Calvin Monday 12-4-85

 

279. The Super Inframan!

      

Sven- Dead of Night (1977)

From Wiki- Dead of Night is a 1977 American made-for-television anthology horror film starring Ed Begley Jr., Anjanette Comer, Patrick Macnee, Horst Buchholz and Joan Hackett. Directed by Dan Curtis, the film consists of three stories written by Richard Matheson^[1] (although the first segment, "Second Chance", was adapted from a story by Jack Finney^[2]) much like the earlier Trilogy of Terror. The film originally premiered on NBC on March 29, 1977.  Back to me- Wiki gives all three segments a synopses, but I am not going to do this.  It was a pretty interesting movie, though one can see Dan Curtis was trying to emulate his earlier Trilogy.

Gatchaman Blu Ray thoughts

Gatchaman Complete   Collection

Sentai

• Language: English, Japanese with English Subtitles
• Runtime: 2880 min.
• Release Date: September 26, 2023
• Extras: Clean Opening Animation; Clean Closing Animations (x2); Character Profiles; Character Sketches; Episode Sketches; Galleries; Music; Interviews; Audition Footage; Episode Commentaries (x19); OVAs (x3); Movie
• Rating: TV-PG (V)
• You Pay: $ 96.99 Retail: $ 149.98

277. LOTL 16- Hurricane

                

Dead Of Night (1977) trailer

            

276. JLA/Avengers from the 80s!

                  

HOTW- Wildcat

 

From Wiki- Orphaned during the Great Depression, Ted Grant found himself unemployed in the big city. One night, he saved "Socker" Smith, the heavyweight boxing champion, from a mugging. "Socker" took Ted under his wing, and soon Ted became a heavyweight boxing champion in his own right. He also became tangled unknowingly in his manager's sinister plans. His mentor "Socker" Smith was killed by Grant's managers Flint and Skinner who used a syringe, loaded with poison, in a boxing glove. The dose was only intended to slow down Smith, but the duo misjudged the potency. When Grant was arrested for the crime, Flint and Skinner, afraid that he might know what had really happened, arranged for the young fighter to be killed. Grant escaped the attempt and survived, but the policemen with him were killed. As a result, he became a fugitive. Later, he came upon a child who had been robbed of his Green Lantern comic. The boy, describing the mystery-man Green Lantern, inspired Grant to create the costume of a large black cat. He took the name Wildcat and vowed to clear his name. He brought Flint and Skinner to justice; the criminals were forced to confess, clearing Grant's name, and obtaining justice for Smith. Using the identity of Wildcat, Grant continued to fight crime.^[6] By issue #4, Wildcat had a custom motorbike, the Cat-o-Cycle and a comedy sidekick named Stretch Skinner.  Back to me!

274. Space Sentinels 04- The Sorceress

  

Southern Culture On The Skids — Run Baby Run

           

Calvin Monday 12-3-85

272 . Reviewing Xenorama(s)!

     

Ramones- It's Alive (1977, released 1979)

From Wiki- It's Alive is the first live album by the American punk rock band the Ramones, titled after the 1974 horror film of the same name. It was recorded at the Rainbow Theatre in London on December 31, 1977, and released in April 1979 as a 2-LP set. The album draws from the band's first three studio albums: Ramones (1976), Leave Home (1977), and Rocket to Russia (1977). Four concerts during the UK tour were recorded, but the New Year's Eve one was chosen because ten rows of seats were thrown at the stage after the concert and it was considered the best of the performances at the venue.   Now back to me, the master of musical mayhem!

270. LOTL S01 15 Elsewhen

    

269. Green Lantern of the 60s!

         

268 . The Shy Stegosaurus of Indian Springs

HOTW- The Jaguar (original)

 

From The Archie Comics Wiki-  When Zoologist Ralph Hardy was on exploration, he noticed a white jaguar. Before he could pursue it, an earthquake occurred and a huge serpent-like dinosaur emerged from the cracked ground. He ran for safety inside the ruins of an Incan Temple. Once inside, he noticed the jaguar's tracks and followed them to an alter. Hanging off it, was a belt buckle with an emblem of a white jaguar. Hardley began to read the inscription on the wall, which noted only an animal lover could wear the buckle and be transformed into a human Jaguar. He also noticed another large mural depicting the monster serpent. As he continued to read about the history of the temple, he learned that the belt was created to stop the rampage of the creature, and that it was up to him to wear the belt and fulfill that destiny.  back to me!

Misfits - Attitude / The Addams Family

               Beware- there's an F bomb in here!

