Soapy Smith gambling house. Legend has it that above the entrance of the stairway leading upstairs to the gambling games was a sign that read "caveat emptor", Latin for "let the buyer beware". Smith's younger brother, Bascomb Smith, joined the gang and operated a cigar store that was a front for dishonest poker games and other swindles, operating in one of the back rooms. Other operations included fraudulent lottery shops, a "sure-thing" stock exchange, fake watch and bogus diamond auctions, and the sale of stocks in nonexistent businesses. Because of bribes, some of the police officers patrolling the streets would not arrest
Beware! The Blob on the show's popular meme, "Who shot J.R.?" As "Son of Blob" together with "The Blob", the film was released on DVD by Umbrella Entertainment in September 2011. The DVD is compatible with all region codes. "Beware! The Blob" was transferred to HD in its correct 1.85 ratio and released on Blu-ray by Kino Lorber on September 20, 2016. Film historians Kim R. Holston and Tom Winchester considered the film was: "Now viewed as a relic of mid- to late-hippiedom ... overall, there's some tension, and some nods to the predecessor." Notes Citations Bibliography Beware! The Blob Beware! The Blob