A ticket buys you access to the webinar replay for a week!
BLACK PANTHER webinar tonight 10/8!
“THE BLACK PANTHER: PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE?” webinar via New York Adventure Club, Thursday October 8 @ 9:00pm EST:
The sudden death of actor Chadwick Boseman—known worldwide for the 2018 role he starred in, The Black Panther—sent shockwaves throughout both the mainstream entertainment and comic book worlds. How will The Black Panther franchise move on— even survive—without Boseman as the titular character?
Join New York Adventure Club and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as we explore the fascinating comic book origins of The Black Panther by the legendary Jack Kirby in the 1960s, how the character developed over the decades since, and how those origins and developments were—or weren’t—translated into the 2018 film.
TIX: nyadventureclub.com
•Can’t make it LIVE? A ticket buys you access to the webinar replay for a week!
Talkin’ BLACK PANTHER on the radio 10/7!
“THE BLACK PANTHER: Past, Present, and Future?” radio show, Wednesday, October 7 @ 8:00pm EST:
The sudden death of actor Chadwick Boseman—known worldwide for the 2018 role he starred in, The Black Panther—sent shockwaves throughout both the mainstream entertainment and comic book worlds. How will The Black Panther franchise move on— even survive—without Boseman as the titular character?
In preparation for his upcoming webinar on the subject, join Pop Culture Man Arlen Schumer and his guests tonight as they explore the fascinating comic book origins of The Black Panther by the legendary Jack Kirby in the 1960s, how the character developed over the decades since, and how those origins and developments were—or weren’t—translated into the 2018 film.
(THE BLACK PANTHER WEBINAR via New York Adventure Club, Thursday, October 11 @ 9:00pm EST; tix: nyadventureclub.com)
Arlen’s call-in guests on tonight’s show:
GUY COLSTON is a comic culture entrepreneur and pop culture enthusiast and retired hard rock bass player. Find him on Facebook, Pinterest (under his stage name Leon Stone) and https://colstonconsolidated.com
PROF. WILLIAM FOSTER III is a comic book historian and scholar who specializes in the changing image of African Americans in comics: http://www.finallyinfullcolor.com
Talkin’ TWILIGHT ZONE on the RADIO 10/1!
THURSDAY OCTOBER 1 @ 8:00pm EST on my NIGHT-LIGHT radio show:
In honor of the 61st Anniversary (Friday night) of the legendary television series THE TWILIGHT ZONE, TZ scholar & pop culture historian ARLEN SCHUMER (author/designer, “Visions from The Twilight Zone”) has gathered a star-studded lineup of 9 esteemed TZ scholars to call in tonight and discuss their favorite TZ episode and/or TZ “experience”!
MARK DAWIDZIAK: “Everything I Needed to Know I learned in The Twilight Zone” markdawidziak.com
TOM ELLIOT: “The Twilight Zone Podcast” thetwilightzonepodcast.com
PAUL D. GALLAGHER: “Shadow & Substance: Exploring the Works of Rod Serling” blog thenightgallery.wordpress.com
NICK PARISI: “Rod Serling: His Life, Work, and Imagination” available at amazon.com
RICHARD REES: PhD in Literary and Cultural Theory, author, lecturer at the 2008 & 2013 Rod Serling Symposiums; “Shades of Difference” available at amazon.com
STEVEN JAY RUBIN: “The Twilight Zone Encyclopedia” available at amazon.com
SCOTT SKELTON: “Rod Serling’s Night Gallery: The Art of Darkness” nightgallery.net
MARC ZICREE: “The Twilight Zone Companion” youtube.com/channel/UCkKt7gHnZpcY0nreBdPhwmQ
ANNE SERLING: “As I Knew Him: My Dad, Rod Serling” anneserling.com
THE FLINTSTONES 60th ANNIVERSARY webinar 9/30!
WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 30 @ 8:00pm EST:
THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLINTSTONES webinar via New York Adventure Club!
Cartoon studio Hanna-Barbera’s most famous creation, The Flintstones, was the first animated television comedy series to air in prime time when it debuted 60 years ago, at 8:30pm on a Friday night, September 30th, 1960, on the ABC-TV network. It was an instant hit, spawning a merchandising bonanza during its six-season run—166 episodes—before leaving the air in 1966.
But in some ways, The Flintstones never really left the air, or the consciousness of the public, because of its reruns in steady syndication, and multiple spinoff programs from the Hanna-Barbera studio over the decades. The original series has become a bona fide Baby Boomer Classic!
So, on the occasion of The Flintstones’ 60th Anniversary, come join New York Adventure Club and pop culture historian Arlen Schumer (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) as he presents an overview of the development of the series via a plethora of early concept sketches, rare visual clips, and an analysis of The Flintstones’ storied place in American television history!
TIX: nyadventureclub.com
•Can’t make it LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for one week!
Talkin’ FLINTSTONES on the radio 9/26!
THE 60th ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLINTSTONES discussed on my NIGHT-LIGHT radio show this Saturday, September 26 at 8:00pm EST!
