Greatest. Movie. Ad. Ever.

I'm not going to go into a lot of detail about what you're about to see. Just watch it yourself and ...appreciate.


Now, if you'll excuse me, I have to go find a copy of this movie.

Dope out.

-TGWD

In Praise Of Colin And Ryan...

You've heard of "Whose Line Is It Anyway?", right? Good.

In the same vein, you know who Colin Mochrie and Ryan Stiles are also, right? Good and good.

And to continue, you know that they're virtually the whole show, right?

You don't?

Well, then let me prove it to you....

Here's Ryan and Colin in a WLIIA game called "Sound Effects", where they are prisoners escaping from a POW camp. Everything depends on how they react to the sound effects provided from audience members. It works better than it sounds.



Here's the dynamic duo again in a game called "Improbable Mission", where they play secret agents doing mundane tasks. This time, it's the laundry - and a cat gets involved.



"Weird Newscasters" is another popular game herein. Wayne Brady and Brad Sherwood do well, but this is Colin and Ryan's time to shine yet again.



So there you have it. It's a wonder they aren't bigger stars. Oh well....

Dope out.

-TGWD

All Must Suffer!!

Pretty bad day - feeling grumpy, disassociated with humanity, regular stuff.

Sorry, but now you must suffer for my personal agony.

Here's some KC and the Sunshine Band. Feel the pain...



Still feel lousy. So here's some ABBA on top of that.



Ahhh...better.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club...FRAMPTON?

In 1978, there must have been a whole lot of drugs circulating between the music and movie world's denizens. How else to better explain what I'm about to relate to you?

One day, Robert Stigwood thought it would be a good idea to make a Beatles movie. Fair enough; save for the fact that The Beatles didn't want to be involved in it. No problem there, either: Stiggy had access to their songs, so just fashion a movie around the music. What's thw worst that could happen?

Well, for one, Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Heart's Club Band went on to be the biggest flop of the year. For another, fledgling actors Peter Frampton and The Bee Gees never went on to star (or act, IIRC) in another motion picture ever again after floundering around in starring roles where they were never allowed to be heard talking (!!). And thirdly, if not for the fact that the soundtrack went on to become the biggest selling movie soundtrack of the decade, Stigwood would be selling pencils and string on street corners to this day.

Surely, most of you baby-boomers have seen and have horror stories of your own about this flick. But for those of you who don't, let's get you up to speed.

Here's the Wikipedia article on the movie - it pretty much covers it all.

Now for some visual input....

Here's the trailer for this beauty. I think I posted this before but if not, here you go!



Here's Peter Frampton "acting"/singing....



Try to listen to the song "Mean Mr. Mustard" the same way again after seeing this. Just TRY to.



Earth Wind And Fire??!! Is nothing sacred??!



And here's the only good part of the movie - Aerosmith covering "Come Together".



Now you're educated. Man, I love informing people of important stuff.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Revisiting The '80s Again - In Music!

Remember The Thompson Twins?

Do you?

Well too bad; here's one of their videos anyway.



Long live the big hair.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Have A Bottle Of Dom DeLuise....

Ah, Dom; a funny guy and willing to do practically anything to get a laugh.

Hey, he even dressed up as a woman in Gene Wilder's 1986 flop Haunted Honeymoon, and was by virtue the funniest thing about it.

But in his heyday, he was the greatest comic talent ever. Especially on TV; you couldn't get much funnier than Don DeLuise when he was round Dean Martin - no wonder they were in Cannonball Run together.

And now, as if I needed to prove my point, here are some of the funniest clips I've posted on my blog yet. Try not to drink anything that'll squirt out your nose while watching them.

Here's Dom as the world's greatest veterinarian. Hey Dean, don't smoke around your dog!!



Dom trying to hit up the Secretary of Defense for a contract. Believe me, it's funnier than it sounds....



This one is hard to explain, just watch and see what I mean....



Dom in a song number with Dean and Buddy Ebsen. Believe it!



And finally, you will believe that Dom can...well he can't fly...and he isn't that super....



Very very VERY funny stuff. Good job, Dom!

