BEANY And CECIL / D.J. The D. J. - "Ragg Mopp" / Bob Clampett - 1962

Eegah!! and I both grew up watching this great cartoon series! I even remember watching TIME FOR BEANY in 1954... So, sit back and take it easy, it's time for a classic musical tale featuring our favorite Sea-Sick Sea Serpent, Cecil.

I have a fun little sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our sixties jukebox, NOW, Rufus The Gnat!.. Here's... Ragg Mopp!

In this episode we find good old Cecil living amongst other musical geniuses on Tin Can Alley.

Cecil is having trouble coming up with a new tune and needs some inspiration... He notices a very inspirational shadow on the wall made by a mop and pail...

Cecil goes berserk with creativity on the piano, looks like he already chewed up all the carpet! The tune was actually written by bandleader, Johnnie Lee Wills, and steel guitarist, Deacon Anderson, and was published in 1949.

D. J. shows up to offer his support, he thinks he can make some $$$$ off the song by using a popular Hollywood trick, the gimmick. He comes up with a band called the Fire Plug 5 Minus 2, consisting of two dogs and Cecil with fake dog ears!

They simply cannot sell their idea to any major studio though, so...

D. J. decides to record the tune at his special recording studio, heavy on the trouble!

What a Picasso!!..

The dogs take over the act and you can hear them all howling at the end of the sound clip.

Here's a nice comic cover from back then... Then I thought, what could Eegah!! possibly have brewed up for tomorrow, here at The Dungeon?!

MONDO TOPLESS - Russ Meyer (1966)

Normally, I wouldn't do a soft-core movie like this, but it's a Wildcard Wednesday, so anything goes, and what has gone the most in this movie, is all the women's tops! The only reason I'm doing this movie is because my Pal in New York, the wild and woolly John Bartles sent it to me as a Xmas present!
Here's just small look into John's mind!
"Top Knot Babey!"

Wikipedia defines Mondo thusly: "A Mondo film is a documentary film, sometimes resembling a pseudo-documentary, usually depicting sensational topics and scenes." And that pretty much says it all! As far as I can tell, there have been four other Mondo movies in title, "Mondo Cane" in 1962, "Mondo Cane 2" in 1963, "Mondo Hollywood" in 1967, and "Mondo New York" in 1988!

Here's some rocking music by The Aladdins, (It's doubtful that was a real band) and some manic narration by John (Beneath the Valley of the Ultra-Vixens) Furlong! Gotta love some of the girl's names like Abundavita!

 There's nothing subtle about this movie, that's for sure!

The opening scenes that go along with the weird ass narration are of this totally nude blonde just driving around in San Francisco, the place that gets recognition as the home of the topless movement!

Batwoman topless? Whoo Hoo!! The name of the house band is Billy King and The Kinsmen, which I'm sure wasn't meant to trick anyone who was a fan of the ever popular The Kingsmen of "Louie Louie" fame! Reminds me of one of the most intelligent bands of the 70's, "Free Beer!" Once their name went up on the marquee, there was always a good crowd!

Chi-Chi's!  Also referred to as breasts, boobies, hooters, titties, sweater puppies, knockers, fried eggs, and head lights, were a real passion of Russ Meyer, and he spent his whole career trying to prove it!

 Those happy go lucky Shriners are always welcome! 

 About 90 % of the footage is boobs, and about 10% is sound devices like tape recorders and radios!

Sometimes they lose it, and focus in on the girl's faces instead of their breasts!

This is a really nice shot of what was called a transistor radio!

Don't worry, that top won't stay on for long!

Pensive and thought provoking!

Fireside Inn Restaurant doesn't sound much like a topless club!

Let me end this mess with another classic John Bartles tune:

"My Human Don't Love Me No More!"
Stay tuned in, I'm sure Tabonga's got some more classic crap cooked up for you on Friday!
Until then, Ta-Ta's!

NOT OF THIS EARTH / Miracle Pictures - 1988

Here's Roger Corman's remake of his 1957 classic, this time though, with pretty crappy results. Lookit, the movies in the eighties were whackoroonie, especially the low budget productions that stalked that decade...

It all starts with our nemesis Mr. Johnson sucking the blood out of a victim so that he can live!

I have a sound clip for your approval, sooooo, you can push the big red 'GO' button located there by our Traci Lords' standee, NOW, Ralphie The Tarantula!.. Here's a little sample from... NOT OF THIS EARTH!

Get this!.. The credits roll over clips and fragments of gory killings and slimy monsters from Roger's previous productions like GALAXY OF TERROR, FORBIDDEN WORLD, HUMANOIDS FROM THE DEEP and even BATTLE BEYOND THE SUN!

Here are Traci Lords as nurse Nadine Story and Arthur Roberts as our space visitor, Mr. Johnson. His blood is goofy and his condition requires blood transfusions.

Mr. Johnson admires his freezer full of bottles of blood while his helper Jeremy checks out the spaceman's special metal case with the blood transfusion unit inside. Notice the same painting in both shots!

Here's the leader of the planet Mr. Johnson comes from, it's none other than freakin' Leon Russell. Now we know what happened to him!

Nadine is staying at Mr. Johnson's place and has to put up with Jeremy's sneaking and peeking!

Mr. Johnson adds some special vitamins to his Bloody Mary and it gets an A-Bomb head!

Here's the vacuum cleaner salesman originally played by Dungeon Hero Dick Miller. He learns the hard way that this sale is final!

These oversexed hookers want to party at Mr. Johnson's house but they all end up getting their asses fried after they strip for the space vampire!

Then, a female vampire comes to Earth to help Johnson, but, she gets a transfusion of rabid dog blood and goes berserk. These sleazy eighties punks then get torn apart after they attack her! One guy gets kicked in the nuts big time, very satisfying!

Well, during the climax, Nadine's boy friend, a cop, chases Mr. Johnson on his bike. When he turns on the siren, the vampire freaks out and drives off an overpass, saving Nadine at the last second. Hey, that's the same Caddy they used in the 1957 version!

Mr. Johnson gets a nice headstone for all his effort... All I want to know now is.. What the Hell will Eegah!! have for us on Wednesday!