A Song From the Heart Beats the Devil Every Time

Kier-La talks to acclaimed poet, author, playwright and screenwriter Carol Lynn Pearson, who adapted Jean Mizer's classic short story into the 1974 Mormon film production of the same name. ----more---- Credits: Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse [https://www.kierlajanisse.com]Special guest: Carol Lynn Pearson [https://carollynnpearson.com/] Bonus Audio - Carol Lynn Pearson reads "Our Mother in the Movies" [http://www.kierlajanisse.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/02/poem.mp3] Clips from: Cipher in the Snow ©1974 Brigham Young UniversityBrigham Young ©1940 Twentieth Century-Fox Film CorporationMirror, Mirror ©1969 Brigham Young UniversityThe Great Brain ©1978 Inter Planetary PicturesSnakes ©MCMLXXV Holy Wednesday Productions, Inc. Music: War in Heaven - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Before the Beginning - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Are You Up There? - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records Darlin' - The Osmonds ℗1973 Polydor Records And Now You Know Me - The Clingers ℗1969 Columbia Records Additional music from freemusicarchive.org [https://www.freemusicarchive.org]: Solitude - Entertainment for the Braindead [http://entertainmentforthebraindead.com/]Travel Light - Jason Shaw [https://audionautix.com/]Running Water - Jason Shaw [https://audionautix.com/]Ghosts - Crowander [https://crowander.com/] Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Special Thanks to Skip Elsheimer, Dennis Nyback, Jesse Ficks, Chris Davidson and Becky Ebenkamp Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley [https://www.instagram.com/mojovalley/]

Kier-La talks to Nelvana co-founder Clive A. Smith and musician/songwriter John Sebastian about the 1978 Canadian Halloween special from which this podcast derives its name, as well as delving into Nelvana's early years and their ill-fated feature, Rock and Rule. ----more---- Credits: Written, edited and hosted by: Kier-La Janisse [https://www.spectacularoptical.ca/about/]Special Guests: Clive Smith [http://mustacostafortune.com/#mustacostafortune] and John Sebastian [http://www.johnbsebastian.com/] Clips from:The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana LimitedMr. Pencil Draws the Line ©1975 Nelvana LimitedA Cosmic Christmas ©1977 Nelvana LimitedInside Out ©1972 National Instructional Television CenterHow We Made The Devil and Daniel Mouse ©1978 Nelvana LimitedWhite Line Fever ©1975 Columbia Pictures IndustriesRock and Rule ©1983 Nelvana LimitedInspector Gadget ©1983 DHX Media Excerpt from "Welcome Back" ©1976 Reprise Records Episode adapted from Kier-La Janisse's book chapter in The Canadian Horror Film: Terror of the Soul [https://utorontopress.com/ca/the-canadian-horror-film-4], edited by Gina Freitag and Andre Loiselle, University of Toronto Press, 2014. Incidental music: Robert Farmer, "Why Seeming so Fast but so Deadly Slow" from freemusicarchive.org [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Robert_Farmer] Special Thanks to Amanda Reyes and Bill Ackerman Theme Song: "Hot Fudge Holy Moley" from WXYZ-TV's The Hot Fudge Show (1974-1980) Logo by Sinead Yau at Mojo Valley [https://www.instagram.com/mojovalley/]