Dope out.

-TGWD

It's A Solid Gold Flashback!

Ahhh.."Solid Gold". The very title brings me back to my foolish misspent youth in front of the TV, memories of syndicated series past, and just how good the music of the '80s truly was.

Many of you kids reading this now are too wrapped up in your iPods and Good Charlotte and DVDs to know or care what "Solid Gold" was. Well, lemme tell you; it was the only venue wherein the biggest music acts of the day all performed (or at least lip-synched) their songs on stage.

From 1980 to 1988, this was the show everyone watched for music, comedy and entertainment like nothing else. And for the time, it was cool. Oh, and did I mention Dionne Warwick?

For those of you who enjoyed or just want to know what I'm ranting about, here's the intro for a 1980 episode...



Here's a later one with Marilyn McCoo as the host...



Oh, and as far as the music talent goes, how about Air Supply...



The Go-Go's...



Little River Band...



Christopher Cross...



...and Miss Irene Cara, ladies and gentlemen!!



And after the coundown's been done and all the stars given their due, sadly, must come the end of the show. Here's Dionne wrapping things up...



And here's Marilyn's take on the end.



...and since they seem to have left it off on the previous video, here is the end production credit sequence for "Operation Prime Time" (which this was their jewel show) and Paramount Television (don't be scared, now...).



There, now you know what all the fuss was about. AND why the '80s, more than any other decade in man's history, rocked.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Pluto No Longer A Planet, Goofy And Mickey Devastated...

Didja just hear this? Pluto is now not supposed to be a planet. Whoa.

Read about it here, courtesy of National Geographic.

And since it's hard to find any actual video footage of the planet/planetoid/whatever Pluto, here's the next best thing:



There; you've been informed AND entertained - my work is done.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Running Late Today. Sorry.

It's been a pretty busy day.

I worked a tad over at work to get caught up (things are going better now, thanks), had to practice for a local theater play, then just plain laziness afterwards.

Hey, I'm old, fat and lazy (well, chubby anyway...); I'm allowed to slack off once in awhile.

But it's best to face facts; I just didn't have anything worth posting today. Nope; no videos,
no cool websites, no neat games. Nothing.

...

Nope.

...

Well, I guess I could take this time and thank all my faithful blog viewers (all three of you) for continuing to come back each time to check and see what's new. It keeps me wanting to come back and post each day.

Keeps me busy. And for that, I thank you.

Welp....

Oh! It IS National Color Blindness Awareness Month, I hear. So go take this test, make sure your vision is what it should be. There's something to fill out at the end, so take the whole test.

And thanks again for visiting me.

Dope out.

-TGWD

MTV Used-To-Be...Plus A Special Clip!

I know I've harped before on the pitiful state of affairs with a once-great television giant: MTV. The "M" used to stand for "music", now it stands for "meh".

Reality shows, movie specials, interviews and, once in a while, music videos. What the...??!!

Well, just pretend you've seen the astronaut guy and the color changing MTV flag on the moon and get ready for some REAL music videos.

David Bowie had some great '80s songs - here's one of them...



Supertramp is known mostly for the '70s and "Breakfast In America". But they also released records in the early '80s. One of them was "...famous last words...", and this is one of the songs from it. Remember...?



Madonna, back when she had talent....



This was one of British rock group ABC's big hits in the States...



Then there's old standbys like Rod Stewart...



Spandau Ballet...



Musical Youth...



And, rounding it out, A Flock Of Seagulls.



And now for that special clip: Back in MTV's salad days, many of the "big" networks were trying to copy their success by having a couple of hours in the week where they'd show edgy graphics and have cool-voiced announcers introduce videos you'd probably already seen on MTV. But oh well....

One such show was NBC's Friday Night Videos. Here's their intro.



Consider yourself entertained.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Today's Word Is: BOOGIE.

Bad day today; the boss yelled at me, I owe money to unreasonable people, no creative outlet available to me and no one understands me.

So I now turn my anger to you in its usual form.

Here, have a Disco commercial for 7-Up.



See what happens when I'm made upset? People suffer!

