BILL AND COO / World Record For The Smallest Film Set - 1948

Hey, welcome to Chirpendale!.. Here's a weird one released eleven days after I was born! In Chirpendale, there's everything, even a bar where bird citizens can drink junebug sundaes and listen to jazzy music! But, the birds are terrorized by an evil raven called "The Black Menace." The circus comes to town, Bill and Coo get box perches and witness wild feats like Cannonball Twitcher on an out of control motorcycle! The Black Menace returns, and Bill jumps into action to save the day.

Bill and Coo are two cute parakeets (like I used to have as a kid) who are drawn together after a series of dangerous events, including being under attack by the evil Black Menace...

Here are a few of the signs in the city, I love the forties style hand painted signs, they have mucho eye appeal.

They even have a 500 berry reward poster for the mean old Black Menace!

In this scene, mama parakeet washes the laundry and then hangs it up on a clothes line.

The Obangi Bros. Circus comes to Chirpendale and all the little birdies head to the fairgrounds. They even have an air balloon to attract some attention!

The whole circus is powered by a rabbit on an exercise wheel, wowzers!

So, the audience is being entertained by numerous death defying acts, like this acrobat doing flips on the rings!

And, next up is.. Iron Jaw!..

But, the Black Menace shows up and does a fly over to assess the situation!

Bill takes off from the circus, he has a plan. He goes to the seed store and finds some crow bait, he puts a bag in his taxi and carts it away...

Bill puts the opened bag inside a special cage constructed for just an occasion. The Black Menace falls for the ploy and goes inside. Bill closes the door and the raven is finally captured, hooray!

All the citizens of Chirpendale go to gaze at the Black Menace, they are all safe now and don't have to worry about any more threats from the mean old bird!

After the dust settles, Bill and Coo get hitched, a perfect ending you must agree... So, check in tomorrow when Eegah!! will definitely have something special, just for you and me!!..

BUDDY'S BEER GARDEN - "Beer, Women, and Song" (1933)

 It's Weirdo Wednesday again in The Dungeon, and they don't call 'em "Looney Tunes" for nothing!

 "Buddy's Beer Garden" came out in 1933, and brings up the age old question, are cartoons for kids?

The animation is by only two guys. After doing a bunch of Buddy cartoons, Jack King went to work for Disney and did a bunch of Donald Duck cartoons.

Tish Tash (Frank Tashlin) went on to direct films like "Rock-A-Bye Baby," and "The Girl Can't Help it!"

 I think the correct name should have been "Buddy's Bier Garten," because this looks..... 

 ......And sounds like it's happening in Germany!

 Pretzels on a Dachshund's tail!

 My apologies to any vegetarians who might be offended by this still!

 Good role models for kids, at least everybody's having a good time!

 And it's nice to see beers getting along instead of bickering all the time!

 This whole cartoon is basically nothing but music, so when the Latin beat kicks in, Cookie starts doing a dance in a see through skirt,

 Just in case you're taking notes, so far this cartoon is about booze and sex!

 Even the piano strips!

 Let's not forget about smoking and more sex!

 Buddy introduces the final act of the night!

 A Super exaggerated Mae West character!

 Big loser dude's only got one thing on his feeble mind!

 But wait, everything is not as it seems!

Buddy is like Harry Houdini, and somehow after the introduction, it turns out the singer was him in drag!

THE OUTER LIMITS / "Nightmare" Season 1 Episode 10 - 1963

Today's story goes like this... In the future, the Earth is attacked by the planet Ebon. A group of soldiers travel by a rocket to Ebon to fight the Ebonites, but, their rocket is shot down and they are taken as POWs. They then learn that the Ebonites are capable of controlling the human senses and the soldiers are interrogated to get details of the next attack from Earth. One by one, the Earthlings are interrogated by the Ebonites, which increases the mistrust among themselves.

The episode stars James Shigeta, Ed Nelson, Martin Sheen, Bill Gunn, David Frankham, Bernard Kates, Ben Wright, Whit Bissell and John Anderson as the Ebonite Interrogator.

After a long journey to Ebon, the troop ship is shot down and the six crew members are brought in front of the Ebonite Interrogator and are asked for their names only...

Private Dix, a young momma's boy, has his voice taken away, and now, cannot speak...

Colonel Stone requests to be the first one interrogated, but, is told to cool his jets, he'll be called when the Ebonite decides to talk with him...

Private Dix, still unable to speak, is interrogated first.

During the interrogation, Dr. Whorf comes in and tells Dix that he needs to cooperate with the Ebonites because there is no chance of Earth winning the war. The Ebonite Interrogator then tells Dix that he can speak to someone he loves, like, his mom...

Back at the camp, Dix can now talk again, causing some suspicion. Now, it's Lt. Krug's turn to talk to the Ebonite, it's revealed that he turned his father in for a crime he committed. When he talks with his mom, she accuses him of being a bad son and denounces him...

Krug has a heart attack and is hooked up to an alien machine that then removes his heart!

Things get strange when the Commanding General and his aid are talking behind the scenes with the alien interrogator. They then discuss who they think will be the one of the troopers who will be a traitor!.. What the Hell?!

Major Jong has his arm scanned by the same instrument that made Dix unable to speak, and now, his arm has become useless.

The men are given some food similar to that on Earth, so, time to chow down! Looks like some wood blocks I played with when I was just a little guy.

Then, Dix can't stand any longer, he darts out of the camp and runs until he finally dies from a heart attack!

Colonel Stone is in anguish when he finds out from the Interrogator that they are not at war and confronts the General. It was only a test to see how the soldiers would react if there was actually an interplanetary war! The Ebonite wants to stop he test because two people have already died, they even tried to save Krug with their special organ repairing machine.

There is one more death before the General finally pulls the plug on the project... So, we'll be back Wednesday with even more precious Dungeon Cargo!!