It was the first prime time animated comedy series in television history—influencing all subsequent series—and still one of the most beloved!
Pop culture historian ARLEN SCHUMER (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) will show-and-tell you why, when he presents a webinar on Wednesday, September 30—the exact 60th Anniversary of the series’ debut—that details the development of the show via a plethora of concept sketches, visual clips, and an analysis of the series’ storied place in American TV history! THE 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE FLINTSTONES webinar via NY Adventure Club Wednesday, September 30 @ 8:00pm EST; tix: nyadventureclub.com
Arlen’s call-in guests on tonight’s show:
TOM SITO, animator for Disney, Dreamworks, Warner Bros, and Hanna-Barbera. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Sito
TONY BENEDICT, animator for Disney, UPA and Hanna-Barbera, wrote and storyboarded his own episodes for the original Flintstones and Jetsons. imdb.com/name/nm0070824/NIGHT-LIGHT RADIO: https://www.blogtalkradio.com/night-light/2020/09/27/the-60th-anniversary-of-the-flintstones-with-arlen-schumer?fbclid=IwAR1xSl4ntqHrsoxY0cNaBXN14-Q6bmHNtOdTAzOtMIZMVUBKw3H3a6sDIeI
ROY LICHTENSTEIN webinar 9/24!
THURSDAY 9/24 @ 8:00pm EST:
The works of the premier American Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein continue to elicit strong reactions, from both his fans and his detractors, almost 60 years after he made his art world debut. Why?
Roy Lichtenstein’s work is the very definition of “Pop Art” itself: the idea that everyday objects and motifs/ideas/forms from our commercial and popular culture environment could be legitimate areas of artistic study and exploration as valid as the more traditional ones of the “natural” world (landscapes and still lifes) and the inner imagination (abstract expressionism).
Through his artistic transformation of his “found” art subject matter, Lichtenstein explored many of the most classic artistic subjects of culture, society, relationships, image, identity, perception—and “art “itself, in a complete turning inside-out of the art- imitates-life-imitates-art Mobius strip that both confounded and won over art critics, and is the source of a kind of humor in his work.
And yet there is nothing “funny” about the fact that Lichtenstein’s works have never ceased to provoke disdain from critics and members of both the art and comic art worlds, for what they maintain is merely the gross appropriation and plagiarism of Lichtenstein’s source material and his lack of accreditation of those original works.
So come join New York Adventure Club and comic book art historian Arlen Schumer, MFA (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art), as he presents a verbal and visual overview of the ongoing Roy Lichtenstein Debate, in which you’ll see both his works and his sources in ways that will make you look at those works as if for the first time!
TIX: nyadventureclub.com
•Can’t make it LIVE? Register and get access to the full replay for one week!
TALKIN’ ROY LICHTENSTEIN ON THE RADIO 9/23!
WEDNESDAY 9/23 @ 8:00pm EST on NIGHT-LIGHT radio:
The works of the premier American Pop Artist Roy Lichtenstein continue to elicit strong reactions, from both his fans and his detractors, almost 60 years after he made his art world debut. Why?
Comic book art historian ARLEN SCHUMER, MFA (author/designer, The Silver Age of Comic Book Art) will answer that question when he presents a verbal and visual webinar on the ongoing Roy Lichtenstein Debate, in which you’ll see both his works and his sources in ways that will make you look at those works as if for the first time!
THE ENDURING ENIGMA OF ROY LICHTENSTEIN webinar via NY Adventure Club Thursday, September 24 @ 8:00pm EST; tix: nyadventureclub.com
My call-in radio guests:
Dean Motter, artist/writer, Mister X and Terminal City, nominated for Eisner and Kurtzman Awards. deanmotter.com
David Barsalou, MFA, Founder & CEO, Deconstructing Roy Lichtenstein c. 2000. flickr.com/photos/deconstructing-roy-lichtenstein/
TALKIN’ BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN ON NIGHT-LIGHT RADIO 9/17!
NIGHT-LIGHT RADIO @ 9:00pm EST on Thursday, September 17:
On September 19, 1978 Bruce Springsteen and The E Street Band performed what many fans and critics consider their single greatest show, at the Capitol Theatre in Passaic, New Jersey.
Why this particular show? Why does it stand out from not only all the other amazing Darkness on the Edge of Town tour performances, but from Bruce’s entire performing career?
There are many reasons—and that’s what my upcoming webinar for New York Adventure Club on Friday @ 12noon est, SPIRIT IN THE NIGHT: BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN’S GREATEST SHOW is all about!
I was in the 6th row of the landmark show, and the art director of Thunder Road magazine, the first Springsteen fan publication, and have now put together a multimedia webinar that recreates the legendary concert in words, images, music and video excerpts from the legendary show itself!
My guests on tonight’s show:
JAY LUSTIG, founder and editor of NJArts.net, former pop-rock critic and arts and entertainment editor for NJ’s largest daily newspaper, The Star-Ledger.
And a man who marketed the album Darkness on the Edge of Town for Bruce, DICK WINGATE, senior label executive and pioneer in music & tech, and founder at DEV Advisors: www.devadvisors.com