GET CRAZY - NADA - "I Can't Take Take Take Take Take It No More" (1983)

It's Saturday night, and the last chance we have to party this Summer, and I can't take it no more, so it must be time to "Get Crazy!" So Welcome Aboard and Say Goodbye To Your Brain!

 "Get Crazy" is arguably one of the best music movies of all time on multiple levels! It's silly, and stupid, but I still love it! For some silly ass reason, to this day, "Get Crazy" is still not available as a DVD. You can find used VHS copies on Amazon for outrageous prices that range from $24.95 to $89.90, but that's about as good as it gets! I used to have one, but I sold it years ago, after I taped this off of the TV! Now since I just got a DVD recorder, I can finally share it with you!

Here's the set-up, a big blast of a New Year's Eve concert at The Saturn Theatre! Think Fillmore Auditorium! Fine actor Daniel (Home Alone) Stern is Neil Allen, the guy in charge of making this show work!

The Bill Graham character is Allen Garfield (Allen Goorwitz) as Max Wolfe! Allen has had an incredible career that has run from "Orgy Girls '69" in 1968 to "White Boy" in 2002 with all kinds of cool stops in between!

You'd be hard pressed to find a film with a wider spectrum of Pop Culture talent than "Get Crazy!"

F'rinstance, Here's Ed Begley Jr. flanked by 60's teen idol Fabian on the left, and 70's pop music icon Bobby Sherman on the right! Among a horde of other films, in "This Is Spinal Tap," Ed played drummer John "Stumpy" Pepys who died in a gardening accident shortly after the release of the band’s third album, "Silent But Deadly."

Here's Dungeon Queen Mary (Death Race 2000) Woronov in a small role as Violetta!

Paul (Eating Raoul) Bartel has the bit part of Dr. Carver!

Here's the lead singer of the "Happy Together" Turtles Howard Kaylan as Captain Cloud!

If you like Reggae music and good harmony, try and find a copy of "Rock Steady" by Howard and his buddy, the other singer in The Turtles, Mark Volman as recorded by Flo and Eddie, you won't be disappointed!

Without a doubt, my favourite character in "Get Crazy" is Lori Eastside as NADA! Lori has been casting extras in a buttload of films since 1998!

The lead singer of the cool-ass punk rock band Fear, Lee Ving plays the vocalist Piggy! Two other members of Fear appear in other small band roles, bass player Derf Scratch, and lead guitarist Philo Cramer!

This all made so much sense when I read a couple of years ago that the late Lou Reed idolized Bob Dylan in his youth! If you listen to some of Lou's pre-Velvet Underground work, you can really hear him emulating Bob in his phrasing! So here he is as the legendary spaced-out poet songwriter Auden!

I don't think it's necessary to point out the obvious!

Time to get this show on the road! Ladies and Gentlemen, may I present to you.......

The Muddy Waters type character was Hoochie Coochie Man Bill Henderson as King Blues! Bill has been in all kinds of flicks like "Fletch," "White Men Can't Jump," and "Mother, Jugs, and Speed," etc.

Completely unlike her role as the manic NADA, Lori Eastside was a singer in the suave Latin disco big band Kid Creole and the Coconuts, and has performed with Coati Mundi! Her performance here, and this song are my favourite part of the movie, so get ready, here's "I'm Not Gonna Take It" by NADA!

Unfortunately, just like the movie, the soundtrack is also not available except on hard-to-find and expensive vinyl! You can find copies on Amazon ranging from $17.99 to $295.90!
 Here are the names of all the girls in the band besides Lori Eastside: Laurie Belle, Kim Burgemeyer, Michele Carpenter, Marleigh Clark, Shari Famous, Tahni Handal, Sunbie Harrell, Susan Justin, Marci Marks, Suzi Sidewinder, and Robin Stewart!!!

This is a great shot of Piggy just before he decides to do some crowd surfing! Lee Ving has had a varied musical career that included stints in bands besides Fear with names like Range War, and Easy Love!

In a great scene, Piggy entices members of the audience to dive off the balcony into the crowd below! In what appears to be a sure disaster, some how, nobody manages to get hurt!

The always excellent Malcolm McDowell performs as Reggie Wanker, an obvious Mick Jagger spoof! Talented as he is, Malcolm sung his own songs!

Man, I miss Lou Reed! As Auden, he spends the whole movie in the back of a cab cruising around New York working on a song. He ends up missing the concert, but shows up just in time to play the music for the ending credits, a sweet song titled "Little Sister!"

