SPACE SHERIFF GAVAN - "The Movie" (2012)

 

Seems like a good time for a WTF!? Wednesday down in The Dungeon, and for me at least, "Space Sheriff Gavan" is about as WTF!? as it gets unless you're a Japanese kid, and then it all probably makes perfectly good sense.

The heroes here are Space Pirates, and I have to admit, I can't tell a Space Pirate from a Power Ranger, but I'm sure there are massive differences if you're informed about this stuff. but since I'm not, it's just one giant action adventure to me, and if you're going to have action, it might as well be 100% outlandish!

The Space Pirates have been falsely accused of doing nefarious deeds, and the authorities have sent Space Sheriff Gavan to round them up, and bring them in to justice.

Space Sheriff Gavan is not pleased that Superintendent Weevil wants to execute the Pirates immediately for their supposed crimes.

 

It turns out that it's not Superintendent Weevil at all, but instead it's Ashuraada of the Zangyack impersonating him, and after Space Sheriff Gavan frees the kids, Ashuraada shows his true dirty rotten bastard colours!

After one of the what seems like hundreds of battles, Ashuraada whisks the Sheriff off to the Makuu dimension, and the Pirates have no choice but to follow since he saved their lives!

The Makuu Dimension is a pretty cool looking place, but it's really evil as can be!

That's the Makuu Prison up on the hill.

 

Merriam-Webster defines clamoring as "to become loudly insistent," and that's why I love sub-titles!

There's a bunch of freaks in the prison, and I wanted to show more, but this is one of the scarier ones!

 

Oh, and the one that wants to lick this Pirate girl! 

What the hey, I thought this was kind of a kid's show!

I forget what the deal was with this character, but it was something really weird!

The Space Pirates are pretty badass!

And so it goes, without getting into a lot of unnecessary extra details!

 

They busted Sheriff Gavan out of prison, but now Ashuraada and his minions have returned to our dimension to take care of business!

Nice portrait of the Space Pirates!

For all you pyromaniacs, there is definitely no shortage of explosions! 

Freakin' Ashuraada just refuses to give in! Dude's got a real problem!

So, how do you like those kinky drillbomb shoulder pads?

Ole Ashuraada has got even more tricks up his multiple sleeves!

Six arms is just never enough when you want to swallow up the whole universe! 

Man, I don't know about you, but I'm sure glad we've got these Space Pirates watching out for us!

No, not really, until you blow him to kingdom come!!

 

So cool, and entertaining too!

BLUE DEMON / EL DEMONIO AZUL - 1965

Here's the second movie starring Blue Demon. He teams up with a professor to go up against a mad scientist who is turning himself into a freaking werewolf!

Along with Blue Demon, this one also stars two horror heavies, Jaime Fernandez and my fave, Fernando Oses. Jaime had 183 acting credits including playing the guy that turned into that freak thing in RETURN OF THE MONSTER in 1959 and was in another Blue Demon flick, BLUE DEMON vs. SATANIC POWER in 1966. Fernando played the guy with a snake for a hand in HELLISH SPIDERS in 1968. We made a short like in 2002 called SNAKE BAIT where Eegah!! and I both had snakes for hands, we had never seen HS. Fernando usually played a wrestler or tough guy in a ton of my favorite Mex horror movies.

So, we start with the werewolf, (too bad he doesn't look like the one on the poster!) he's out looking for someone to kill and satisfy that primal urge. He finds a couple in the woods and doubles his satisfaction!

At the morgue, Blue Demon's professor friend is examining the two bodies, and has an idea about what had happened to them...

Blue Demon shows up at the professor's house and they go to the castle of Prof. Carral, who is believed to be involved in the murders. This framed mask has an extra pair of eyes!

As they wander through the place, a bat dive bombs them. The professor aims his rifle (that he made sure to bring) and fires a shot, killing the pest! They leave and go home.

Then at the arena, Blue Demon gets his hand raised yet again, after kicking another guy's ass!

Back at the castle, Carral is getting another injection ready. His helper has trepidation since he has to handle the boss when he's a werewolf, and it ain't fun!

Sometimes, Carral has to be put in a cage to contain his rage.

Here's a pretty cool shot of the castle at night.

So anyway, Blue Demon and the professor go back to the castle to end the madness. First they see a skeleton with clothes on, then the devilish book that has inspired Carral.

While Blue Demon explores the lower levels of the castle, the professor reads some of the information in the book. The helper catches the professor there and locks him up in the basement.

Well, the werewolf is on the loose and Blue Demon is hot on his trail. They rumble and our hero tosses him off a small cliff and into a pit.

As the monster writhes in pain, a group of villagers come to the edge of the pit and start filling him full of lead. His girl, even though he tried to kill her, mourns over his dead body.

Everyone goes down into the pit to say goodbye, Blue Demon leaves and has to wander his way back through the woods... The End - We're back Wednesday, hope the world will still be around, join us then!

THE MONKEES - "Find The Monkees" (1967)

I seriously think it's time for some levity, so tonight's Saturday Night Special is this 1967 episode of "The Monkees" called "Find The Monkees."

Audition notices for a new TV show have gone out to all the popular bands of the day like The Four Martians who have come to The Monkees pad to borrow a guitar string!

Another band that got an audition notice was The Foreign Agents.

 

And of course, The Jolly Green Giants. 

For the uninitiated, this is a spoof on the hit song by The Kingsmen of "Louie Louie" fame, who also had a hit about "The Jolly Green Giant" who just might hit you with a can of beans, and do it in less than two minutes!

This is what is commonly referred to as a four way skull session!

I used to have a red flannel shirt like this but I let Tabonga borrow it forty years ago, and that was the last time I saw it!

The big shot rude and irritable TV producer is played by none other than the amazing and hilarious Carl Ballantine, who made a damn good living from being the self-proclaimed worst magician in the world!

He goes to the Bureau of missing persons to try and find The Monkees, but the place is such a mess, the guy that works there can't even find a pencil.

Peter gets the hiccups at the worst possible moment, so the boys try and scare them out of him!

This almost worked, but not quite.................

The boys have to finally resort to calling in their audition from a phone booth!

The people wanting to use the phone booth are becoming very impatient, especially the guy in suit and the dark-rimmed glasses!

It becomes pretty obvious why he was becoming so impatient!

They try and audition as every type of group imaginable without success, which brings me to the crux of this story!

The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame recently announced their 2020 inductees that included Depeche Mode, and Whitney Houston, and despite the fact that Kiss and Abba have been inducted in the past, groups like The Monkees have been left in the dust again......................

..........because "they didn't play their own instruments" or at least that's the opinion of the editor of Rolling Stone magazine, and he's got a lot of clout!

Other notable snubs that ruffle my feathers are Link Wray, Canned Heat, Love, Procol Harum, Little Feat, Joe Cocker, Spirit, Steppenwolf, and The Seeds, just to name a few.

 

Mike Nesmith is too nice of a guy to say it so I'll just say it for him, How the Hell is Linda Ronstadt in the R&RHOF and the Monkees aren't when I, Mike Nesmith wrote her best song that she recorded with The Stone Poneys in 1967 called "Different Drum?"

How is that even possible?