Dope out.

-TGWD

In The Vein Of "Mortal Kombat" And "Super Mario Bros."....

I just found the trailer for yet another movie based on a video game.

True, it'll probably never make it to your local theater (or even your local video store) but at least it makes for a great trailer.

Many thanks to Zoltarkill for his long, obviously painstaking attention to detail that made this trailer the work of art that it is. Good job, Z.

BTW, I'm not even going to tell you what video game it's based on. You've probably played enough games to figure it out within the first few seconds anyway. Just watch it and enjoy.



Was your guess right? Then you earned another power pellet.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Saturday Morning Cartoons - The Last Posting...

It's finally happened; I've run out of videos on YouTube to post to remind me (and you) of the good old days of Saturday morning, before it went the way of "live-action"/anime crap-o-rama it is today.

So here it is; the last Saturday Morning cartoon posting there'll be for awhile. Enjoy it!

We'll start with a '71 Rock Flowers Dolls commercial...groovily narrated by Casey ("Shaggy" Casem)...



An ep from the "Krofft Supershow" - ladies and gentlemen, DR. SHRINKER!!



Jumping a decade ahead (I told you I was running out of videos), an ad for "Mr. T"'s cartoon show...



And finally, you remember "The Dukes of Hazzard", right? Remember their cartoon series? No? Now you know.



And with a sad nod towards the setting sun, we bid our memories a fond farewell and smile with the fond knowledge that we'll always have our childhood cartoons to look back on, fondly...forever blocking out the visons of Power Rangers and Yu-Gi-Oh and so forth.

Ah, there'll never be another "Banana Splits". : (

Dope out.

-TGWD

It's A Bird, It's A Plane, It's Super(sonic) Man!

I know; I'm later than usual but I had to share this.

You remember Superman: The Movie (1978) and my preference to Chris Reeve as opposed to ol' what's-is-name, whoever's playing him now. Okay; anyway, didja know that other countries like to rip off OUR film hits?

Sound like I changed gears mid-sentence? I didn't really, because that leads me right into Supersonic Man, which is itself a dead-on ripoff of the '78 Supes and takes every minute of film to convince us it is indeed a ripoff of the highest order. Hey, in spite of it being in Italian (the UNdubbed version, anyway), the people having different names and a mostly Italiano cast (save for maybe Cameron Mitchell, who's starred in just about anything), they're the same.

With one big diff - Superman: The Movie was good.

Now, to get you acquainted with your new favorite movie (if you like crap, that is, like I do), here's a link to a detailed review of the flick from fellow bad movie endurer Ken Begg at his site Jabootu.com

And as if that weren't enough (and holy cow, it shoulda been), here is a small clip from the film. Now, if this doesn't solidify it in your mind as the ripoff to end all ripoffs, you probably need to watch it a few more times.



Now, say it with me: Viva Italiana!

Dope out.

-TGWD

Bring Back The '70s...Commercials.

Ah, the 1970's; we were all so much more innocent now than we are now. Or so says the old fogey who mans the keyboard on THIS end of the PC, pallie.

But then again, I'm one of those armchair nostalgists who only get snostalgic when he's forced to remember the "good old days". Otherwise, I'm all for microwaves and debit cards and hybrid cars.

Television is my medium of choice, and I know I'm not alone here, folks; we see an ad and go, "Oh YEAH! I remember seeing that ad and feeling that way and I was that old and doing such-and-such...." You know the feeling.

So, if you've grown up in the '70s, are a fan of the '70s or have even seen Saturday Night Fever, get ready for a nostalgia overflow!

First off, here's a familiar butter - er, margarine - ad....



Muncha buncha Fritos? They go with lunch, y'know....



Good old Viewmaster viewers and...Henry Fonda???



A nice, funky Levis commercial. Remember when they used to advertise jeans all the time?



And even an ad for something that...well,,,let's just say that in spite of what they say, it's not meant for everybody.



Well, that's a good example of what I'm talking about. Groovy, huh?

Dope out.

-TGWD

Wanna See My Monkey?

