(as close to) barefoot running (as I can get), day three

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Third run with the TSLA Baretreks – note here that I use gel inserts, hence the (as close to) of the title: with T1D, I have to be careful with my feet and avoid any and all injury to them as best I can; the Baretreks + Scholls or whatever brand CVS has in stock is my happy middle ground – and I'm sold: my ankles dont hurt as much; it's a totally different grip on the varied surfaces – even the tiny jabby stones of the hillside running trail don't bother me – I traverse each time I venture out (asphalt, gravel, mud, grass, ditch, unplowed cornfield); and, while it may be my imagination, it feels like I can move faster. I'll be curious to see how long each pair lasts – though it's not like it's the end of the world to replace them ($40+/- a pair) with greater frequency than regular running shoes. Worth the trade-off, so far.

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unsold DICK TRACY Pilot (Dozier, 1967)

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Directed by Larry Peerce from a script by Hal Finberg inspired by the work of Chester Gould; starring Ray McDonnell, Jan Shutan, Ken Mayer, Jay Blood, Allen Jaffe, and Victor Buono. Unreleased; watched 2023w15 via YouTube.

Save for what I can describe only as the "drunken baritone" vocals to an otherwise Dozier-typical and snappy theme song (a la BATMAN and THE GREEN HORNET) and the standard bloodbath of the mid-late 1960s television, I can't figure why this little imperfect gem didn't get picked up to series.

An all-too-brief 28 minute, pitch-perfect blend of the Dozier-BATMAN camp with the Dozier-GREEN HORNET seriousness (that unfairly killed the show) featuring a great cast – especially Ray MacDonnell as Tracy (he'd go on to have a 40-year run on ALL MY CHILDREN) – that wasn't afraid to dive into the deep end of the fantastic when it came to villainy (Buono's Wellesian Mr. Memory is a great start – Lon Chaney Jr. was to be cast as Pruneface had this been picked up to series; makeup test photos were taken (cart before horse, example one), below) in a story that felt ripped from a Gould comic – dug the Bat-Pole inspired entrance to Tracy's home crime lab, Tracy’s Swedish microscope magnifying eyedrops, and the use of the two-way wrist TV.

Making up LCjr as Pruneface – this would have been amazing! | via

Happy to add that one of the treasures in my DT collection is this 1967 bagetelle game featuring the incarnations from this unaired, unsold pilot (cart-horse, two):

Really wish this had been picked up. Had the potential to be something special.