ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN / "Treasure Of The Incas" - 1952

In today's adventure involving another cave, Lois is on her way to an auction featuring South American items. Before she enters the building, an older man asks her to purchase an Inca tapestry for him because he says that it wouldn't be safe for him to buy it. Soon after that, the man is killed by a guy with a big scar on his face. The tapestry is then stolen from Lois, so, she and Jimmy follow the murderer to Lima, Peru to locate the tapestry and catch the person behind the murder.

The main reason I chose this episode is because the review on the box said, quote... "Lois Lane, chloroformed while investigating strange disappearances, is held prisoner in Mme. Selina's wax museum of the living dead."

Here's Lois talking to the old man, he gives her $1000 in cash for the purchase, she can use whatever it takes to seal the deal...

Then, two minutes later, the old man is dead in an alley and the guy with a big scar on his face is on the loose somewhere in the city.

Not seeing the old man after the auction, Lois goes back to the Daily Planet and show Clark and Jimmy the tapestry. Jimmy points out a hole in it, so, why would anyone want it...

The guy with the big scar follows Lois and takes the tapestry, then conks her on the head with his gun! Yeah, yeah, the scar's on the other side of his face!

And, this shot will definitely prove that Lois and Jimmy actually went to Peru!

Lois takes her complaint to the authorities in Peru. She's yakking away when the Captain points out that Mr. Kent has already been a big help...

That "How did you get here, fly?!" routine is used twice in this story!

Okay, see, told you, big old scar!! Dude's a super criminal in Peru, the authorities just can't seem to bust his ass...

The guy's name is Pedro Mendoza, at the moment he's stealing the other tapestry needed to figure out where the hidden treasure's buried.

Lois and Jimmy are befriended by a friend of the Captain, and he's offered to drive them around to see the sights while they wait the results of the inquiry. Lois berates Clark as they head off with their new found friend! Clark's on his way to the library.

Once he takes them out into the desert, he orders them out of the car and drives away! Well, you know, it figures, something's gotta give to move the story along...

So, our guys start walking. Lois is going to tell Perry White that he owes her a new pair of shoes. When they start walking, Lois goes up a hill first, Jimmy puts his hands on her bottom and start pushing!!! They cover it up a little with a long fade into the next scene, butt... Yeah!!

Anyway, Lois and Jimmy find the car they were riding in and go into a cave located there.

Wow, Lois really showed Clark how to be a reporter!!..

At the last second Superman breaks into the cave, he locates the lit piece of TNT Pedro and his pal placed to expose the treasure, with Lois and Jimmy just feet away!!

Superman tosses the TNT down the cave toward Pedro and the other guy, and it explodes, trapping the two there until he grabs them for the police. First though, he has to untie Lois and Jimmy and get them out of the cave.

The treasure is exposed in perfect condition, not like it would really look after an actual explosion! Anyway, here we go again with another month of precious Dungeon Cargo, here at The Dungeon!!..

SYMPHONY IN SLANG - "Strange Experiences" (1951)

 Tonight's Wild Wednesday feature is a 1951 cartoon by the master of the absurd, Tex Avery, called "Symphony In Slang."

The story here is that a hipster has died and gone to heaven, and Saint Peter at the Golden Gate can't understand what this guy is talking about! 

So he escorts the hep cat over to see Noah Webster of Dictionary fame who died in 1843, to see if he can understand what this poor fellow is talking about, so he can expedite his entrance into the holy gates!

From that point on it's just a series of fast moving gags all based on slang terms, or what are, or were, every day colloquialisms, as the man describes his life in detail, right up to the very end!

These are the images going through Webster's mind as this guy's life story is spit out. 

First off, he was born with a silver spoon in his mouth!

 He got a job because the proprietor was short handed!

   He got fired so he went back to his little hole in the wall!

 He was beside himself with anger!

 He went to Texas to make some dough punching cattle!

