CLIP OF THE MOMENT: THE RED SPECTRE (1907)

HAPPY HALLOWEEN TO EVERYONE!

And to those of you affected by Hurricane Sandy,.... HANG IN THERE!

E-CARDS OF HALLOWEENS PAST

In the days before spam-guards and html blockers we used to email our Halloween greetings out to our customers! How many of you remember these fine works of art? Most were done before we had discovered Photoshop...

CLIP OF THE MOMENT: SHIP OF MONSTERS (1959)

Here is a clip from the exciting climax of Ship of Monsters (La Nave de los monstruos, 1959)! SPOILER ALERT!

synopsis: "Ship of Monsters" is an unbelievable science-fiction / comedy / musical / western black & white movie featuring two sexy and stacked space-women (one of whom is Mexican scream-queen Lorna Velazquez) and their whacked-out robot. While on a seemingly innocent spaceship trip to visit Earth the two babes, upon landing, compete for the attention of a happy-go-lucky singing cowboy. Then, one of the women turns out to be an evil vampire bent on world domination! She thaws out a group of 4 insane looking frozen monsters she has hidden away in a nearby cave to do her wicked bidding!

TRAILER OF THE MOMENT: BOY GOD (1982)

The Boy God, aka Roco, ang batang bato, is an ultra-weird fantasy / action / adventure film about a chubby young boy born with superpowers who must travel through a mystical and dangerous land to find his real (dead?) parents. On his journey he helps a tribe of midgets battle a giant Cyclops and takes on a 2-headed monster with the aid of a Wonder Woman-ish female super hero! He also fends off the local village against vampire creatures and an evil scientist. The whole mess ends up in a wildly manic kung fu and gun fight against the scientist and his men! Available on DVD-R!

CLIP OF THE MOMENT: ROSEMARY CLOONEY ON "TWILIGHT THEATER" (1982)

Another clip from NBCs tv program "Twilight Theater"! (see Pee Wee Herman's appearance below) In the skit "Common Nightmares", an intro revolving around the Barnes and Barnes song "Party In My Pants" leads into Rosemary Clooney singing her classic pop hit "Come On-a My House". The shot of the rotating pig with candles was taken from a Residents music video. Also at the "party" are a few New Wave icons from bygone years (remember Spazz Attack from Devo's "Satisfaction" video?). This may not seem like a big deal nowadays but this was some freaky shit for a major network in 1982!

CLIP OF THE MOMENT: PEE WEE HERMAN ON "TWILIGHT THEATER" (1982)

This is a segment from the NBC late night tv special "Twilight Theater". As far as I can remember there were 2 episodes several months apart that appeared in the time slot where Saturday Night Live usually was. I believe SNL was in repeat stage between seasons maybe and I suspect that NBC was giving "Twilight Theater" a trial run as a possible replacement program for SNL? I remember that the first episode was hosted by Roddy McDowell and had a lot of "hip" music stuff and was slightly-underground-leaning-ish, at least for a network tv program in 1982. It might not seem like a big deal now, but in pre-MTV days seeing, for example, a Devo music video ("Beautiful World") on tv was a big deal! They also had a skit revolving around a Barnes and Barnes song - "Party in my Pants" featuring Rosemary Clooney and a few New Wave icons (Spazz Attack anyone?) -, a Tom Tom Club video ("Genius of Love"), The Temple City Kazoo Orchestra and other cool stuff. Including probably the very first ever tv appearance by our beloved Pee Wee Herman, predating his own tv show and even those early "Late Night with David Letterman" appearances". The skit, called "The Pee Wee Herman Show", features Steve Martin in a brief cameo spot who, if I remember correctly, also appeared in a few other skits on the show. It also features Gary Panter's "Clocky" and opening credit artwork, and has the same kind of atmosphere and theme song as Pee Wee's live stage show that was taped and turned into the HBO "Pee Wee Herman Show" 1-off special. I don't recall much about the second "Twilight Theater" episode except that it wasn't quite as cool.

Note: This was taped by myself when I was in high school on my Dad's Betamax. The picture and sound are a bit rough but all things considered it's a miracle it survived.

"Will Pee Wee ever see Joe again?" Enjoy!

TUNE OF THE MOMENT: "HELLO TO YOU" by KEN NEVADA MAINES

This song is from the rare LP "The World of Las Vegas". I thought that the internet would benefit greatly from this tune. I didn't have any pictures of Ken Nevada Maines so I used pictures of my beautiful dog Bella Buttons.