THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW / Reubens-Callner Productions - 1981

It's Mirthful Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. When I saw this years ago, I loved the crap out of it, it totally tickled my twisted comedy nerve in all the right ways! I have always preferred it over PEE-WEE'S PLAYHOUSE because of the adult content, which makes it more interesting, I think.

Eegah!! sent over a fun little soundclip from this classic show, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to Tabonga's Magic Box, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula! Here's our audio offering for... THE PEE-WEE HERMAN SHOW!

Paul Reubens is Pee-Wee, what a perfect look and character he came up with for him, and, the audience goes wild over his hilarious antics.

Everyone used a bag of funny gags after this, he even pulls out a giant pair of men's underwear!

His telephone system is nothing more than a tangled network of Donald Duck orange juice cans on cords with pegs connecting to various plug-ins.

Don't forget about his mystical Genie and pal in a magic box, Jambi, played by John Paragon. John was also The Breather on ELVIRA'S MOVIE MACABRE.

Pee-Wee's pal, Hammy, pays him a visit. When Hammy's cute sister, Susan, comes looking for him, the boys put on their shoe mirrors and invite her to come inside...

But, the joke's on them, she informs the boys that she isn't wearing any underwear, which really grosses them out!! Nicole Panter plays Susan, she's the wife of the playhouse production designer, underground comix legend, Gary Panter! She also managed the LA punk band, THE GERMS!!

It's always depressing to see Phil Hartman here. Phil plays the salty and socially backwards sailor, Kap'n Karl.

Pee-Wee's curious about tobacco, so, the Kap'n loads up a pipeful for him to sample and says to take a giant puff. Pee-Wee turns green and goes on a psychedelic spinout after just one hit of the wacky weed!

Then, Kap'n Karl pulls out this drawing and asks Pee-Wee what's missing on the Mermaid! The answer is... A belly button!

Miss Yvonne drops in and does an exotic, girl dance. Pee-Wee gets a vantage point to watch.

When Pee-Wee asks this lady from the audience, who he's trying to hypnotize, "Do you feel hypnotized, Joan?" Joan says, "Yes." Pee-Wee looks shocked and replies... "You do?!!"

Then, we find out why he put her under the puppet's evil spell!

Pee-Wee orders a pair of hands for Jambi through the mail! There's also a poster of Rat Fink behind him.

Mr. and Mrs. Jelly Donut show up for a big musical number that includes Pee-Wee! That's a Flamingo Guitar Mr. Donut is playing!

Pee-Wee gets his wish in the end and flies around like a bird in the sky! Tune in Wednesday when Eegah!! brings us... Who the Hell knows! He just got a new batch of rare wild 'n' weird flicks to share!!

FANTÔMAS SE DÉCHAÎNE - Michel Magne - "Fantomas Strikes Back" (1965)

     

Tonight's special feature is the number two movie in the famous, in my world, Fantômas trilogy, "Fantômas Strikes Back!" Wow, this Danish poster really doesn't do the knockout Mylène Demongeot any justice at all!

The first "Fantômas" movie in this series left it wide open, so one year later, here we go again!

Fantômas Strikes Back!! The wacky theme song was written by Michel Magne, and sounds like the illegitimate child of Esquivel and Vic Mizzy!! Michel wrote the music for all three of the Fantômas films!

This movie starts with bumbling fool Commissaire Juve being honoured for ridding the world of the horrible menace known as Fantômas!! Appause!

Then the Commissaire receives a special congratulatory note from Fantômas himself that ruins the whole day! What a party pooper! On the left is Jean Marais as Fandor, he also has the role of Fantômas but it's not like a Superman secret identity, it's just one actor doing two roles! In the middle is Fandor's secretary and girlfriend, the stunning Mylène Demongeot as Hélène!

Meanwhile, back at the unclear power plant! Don't you just wanna pop that thing?

It really doesn't seem possible, but the Fantômas character first graced the silver screen in 1913!

Uh, Oh, looks like something has gone awry!

These Fantômas movies are basically kind of like a clash of gadgets between Fantômas and Commissaire Juve! Whose got the better toys?

Fantômas unleashes a remote controlled screaming go-kart bomb!

