MOON 44 / In the Outer Zone... You Need A Friend! - 1990

In today's space adventure, an unconventional corporate agent is given the task of shaping a group of violent criminals and technical wizards into a helicopter defense force assigned to protect a mining station on a remote moon.

This one stars Michael (LUNARCOP) Paré, Lisa (NOCTURNE) Eichhorn, Dean (MARTIANS GO HOME) Devlin, Brian (THE TERMINATOR) Thompson and Malcolm (CALIGULA) McDowell.

At a maximum security prison on Earth, a small group of inmates are chosen to join a defense detail on a distant moon. They give high fives as they exit the Hell hole.

Here we go through space on our way to good old mineral rich, Moon 44...

The troops are met by the always sweating, angry, out of control, Master Sergeant Sykes, played to the hilt by Leon Rippy.

They prepare one of the mini heckalopters for a defensive test run to get coordinated with their technical team who's guiding them through the cracks and crevasses on Moon 44!

Malcolm plays the corrupt Major Lee, he's thinking of ways to undermine the detail...

Looking the part, Brian Thompson plays Jake, head inmate tough guy pilot.

Cookie, part of the technical team, makes his own drugs and keeps the stash in his boom box. After irritating some of the tough guys, well...

Cookie slips a few capsules into dude's drink, which, turns him into a freakin' zombie!

Word is though, don't mess with the nerdish technical team!

Here's a shot of one of the helicopters so's you can see what they look like as they fly around on Moon 44.

Then, they have to protect themselves from these guys, robotic thugs that are attacking the mining machines and installations.

Remember, this movie was made in 1990. So, in the year 2038, this is what the computer graphics for the technical team look like?! What a hoot, how can anyone even tell what the Hell's going on!

Well anyway, Major Lee becomes the victim of his own device, and gets all blowed up!!

Back on Earth, our hero threatens a company big wig before giving the military proof of the sabotage going on, on old Moon 44! Tune in tomorrow where Eegah!! probably has something special to share with us, til then... Later!

DIVER DAN - Episode 15 - "An Unusual Fish" (1961)

Tonight's post X-mas Wacky Wednesday post is called "Diver Dan" and was a very short kid's TV show that ran for one season in 1961. The fish with the cigarette in it's mouth is classic!

Although "Diver Dan" should have been completely in my wheelhouse, I do not remember this series at all! Not even a tiny bit!

I see they've got episodes numbered up all the way to number 102, but it looks like there was only 35 of them, and there's not much info on most of them. This episode titled "An Unusual Fish" was episode number 15!

Each episode of "Diver Dan" was about seven minutes long, so there's not a whole Helluva lot going on at any given time! Frank Freda was Diver Dan!

Dan's just tromping around at the bottom of the sea in his diving suit, and talking to some fish with names like The Captain!

The unusual fish in the title is this guy named Horace! He's an old friend of The Captain's, and a fish unlike anything Dan has ever seen before!

In fact, Horace is so unusual, Dan decides to take a picture of him!

The queen of the sea, this mermaid was played by Suzanne Turner. Neither Suzanne or Frank Freda have any other acting credits!

I don't know what it is with me and puppets lately, but they seem to be popping up all over the place for some reason!

Episode 15 is about a continuing trial for nefarious bad guy fish Baron Barracuda who has been accused of all kinds of crimes, but mostly, he's just a two bit thief! Since he is a newcomer to the scene and should in impartial, Horace is asked by the mermaid to be the Judge in the case!

The whole concept of underwater marionettes is pretty fascinating, and they actually do a pretty good job with it!

I love how they have Baron Baracuda held captive with a ball and chain!

Here's an album I actually don't have, but if you're interested in all sorts of different music, check out my new store front on Discogs. I only have a little over 150 records listed so far, but if I ever get done, it will be in the thousands. Just like "Diver Dan," it's been fun thus far, so, if you like good music, come on by and see for yourself!

SON OF TABONGA! XMAS MONSTER LAFFS!

This is the funniest stuff I could come up with for your Xmas present, more Tabonga! Xmas Laffs. And especially this year, we all could use a big laff or two, so, here we go!..

Hope your funny bone got satisfied, Eegah!! will be here on Wednesday with more funny stuff, so, like, be there or be a trapezoid...

THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS (1953)

Well, this is my last Ho, Ho, Ho film of this X-Mas season, and I've got to tell you, it actually is a Saturday Night Special event, but hold on, because now comes the boring part where I tell you why!

Puppets can be pretty creepy, and this film is no exception, except these Mabel Beaton Marionettes are pretty amazing looking. Gerry Anderson could have learned a thing or two about details from Mabel Beaton. I looked around but I really couldn't find that much more info about Mabel. She was the writer and the director of "The Spirit Of Christmas" too, but that seems to be her only credit. She also was an author who wrote a book titled "The Complete Book Of Marionettes." So I guess it's time to quote Procol Harum,
"Mabel, Mabel, please get off the kitchen table!"

Look at these Bell telephone workers going to town back in the time when there was a work ethic!

They are making books in braille for the unfortunate blind children of the world!

Since it's for blind kids, they add touch and feel objects! I'm just not quite sold on the whole dead mouse thing!

"The Spirit Of Christmas" is divided into two halves! The first half is a blow by blow re-telling of "Twas The Night Before Christmas" by the author Clement Moore!

 Santa is on the way!

Mom looks like a Lucy who has been up for a while on an all-nighter!

"While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads!"

Where these freaky ginger bread men cookies fit into the deal, I have no idea!

"Away to the window I flew like a flash,
Tore open the shutters and threw up the sash."

Part two is all about the birth of Jesus Christ! This is Mary!

This is a beggar who tells Joseph and Mary where they can go since there's no room at the inn. So just in case you're ever wondering why the homeless population is so out of control these days, just remember there were people living on the streets over 2000 years ago, so it's no wonder it's a problem today!

Joseph and Mary arrive at the manger.

The wise men show up, and I think it's pretty cool that back in 1953, they made one of the wise men black! Think about it, and it only makes sense!

Look at Mabel's shepherd puppets! They look like real people!

Anyway, I think that in 1953, the fact that a major corporation approached Christmas from both the Santa and the Jesus angles was pretty open-minded and amazing, cause...

"What's so funny 'bout peace, love, and understanding?" - Elvis Costello

MERRY CHRISTMAS!

 I hope the spirit of Christmas shines down upon you and

"May your days be merry and bright!"