Time to catch up on a couple of things other than Horror Trailers. Unfortunately our first two updates today relate to the passing of a couple of legendary Television figures. first, composer vic Mizzy. Now Mizzy is not a household name, but his tunes certainly are. Besides composing songs for Doris Day, the Andrews Sisters, and many others, besides composing the scores for various films, including a couple for the recently mentioned William Castle, besides composing various TV themes and scores, there are really three things that I personally (and probably most people) will remember Vic Mizzy for. First, he wrote (and recorded, overdubbing his own voice multiple times) the theme song for The Addams Family:
Second, he also wrote the theme song for Green Acres:
Finally, Mizzy also composed music for a number of Don Knotts films, including The Reluctant Astronaut and The Ghost and Mr. Chicken, which contained the following iconic organ theme:
Rest in peace, Mr. Mizzy, and I'll say a small prayer for you tomorrow when the wee one and I are watching Mr. Chicken...
(for those in Nashville, there is a free showing of the movie at the downtown public library tomorrow afternoon which is going to be hosted by local horror host Dr. Gangrene.)
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