Get your minds out of the gutter, you pervs. I meant this monkey:






Cute, isn't he?

And if you click on his adorable little mug, you'll get taken to a page on albinoblacksheep.com which lets you play a game that's not as provocative as it sounds: Spank The Monkey.

(You'll need Flash to get it to come up on your PC, just to warn you.)

The object is simple; smack the monkey as fast as you can. And if you get over 200 MPH, you get a little victory song (it's all the cooler if you grew up in the '70s).

Well, what are you waiting for? Start spankin'!! Pervs.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Even More Monty Python-Ness For The Unwashed Masses...

This time, I felt a song from Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life was appropriate.

My apologies to any Catholics out there....



Jolly good!

Dope out.

-TGWD

Great, Now I Have A NEW Movie To Find....

Just when you think you've seen it all.

You've watched A*P*E (where a guy in a monkey suit flips off the viewer)...you've submitted to viewing The Cat In The Hat (in a THEATER, no less!)...you even own titles like Ax 'Em, Dracula 3000 and Battlefield:Earth. Heck, you sit alone at night and watch Black Devil Doll From Hell. I know your type.

You've watched every bad movie out there, with or without the help of "Mystery Science Theater 3000", and now think that there is nothing that the cinema world can throw at you that you won't be able to shake off without a single thought. You'll never fear movies again...right?

Never say never, baby.

For you've never seen Demon Cop, a movie that is, without a doubt, worse than anything else you've seen. In fact, it's so bad that it's practically impossible to find - even on Ebay!

My thanks to Foywonder, owner and curator of Schlocktoberfest, where he watches and reviews every bad movie down the pike, for turning me on to this beauty. It started out life as a film called The Curse Of Something Bestial and was without a distributor until it fell in the hot little hands of none other than directing/producing legend Fred Olen Ray. He then shot new footage with Cameron Mitchell (!), gave it a new title and released it.

Apparently, it went over so badly (much like the proverbial lead balloon) that it is now one of those rarities in the VHS/DVD world (like "The Star Wars Holiday Special"). In fact no one would probably even know how bad it is yet today...were it not for one little thing.

The Internet.

So here then, for your (dis)approval, is a few seconds in the life of the movie Demon Cop.



There. Now you can say you've seen the worst of the worst of the worst. Hold your head high.

Dope out.

-TGWD

I Don't Feel Like Posting Again, So Guess What YOU Get?

That's right: DISCO.

But relax, it's a video by The Trammps.



Maybe I'll feel like being more creative tomorrow. But don't hold your breath.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Saturday Morning Cartoons - The Reckoning!

Yes, faithful friends, it is time once again to don your jammies, camp out on the couch, grab a box of Lucky Charms and watch the Saturday morn cartoons of yore! Don'tcha just looooove the Inner'net??

We start off with "Shazam and Isis", two great superheroes that share a show - or at least an hour.



"Super Friends" - WHOO!



"H.R. Pufnstuf" - you can't do a little, 'cause you can't do enough, you know. ; )



We've visited Archie and Jughead before, but does anyone remember "U.S. of Archie"?



Uh-oh; commercials. here's one for Freakies cereal - I remember this!



Ooh! An Indiana Jones action figure! I WANT ONE!!



Time For Ti...oh. Uh...no; this guy's name's Chopper.



Michael Jackson for Alpha-Bits Cereal? Yeah, guess so.



GODZILLA!! (oh, and Godzookie, too.)



The late Richard Pryor did a lot of things - he was a comedian, of course, a writer, an actor and even a father later in life. Heck, he even had a KID'S SHOW!



Well, that'll do it. Hope you enjoyed! Same thing next Saturday?

Dope out.

-TGWD

Screwing Up In A Galaxy Far, Far Away...

Oh yes, mistakes happen, even when Wookiees, Jedi and astromech droids are involved.

The following are bloopers from the Star Wars series of films. Some are funny, some are not but who cares: it's Star Wars, man.

Here's some from the original trilogy....



Episode I....



Episode II....



and Episode III....



And speaking of screwing up, here's the first nine minutes or so of "The Star Wars Holiday Special". You're welcome.