Commissaire Juve counters with his fake 'hands up' outfit!

There's a gala masquerade ball that Commissaire Juve and his men have to infiltrate! They don't exactly blend in!

It's a convoluted affair as Fantômas, looking like Aladdin, tries to put the make on Hélène!

Time for Commissaire Juve to break out his peg-leg machine gun so they can escape!

Instead, everybody is knocked out, captured, and transported to Fantômas's special hidden underwater sanctuary!

In my humble opinion, Mylène Demongeot as Hélène is cute as a button! She doesn't seem to be able to take a bad picture, but I read in her bio that when she was a teenager, she had to have surgery because she had crossed eyes! Crossed eyes or not, I'll bet she was still gorgeous! Mylène is still alive and well, and has films in production right now!

It's the old "give the guards the cigars with the bullet loads in them, time it just right and get them to face each other" routine, once again courtesy of Commissaire Juve!

 Fantômas's den is not quite as extensive as Dr. No's digs, but a pretty swinging pad just the same!

But when the whole place goes up in smoke, run like Hell!!!

They almost get him this time, but the door stays wide open for a chance for one more sequel, and that will be coming up one of these days soon, "Fantômas Vs. Scotland Yard!"

THE OUTER LIMITS / The Architects Of Fear - 1963

It's Fake Alien Invasion Friday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. This excellent episode was directed by the great, Byron Haskins, who also directed these classic flicks... TREASURE ISLAND (1950), THE WAR OF THE WORLDS, CONQUEST OF SPACE, FROM THE EARTH TO THE MOON, CAPTAIN SIDBAD, ROBINSON CRUSOE ON MARS and THE POWER. He also has 51 special effects credits starting in 1925!

Eegah!! sent over a soundclip with the Master Control Voice and more for your earjoyment, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button there next to the scarecrow from space, NOW, Rufus The Gnat! Here's an earfull of... The Architects Of Fear!

The story goes like this.. A group of scientists decide that they need to protect the world from itself by creating an invasion from space, to bring the world together to fight the enemy in a common cause. The name, Allen Leighton, is pulled out of the pot, he will be the guinea pig to be scientifically altered into the invader from space.

Here's the cage containing a real captured alien, the model they're using to change Allen into a more shocking, man-sized version.

The saddest part of the story is the fact that Allen's wife is pregnant and knows nothing about the big plan, and, Allen will have to die as a person. They have a little secret gesture to express their undying love for each other, Allen says goodbye to her.

Robert Culp plays Allen, Robert and Bill Cosby were my heroes when they starred in the very cool series, I SPY. Robert also stars in two other Outer Limits episodes, "Demon with a Glass Hand" and "Corpus Earthling." In 2010 he collapsed from an apparent heart attack (he was 79) while walking near Runyon Canyon Park in the Hollywood Hills. He was found by a hiker and transported to a nearby hospital where he died from the head injuries he sustained in the fall.

During the transformation, Allen's body and mind are having a negative reaction. Here, he beats the crap out of the doctors and then threatens them with a lethal dose of radiation! The second still shows the doctors huddling behind a table, trying to come up with a plan to stop the flipped out MALIEN. I just made that up, but, probably's been done before.

The doctors put the final touches on their creation before he's secretly shot into space.

Then, it's reported to the world that an unidentified alien spaceship is making its way toward the Earth. I love showing those old TV sets!

The ship is off course and lands in the mountains near the lab. Three hunters watch it come down.

After Allen disintegrates their station wagon with his ray gun, one hunter shoots him!

Allen hobbles his way back to the lab, his wife is there because she got a mental signal and thinks he's still alive.

Allen falls from his injuries, he's dying, so, gives his wife their secret gesture! Now, she knows the truth and the doctors can't lie about what they've done any more...

She holds Allen as he slips away... Here's a weird true story, in 1993 I worked with some very savvy people, hey, Buzz Aldrin worked there. Anyway, one guy from Texas told me that in 2000, George Bush would be president and soon after that, something BIG was going to happen. He said that one of the plans the administration would consider was a fake space invasion, you know, to scare everyone in order to control them!! I am not making this up.