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My happy birthday song got no strikes on YouTube, and it’s LADEN with elements from Crockett’s Theme.

Happy Birthday is out of copyright now, but interestingly it’s only been in the public domain for less than 10 years. There’s a complex and fascinating story about the whole thing. Google “happy birthday copyright history” if you’re interested.

The only things I like about Part 3 are Nancy is back, and there is a little more backstory shown on who & what Freddy was…but other than that it’s pretty goofball with the other characters & plot. By then Freddy was popping out corny one-liners while slicing everyone up…it wasn’t scary anymore, just ridiculous & sometimes gross. “Nightmare” eventually became more of almost ‘comedy’ horror, than true horror or something terrifying. The original film is still the scariest & best of the entire franchise. The backstory given was enough…he’d been a local child killer who was “taken care of” by the parents after the courts did nothing. His evil spirit then found a way for revenge through people’s dreams.

No exit

A nice shot from 1959 of The Biscaya Hotel ( “ Trust Fund Pirates “, “ Nobody Lives Forever “ ) and MacArthur Causeway looking West from Alton Road.

The line between inspiration and sampling can be very grey. Many music copyright lawsuits hinge on just how close a particular melodic line is to another in deciding infringement. I was just reading over my Spring break about Ariana Grande’s 7 Rings, which is a lyrical rewrite of The Sound of Music’s My Favorite Things and also a dramatically different musical arrangement. The profits from it sales largely went to the Rogders and Hammerstein estates, like 90%! Here’s a different article I found about the same topic: https://www.businessinsider.com/ariana-grande-7-rings-royalties-rodgers-and-hammerstein-my-favourite-things-sample-2019-3

DJ (not wearing a jacket like on TV) during rehearsal of "Theresa"

She does but just saying "he was a filthy child murderer" was not enough, just felt like a throw away comment. I am not the type of viewer who wants everything spoon fed as I prefer things suggested but I think in this case it's necessary. I actually think A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors is better because more is explained and much more creepy. It's the Terminator 2 of horror movies. It expands on the original, making everything bigger, bolder and more creative.

I haven’t seen it in years either, but if I remember correctly it was explained towards the end (by Nancy’s mom) who Freddy is & why he became the evil killer. Its not an epic, Academy Award movie (it’s 80s slasher-horror ), but I’ve always enjoyed it & found it pretty freaky & entertainingly-disturbing. The sequels were definitely more ridiculous than the original.

A Nightmare on Elm Street (1984) I hadn't at this in years so I decided to get it on blu-ray. Have to say it's not very good, the acting is terrible and so is the writing. We learn nothing interesting about Freddy, he killed kids and that is it, but why? and they didn't even imply that he was a child molester, just a "child killer" cop out! he doesn't come across as this sick villain in the same vein as Michael Myers who's character is intriguing. Where I think they went wrong was not showing any flashbacks of his former self. He is just this blundering idiot falling over trash guys while trying to catch teenagers. I think it needed that Stephen King style production, like IT, where we see his evil doings back in the 60s and jump back to the present day on and off. 5/10

College has a bit more fluidity in the numbers (and this is a college jersey, not NFL), but you're quite right about this being yet another continuity glitch (since he's explicitly identified as wearing number 88 in the pilot). Either that or someone on the production team had a "thing" for 53 (or the Hurricanes) and just stuck it in there.

Sweet little outtake. Enjoy fellow MV fans!

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the Congress hotel where Trudy was dropped off (picture taken in 1980s)