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Cripes! Or, at any rate, a cripe and a half! Here it is after 9:30 at night, and your narrator has not yet fashioned this Tuesday's Odd Man Out bamboozelry.

Happy Thanksgiving. What in the world are you doing here? As long as you are, let me wish those of you who are friends of this column a wonderful day, filled with good company, good food, laughter, and of course, gratitude for the many blessings in your life.

Choral maestro Andre Thomas was, understandably, a little punchy earlier this week.

Sure, you can meet them on the equinox . But before you head over there, can you pick up some clippers on the way? Death Cab For Cutie , pictured above, were just some of the bearded boys marauding last night's mtvU Woodie Awards.

This 1966 drama ticks most of the right boxes when it comes to entertaining as well as educating.

The roots of rock will be celebrated Monday at the Berger Performing Arts Center.

Recommended The Film: It is crucial to understand that the 1974 version of The Taking of Pelham One Two Three is, in every way imaginable, a truly great film.

This Newman/Redford vehicle dominated the Oscars in 1974, but, looking at the film today, it hardly resembles a masterpiece.

A search continues off the north Oregon coast for a Washougal fisherman whose overturned boat was discovered two miles offshore Friday afternoon.

THE DEEP was a 1977 film about underwater treasure hunting that starred Robert Shaw, Nick Nolte, and--if you were to believe any of the ads at the time--Jacqueline Bisset's breasts.

A respected conductor in the tri-state has been appointed Music Director of New York City's renowned Collegiate Chorale, founded by Robert Shaw.

COURTESY OF GORDON RYNDERS The museum exhibit on Captain Mundus was put together by his daughter, Pat Mundus The name Mundus might elicit awe among East Enders who know of the exploits of Montauk shark hunter Capt.

If you saw Jaws or read it, you will remember the harrowing story Quint tells of surviving the sinking of the cruiser Indianapolis.

Remakes don't exist anymore. Only re-imaginings. With this in mind the new version of the 1974 hit 'The Taking Of Pelham One, Two, Three' succeeds.

Oh man, looks like a poor, emaciated and starving West Virginia hill child has suffered a very nasty ... Oh, wait, that's Ben Bostrom's arm after Laguna.

In the 1973 Academy Award winning movie The Sting there s a poignant scene where small-time crook Johnny Hooker searches out veteran con-man Henry Gondorff to help him seek revenge on a big-time Chicago crime boss Doyle Lonnegan for the murder of one of their gang members.

Upon first seeing the great white shark they'd soon have to hunt in Steven Spielberg's 1975 film "Jaws," Roy Scheider famously told Robert Shaw, "You're going to need a bigger boat." The Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum ought to do the trick.

After a couple of early 1970s shows that became enormous blockbusters -- Love Story , The Godfather -- Universal's Jaws dominated the summer box office in 1975, inaugurating the trend toward massive crowd-pleasing event movies.

Is anything worth the terror of The Deep? For a few years there in the late 1970s, it looked like Robert Shaw might have a career renaissance based entirely on playing memorable supporting roles in film adaptations of Peter Benchley's oceanic adventure novels.

No match for 007: Baddy Red Grant , right, gives the game away by ordering chianti with fish in the Bond classic 'From Russia With Love' Photo: Allstar/Cinetext/UNITED ARTISTS Something curious has just happened.