Does anybody remember Day of the Triffids? I loved this movie as a kid.
Definitely! I have it somewhere in the Archives, though I'll confess I haven't watched it in around fifteen years.
True story:
Late one Saturday night in the early 1970s, I was watching this film when it aired on my local NBC station. Right after the part where most of the world goes blind from the meteor shower, the screen faded to black and they went to a commercial. Suddenly, a deep-voiced announcer intoned, "Do you thank God that
you can see?" I did quite a double-take. Turns out it was a public service announcement for a charity (might have been The Eye Bank). Talk about timing!
On a sadder note, Kieron Moore, who had a role in
The Day of the Triffids died last month. And Kerwin Mathews, who had starring roles in
Seventh Voyage of Sinbad and
Three Worlds of Gulliver also passed away in July. (I always used to confuse the two actors.)
Signor V.
