SIX UNSUNG HEROS OF THE DUNGEON!

 

We don't have a "Dungeon Hall Of Fame," but once in a while we will call somebody a Dungeon Hero because we really like them for whatever reason. There is no list, and we've actually never even discussed it between the two of us because we don't need to. I did a search of our site for "Dungeon Hero" and I came up with 47 different names, so I'm going to start with a list in no particular order, of six guys I call some of the..........

"Unsung Heroes of The Dungeon."

 

First up is John Hoyt, and I never knew until I started writing this, that an alternate title for "Attack Of The Puppet People" was "Six Inches Tall." In the tube is another Dungeon Hero, John Agar!

I also never knew John was such a stud! 

 

"Attack Of The Puppet People" was just about as good as it got for 1958!

John as The Puppeteer was kind of like Joe Biden, seems nice, but creepy!

 

Next up is one of our favourite bad guys, Milton Reid! Before his acting career, Milton was a professional wrassler known as "Mighty Chang!" It really is cool how many wrasslers and boxers have gone on to be actors! That's gotta be the toughest way to break into the business, but it still works to this day!

No credits on the poster, but at least they used his image!

 

Wow! Milton gets a cutting torch to the face in this poster for "Mission Desperate."

Gil Perkins is our next Unsung Hero!

 

What could be better than a 51 year old dude playing a "Teenage Monster?"

Gil Perkins has played a "Teenage Monster" and a guy named "Cauliflower," you got something better than that?

This is from just one of the many amazing "Batman" TV shows!

This 30 minute episode titled "Ring Around The Riddler" included Yvonne Craig as Batgirl....

 

...........And  also featured the amazing Joan Collins as "The Siren," but I digress.

Anthony Eisley is one of the most unappreciated actors of all time, and his work in "The Mighty Gorga," or "The Mummy And The Curse Of The Jackals" should attest to that! That's Anthony with the mustache as Tracy Steele on "Hawaiian Eye!"

And if that's not enough proof, there's always the immaculate reception also known as "Dracula Vs. Frankenstein!"

 

Jeff Morrow should be a common household name like John Wayne or Clint Eastwood for his contributions to cinema, but unfortunately he's not!

I couldn't pick between these two international posters for "The Creature Walks Among Us," they're both so insane! Look at how big the creature is in this bottom poster, and how about those hawk feet?

"This Island Earth" came out in 1955. It was so far ahead of it's time and Jeff Morrow was a big part of it! What a krazy action packed poster!

The last guy on this list is Jake LaMotta who only has one movie we've ever written about here called "Confessions Of A Psycho Cat," but that's not the reason he's on this list! Jake actually has 18 acting credits, and has a movie that was made about his own life, the classic "Raging Bull." Jake's boxing record was 83 wins, 19 losses. and 4 draws, and they were all battles!

 

The reason Jake LaMotta is on this list is because he's Jake LaMotta, and that's just good enough!

THE THREE STOOGES In "Ants In The Pantry" - 1936

I thought that the Stooges would be a nice way to start December with, so, here's a fun one that always tickles my funny bone, and it should tickle yours too!..

We start here at the Lightning Pest Control Company, It's run by A. Mouser, where his secretary brings in a bundle of mail. He asks her if there were any checks and she says no, only bills!

In the back room the boys are into a game of poker. Moe tells Curly to cut the cards and the knucklehead obliges by using a meat cleaver!

Moe throws some of the damaged cards at Curly, who ducks out of the way, and they hit the boss right in the face when he enters the room!

Enough is enough!! He brings the boys into his office and tells them, you're fired, you guys are the worst exterminators in the world! Moe begs him for one more chance and Mouser gives in. Moe says that they can't find any pests, so, the boss tells them to infest a place before they show up there as exterminators. Moe tells him he's a genius!!

The boys use their ninja skills to sneak into a ritzy mansion where a party's going on.

Their suitcase is full of little pests to disseminate in the place, including mice, moths, ants and even bed bugs!

When Mrs. Burlap goes to show her friend her new fur coat, moths have already made holes in it and is basically destroyed!

The boys are hiding under the bed. Curly sprinkles ants on Mrs. Burlap and her friend before another woman comes in and takes them back to the party downstairs. As they walk with her, the women scratch themselves furiously. 

The Stooges show up at the front door and announce themselves as exterminators and if the owners could use their service. The butler gladly lets them inside to see Mrs. Burlap. The first thing she asks after getting a look at the boys is... What are those?!

