Announcing The Neighbors Blogathon

 

Neighbors.  They can be best buddies.  They can be sticks-in-the-mud.  They can be real pains in the butt.  Or they can even turn downright hostile on occasion... ("The Shelter" or "The Monsters are Due on Maple Street" from The Twilight Zone TV series come to mind on that last one..).

Got a neighbor who may or may not have killed his wife? Welcome to the neighborhood, Jeff Jeffries. (Rear Window)

Just moved to fancy apartment where the neighbors are overly inquisitive about your new baby? Welcome to the neighborhood, Rosemary Woodhouse. (Rosemary's Baby)

Got a new neighbor who is a former porn star? Welcome to the neighborhood, Matthew Kidman. (The Girl Next Door)

Got a neighbor who is secretly a vampire? Welcome to the neighborhood, Charley Brewster (Fright Night)

Got a neighbor who was a mad scientist and died leaving behind his Frankenstein-esque creation? Welcome to the neighborhood, Peg Boggs (Edward Scissorhands)

There are just a few of the potential ideas.  Any film (or TV episode) which focusses on the neighborly relations is fair game here. You can pick any entry, and write about it, as long as there is some neighbors interacting with each other as one of the main aspects.  Rebecca at Taking Up Room and I will be running this blogathon from May 26 - 28 and you can post anytime during that time. But since it is Memorial Day weekend (at least in the U.S.) we could extend it a day if you are busy with YOUR neighbors...

There are a few ground rules, however:

1) We are asking for new posts. And asking that you keep posts to 3 or less.

2) Please try to refrain from being derogatory.

3. Only one person per movie or TV episode. There are plenty of choices out there.  But with TV episodes you could do, say The Shelter from Twilight Zone and somebody else could do The Monsters are Due on Maple Street. Additionally, some one could do an overall review of Jerry and Kramer's relationship on Seinfeld and some one else could do one on a specific episode (or two) of the show.

4. Please use one of the banners below that my partner created to promote the blog.

And finally...

5) Have fun! (This is non-negotiable, neighbor...)

Leave a comment here or on Taking Up Room signup page and see you in May.

Quiggy

The Choices So Far:

Me: Neighbors (1981)

Taking Up Room: 13 Going on 30 (2004)

Hamlette's Soliloquy: The Outsiders (1983)

Realweegiemidget Reviews Next Door (2021)

Whimsically Classic: The feuds of the Ricardos and Mertzes on I Love Lucy

In the Good Old Days of Classic Hollywood: The Mertzes & the Kravitzes: I Love Lucy and Bewitched

Hoofers and Honeys: The Seven Year Itch (1955)

Nitrate Glow: The Window (1949)

By Rich Watson  Grady on Sanford and Son

Three Enchanting Ladies: Breakfast at Tiffany's (1961)