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Funny Fridays: The Comedy of Terrors

Vincent Price stars in this classic dark comedy about a funeral home director whose business is lacking, so he decides to make some more. I only thought it fair to post this since it available for free via Hulu and it fits in nicely with the piece we posted earlier this week about the business of death. Conveniently enough its also a great movie for Halloween. Enjoy!


For more free-to-watch movies and TV shows check out our previous article "Save Money By Cutting the Cable".

Going Out In Style

Who knew the after-life could be such a lucrative venture? It's more than just a funeral director, there are the florists, the tombstone manufacturers and countless other players; it all adds up to an $11 Billion a year industry, according to Good Magazine. They've got a spectrum of ways to get rid of the body and all of them are expensive. Its almost like a post-mortem guilt trip for those left behind by someone who hasn't made their own funeral arrangements. You don't want to skimp when it comes to honoring the life of your loved one, you also don't want to be filing for Chapter 11 down the road.

Today--conveniently enough just days before Halloween--we are going to look at some of the more creative and unorthodox ways of being laid to rest.

The Lucrative Business of Death

60 Minutes recently did a report (included below) on Mark Roesler, agent to stars. His clients include well-known celebrities such as Marilyn Monroe, James Dean, Babe Ruth, Frank Lloyd Wright and Amelia Earhart. What's that? They are all dead you say? Well, they wouldn't be his clients if they were alive, I would reply. Roesler is an agent to deceased stars. He acquires their image rights from the family and licenses it out for different products, like this classy lunchbox-thing.

Funny Fridays: A Dapper Short

Enjoy the classic 1989 Oscar-winning Creature Comforts, where zoo tenants give some insight into their accommodations. Surprisingly, a TV series was developed from this short film in 2003. Unsurprisingly, the American version--at 30 minutes an episode--was short lived. The entire original series and the single canceled American season are available on DVD.