267. The Space Sentinels 03 The Time Traveler

           

Calvin Monday 12-02-85

266. American Heritage Center Stan Lee Exhibit 2024

       

265. Museum of Dinosaurs (Geology), Wyoming

          

Sven- The Incredible Shrinking Man (1957)

From Wiki- The Incredible Shrinking Man is a 1957 American science fiction film directed by Jack Arnold, based on Richard Matheson's 1956 novel, The Shrinking Man. The film stars Grant Williams as Scott and Randy Stuart as Scott's wife, Louise. While relaxing on a boat, Scott is enveloped by a strange fog. Months later, he discovers that he appears to be shrinking. By the time Scott has reached the height of a small boy, his condition becomes known to the public. When he learns there is no cure for his condition, he lashes out at his wife. As Scott shrinks to the point where he can fit into a dollhouse, he has a battle with his family cat, leaving him lost and alone in his basement, where he is now smaller than the average insect. Back to me:  He fights a spider, and finally shrinks down to sub-atomic size and wanders off to find his place in the universe.

Kimba-casts

I saw a lot of Kimba when I was in West Virgina (WDCA Channel 20, greatest channel ever).  I have written about the show here, and had been doing episode reviews about 12 years ago.  Since I started the podcast, the Kimba episode overview I did has been the most popular one.   Speed Racer is right behind Kimba as well.  They have more than six times the combined listens than the third place episode.  That makes me think I should talk more about Kimba.  Well, it is only logical.  However, I do not want to do an episode by episode sort of thing, since that would take a year.

263. LOTL S01 E14 Stone Soup

                 

DIg those crazy 70s video effects!

The Incredible Shrinking Man Original Trailer (Jack Arnold, 1957)

   

262. The Annotated Hobbit

           

HOTW- Atoma

From Gamespot-  Atoma is a superherione who's only appearance was in issue 15 of the Joe Palooka comic.  In the issue, junior chemist Dusty Rhodes, from Anytown, USA, is teleported to the future when he mixing chemicals in his basement. Joe looks around to find the hero Atoma, who tells Dusty he accidentally discovered the time element is in the year 2446, and he is now in the year 2446. Atoma then puts Dusty on her back, and shows him the future Anytown. As they are observing, they are then attacked by a giant robot, who Dusty defeats with a slingshot. They meet Arton, another flying person. He was presented at least as a future rival to Atoma. The last quote from Atoma is "It's not fair Dusty!! Though you may think this is a perfect place it is from it. Some of us just live like slaves and the governor is no better than your Hitler was. There's lots we must do, be must tell about it another time!"

261. Attack of the Monsters pt 2!

     The finale!

260. Space Sentinels 02 Space Giants

    

Ghost - Stay ft. Patrick Wilson (Official Audio)

      

Calvin Monday 12-01-85

 

259 Attack of the Monsters 1969 Part 1

         Special Comment below.

258. Coloring The White Whale!

     

50 years of Land of the Lost!

 

Land of the Lost premiered on September 7th, 1974.  To paraphrase a Beatles song: "It was fifty years ago today, Land of the Lost began to play!"  While Grumpy didn't sing the song, we all sang along with Wesley.  I will admit, I did miss the first episode for some reason.  It was scheduled opposite Valley of the Dinosaurs and I think we were bouncing around all the new shows.  That is my best guess after fiddy years.  I think I was at a friend's house, since New Cartoon Saturday was an event back in the day.  The worst part- aside from 17 new Scooby Doo clone shows, was trying to decide which show to watch for the first time.

256. LOTL 13 Follow That Dinosaur

        

255 Movie Monsters #3 1975

Happy Birthday, Raquel Welch

From Wiki-  Jo Raquel Welch (née Tejada; September 5, 1940 – February 15, 2023) was an American actress.  Raquel Welch first gained attention for her role in Fantastic Voyage (1966), after which she signed a long-term contract with 20th Century Fox. They lent her contract to the British studio Hammer Film Productions, for whom she made One Million Years B.C. (1966). Although Welch had only three lines of dialogue in the film, images of her in the doe-skin bikini became bestselling posters that turned her into an international sex symbol. She later starred in Bedazzled (1967), Bandolero! (1968), 100 Rifles (1969), Myra Breckinridge (1970), Hannie Caulder (1971), Kansas City Bomber (1972), The Last of Sheila (1973), The Three Musketeers (1973), The Wild Party (1975), and Mother, Jugs & Speed (1976). She made several television variety specials.

254. Dinosaur Scrapbook (1980)

HOTW- Red Tornado (Ma Hunkel)

From Wiki- In the original comics in the 1940s, Ma Hunkel is a working mother whose costume consists of longjohns and a cooking pot on her head. She adopts the identity of the Red Tornado to fight local criminals in her New York City neighborhood, inspired by her son's admiration for the superhero Green Lantern. The character's popularity was such that she was given a cameo in the first adventure of the Justice Society of America, visiting the JSA's headquarters but being forced by a humorous mishap, her pants splitting, to leave without having the chance to apply for membership. Later Justice Society stories have declared Ma to be an honorary member of the team.  Me again (until the last paragraph):

253 Space Sentinels 01 Morpheus: The Sinister Sentinel

       

The Hellflowers - "Little Boogie" (Official Video)

            

S02.242 War of the Colossal Beast

           

Calvin Monday 11-30-85

S02.241 What If Rick Jones had become The Hulk?