It's that time again in the Haunt Industry. Actually, the season has lengthened by about 2 weeks in the last few years. Originally, we'd start voice recording for the Halloween Season in Mid September. We started this season in late July with the Mortuary's newest event attraction - "Strikes 12"
Cue: The Creepy-Guy voice: As darkness spreads across the land - Lawlessness reigns. Chaos runs amok.
And at the heart of it lies...The Mortuary.
As the clock strikes 12, we hear that murder becomes legal! People need a release... a page from the PURGE films franchise.
Here are the Rules for Survival; At Midnight, The Mortuary gives the average person the opportunity to vent their frustrations by hunting their fellow man. When you and your friends enter The Mortuary, look to your left… then look to your right…
Do you really know who your friends are? Someone isn’t who they pretend to be.
Did your friends invite you to go to The Mortuary to have a good time or were their intentions more sinister than you could have ever imagined? Oh NOOoooooooo!
We continue with; Will you be an unknowing participant in a beat-the-clock to survive death game? Thrill-killers are amongst you. You ARE the hunted. Oh, My - Just Horror-able isn't IT!
Here's something you may not have known about the songwriter Paul Vance, who co-wrote the 1960 pop hit “Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polka Dot Bikini” which, BTW appeared in "Love Actually" and by IMDb count 30 other movies and commercials.
Paul was stunned to learn that another person was claiming authorship of the song. But, only after the impersonator had died did he and the world get wind of it.
It was the result of a not so Teenie Winnie story the Associated Press ran about the death of Paul
Vance on Sept. 6, 2006, citing his
wife as its primary source.
The actual obituary, was for Paul Van Valkenburgh, a native of New Milford, Conn. It was
reported that Mr. Van Valkenburgh wrote the song under the name Paul
Vance.
The 'real' Mr.
Vance, who was 76 at the time and had moved from Long Island to Coral Springs,
Fla., said he was “kind of shook up” over reports of his demise. Mr. Vance also wrote the song "Catch a Falling Star" that was made famous by Perry Como.
Itsy Bitsy... co-written by Lee Pockriss, was recorded by the teenage
heartthrob Brian Hyland and rose to No. 1 on the Billboard chart in
1960. It has survived as a novelty single and was rerecorded by the
eclectic rock act Devo for the soundtrack to the film “Revenge of the
Nerds II.”
John
Castaldo, chief financial officer of the Music Sales Corporation, the
publisher representing Mr. Vance, said there was no question that the
living Paul Vance was the co-writer of the tune, and added that his
company had been collecting royalties for Mr. Vance since at least the
late 1980’s.
Mr.
Vance said he was particularly concerned that
companies outside the United States who license his songs would be
confused by the reports and would not make payments. “Believe me, if
they think you’re dead, they ain’t going to send the money,” he said.
As it was explained to us first hand by Paul himself, he's made an enormous sum every year from the royalty usage of - IBTWYPB. When we met him, it was under entirely incongruous circumstances to the music business when he just so happened to divulge who he was and that he was responsible for writing or co-writing various hit tunes. It struck us as a bit unbelievable.
Here's Paul talking about his early days (in a Utube video) as a junk yard owner (get-the-picture) and at the same time...a songwriter of: Itsy Bitsy & Catch a Falling Star. The 'real' down-to-earth character of Paul shines thru like a glimmering light on a Rainy Day...albeit a bitzy rough around the edges!
As it was explained to us first hand by Paul himself, he's made an enormous sum every year from the royalty usage of - IBTWYPB. When we met him, it was under entirely incongruous circumstances to the music business when he just so happened to divulge who he was and that he was responsible for writing or co-writing various hit tunes. It struck us as a bit unbelievable.
Here's Paul talking about his early days (in a Utube video) as a junk yard owner (get-the-picture) and at the same time...a songwriter of: Itsy Bitsy & Catch a Falling Star. The 'real' down-to-earth character of Paul shines thru like a glimmering light on a Rainy Day...albeit a bitzy rough around the edges!
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