1893: Frank McLure, who played a cocktail party guest in the movie in episode 507- I ACCUSE MY PARENTS.

1906: Arthur Hammond, assistant director for the movie in episode 105- THE CORPSE VANISHES.

1911: Terry-Thomas, who played the Minister of Finance in the movie in episode 1013- DIABOLIK.

1912: Woody Guthrie, who wrote the song “This Land Is Your Land,” which was sung in the “swing choir” host segment in episode 609?-THE SKYDIVERS.

1916: Andre Brummer aka Henry Price, score composer for the movie in episode 506- EEGAH and an uncredited composer for the movie in episode 812- THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE CREATURES WHO STOPPED LIVING AND BECAME MIXED-UP ZOMBIES!!?.

1917: Charles R. Rondeau, director of the movie in episode 509- THE GIRL IN LOVERS LANE.

1918: Ingmar Bergman, whose supposed joke was told by Mike and
the bots in a host segment in episode 617- THE SWORD AND THE DRAGON.

1926: Paul King, producer/screenwriter for the movie in episode
608- CODE NAME: DIAMOND HEAD.

1928: Lucyna Winnicka, who played Joan Moran in the movie in episode 211- FIRST SPACESHIP ON VENUS.

1931: Masaru Igami, who wrote the screenplay for the movie in in episode K21- THE ‘LEGEND OF DINOSAURS’ and wrote the story for the movie in episode 816- PRINCE OF SPACE.*

1935: Darrell Cathcart, cinematographer for the movie in episode 1112- CARNIVAL MAGIC.

1935: Andris Osins, who played Lemminkäinen in the movie in
episode 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE.

1937: Kevin Connor, director of the movies in episode 1107- THE LAND THAT TIME FORGOT and episode 1114- AT THE EARTH’S CORE.*

1939: Peter Duryea, who played Tad Duval in the movie in episode 204- CATALINA CAPER.

1939: Sid Haig, who played Donar in the movie in episode 1111- WIZARDS OF THE LOST KINGDON II.

1970: Preston Foster (age 69), who played Dr. Erik von Steiner in the movie in episode 1103- THE TIME TRAVELERS.

1976: Varma Lahtinen (age 81), who played one of the people of Kalevala in the movie in episode 422- THE DAY THE EARTH FROZE.

1985: William White (age 64), who had a role in the movie in episode 420- THE HUMAN DUPLICATORS.

1989: Cosmo Sardo (age 80), who played a reporter in the movie in episode 201- ROCKETSHIP X-M.

1993: Robert Strong (age 87), who played the deputy in the movie in episode 209- THE HELLCATS and played am engineer in the movie in episode 401- SPACE TRAVELERS.

2003: Aage Wiltrup (age 87), director of photography for the movie in episode 1101- REPTILICUS.

2010: Joe Boston (age 74), production manger for the episodes of TV show “The Master” seen in episode 322- MASTER NINJA I and producer of the episodes of TV show “The Master” seen in episode 324- MASTER NINJA 2.

2013: Dennis Burkley (age 67), who played Pete Ungar in the movie in episode 706- LASERBLAST.

2022: Ivana Trump (age 73), who was mentioned in a host segment in episode 320 -THE UNEARTHLY.

1960: The movie in episode 408- HERCULES UNCHAINED, just released in the U.S.A., is reviewed in The New York Times.

1988: The movie in episode 907- HOBGOBLINS debuts.

1989: Paperwork is filed with the state of Minnesota pertaining to the creation of a new corporation, Best Brains Inc.

2014: Bill Corbett’s “Super-Powered Revenge Christmas” is released.

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