OUR GANG In "Spooky Hooky" / Hal Roach Studios - 1936

We got our TV in 1953, I was five, it was a treasure trove for us kids! THE THREE STOOGES were not shown until the sixties, but, we were totally happy with OUR GANG and THE LITTLE RASCALS, we watched the crap out of them...

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our fifties TV, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a sample from... SPOOKY HOOKY!

The Circus is in town and the kids get all excited, I got to see the Ringling Bros. in 1954.

The circus is tomorrow, a school day, so, Spanky comes up with a plan to ditch school in order for them to go to the festivities!

But, after they find out that there's no school the next day, and, that Porky and Buckwheat have already put the note on the teacher's desk, well, they have to get that note back!

Buckwheat keeps guard but a mysterious owl gives him the creeps and now he can't whistle to let the others know there's big trouble!

As he goes to find the gang, he steps on a Moo Can (very popular until the sixties as far as I can remember) and scares him a second time.

The wind blew all the papers on the floor after they opened the window and have to try and find it to save their little butts.

Porky plays a little trick on them and when they tell him to knock it off, he replies, "O-TAY!"

Of course the custodian gets woken up by the noisy gang.

After Buckwheat get a skeleton stuck to his raincoat, all Heck breaks loose!

So, the gang catch colds and have to take their medicine, a double dose since they ain't going to the circus!

I had to take castor oil one time when I was a kid, it was the foulest stuff on Earth! Back on Wednesday for more stuff, from The Dungeon!

RAUMPATROUILLE - Peter Thomas - "Hüter Des Gesetzes" (1966)

 

Guten Tag und Willkommen im Dwräyger Kerker!!

For this Saturday Night Special I've got a real treat for you, episode III of that awesome 60's German TV show "Raumpatrouille!" It is not animated, there are no rodents, and it should never be confused with "Ratatouille!" The disc was donated to us by Professor Grewbeard a few years back! Not sure what the Prof is doing these days, but I hope it's some kickass music deep in the heart of Texas somewhere!

This episode of the German "Space Patrol" is titled "Hüter Des Gesetzes" which roughly translates to something like "Guardian Of The Law!"

This brainbat has developed a new robot that he's showing off to the crew of The Orion!

Seems he hasn't quite worked out all the bugs yet, and the robot attacks the audience, like some big time wrassler out of control!

Svengali seems unfazed by the whole incident!

But the crew has other thoughts!

From here on out, it's just good old fashioned German eye candy!

The music for this episode of "Raumpatrouille" was once again composed by Dungeon überhero PeterThomas! In fact, the only thing that would make this show better would be sub-titles and more music from Maestro Thomas! 

Here's a short sample of what I'm talking about!

And HERE'S the place where you can buy song downloads or copies of the soundtrack on CD, or 180G vinyl signed by Peter Thomas! This just might be your lucky day!

I love the fact that all women of the future have the same hair style!

Time to get this adventure really rolling!

"Raumpatrouille" premiered about a week after "Star Trek" first aired on American airwaves!

Here are Klaus Holm, Wolfgang Völz, Eva Pflug, and Dietmar Schönherr, the main members of the crew of the spaceship Orion in a classic shot!

     

They've been dispatched to this planet to find out what's going wrong in the mines.

I dig this tubular walkway!

The mining robots are misbehaving and revolting!

What to do, what to do? Think fast Major!

This shot looks like some kind of robotic hen house to me! I can just see the eggs rolling down that corridor into collection baskets!

What else can they possibly do than zap the little bastards!

Time to get the Hell out of there and safely back home!

As my buddy Lord Litter in Germany would always say, 

"CHEERS!!"
If you'd like to check out our past "Raumpatrouille" posts, you can find them here, here, and here!

THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE / Atlantic Entertainment Group, Topps Chewing Gum - 1987

It's time to get gross! I actually collected and had a complete set of all the series, sold them on eBay years ago for a good profit. The appeal was they were fun and the artwork was Topps!

I have a gross little sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our atomic fart machine, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... THE GARBAGE PAIL KIDS MOVIE!

Anthony (X, THE UNKNOWN) Newley plays antique shop owner Captain Manzini. He tries to store the garbage pail full of green slime but it gets tipped over, releasing the power of the little alien kids on Earth. Ready or not, here they come!!

They're gross to be sure, that's Foul Phil on the right doing his thing, you can hear him cut loose in the sound clip... Pee-yew!!

They also have lots of snot and wet themselves whenever things get tense. They were ahead of their time, all these bodily functions are very popular nowadays as delivered in shows like FAMILY GUY, ROBOT CHICKEN, BOB'S BURGERS and many more.

They go to a bar and get in a big fight with some bikers. The bikers are so impressed with the Kids' fighting skills, they all become fast friends! We live in a wacky world, peoples...

I'm not quite sure what to think about this scene. Little Dodger, the Captain's helper, gets a sultry kiss from eighties fashion girl, Tangerine!!

The Kids are also very interested in Earth Girl anatomy, having a lot in common with Tabonga!

There's even a Garbage Pail Kids lunchbox with a gross eyeball for a snack!

Later, the bikers help the little scamps break a bunch of social misfits out of their prison.

At the fashion show, the GPK gang disrupt the festivities. They start by ripping the clothes off all the sexy models, making for a big pile of eye candy!

Dodger ends up knocking the crap out of the bad guy, Juice. That should turn Tangerine on!

Anyway, the Garbage Pail Kids head off to who knows where to spread their gross ways! Join us again tomorrow for more from... The Dungeon!