vintage Plesiosaurus art

From Wiki- Plesiosaurus (Greek: πλησίος (plesios), near to + σαῦρος (sauros), lizard) is a genus of extinct, large marine sauropterygian reptile that lived during the Early Jurassic. It is known by nearly complete skeletons from the Lias of England. It is distinguishable by its small head, long and slender neck, broad turtle-like body, a short tail, and two pairs of large, elongated paddles. It lends its name to the order Plesiosauria, of which it is an early, but fairly typical member. It contains only one species, the type, Plesiosaurus dolichodeirus. Other species once assigned to this genus, including P. brachypterygius, P. guilielmiimperatoris, and P. tournemirensis have been reassigned to new genera, such as Hydrorion, Seeleyosaurus and Occitanosaurus.

S02 239 LOTL S01 12 The Possession

        

S02 238 Fireball XL5

  

The Mighty Orbots 1984

 

From WIki- Mighty Orbots (マイティ・オーボッツ, Maiti Ōbottsu) is a 1984 American-Japanese super robot animated series created in a joint collaboration of TMS Entertainment, Inc. and Intermedia Entertainment in association with MGM/UA Television.^[1] It was directed by veteran anime director Osamu Dezaki and features character designs by Akio Sugino.^[2] The series aired from September 8, 1984, to December 15, 1984, on Saturday mornings in the United States on ABC.^[3][4]

Earth, the 23rd Century. A time of robots and aliens, and of destruction and terror. Can the Galactic Patrol, defender of the United Planets stop the evil computer, Umbra? You bet they can, meet Rob Simmons the secret inventor of fiesty Ohno, mighty Tor, versatile Bort, elusive Boo, Bo, the master of the elements, and Crunch, the metal muncher, super robots forging together at Rob's command to form Mighty Orbots, champion of the Universe.

— opening narration

S02 237 Plesiosaur Toys Rule My Collection!

      

HOTW- Astrea

 

From Wiki- Three young Earth people were selected many centuries ago and teleported to another planet, where they were given eternal youth and superpowers. They were trained and returned to Earth, where they are tasked with protecting the planet and its vicinity, similar to the Green Lantern Corps. Hercules and Mercury through superhuman feats became the basis for the mythological Roman deities of the same names. They are joined by Astrea, namesake of the Greek deity but with unrelated powers. Astrea can morph into any Earth animal and is the de facto field leader of the team. She was one of the very few black superheroes in cartoons of the era, along with Super Friends' Black Vulcan, and predating Superstretch and Microwoman. She was voiced by Dee Timberlake. Me again:

S02. Episode 236 Herculoids Finale Special

Dropkick Murphys - "Rose Tattoo" (Video)

            

Calvin Monday 11-29-85

 

Happy Birthday to Gene Simmons!

 

From Wiki- Gene Simmons (born Chaim Witz; Hebrew: חיים ויץ [χaˈim ˈvits]; born August 25, 1949) is an American musician. Also known by his stage persona "The Demon", he was the bassist and co-lead singer of the hard rock band Kiss, which he co-founded with Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley and Peter Criss in the early 1970s until their retirement in 2023. Simmons was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2014 as a member of Kiss.  Back to me:

UBlack Friday (1940) - Official Trailer

S02 227 The Wonderful Egg

               

Batman: Caped Crusader 04 "The Night of the Hunters"

 From Wiki- After Mayor Jessop orders the creation of a task force to apprehend Batman, Gordon chooses Montoya to run it. Using Dr. Quinzel's insights, corrupt GCPD detectives Harvey Bullock and Arnold Flass use a masked criminal called Firebug as bait to lure out Batman. As part of their plan, they let Firebug go to start a fire. Batman arrives to rescue civilians, evading corrupt SWAT officers led by Bullock and Flass in the process. As Bullock and Flass kill Firebug to cover their tracks, Batman reluctantly works with Jim, who disapproves of the task force's methods, to save the remaining civilians. Me again:

The Adventures of Superman, 1942 style!

