THE SAINT - "Sibao" (1965)

 

This week's Sainturdy Night Special is brought to you in part by the law firm of Dewey, Cheatham, & Howe, where you're sure to get a fair shake whether you're innocent or not. For all services unlawful or illegal, they're the guys to turn to!

Roger Moore is the angelic Simon Templar, and Simon Templar is "The Saint."

So what the Hell is a Sibao you ask? Well, besides being the name of this Episode 21 from the third season of "The Saint," it's also the name of a beautiful woman!

For some reason. stories about voodoo in the country of Haiti seem to be a lot more believable that say, something about some white guy swinging through the trees in Africa.

 

"Voodoo Drums!"

"Sibao" opens in a bar in Haiti, with voodoo drums, and this guy doing his voodoo dance.

He wears a simple skull face masque, but it's pretty effective in the Creepy Department!

Then, POOF! He disappears into thin air right in front of everybody. Pretty cool trick, but is it really a trick, or is it voodoo?

The patrons of the club are pretty impressed.

 

Simon Templar, who just happens to be sitting at one of the tables is pretty impressed himself.

This is the lovely Sibao as played by Jeanne Roland. Jeanne might only have 15 credits to her name, but most of them are good ones, besides "The Saint," she appeared in four other crucial 60's TV shows where they needed an exotic looking woman that included "Secret Agent," "The Avengers," "The Baron," and "Man With A Camera." On the big screen, she was in "The Curse Of The Mummy's Tomb," "Casino Royale," and "You Only Live Twice."

Simon Templar's pals are Nicholas (The Night My Number Came Up) Stuart as Atherton Lee, and Jerry (Lolita) Stovin as Tony Kreiger.

Atherton is cool, but Tony is a real dick. It's hard to imagine that Simon Templar would have much to do with a guy like him.

Tony even turns into a bigger jerk the more he drinks, and he drinks a lot!

Tony is being such an ass, he's really starting to attract the attention of some of the local guys! He was even annoying me!

John Carson is some weird cat named Theron Netlord. Theron thinks he's a big shot, and he's forcing Sibao into marrying him. With a name like Netlord, I can see how a person could get pretty full of himself, especially these days!

John had a long and varied career, that ranged from "Blood Beast From Outer Space" to "Poirot." When I said varied, I meant it.

 

Jerkface Tony pushed too many people's buttons, including Netlord's, and when leaving the bar, his brakes fail miserably. Not only does he die when he hits this tree, but on the way here, he uncontrollably hit Sibao and her brother. Sibao gets a big cut on her leg, and is okay, but her brother dies, and now there's going to be a need to have a big voodoo ceremony!

Turns out Tony wasn't really Tony, but instead was this guy named David Grant, and he wasn't really drunk, but was in Haiti doing some investigating. It was all a show.

 

Netlord decides to serve up some free lunch at the wedding with himself on the menu.

 

Voodoo?

Can Simon Templar figure it all out?

You're just going to have to decide that on your own, and HERE's the place to do it! 

And you can either thank The Lord, or thank The Lord! 

THE AVENGERS - "Who's Who???" (1967)

This evening's Saturday Night Special is Season 5, Episode 16 of "The Avengers," and especial it is. I get so tired of trying to find interesting things to watch, and then something like this pops up, and I'm re-invigorated for a week or two, and now I'm going to tell you why!

This episode of "The Avengers" from 1967 was titled "Who's Who???" and boy did they mean it! The title might be the only thing they were serious about. This thing is a cluster from the get-go. and I loved each and every minute of it!

The writers must have been having a real good time when they came up with this sub-title. but it's absolutely true. That's exactly what happens!

'The Villains' in this show are Patricia (Blood Beast from Outer Space) Haines as Lola, and Freddie (Frankenstein Must Be Destroyed) Jones as her significant other Basil, and they both do an exceptional job!

These are the real John Steed and Mrs. Emma Peel. This is the last time you'll see them as themselves for a while!

Arnold (The Revenge of Frankenstein) Diamond is whack job scientist Dr. Krelmar. He's invented this amazing mind-meld machine that is capable of transferring or exchanging the mind of one person with another person. Steed has been captured by the loathsome Lola and Basil, and is about to have his mind exchanged with Basil's.

Let the exchange party begin! Those red and blue dice are Basil's good luck pieces.

Now it's Lola and Mrs. Peel's turn.