 He meets a good looking gal named Mary and he's all thumbs!

 Mary's clothes fit her like a glove!

 She looked mighty pretty with her hair done up in a bun!

 Finally, Mary gives him a date!

 They go out to eat and he has a cocktail.......

 .......And Mary has a Moscow Mule!

 Mary let her hair down!

 His check bounced and he finds himself in a pickle!

 Leaving Mary behind, he runs off and hides in the foothills!

 He gets sent to jail and finds himself up against it!

 After going through a lot of red tape, he gets sprung from the jug!

 A bunch of the boy's were hanging around at Joe's Malt Shop!

 He hears through the grapevine that Mary is going around with an old flame!

Years later, when he finally gets back to Mary, she has a bunch of little ones, and  he thought it was so funny, he died laughing, and that's how he ended up in heaven!

THE THREE STOOGES / "Squareheads Of The Round Table" - 1948

I'm really not in the mood for any violence, that is, unless The Stooges are in charge... Today we gots a great little episode where our boys get caught up in a plot to overthrow King Arthur by the Black Prince and his pal.

Besides the Stooges, we have Christine McIntyre as Princess Elaine, Jock Mahoney (look how his name's spelled on the title card!) as Cedric the Blacksmith, Philip Van Zandt as The Black Prince and Vernon Dent as King Arthur. Wowzers, what a lineup!!

So, the boys get a visit from some of the king's soldiers, they're looking for Cedric the Blacksmith because of his love for Princess Elaine. The Stooges try to kid around with the soldiers only to receive a 3-face slap from one of them before they leave.

Cedric was hiding in the back room, when he tells them his story, the Stooges ban together with the blacksmith to help him win his princess. Cedric has strong hands!

Besides getting conked in the head by Shemp, Moe also gets a mouthful of fiddle from Larry as they serenade Cedric's beloved Elaine.

But, The Black Prince hears the commotion and chases the guys away. He goes to King Arthur and tells him that some men were outside Elaine's window, serenading her. So, the king decides to put Elaine in another room and he'll sleep in her room in case they came back!

Just as the king is ready to hit the sack, he hears gravel hitting the window. He goes over, opens the window and gets hit in the head with a big rock with a love note on it...

There's still no response from Elaine so Shemp's chosen to climb the trellis to her room. After Shemp steps all over Moe's face, he gets into the room and thinks Elaine is under the covers. Shemp starts telling 'Elaine' that her dad is an ugly old sour puss, then slaps the covers hard as he cracks himself up! Needless to say, the king's getting really angry!!

Well, wouldn't you know it, Cedric and the boys end up behind bars. They are all scheduled to be beheaded by the king's executioner there, sharpening his chopper!

The boys get a going away gift from Elains, a loaf of bread that rattles when shaken. There are a chisel, a hack saw and a sledge hammer inside! So, they work away but get nowhere with their escape. As they plan their next move, the door to their cell open up. Larry says brrr, there's a cold draft coming from somewhere!

The boys get Cedric out of his cell and they vamoose the joint! You gotta throw in one of these Scooby-Doo chase scenes every now and again!

Moe ducks into a room where he overhears The Black Prince and his buddy discussing killing the king and stealing the throne, and then the prince will marry Elaine...

The boys put on armour and go to Elaine to tell her about the plot to kill her father. Elaine and the Stooges pledge their help to each other to expose the prince.

The boys find out that the recaptured Cedric is to be beheaded at the sound of the trumpets, so they toss a pile of fruit into the trumpets before they can play. The trumpeters blow with all their might until the dam breaks, the prince and his pal get sprayed with pieces of mushy fruit!

The prince is exposed and the guards take him away, for good! The king announces that Cedric and Elaine are to be wed, it's a happy time in the old kingdom!

We couldn't finish without Shemp getting hit with the biggest hunk of crap! Tune in Wednesday when Eegah!! will throw you another bone, here at The Dungeon!!..