I finished Next today. Am starting on Zelazney's The Changeling tomorrow.

Just to get the ball rolling, I'll guess that the mystery guest is Gene Autry. Pat Buttram and Smiley Burnett both found some success in TV.

Could it be The Mummy (1999)? If not, could it be The Mummy Returns?

Finished the Harry Potter series and started on Next by Michael Crichton. Saving the previously mentioned Zelazney books for when I'm finished with it.

Well, fire engines and linament point me towards Joe E. Brown, but I can't fit any of the other references to him.

The Natural?

I've tried to listen to it, but the file won't come up for me. I tried it on my laptop and my desktop, so I'm figuring there's either a problem with my connection or your upload.

Poltergeist?

I watched it with my daughter. She will usually watch a movie if I recommend it. I told her I first saw this one when I was in junior high school. It was shown to all students who had perfect attendance for the semester. I'd never heard of it and didn't know what to expect, but was very surprised at...

Well, my daughter finished twisting my arm and I'm currently on book 5, Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix . In the last 3 weeks, I started from the first one and plan on finishing up within the next 3 with the final one. After that I have at the ready Roger Zelazney's The Changeling and its ...

Well, the opening credits sequence sounds almost like a western...

So, I'll take a stupid guess - just to keep things rolling - and say...

Lonesome Dove?

It's been a wacky August so far - a death in the family and almost gone with the wind, so forgive me if I'm way off on this one.

I'm probably way off, but I'm going to guess Max Von Sydow . Controversial as Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told , which is shown around Easter every year. Associated with Ingmar Bergman (and the image of Death playing chess from The Seventh Seal is internationally famous.) Starred in The Exorcis...

I'll throw in Cat Ballou and Paint Your Wagon. Cat Ballou might not be a traditional musical, but Paint Your Wagon certainly is.

I know it looks like I'm just throwing out random guesses, but maybe I'll get lucky.

How about The Young Doctors directed by Phil Karlson?

Was it Funny Farm directed by George Roy Hill?