>It's just a by-product of the passage of time.<

That's all it is, Rick - and it's a natural part of life.

Sure, it's great that genre fans - of MANY genres - appreciate their favorites. But there's a big world out there, and the fact that most "normal" folks aren't conversant with the work of Bela Lugosi - or, as you say, Broncho Billy, or many others - is not an evil or terrible thing.

Monsterkid since the Kennedy Era