COLONEL BLEEP - "Man Hunt On The Moon" (1956)

Welcome to The Bleeping Dungeon! I've got a great little Saturday Night Special for you called "Man Hunt On The Moon!

"Colonel Bleep" was only on for one bleeping season, but that season consisted of 104 episodes, and as far as I can tell, that season ran from 1956 to 1959! That means they were really cranking these puppies out!

Here's the intro so you can hear how bleeping groovy "Colonel Bleep" was!

I was thinking this was Captain Gleep! When I was a kid the word Gleep was used as a disparaging remark like 'Dip!' Actually "Colonel Bleep" kind of looks like a fart in a bubble! That's him in the middle, and those are his two pals Squeak and Scratch with him! I used to have a bleeping monkey named Scratch, and a rubber rat called Squeak!

Squeak is a cowboy puppet and Scratch is a cave man! How this is all supposed to bleeping work, I have no idea. As far as I can tell, the creators, Robert D Buchanan and Jack Schleh made up their own rules as they went along!

I was going to present you the very first episode called "Building An Island Base," but it was about as bleeping exciting as the title, so I decided to do episode number eight titled "Man Hunt On The Moon" instead!

This whole series of cartoons is a weird amalgam of cartoons and science thrown together in a blender like a bleeping fruity frozen Margarita! 

The bleeping episodes don't necessarily end or continue, it's more like they just are!

So, the trio are floating around on the bleeping moon when they find an Eiffel like tower with a large parabolic lens on the top! Scratch goes to explore it!

Scratch then scares himself when he sees his own shadow and thinks it's a bleeping monster!

While Scratch is not real bleeping bright, this Eiffel Tower lighthouse sure is!

Most of the drawings are fairly bleeping simple, but are very effective at times!

The boys are on some kind of bleeping mission to find an evil guy named Dr. Destructo. They never make contact with him in this episode!

The novelty song by The Playmates called "Beep Beep" came out in 1958! 

"Beep Beep!" - I almost forgot the bleeping Roadrunner who first appeared in 1949!

Today the word "Bleep" is used as a synonym for censor! It was probably used in that sense for the first time in the early 50's, but has absolutely nothing to do with the Colonel or fried chicken!

Kinda bleeping krazy!!

If you'd like to know more about "Colonel Bleep" and his bleeping buddies, you can find a whole bunch of episodes right here at the Internet Archive, and thank Mr. Oldbones for it!

Some of the episode titles are really crazy like "The Wicked Web," "War In Robotland, "Tunnel In Space," and "The Invisible Gorilla!" So what are you bleeping waiting for??

LOST IN SPACE: Forbidden World / Season 2 Episode 4 - 1966

On their next planetary stop in this episode, the Robinsons encounter a hermit, played by Wally Cox, who plans an attack on the Jupiter 2 with his army! Wally was popular back in the day, he worked mainly in TV and was only 48 years old at the time of his death. The title card makes it look like some kind of kinky sex planet!

After a forced landing on a strange planet, Dr. Smith sends the Robot out to survey the terrain. When it doesn't come back, John and Don send the slacker out to find their metal friend...

But of course, Dr. Smith encounters something that makes him faint, what a puss!

And, his ass gets dragged away by some unknown creature...

When the doctor doesn't return, well, Will goes out on his own to locate him and the Robot. The first thing he encounters is a big old mutant spider (made by Bobby in the fifth grade)!

Then, a dude named Tiabo (Wally in silly weird makeup) enters the scene.

Him and his monster pals take Will to their lair...

There, Will joins Dr. Smith and the Robot who and what are being held as prisoners, where the doctor is drinking some liquid from a jug. Then, the supposed leader comes on the view screen and tells the gang about his plans to attack the crew of the Jupiter 2. It's just Tiabo doing some role playing though.

The gang escape (part of Tiabo's plan) and head back to the Jupiter 2. But, the doctor cannot stop drinking the stolen liquid so the Robot analyzes the brew. The main ingredient is an explosive with devastating power!

Back at the ranch, the doctor is sent away to explode by himself, away from the ship, once it's found out about his unstable condition...

But of course, the Robot has a plan to deactivate the explosive, so, it connects a device to the doctor! But... Will it work?

It does!!.. The only thing that happens is the doctor's lightning rod shoots out some tingly sparks, and, it's all over, deactivated!! Hooray for the Robot...

Tune in next week when this scary stuffed toy attacks the gang!!.. See you then!.. And, we'll see YOU tomorrow when Eegah!! pulls another fun post out of his... err... hmmm... oh yeah, his HAT...

FEATHER YOUR NEST - "Count Your Chickens" (1944)

 This week's Wacky Wednesday feature is a 17 minute short from 1944 called "Feather Your Nest!"

 It's a funny little story about a guy named Edgar who has his in-laws living with him and his wife, and he's about ready to do anything to get rid of his obnoxious brother-in-law....

 .......Including loaning him $250.00 so he can buy a wedding ring, because if he gets married, he should be moving out!

 Edgar gets the ring, and the brother-in-law pops the question!

Everything was fine up to that point, but Edgar just got a call from the jewelry store saying that the rings he was looking at got mixed up, and he got the $2000.00 one, not the $175.00 one, and he has to return it ASAP or they're going to charge him for the balance!

 Edgar is desperate to get the ring back, but now it's stuck on her finger! Time to get out the soapy water!

 When that doesn't work, Edgar's wife does what everybody thinks is hilarious these days, she drugs her with about 10 sleeping pills!

 The ring is finally removed from the finger, but after a series of minor events it ends up in the back yard where this white leghorn chicken sees it, and decides to eat it!

 No big deal! Edgar has got this under control!

 But the chicken jumps over the fence and joins it's chicken mates, and now Edgar can't tell it from the other 74 birds!

 The owner of the chickens isn't real happy about all this, so Edgar offers to buy the chickens one by one, until he finds the one with the ring. He pays the guy one dollar for each chick, inspects it's gullet, and throws it over the fence back into his yard!

 To "Feather one's own nest" means to make money illicitly and at someone else's expense, and that's exactly what the owner of these chickens is doing. After Edgar buys one, and inspects it, and throws it over the fence, this guy is letting them back in again! Like poor Edgar doesn't already have enough problems!

"Feather Your Nest" is basically just a long cartoon! It doesn't take much imagination to think of Edgar as the dumb dog, and the owner of the chickens as Foghorn Leghorn!

From 1911 to 1948, Edgar Kennedy was in 446 films, most of them shorts!

Florence Lake was a 'cave woman' in the Superman episode called "Through The Time Barrier."

Dot Farley was in 370 films and shorts dating back to 1910 with titles like "Dr. Pyckle and Mr. Pryde," and "Mac's Beth." 

Jack Rice - "From Bowery to Broadway" to "Blondie" and "Boston Blackie."

Emory Parnell was in "The Andromeda Strain" in 1971.

Maxin Semon was in an episode of "The Addams Family."

Lee Trent was a hairstylist on 11 episodes of "Fraggle Rock."

Bryant Washburn had 380 acting credits!