The Rap Sheet: A Monster for Life

Friday, November 23, 2007

A Monster for Life

OK, who but this guy remembered that today would have been Boris Karloff’s 120th birthday? Sure ya did, bunky ...

1 comment:

Graham Powell said...: Real name: William Henry Pratt! Imagine how that would have sounded: "And William Henry Pratt as The Monster."; 8:42 AM

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