Meet the new Avengers, aka Lola and Basil.

Twice during the course of the show, they break for an "Important Announcement."

The announcement is to let any late comers or otherwise confused peoples know that these two people who look like 'The Villains,' are in reality, Steed and Mrs. Peel.

And these two, who look like Mrs. Peel and Steed, are really "The Villains."

Patricia Haines should have won an award for her fantastic portrayal of Mrs. Peel, and I think she might be the only other actress who ever got to play the role besides Diana Rigg.

All her mannerisms are right on the money, and Freddie Jones playing Steed is equally impressive!

But the real fun part is watching 'The Villains" as Steed and Emma, because you get to see Steed and Emma act in ways you've never seen before.

Fans of "The Avengers" all know that these two have an interesting but quite platonic relationship, so to see them getting cozy is just crazy! Drinking Ale and smoking cigars, the Mrs. Peel character starts dancing.

'The Villains' plan is to destroy the whole "Floral Network," one flower at a time. They do get as far as killing Daffodil, Pansy, Bluebell, and a few of the other blossoming agents.

Steed finds out that the head of his new body is a lot smaller than his old one, and his boulder hat no longer fits properly!

The bodies of all the wilted flowers just keep piling up!

It's hilarious to watch Mrs. Peel as a gum chewing ditz!

And then it happens, something you've never seen before in an episode of "The Avengers," John Steed and Emma Peel share a romantic and passionate kiss. Of course it's not them, but it looks like them, so it's just plain good old fashioned weird!

After enough time passes Lola and Basil decide they like themselves better as Steed and Mrs. Peel, than they do as themselves. Life is better, they're better looking, and they have cooler stuff, so they decide to go ahead and finish the job, and rub out the real Steed and Mrs. Peel. That's when their caper goes astray, and they get caught and turned back into themselves again. I'll let you figure out who is in this last shot.

SATURDAY NIGHT ON SATURN - 21 Records That Look Like Sci-Fi Soundtracks But Aren't

 

 A couple of years ago I downloaded this huge file of one million unsorted record covers from the internet archive. I've deleted about half of them, but it's truly amazing how many records have been made in a fairly short amount of time. So, this is a bunch I've found that look like movies but aren't!

This was a digital release by Coming Soon!!! in 2014.

The Wait is Over!

This German album called "Servitors Of The Gods" by The Black Explosion came out in 2012!

The Black Explosion - Teaser

This French Album by Christian Clozier came out in 1992.

Christian Clozier - Quasars 6

This 2012 seven inch surf single looks legitimately 1965.

 Martian Denny - Crossfire

This two CD Australian release of various artists came out in 1999.

It looks like Dr. Who in Las Vegas!

This 2009 three song EP from Russia called "FLAME" looks like an upcoming adventure from somewhere!

Flame - Jen

Maybe if Jerry Warren had made a Sci-Fi movie called "The Mothership."

Future Funk Squad - Spiders

This 1958 LP by Les Baxter looks like it could have been the soundtrack for "Missile To The Moon."

Les Baxter - Saturday Night on Saturn

Is it Outer Limits and Outer Space or is it Out Of Limits and Out Of Space?

This 2014 digital release is a soundtrack without a movie. 

How's that work?

 

This 2010 disco single from Argentina looks like some unknown Czechoslovakian movie from the 1960's.

XARION - Magical Journey

This Hawkwind record looks like an episode of "Flash Gordon."

This 2012 Belarus digital release looks like it's from a movie called "Star-Sub."

And Thanx to Randall Landers for the link to this page that's all about 'em!!

This 2010 album by The Sword called "Warp Riders" looks like a 60's Sci-Fi paperback.

The Sword - Tres Brujas

Maybe they thought there was a movie to go along with this 1997 LP when they made it.

The Desert Sessions - Johnny The Boy

People in England have been waiting 21 years for this to become an actual movie!

The Creeps - Ed Rush & Optical

This 2001 German CD came out after there were a whole bunch of Perry Rhodan radio shows released on cassette in the 80's.

This 2008 mini-album CD has a song on it called "Space Elevator."

This 2014 Australian digital release of various artists was one of many with the same theme. Could have fooled me that there wasn't a movie called "Primal Drive."

 

This last one is one of my favorite album covers. I had this 1976 French record by Patrick Vian until somebody offered me a nice price for it that I couldn't turn down.

Patrick Vian - Bruits Et Temps Analogues