Now, wasn't that funny?

Dope out.

-TGWD

More '80s Goodness!

Strraight from the MTV/'80s/Good Music Times vault, here's the Godfaddah Of Soul himself: James Brown!



Good, huh?

Dope out.

-TGWD

The REAL King Of Late Night (And I DON'T Mean Jay Leno....)

Johnny Carson. How I miss that man; he exuded class and was funny even just standing there.

Oh sure, he's best remembered as just the host of a talk show and usually worked only two nights a week but he was Johnny Carson; he could get away with it.

And I've never enjoyed "The Tonight Show" since he retired - it just isn't the same, you know?

You don't know what I mean? Well here, let me show you.

Here's a link to the man's webpage.

Here's a couple of monologues: One from 1973...



Another from 1976...



And a classic moment involinmg Johnny, Dom Deluise, some eggs and, (to a lesser extent) Burt Reynolds....



See what I mean now?

Dope out.

-TGWD

Disco Is Groovy, Baby!

Remember back when I didn't want to post anything, but felt I had to so you'd be entertained so I tortured you with a disco-style posting?

Well, guess who doesn't feel like posting again today??

...

Good guess.

So, here; chew on these for awhile, those of you who never grew up in the '70s and had no idea what we elders (40+) had to live through....







Until next time stay hip, cool and polyester-free.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Yet Again Even More Of More Of The Best Music From The Best Decade - The '80s!!

Just felt like listening to some Dexy's Midnight Runners.

Yeah, so they're one-hit-wonders. What of it??!!



Dope out.

-TGWD

WARNING: Do Not Eat Before Reading This Post!

Kids, believe me when I say that Lucio Fulci was the man to go to when you wanted to watch a flat-out insanely bloody Italian movie of any kind. Gialli, mostly, was his forte and the genre by which many know him today.

Most of his films were exemplified by the excessive amounts of gore, bloodletting, zombies, body part removals and other such special effects masterworks. As his movies blazed across the screen with pervasive, intense violence and unrelenting, almost unbearable, fright, it would be easy to believe that he embraced a bleak world view. In real life, as his biography attests to, Fulci was too busy battling vigorously against the Catholic church in real-life as well as in films like Beatrice Cenci and Don't Torture A Duckling. He also had many well-publicized battles against his own homeland of Italy, where he was effectively blacklisted after several early films deriding church as well as state.

But no one could deny he was a very effective film-maker, with his mastery of the craft well-evidenced in his body of work. He died in 1996, after a life-long battle with diabetes, leaving behind him a loving example of what he enjoyed best: movies.

Now, here's the part I was warning you about. You know, no eating before reading....

Let's watch some highlights from his career, shall we?

Here's the movie trailer for The Beyond (a.k.a. - Seven Doors of Death)...



Another trailer for Zombi (a.k.a. Zombi 2, Zombie, etc.)...



Here's a trailer from a classic Fulci film, A Lizard In A Woman's Skin...



How about the opening two minutes or so from Fulci's Zombi?



Another minute and a half from the above film...



Some clips from a film of his called Touch Of Death...



His trailer for City Of The Living Dead...



And, finally, the trailer for Cat In The Brain.



Rest in peace (or is that picees?), Mr. Fulci.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Schoolhouse Rock Rocks!

Another Saturday, more cartoons, this time all with an educational slant. And what could be more educational than that ABC Saturday Morning standby "Schoolhouse Rock"?

First, let's start with some governmental learning, straight from Capitol Hill.



A noun is a person place or thing, you know.



Two times two...whoo!



Verb...that's what's happening!


The American revolution was cool, man!



Conjunction Junction, what's your function?



Now, don't you feel smarter for it being a Saturday?

Dope out.

-TGWD

"Lost Horizon" - The Musical?

A little bit of film history: in 1973, a remake of a film was released that was like very few others. Oh sure, they were making remakes 'way back then' (as many of you youngsters so quaintly put it) but this one had a particular history.

