PEPITO AND THE MONSTER / Cinematográfica Roma - 1957

Here's a rare little flick about a young boy who witnesses the disposal of a body by a magician and his brutish assistant, but the police do not believe his story. So, he seeks to find the evidence on his own. Pepe Romay was a popular child actor who appeared in several movies as the character of Pepito. The monster is the magician's brutish assistant and even appears in a gorilla suit at one point.

I have a sound clip with some creepy and swinging sounds for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our monster cave, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... PEPITO AND THE MONSTER!

Anyway, Pepito is a little busy-body who sneaks into a theater to catch a magician's act.

Lo and behold, Pepito is chosen from the audience to participate in a very special trick!..

And, gets sawed in half to the delight of the crowd (and, Tabonga).

Another magician shows up to find out why his tricks were being used in the act, and, gets a dagger in the back for his effort. The brutish assistant takes him away.

You'd scream like a little girl, too...

If this guy was chasing you around with that big knife!

Pepito's family's a bunch of amateur sleuths who dress a little on the weird side...

The swinging tunes in the sound clip are being swung to by these teens. The band responsible for the music in this scene is 'The Rockets.'

In order to solve the mystery, Pepito decides to go undercover and so dresses up like a mysterious Asian Prince!

Again, what the Hell's up with fifties Mexican fashion?!.. Holy cow, Batsman!!

Pepito searches for the monster's whereabouts and ends up spending some time with him! Notice the decapitated head in the top photo.

Here, the monster and Pepito's friend have a tug of war over him, wonder who wins this match?.. Eegah!! will be here tomorrow with another treat, jus' fer ya'll... Yee-Hah!!

SYMPHONY IN SLANG - Tex Avery, Fred Quimby, Scott Bradley (1951)

Well, it's raining cats and dogs outside, so it's a perfect time to examine some of the strange expressions in the English language that we all take for granted!

Some are so strange, they're not even used anymore! That's why this cartoon is called "Symphony In Slang!"

"Symphony In Slang" is all about words and phrases that don't adhere to the conventional definitions commonly attached to them! Today, a perfect example would be the word fuck! How often is it actually used in every day language to describe fornication? Not very often!

Here's something I don't do often enough, and that's to give a big shout out to the animators, Walter Clinton, Michael Lah, Grant Simmons, and Tom Oreb, cause isn't this beautiful?

Open up them pearly gates!

Just for the record, in 1932, there was an Australian documentary made called "Symphony Of Steel" that is lost forever, and is on The Australian National Film and Sound Archive's most wanted list! In 1948, there was a cartoon made starring guess who called "Symphony In Spinach," and in 1949 there was short film featuring the Duke Ellington Orchestra called "Symphony In Swing!

 So this hep cat dies and goes to heaven, and he's trying to explain to St. Peter why he's there, but St. Peter can't understand anything that he's talking about, and refers him to Noah Webster who is equally puzzled by this stranger's vocabulary! From there it turns into a series of gags and ludicrous imagery Tex Avery style!

 To start with, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth!

 He had a job, but wasn't able to cut the mustard!

 He met a girl and she gave him the goose bumps!

 He was all thumbs!

 She wore a dress that fit like a glove!

 And she had her hair in a bun!

 She finally gave him a date!

 They went out for cocktails!

 He found himself in a pickle when he wrote a check that bounced!

 The Proprietor drew a gun on him!

He ran off into the foothills!

In prison he found himself up against it!

His buddies were just hanging around!

The girl of his dreams had a hot date with an old flame!

There's a little more to the story, but you get the general idea!

Funny stuff, Tex!

THE OUTER LIMITS / The Man With The Power - 1963

Here we go again with the start of another week, this time an episode from the first season of THE OUTER LIMITS that stars the great Donald Pleasence. The story's about a milquetoast college teacher who lacks the ability to stand up to anyone, especially his shrewish wife. But, after an operation on his brain (adding a transistor unit) so that he can aide in a space project to mine asteroids, a giant electrical vortex appears when he gets angry, unleashing the Earth's magnetic field against the offender.

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our caged storm cloud, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a little sample from... THE MAN WITH THE POWER!

Donald plays Harold J. Finley, and, after his operation, he's simply... The Man With The Power!

Two county workers are blocking the road and that makes Harold angry, a minute later the electrical vortex shows up and toasts their asses but good!

At home, Harold's wife is a total serial nagger, makes this old monster happy to be a bachelor!

At the lab, Harold displays an amazing amount of mental power, the scientists don't quite understand what to make out of it.

Harold is readied for his next experiment...

When he fully concentrates, he bends the metal bar like he's Superman!

After nagging Harold while cleaning the windows, the vortex shows up and wifey falls off the ladder. This is one hard fall for actress Priscilla Morrill, really!

The Dean of the college denies Harold's request to work at the lab because he has no tenure, so, this is what happens to him!

Harold realizes the truth and is helpless to stop the vortex from its purpose after it appears.

Harold wants the transistor removed, but, before it can be accomplished, the vortex is set free and it attacks the doctors!

There is only one way to stop the nightmare, so, Harold lets the thing attack him! We're back on Wednesday with more new year terror!