  

HOTW- Hellcat

From WIki- Patsy Walker is the Hellcat.  After growing up in suburban Centerville, graduating high school and marrying high-school sweetheart Robert "Buzz" Baxter, Patsy Walker becomes an assistant to scientist Hank McCoy, the mutant superhero the Beast, who at that time was on hiatus from the X-Men. Estranged from her husband, now a U.S. Air Force colonel, Walker befriends McCoy,^[48][49][50] and, desiring to become a superhero, accompanies McCoy on a quest with the Avengers.^[51] She adopts a costume that formerly belonged to Greer Grant Nelson, the former masked adventuress the Cat, and takes on the name Hellcat.^[52]  After having used her natural athletic abilities and good instincts to rescue the Avengers, Walker is offered membership in the team.^[53] The cosmic adventurer Moondragon persuades Hellcat to decline and instead accompany her to Saturn's moon Titan for training in psychic ability and advanced martial arts.  Me again:

Men At Work - Be Good Johnny (Official Music Video)

          

Calvin Monday 11-28-85

 

Sven- It Came from Beneath the Sea

A giant octopus gets irradiated by atomic bomb tests,  It cannot eat the food on its regular diet so it turns to other food sources, animals and people.  This brings it to the surface of the Pacific Ocean, and it brings down ships, then moves to San Francisco.  For a water-bound creature, it can cause a lot of damage to land and land structures.  Humans must be a tiny, bite-sized snack for an animal of this size, but they also must taste good.  Our heroes figure out how to kill it while it sleeps, the cruel people that they are.  One big explosion later, the menace of the giant octopus is over.  Unless there are more in the deep ocean...

RIP Greg Kihn - Happy Man

           From Wiki- Gregory Stanley Kihn (July 10, 1949 – August 13, 2024) was an American rock musician, radio personality, and novelist. He founded and led the Greg Kihn Band and he wrote several popular horror novels. He is best known for the hits "The Breakup Song (They Don't Write 'Em)" in 1981 and "Jeopardy" in 1983. Me again:

It Came from Beneath the Sea (1955) title sequence

   

The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs

 From Purple House website- A supposedly extinct animals who looks like a mountain in motion can be an alarming kind of friend, but Huck, the Indian boy, and his friends, twins Joan and Joey Brown, found that George, the shy stegosaurus, could also be very helpful.  Huck lived on an Oregon reservation with old Opalo, the former medicine man. Isolated and lonely, he was an unhappy boy until a banana and a resort vacation brought the four friends together. From that day on Huck had no time to worry about being less modern than the other Indians. Picnics, fishing, and Indian wrestling (which they always let George win) kept Huck, the twins, and George busy.  Then George, with his pea-sized brain, decided to look in on the Huckleberry Festival. His three pals, not sure that the festival-goers would be happy to see their large friend, hid him under a tent and then the fun began!  Huck, an Indian from an Oregon reservation, and his friends Joan and Joey Brown have a wonderful time with George, the stegosaurus in this sequel to The Shy Stegosaurus of Cricket Creek. Me Again:

HOTW- La Mujer Murcielago

 

Gloria, no last name given, is an international woman of mystery.  She is a master of wrestling, lucha libre and Greco-Roman,  She is a excellent marksman, and knows a wide variety of martial arts.  Her real identity is only known to two men, her aides.  They are both in love with her, naturally.  She is never seen in public without her costume on.  Though if she is, no one will recognize her.  When she wrestles, she wears a full body suit.  She is known worldwide as La Mujer Murcielago, the Batwoman.