It was a remake of a 1937 film Lost Horizon by Frank Capra, which dealt with various people discovering Shangri-La at the top of the world, wherein they could live forever in peace and harmony and such. So, a straight-on peace-loving remake could work in the war-torn, tumultuous early-70s, right?

Well, it may have except for the one thing that put Lost Horizon (1973) on many a Worst Film Of The Year list of that year....

They made it a musical.

Yes, a musical with song-and-dance numbers, that kind of musical.

And did it work? Well, again it may have it they had bothered to people the cast with actual singers and dancers. Instead, they cast it with the likes of Sally Kellerman, Peter Finch (the "I'm as mad as hell" guy from Network), George Kennedy, Olivia Hussey, Michael York, Liv Ullman, John Gielgud, Charles Boyer....

But you see what I'm getting at; none of these actors are exactly known for their singing abilities, are they?

And so it would make sense to cast them in a non-muscial adaption, right?

As I sit here and shake my head in disgust, sighing intermittently, watch the results for yourself as to why Hollywood insiders renamed this film Lost Investments.

The haunting title theme...



"Share The Joy"...



"Living Together, Growing Together"...



"I Must Frighten Her Away"...



"Question Me An Answer"...



"I Come To You"...



"Where Knowledge Ends, Faith Begins"...



"If I Could Go Back"...



"Things I Will Not Miss"...



"The World Is A Circle"...



...aaaand we wrap up with the end credit theme.



NOW you can say you've seen the best parts of the worst movie musical ever made. Hold your head high, my friend; you've every right to.

Dope out.

-TGWD

These Music Videos Will Change Your Life...

...well, maybe not change it in the normal sense, but they will at least make life a little more enjoyable.

(NOTE - these videos all come courtesy of albinoblacksheep.com and because of this fact may be my first post in which I have to say that these videos AREN'T 'not safe for work' but may have some objectionable - or even "iffy" - content. So if you're at work and watch these and get fired, don't come crying to me - I warned you. -TGWD)

To start with, let's have you click on the picture of the innocent-looking stick figure guy below this sentence. He's a product of Group X, featured on and is part of a song called "Don't Touch That". Cute little guy....














Next, this one's made by dwedit and called "MikoMiko Nurse" and is literally something else entirely. Please click Evil Barney below and check your brain at the door before watching.












And finally, here is something from J. Picking that I (and they) like to call "Badgers, Mushroom, Snake". It's a loop, so leave it on for about three days, see if anyone starts complaining.











Now, go along with the rest of your day with a big, stupid smile on your face. When anyone asks why, send them my way. Thanks!

Dope out.

-TGWD

Random Monty Python-Ness...

Felt a tad British today (veddy British, quite), so I thought I'd take another trip to Monty Python Land yet again.

You knew they made movies? Good; this is a clip from Monty Python's The Meaning Of Life.

Now, Find The Fish!



Didja find it? Me neither.

Dope out.

-TGWD

Let's Go To A Concert - Part I

...And no, I didn't go to one, but I think we've all worked hard enough this week (even though it's only Tuesday) to deserve a nice rock concert, don't you?

And when it comes to rock and roll, we all think of...Billy Joel.

...

Well, maybe that's just me, but anyway....

Let's go back in the days when all of Billy's songs were still fresh off the vinyl, the radio and the just-blossoming airwaves of MTV. You know, back when he still had hair (sorry, Billy... : ( ).

(and before you ask, NO, I am not playing "Piano Man" - everyone does that one to death, as it is.)

Let's start off with "Honesty", it's such a lonely word...



"Moving Out (Anthony's Song)" is a personal fave (you may have to turn up your sound on this one).



"It's Still Rock And Roll To Me", even if my tie's too wide....



"Just The Way You Are"...ahh, mellowness (again, sound up, please...).



Now for some lesser-knowns: I loved "The Stranger"...



..."Say Goodbye To Hollywood"...



...and "Sometimes A Fantasy" (in spite of the creepy subject matter).



There. A Billy Joel concert without tickets, bad seats and no having to buy a stupid T-shirt. You're welcome.

Next time, maybe we'll try another artist from MY time. The GOOD times. ; )

Dope out.

-TGWD