ROBOT JOX / Empire Pictures, Altar Productions - 1989

We're keeping the old ball rolling along again this week, here at The Dungeon!.. Here's one I actually saw when it came out, it was okay but a little disappointing. The story takes place in the future where it is post-World War III, war is now outlawed, in its place are matches between large deadly Robots. The main character, Achilles (Gary Graham), is a pilot in one of the large Robots. The matches take place involving two superpowers over disputed territories and the plot revolves around a match for the state of Alaska!

The flick was actually filmed at the Empire Studios, Rome, Lazio, Italy!.. Spicy-a-meat-a-ball!!

Welp, it's time for Achilles to get ready for his next match, thing looks like it's 200 feet tall.

The Robots come out with weapons blazin' away. The tank tracks on the back of Achilles' Robot's legs end up saving his life in a later match!

Then, the opposing Robot shoots its giant fist and knocks Achilles back on his heels, causing the Robot to fall backwards onto the stands with hundreds of watchers! After that, Achilles goes into a depression over the accident.

His girlfriend ends up getting her ass kicked in the next match, so, Achilles has to step in to save her life!

Achilles then grabs his Robot and blasts off into space, so, the opponent, Alexander, follows him in his giant Robot! It's not long before Achilles ' Robot is hit with a blast that disables the rocket in one of its feet.

It's back to Earth to finish the fight. Achilles crashes his Robot and can only wait for Alexander to join him!

Big Alexander brings out the big guns, his Robot transforms into a real horror as it pounds Achilles. It looks bad for our hero, how can he win?!

Achilles is a tricky lil' mofo, He uses what's left of his Robot to send Alexander's Robot to the junk heap and the match goes to hand-to-hand combat between the pilots!

After Achilles is ready to kill Alexander, he decides that fighting is futile, so, him and his foe join together in friendship! A nice way to end the conflict... Be back Wednesday for more from... The Dungeon Gang!

HOKUS POKUS - The Three Stooges - (1949)

Where does the time go? I can't believe it's already Saturday again!

Welcome to The Dungeon and tonight's special featurette!
I've been watching a lot of "Three Stooges" lately, and why not?  In today's krazy world, they make as much sense as anything else, and more sense than a lot of things!

This short is called "Hokus Pokus" and was made in 1949, a couple of years after Curly had to leave the trio and they were rejoined by Shemp after his years of going it alone!

 The Three Stooges are brothers, so it's acceptable that three middle aged men might sleep together, and generally have no relationships with women, but aren't gay!

 The pajamas are worth the price of admission alone!

 These guys took a beating day in and day out, but on screen, it never seemed to wear them out!!

 If you don't have a mirror, it's easier to shave somebody else!

 This is one of the rare times that you'll ever get to see a good shot of Moe's forehead!!

Classic!!

Fried eggs over easy for breakfast at Nick's Cafe where the manager is championship boxing super featherweight contender Carlos Morales!

 I'm pretty sure that Cassius Clay learned some of his defensive posturing by watching olde footage of Shemp! What amazing footwork!

 Shemp discovers that the hypotenuse of a right angle is approximately 31 degrees Centigrade to the left when trying to set up a card table!

 I've forgot what Moe was actually doing in this scene, but it doesn't take a lot of imagination to know what it looks like!

Killer play on words with my favourite food! 

I could not live without garlic, and I have yet to be attacked by a vampire, thank goodness!

Moe gets thrown into prison!!

Oh, gee whiz, he was just looking through the back of a chair!

Via hypnosis, Svengarlic turns Larry into a cat, and Shemp into a monkey

To showcase his skills, Svengarlic makes the boys walk out onto a flagpole some umpteen stories high!

Under the weight of three stooges, the flagpole snaps like a number 2 pencil!

I'm moving the last of my stuff today and tomorrow, and after three months, I feel pretty hypnotized myself right about now!!
Have a great weekend!

THE ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN / Season 2, Episode 20 - Beware The Wrecker - 1954

Welcome to your Friday Fix, here's a Superman episode from 1954, I was 6 in first grade... Ahh, the good old days! Anyway, the story goes like this... A steamship, an airliner and a train have all been destroyed over the past year, then, Perry White receives a telephone call from someone calling himself the Wrecker. He claims responsibility for the incidents and wants $100,000 or else more targets will be destroyed! Superman prevents another ship from being destroyed and intercepts a small model plane carrying a powerful explosive. Clark Kent, Lois Lane and Jimmy Olsen investigate further, checking out the possible source of a mysterious noise that can be heard in the background when the Wrecker calls the editor again. So, the Wrecker says he'll blow up multiple targets simultaneously if he doesn't get the $100,000 he demands!!

Our super hero looks great standing with the flag over the title card, you must agree!

So, Perry White gets a call from The Wrecker with the Inspector there, and, wouldn't you know it, Clark and Lois listen in on the conversation. They have a lead now from noticing the noises in the background.

Then, Superman chases down a deadly model jet full of super explosives. They couldn't use stock footage here, so, they had to shoot this scene just for the show.

Here's a cozy shot of our pals in Kent's Rambler sports car, such great cars from the fifties.

They go to the carnival because Clark thinks that's the sound he heard on the phone. While there, our hero knocks the bell completely off the High Striker!.. Whotta (super) man!!!

After Clark ditches them, Jimmy and Lois (holding the rifle!) track down this model airplane builder. Is this the clue they've been looking for?

No, not completely. Superman isn't that easily fooled. Perry White arranges a meeting with these three businessmen, but, why?

Well, because, Superman has set a trap with his own radio controlled jet. The reaction of the real criminal gives him away and the day is saved once again by our great pal... Superman!!.. Hurray!!

So, like, tune in again tomorrow for another special post, here at... The Dungeon!!

SHERLOCK HOLMES TV Show - Season 01, Episode 01 - "The Case Of The Cunningham Heritage" (1954)

This incarnation of the man known as Sherlock Holmes ran from 1954 through 1955, and only lasted for one season, but when you're cranking out three or four episodes a month, it adds up to 39 episodes all together!

About 91.3 % of the episodes started with

"The Case Of....................."

This is not the same Ron Howard who played Opie on the "Andy Griffith Show," but this Ron Howard was in "Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb," among other things!

Howard Marion Crawford as Watson, was also in five Fu Manchu movies as Dr. Petrie, he was in three episodes of  "The Avengers," and three episodes of  "Secret Agent!"

 Sherlock Holmes is so freakin' smart, but he doesn't know basic stuff like the fact that the earth gravitates around the sun, because his mind has no room for knowledge that is of no use to him!

He's a different kind of thinker!

 Watson and Holmes cruisin'!

 They probably would have believed the wife of the dead man who was caught with a knife in her hand that she wasn't the killer, if she didn't look so much like "The Joker!"
Born in 1925, Lise Bourdin only had 16 acting credits, and last time I checked, she was still around!

Always looking for clues!!

Every time I see a still or a poster from an old Sherlock Holmes' movie, I'm always flabbergasted by the fact that Sherlock has been portrayed on TV and in the movies approximately 169 times!

And you thought there were a lot of "Batman" movies!

So rather than give you the direct link, I think I'll just give all you amateur sleuths a clue, and let you find it for yourselves!

The clue is:

The Internet Archive!!