Why Bill Mumy hit his mark:

[wednes]

Have you ever heard the story Bill Mumy tells about Alfred Hitchcock? I think Bill Mumy has mad nerd cred and I dig him very much. In fact, it so happens that I have his autograph in my living room. To Wednesday, Stay out of the Cornfield! -Bill Mumy How frakkin' badass is that? So, the story is that one day, during shooting of an episode of Alfred Hitchcock Presents, Billy kept missing his mark. So Hitch went up to him and said:

If you don't hit your mark this time
I'm going to nail your feet to your mark
And the blood will spill out like milk.

Yikes. That must have been terrifying for a little boy. *shudder*

Still, Hitch was The Master. Suspense. Horror. He popularized the psychological thriller, and was one of the first to suggest that traumatic things that happen in childhood can leave lasting trauma into adulthood. As you might imagine, I was very complimented when someone on Facebook said I looked like a female Hitchcock in this picture:



*grin*

Comments

[jeffpalmatier.livejournal.com]

Yes, I did hear him tell that story! They showed footage of him after Hitchcock's threat, and he looked absolutely rattled.

Another similarity you share with Hitchcock is killing people who use your shower and keeping the mummified remains of relatives in your abode.

[wednes.livejournal.com]

Yes. I also enjoy watching techs throw live Birds at Tippi Hedren.

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

I told that just this last week when we couldn't hit a person with a tape ball. That was what I told said tape ball, it worked then too. :)

[wednes.livejournal.com]

I see...

[uterdic.livejournal.com]

See, the client was recreating the stoning of a person in our studio. we made a bunch of tape balls and we all stood around and threw them at this person while the camera was rolling. I was having a hard time hitting my target, so I gave the Hitchcock speech about the tape ball hitting it's mark. I hit him in the head 3 times after that :)