The drummer for The Doors, John Densmore, plays Toad, the outlandish drummer in Reggie Wanker's band!

The drug references are many and varied, and when this mysterious character named Electric Larry shows up with his briefcase full of fun and joy, NADA asks him if he's married! This guy is what I thought evil personified in Stephen King's "The Stand" should have looked like!

Did somebody say something about drugs?

Actually, I could have done this whole post just about NADA and her band, but I'll leave you with this cool portrait of the band on a German lobby card!

I'm sure I've left out some of your favourite actors or musicians, here's the names of a few more of the distinguished characters in this film: Gail Edwards, Miles Chapin, Stacey Nelkin, Anna Bjorn, Franklyn Ajaye, Barry Diamond, Clint Howard, Coati Mundi, Linnea Quigley, and  Dick Miller! Awesome cast, awesome film, catch it whenever and wherever you can, if you can!

THE CRIMSON GHOST / Republic Pictures Serial - 1946

Well, wellie, well, well... Tonight is last posting for 2009 from The Dungeon Gang, and, glad to get it out of our hairs an' claw!! FUY!.. Iffen you follow what Tabonga saying... We gots some great stuff coming, though, so, better stay tuned in or suffer like a varmint wif' bad gas!! Or, worse!!

And, we have the colorized version from the 1966 edited 93 minute theatrical release as a special treat!

Music is by four uncredited composers, and, two guy in the Music Dept. put it all together and is basically stock studio fare...

Eegah!! decide to put lots of funny dialogue in to help out, so's get ready for last soundclip of 2009, an' it lil' Piff the Gnat honor to push big red 'GO' button for the occassion!.. THE CRIMSON GHOST! Probably Dungeon Pal, Professor Brian O'Blivion, going to enjoy tonight' posting!!

We are ready, you may launch the plane!

All dude have to do is make the call...

And, Crimson Ghost get kidnap inventer of the Cyclotrode machine, it can stop cars, planes or any electrical device dead in tracks! Preddy cool!!

Kenne Duncan play inventor Professor Chambers, Kenne, with 272 acting credits, can be found in these flicks and serials... FLASH GORDON'S TRIP TO MARS, BUCK ROGERS, MICKEY THE KID, DEADWOOD DICK, ADVENTURES OF CAPTAIN MARVEL, THE GREEN ARCHER, THE SPIDER RETURNS, BATMAN, PISTOL PACKIN' MAMA, CAPTAIN AMERICA, THE TIGER WOMAN, THE PHANTOM SPEAKS, THE PURPLE MONSTER STRIKES, MY PAL TRIGGER, BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME, RADAR SECRET SERVICE, CALAMITY JANE, THE ASTOUNDING SHE-MONSTER, NIGHT OF THE GHOULS and SUPERMAN vs THE GORILLA GANG!! Also, Kenne was notorious favorite with the gurlz!!!

Crimson Ghost can just ride around in back seat and can command people who wearing special control collar, or, he can shoot stuff with one of his deadly toys! Either way, he gots it dicked!!

Duncan Richards totally pissed at bad guy. Now, if he could just get hands on that SOB, Crimson Ghost, he'd show him a thing or two or three!..

Make Tabonga nostalgic for good old days!

Duncan gettin' BUGGED!!

And, a twenty-three skidoo to you, too, Lou!

Official portrait of THE CRIMSON GHOST!

Okay, that's two cheesburgers, and, hold the cheese?

If you look hard, you see airplane in top photo just before it crash into rock in bottom photo!

Republic Pictures stunt dudes were probably pretty freakin' crazy!

Duncan' gurl pal Diana bail out of airplane only to be picked up on road by Ghost' pals, now she gonna get a control collar!

Tabonga think very first word ever invented was... 'OOPS!!'

Great scene where Clayton Moore use glasses disguise (like Lone Ranger!) to try and sabotage operation to get remote control collar off of gurl pal Diana!

Duncan Richards track down Crimson Ghost, then, what else, get in big fight with henchmen!

Now, that is one cool crash!!

Cyclotrode look totally impressive!

You cannot see him, but Duncan Richards just get hit by Cyclotrode Ray!!

Finally, Crimson Ghost and gang get caught! ...Ah, ratz!

CG get unmasked at end to reveal who real bad guy is, Jack Benny Nixon!!

HAPPY NEW YEAR, EVERBLOODY!..