THE GONG SHOW - "Episode 13" (1976)

Tonight's Wacky Wednesday feature is Episode 13 of "The Gong Show."

I'm telling you, probably just like you, I've been in need of a good laugh, and "The Gong Show" was just what the Doctor ordered!

The gorgeous Swedish actress Sivi Aberg was the hostess on some of the shows. Sivi was in three of the "Batman" TV shows, twice as Mimi, and once as Undine.

Singer/songwriter, the "Phantom Of The Paradise" himself, Paul Williams was one of the judges on this episode!

How can you not love Jaye P. Morgan? She's beautiful, irreverent, and spontaneous.  I think they had to censor her more than anybody!

All-Star and MVP Major League baseball player Steve Garvey was judge number three on this show.

Steve had a .294 batting average, was in ten all-star games, and holds the record in the National League for most consecutive games played at 1,207, and is somehow not in the Baseball Hall Of Fame! Bizarre!

The first act up on this episode was a great Mexican band called Los Nones!

Los Nones nail their song, but they keep looking at the judges like they expect to be gonged at any given second!

Well, that wasn't going to happen, and they get three 10's for their effort!

That's going to be hard to beat!

Next up is David Lusher and his tuba. 

Jaye P. gives him a 10, but the guys only give him a 5 and a 3.

If they get gonged I don't get to see their names on the marquee, but only hear them, so I have to guess that this woman was introduced as  Eva Eve Van Delf.

Eva warbles a cover of The Beatles' "Yesterday" while looking down at her pregnant stomach!

Rightfully so, she gets gonged!

Rob Fauerbmih does a fairly straight dramatic interpretation!

He didn't get gonged, but he only got 18 points.

Ramona McQuirter had a great voice, but only got 29 points!

Chuck Wykoff gives a dramtic reading about Vikings that gets off-colour!

They usually get gonged when the censor goes off, and this guy was no exception!

Jaye P. Says she gonged his suit!

William J. Fauntonbury is amazing! It takes some kind of speial talent to be off beat this far, but William pulls it off masterfully!

Los Nones had the lead from the start and never gave it up, and go home the victors!

It sure would be nice if somebody could find a vault, or a trailer, or a garage with some high quality copies of "The Gong Show," but I don't think it's ever going to happen, so in the meantime, I'll just keep enjoying these funky VHS copies! 

Better than nothing!

THE OUTER LIMITS / "The Special One" Season 1 Episode 28 - 1964

In today's classic TV episode, the parents of a child science prodigy are approached by a mysterious 'government' official called Mr. Xeno, who offers to give him special private tutoring. Unknown to them, Mr. Xeno is actually an alien from another planet who wants to use their son's talents for an evil purpose, to help them invade the Earth!

With this one, we've posted the complete first season of The Outer Limits on DWRAYGER DUNGEON, and, we have only nine more season two episodes to complete the entire series!! So, search our huge archive for all those other great adventures.

It stars Macdonald (THESE ARE THE DAMNED) Carey as the dad, Richard (PREMATURE BURIAL) Ney as the alien, Flip (PLEASE DON'T EAT THE DAISIES) Mark as the kid, Marion (HAPPY DAYS) Ross as mom and Edward (BLACK ZOO) Platt as the head of the education program. By the way, Richard Ney was married to and divorced from Greta Garbo.

After Mr. Xeno hypnotically kills off an angry dad in the teaser, he pops in here to pursue the next child in his unearthly quest...

He then arrives unannounced at the Benjamin residence where he shows them his Dept. of education credentials, he's there to tutor their super smart son, Kenny, in science.

But, Mr. Benjamin's getting a weird vibe from the man even though he's happy for his son.

Things are moving along quite well with the tutoring taking place in Kenny's room, with the door shut of course. The kid can already walk through walls!

Mr. Xeno shows Kenny (who already knows Mr. Xeno is from another world) how he breathes, being from another planet and all. He has two flaps below his neck, yuck, with tongues!

Kenny's dad is beside himself with Mr. Xeno's intrusion, something is just, WRONG!.. He goes to see Mr. Terrence, the head of the gifted student program and finds out that the school DOES NOT send out private tutors to any of their students!.. He tells Mr. Terrence that a Mr. Xeno has been coming to his house as many as three nights a week! And. he finds out that they don't have any Mr. Xeno working for them! Dad's acting a little too frantic and is kindly axed to leave.

Mr. Xeno gets aggressive after he's confronted by dad. They live in a high rise, so, what better way to get rid of the pain in the ass than by having him jump out the window!

But before that can happen, Kenny changes the air in the room into an unbreathable mixture for Xeno, using an alien machine he has built and mastered!

So cool, the alien is choking to death on his own device made to use against Earthlings!..

His gill lips or whatever just ain't working, somethin's all haywire!.. (pillow feathers)

Mr. Xeno takes a fall down the stairs and is nearly dead, when, Kenny turns the machine off... You see, Kenny figured out what Mr. Xeno was doing early on and was just playing along until things were right.

He allows Mr. Xeno to leave and go back to his planet, and, he'll turn the device over to the military for development in case they try to come back! The kid's the hero this time! Tune in again on Wednesday for more new May Pole Posts, here at The Dungeon!!..

SLEDGE HAMMER! - 'Trust Me, I Know What I'm Doing" (1986)

I think it's about time for a Sledge Hammer Saturday Night Special, and it took our German Correspondent Lord Litter to remind me, and I'm glad he did, because I had forgotten all about this outlandish 1980's TV series!

The very first episode of "Sledge Hammer!" was titled "Under The Gun."

David Rasche IS "Sledge Hammer," a man who knows how to get things done, a man who talks to his gun!

David is still working hard today and has at least three projects in post-production!

Awesome Anne-Marie (Prom Night) Martin is Dori Doreau, Sledge Hammer's new partner!

This show was the last of acting for Anne-Marie, who gave it all up to pursue her true love, horseback riding!

In Sledge Hammer's world, there is only one way to get things done, and it always includes firearms!

The Mayor's daughter has been kidnapped, and although Sledge Hammer is currently on suspension, he is brought back on the job, because just maybe it's going to take something, or somebody unorthodox to get her back!

Sledge Hammer doesn't care about rules, he just cares about getting the job done, no matter what it takes, or who gets in the way!

To say that "Sledge Hammer" is politically incorrect would be an understatement! I seriously doubt this show would have made it by today's standards, and that's what makes it so watchable and funny!

There's a sniper on the roof of this building, so Sledge Hammer blasts the whole damn thing to get to the guy!

Sledge Hammer knows how to deal with a defective vending machine.

Don't screw around, just shoot It!

Dori turns away for a moment and John Vernon who was also the Mayor in "Dirty Harry," Harrison (Supertrain) Page as The Chief, and Sledge Hammer all get caught checking her out!

The North Beach district of San Francisco was where the whole strip club phenomena started back in the 60's, and "Big Al's" and "The Condor Club" were two of the earliest!

Sledge Hammer has a very unique way of getting criminals to spill the beans!

This is the face of no mercy, and Sledge Hammer means it when he says.....

"Trust me, I know what I'm doing!"

And....you better believe it!