X - Ruby Church (Official Music Video)

         

Calvin Monday 11-27-85

 

Sven- Mad Magician (1954)

 

From Wiki- The Mad Magician is a 1954 American horror film in 3D, directed by John Brahm starring Vincent Price, Mary Murphy and Eva Gabor. It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures, with a release in 3-D to build on the craze started by films such as House of Wax (1953), which also starred Price. In the film, a master illusionist murders his employer after learning he tricked him into signing away ownership of every trick he invents, and finds that to avoid being caught for the murder he must kill again and again. Back to me:

Future Quest v.1

 

Official premise by DC Comics:

When the adventurous and inquisitive Jonny Quest and his adoptive brother Hadji make a startling discovery in the swamplands of Florida, they are pulled into an epic struggle between the Space Rangers and a dangerous villain who threatens the galaxy. Now it’s up to the combined forces of Team Quest, Inter-Nation Security, Space Ghost, and a host of Hanna-Barbera’s greatest action heroes to stop him and save their universe!^[1]

Mad Magician trailer 1954

    

The Green Slime (1968)

From Wiki- The Green Slime (Japanese: ガンマー第3号 宇宙大作戦, Hepburn: Ganmā Daisan Gō: Uchū Daisakusen, lit. 'Gamma 3: The Great Space War') is a 1968 tokusatsu science fiction film directed by Kinji Fukasaku^[1] and produced by Walter Manley and Ivan Reiner.^[2] It was written by William Finger, Tom Rowe and Charles Sinclair^[1][2] from a story by Reiner.^[1] The film was shot in Japan with a Japanese director and film crew, but with the non-Japanese cast of Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel and Luciana Paluzzi.  After destroying a huge asteroid that was on a rapid collision course with Earth, a group of astronauts discover they have accidentally returned to their space station with an alien slime creature that feeds on radiation and can reproduce rapidly from its own blood.  Back to me:

HOTW- Electrode

 From WIki- Electrode (David Shenk) — The leader of the group, a scientist whose love of comics motivated him to give himself super-powers. Can generate electricity—up to and including lightning bolts—and can fly. He often pressures the team into adopting superhero conventions such as wearing costumes and patrolling the city, but underneath such superficial pretensions, he is genuinely concerned with saving lives. Back to me:

The Epoxies - Everything Looks Beautiful On Video

       

Calvin Monday 11-26-85

Sven- Cult of the Cobra (1955

From Wiki- Cult of the Cobra is a 1955 American black-and-white horror film from Universal-International Pictures, produced by Howard Pine, directed by Francis D. Lyon, that stars Faith Domergue, Richard Long, Kathleen Hughes, Marshall Thompson, Jack Kelly, William Reynolds, and David Janssen.^[1] The film was released as a double feature with Revenge of the Creature.  In the film, six American officers witness the secret ritual of Lamians (worshipers of women who can change into serpents). When the soldiers are discovered by the snake cult, the High Lamian Priestess vows that "the Cobra Goddess will avenge herself". A mysterious woman enters into the life of each service man, with disastrous results: "accidents" begin to happen, and before each death the shadow of a cobra is seen.  Back to me:

Batman: Caped Crusader ep 01 "In Treacherous Waters"

Batman helps take down the Penguin, Oswalda Cobblepot.  He realizes after that this has created a power vacuum for Rupert Thorne.  During this adventure he meets ADA Barbara Gordon.  Meanwhile, Bruce is still being a playboy and drinking with a rather sleazy DA Harvey Dent.  Wayne even falls overboard whilst on the Penguin's cruise ship, the Iceberg.  Barbara likes Batman's car.

Cult of the Cobra Official Trailer #1 - Olan Soule Movie (1955)

                  

Thunderbirds (TV Series)

 From Wiki- Set in the 2060s, Thunderbirds is a follow-up to the earlier Supermarionation productions Four Feather Falls, Supercar, Fireball XL5 and Stingray. It follows the exploits of International Rescue, a life-saving organisation equipped with technologically advanced land, sea, air and space rescue craft; these are headed by a fleet of five vehicles named the Thunderbirds and launched from the organisation's secret base of operations in the Pacific Ocean. The main characters are ex-astronaut Jeff Tracy, leader of International Rescue, and his five adult sons, who pilot the Thunderbird machines.  Back to me!