tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post7103283358447098785..comments2024-03-25T21:59:05.113-07:00Comments on 13: VOYAGE TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA - Frankie Avalon - "Theme Song" (1961)Eegah!! and Tabonga!http://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-18666156914774605472018-10-20T14:18:16.175-07:002018-10-20T14:18:16.175-07:00Don't honestly know the answer, but I'm go...Don't honestly know the answer, but I'm going to say yes since he was a quite proficient trumpet player, who even had a couple of early singles that featured his trumpet playing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-24552228432684134952018-10-20T13:51:58.552-07:002018-10-20T13:51:58.552-07:00Did Frankie Avalon actually play the trumpet in th...Did Frankie Avalon actually play the trumpet in that one scene, or was it overdubbed by another trumpet player? Sounded great. Avalon was a trumpet player as a kid. Will Billhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13781020208406267523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-51530000364390542132017-08-02T12:34:33.818-07:002017-08-02T12:34:33.818-07:00Once the VOYAGE movie was a success, Irwin Allen a...Once the VOYAGE movie was a success, Irwin Allen announced an outer space version called PASSAGE TO THE EDGE OF SPACE with a budget of $3 million. It was never made of course, but it probably made him start thinking about what would become LOST IN SPACE...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-30748785218894229462011-07-29T19:27:43.113-07:002011-07-29T19:27:43.113-07:00Great story!!Great story!!Eegah!! and Tabonga!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-53032945513518508762011-07-29T16:47:47.985-07:002011-07-29T16:47:47.985-07:00By "a lot of people" I assume you mean t...By "a lot of people" I assume you mean three. <br /><br />I'm always up for a movie argument. Understand, I have VOYAGE on DVD, so I watch it from time to time. It has most of the flaws found in all Irwin Allan's movies, as well as their virtues, which is usually limited to a great cast. It's actually a teensy bit better than the average Irwin Allan film. It has nice special effects (No iguanas with fins pretending to be dinsaurs), and Red Buttons is not in it. <br /><br />I have a silly backstage story about it. Back in 1978, I took a stand-up comedy class at USC from Robert Easton, who plays "Sparks" in the movie. Now Bob is a tremendously good mimic. We got talking about VTTBOTS, and he said one afternoon a shot was delayed because Peter Lorre was off in the bathroom. Bob announced: "I could do Peter's part in this scene. I do his voice."<br /><br />So when Lorre returned to the set and said he was ready to shoot it, kidding him they said: "That's okay. We shot it. Bob did your part."<br /><br />Peter asked Bob: "Do you do an impression of me?"<br /><br />Bob said he did. Peter asked to hear it, so Bob did his Peter Lorre impression for Peter. Peter then said: "That was very good. Most people, when they do my voice, they whine. Why? I doooonnnnn't whiiiiiiinnnnnnne!"<br /><br />I found the TV series unwatchable.Douglas McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-36737084535261768172011-07-28T19:38:16.548-07:002011-07-28T19:38:16.548-07:00We're not too serious about anything down here...We're not too serious about anything down here, but it was said as "arguably" the best. That means there's always room for another opinion! A lot of people think "Atomic Submarine" is the best!Eegah!!noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-10708015225890462452011-07-28T17:39:22.546-07:002011-07-28T17:39:22.546-07:00You can NOT be serious in saying this is the best ...You can NOT be serious in saying this is the best of the submarine sci-fi movies. It's fun, but it's ridiculous. Let's start with the melting chunks of icebergs SINKING into the ocean in the beginning of the film. Goodbye laws of physics. Have you ever seen ice in water do anything but float? ICE CAN NOT SINK IN WATER! Also, The Van Allen Radiation Belt is not flammable, so the entire premise is impossible. <br /><br />I once saw a double feature of this movie and 20,00 LEAGUEs at a drive-in. Four hours of Peter Lorre (who is WASTED in VOYAGE) underwater. It was really obvious that 20,000 LEAGUES is a million times better movie.Douglas McEwannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-81153876136989879052009-01-15T18:55:00.000-08:002009-01-15T18:55:00.000-08:00Hey Richard, There's no way we can co...Hey Richard, <BR/> There's no way we can cover it all, that's why we decided to focus on the music, but it's always great when someone like yourself wants to add more details, and yer right, it was the Admiral, I was just trying to see if anybody was paying attention! Thanx!!!Eegah!! and Tabonga!https://www.blogger.com/profile/05260131201716267229noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-65437870891564401982009-01-15T03:46:00.000-08:002009-01-15T03:46:00.000-08:00Yikes, and I plumb forgot Howard McNear (Andy Grif...Yikes, and I plumb forgot Howard McNear (Andy Griffith's "Floyd Lawson") as "Congressman Parker"! Nor did I recognize character actor Henry Daniell as "Doctor Zucco" until now, some forty eight years after the film's release.antaresrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504742688607874131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-63529884586787177362009-01-15T02:58:00.000-08:002009-01-15T02:58:00.000-08:00Oh, but you forgot to mention TV's Topper's "Georg...Oh, but you forgot to mention TV's Topper's "George Kerby", I mean, Robert Sterling as "Captain Crane" (by the way, it was "Admiral Nelson" who was accused of smoking in bed).<BR/> <BR/> Of the cast named, Barbara Eden also starred alongside her real-life husband, actor Michael Ansara. <BR/><BR/> And Del (Delbert) Monroe, the tense crewman "Kowski" pictured shattering the glass of milk, went on to play the Seaview's series regular "Kowalski".<BR/><BR/> A devotee of 50's and 60's science fiction films, I am glad I happened on this site. I did so while searching to see if anyone had Avalon's Siren song about finding LOVE at the "bottom of the sea" ("blue-green" or otherwise). Frankly, I'm still quite not sure how to take his invitation.<BR/><BR/> I love these tunes and scores. Thanks.antaresrichardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12504742688607874131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-36439982102447604372008-11-02T18:20:00.000-08:002008-11-02T18:20:00.000-08:00What realy got me excited as a kid was when the su...What realy got me excited as a kid was when the sub surfaces at the 45 degree angle i mean it was empressiveAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5825429179234380868.post-48632368321216025222008-10-08T19:44:00.000-07:002008-10-08T19:44:00.000-07:00I'll never forget the time I saw this on late nigh...I'll never forget the time I saw this on late night TV. I was young and reckless then, and I had just downed a six pack of beer followed by a bottle of cheap, red wine. BBBBBBBBBuuuuuuuuuuuurp.Greg Goodsellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05343214060829373283noreply@blogger.com