Embarrassed with the whole situation, she says that they're hired, but, they have to dress up as party goers so that the real guests don't know that there are exterminators at work in the house.

When one guest gets a mouse down his shirt and starts contorting in a wild fashion, the boys join in and turn it into a new dance! Hey... Do The Mouse!!

Larry's looking through their suitcase and pulls out some cheese. He asks Curly if he'd like some, and he says, sure! After a moment, Larry asks Curly if he feels okay. Curly says, I've never felt better in my life! Larry then says, that's what I thought, I didn't put enough rat poison in the cheese!!

The cats they brought (to chase the mice) follow a mouse into the piano and ruin Professor Repulso's musical routine! Moe tells Larry to get into the piano and get those darn cats outta there!

The cats jump out but Larry's stuck. After Curly knocks the piano over on Moe, he still can't get Larry out, and Moe pays for it.

The whole time, the guests are either in shock of or laughing at the Stooges' antics.

Mrs. Burlap's friend comes up with a novel way of  explaining the situation... She blurts out, so, what do you all think of the comedians we've hired for the party! They all start laughing and she's asked, where did you find them? And she replies, I saw them on Vaudeville!

The party's over and it's time for the fox hunt. Curly's on a donkey, Moe's on an old glue factory swayback horse and Larry's got a girl's bicycle.

Somehow, Curly has a stuffed up nose and bags a skunk because he can't smell.

But, boy howdy, Moe and Larry certainly can!! Eegah's here tomorrow with something for us that should be special, see ya then!

THE BARON - "Diplomatic Immunity" (1966)

This week's Wild Wednesday extravaganza is the first episode "The Baron" TV show that was on for one season in 1966 and into 1967.

I don't remember this show at all. Tabonga and I were seniors in high school in 1966, and I'm pretty sure we were busy doing other things, and "The Baron" probably was too smart and not cool enough for us, but as an old man, I like this show a lot!! 

 

The concept of being an antique dealer and also an undercover agent is pretty novel!

The first episode was titled "Diplomatic Immunity" for obvious reasons. 

Although it was a British show, it was first shown in the U.S. but wasn't widely received, so it only aired for thirteen episodes, but it then became very popular in the U.K. where they got to see all thirty. I was told about it by my editor Lord Litter in Germany, so you can see it's a show that has a lot of International appeal!

Steve Forrest stars as John Mannering, aka "The Baron." Steve was in "The Twilight Zone" episode titled "The Parallel," and was in dozens of TV shows that included "Night Gallery." In the mid 70's, he was one of the stars of the show "S.W.A.T."

Although "The Baron" was a British show, the star Steve Forrest was born in Huntsville, Texas!

This ugly but very expensive Faberge couch just got lifted from John Mannering's Antique shop.

They captured the heist on this sneaky camera.................

.........................But there's only one problem. The woman who stole it is easily recognized even though she has a wig on, but she can't be touched because she works at the embassy of a foreign country called Pamerania and has full diplomatic immunity from any crimes, and once she's out of the country, forget about it!

It always cracks me up to see guys in cars sitting so close together so they can get them in the shot! It's either that, or they just like each other! Who knows what's going on since you can't see their hands!

Time for "The Baron" to go on an overseas mission!

 

"The Baron" has got a top of the line security system!

 

Of course he's going to need some stuff like a mini tape recorder built into a brush, and a cigarette lighter that shoots sideways when you use it. Both of these items are going to come in very handy!

"The Baron's" contact in Pamerania is Cordelia Winfield as played by Sue (Hysteria) Lloyd. Sue was a staple on British TV in the 60's and 70's, and was in some great shows like "Department S," and "Jason King."

Dora (Space:1999) Reisser had the role of Eva Dummel, the gal who stole the Faberge, and this is what she got when she tried to break free of the whole routine! Luckily, that little tape recorder caught the whole thing!

"The Baron" is not only suave, he's tough too, and disposes of a lot of Pameranian clowns like this!

A couple of weeks ago, our pal Brian James Riedel told me about a website where you can literally get lost for the rest of your life watching old TV programs and movies for free called "Uncle Earl's Classic Television Channel" where you can watch at least eighteen episodes of "The Baron," along with a host of other classic shows like "The Man From U.N.C.L.E.," "The Avengers," and "The Professionals," just to name a few! Just don't blame me if you never make it back!