DR. JEKYLL AND SISTER HYDE - "Shock! After Shock!" (1971)

This evening's Sick Sister Saturday Night Special is the 1971 twisted film "Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde!"

I never can figure out stuff like why would they put a picture of two naked people on the poster, and they are not even the people in the movie.

"Dr. Jekyll And Sister Hyde" is a real gender bender of a movie! The obvious twist is that after Dr. Jekyll drinks his potion, instead of turning into the Mr. Hyde villian, he turns into a beautiful evil woman instead!

 Well that describes about half the men in the town!

Ralph Bates is Dr. Henry Jekyll. Ralph was just finishing up his two year run of Hammer films that included "Horror Of Frankenstein," "Taste The Blood Of Dracula," and "Lust For A Vampire."

Ralph himself succumbed to cancer at the age of 51.

 Where else would Dr. Jekyll live besides behind door 13?

Dr. Jekyll wasn't really a bad person, in fact he was totally dedicated to curing the ills of society, except for the killing of the whores for their hearts part.. When Dr. Jekyll does a test run of his bloody potion on a fly, it changes sex from a male to a female, but it doesn't really concern him that much.

 The notorious London grave robbers Burke and Hare help the Doctor get what he needs!

Yeah, I'd say he fits the bill all right!

Dr. Jekyll ingests the serum that he has made...........

...........With startling results, even to himself!

 Essentially, there are two reasons to watch "Dr, Jekyll And Sister Hyde,"

Martine Beswick................

 ......And Martine Beswick!

 Maybe his greatest achievement, the Doctor seems quite pleased to have boobs!

The locals catch up to Burke and Hare, so the good Doctor has to go out and do his/her own dirty work now!

Martine Beswick came out of retirement in 2019 to make a film with two other classic Hammer beauties, Caroline Munro and Virginia Carlson titled "House Of The Gorgon," and it looks like they are still trying to raise enough money to release it, but you can watch a trailer on YouTube!

I'm sure you know the story, the Doctor's life is now spiraling out of control!

Dr. Jekyll is getting weaker, and Sister Hyde is taking over, but he/she can switch back at any given time, and it's not usually good timing either.

The end was already per-determined!

This is quite a fascinating still since you never really see the two of them together in the movie!

THUNDERBIRDS / "Attack Of The Alligators!" - 1966

Time for a trip to the jungle in this Thunderbirds adventure about giant alligators going on land, looking for some humans to snack on! Sure, other junk's going on too.

So now, sit back and enjoy these very cool character cards...

Did you notice all the pilots' last names are the same? Straight up nepotism dude! And, I can't get enough of Lady Penelope's hat, cigarette holder and custom wheels!

Okay, here we go!.....

Looks like the prop department did a great job on this little jungle boat. Anyway, two men are there to meet with a scientist who has a new serum that makes animals large, for future food production (TARANTULA!)...

The serum is made from a rare plant that only grows there, and it has to be processed immediately or it loses its potency.

Some of the serum gets accidentally flushed down a drain, and soon thereafter, viola, freakin' giant allimagators!! (that is sooo ridiculous, a small amount went down the drain and directly into the stream, which would totally dilute it - then minutes later, an alligator's 30 feet long?.. like, NO! just do the math).

There is a Thunderbird 5 you know, it's only just a maneuverable space station!... In your face evil-doers, wherever you are!!

Thunderbird 2 uses tranquilizer darts to take out two of the giant varmints.

But, one biggie is still loose, trying to get to the people inside the house.

This bro decides to use his hover board to distract the last big gator, but he doesn't look where he's going, crashes and almost becomes a meal.

Yeah, there's a bad guy in the story. He steals the serum and plans on selling it to the highest bidder, he's also the cause of the spill that made the alligators into monsters in the first place.

As he's trying to escape though, he falls out of his boat, drops the vial into the water and then is gobbled down by a giant gator!!......... Hurray!!

Gordon uses Thunderbird 4 to look for the vial dropped by the thief, and guess what?.. Hell yeah, he finds it intact and recovers it!!..

Time to kick back and relax at the end of another harrowing adventure, so that's what I'm just about to do, see you tomorrow for more from the Dungeon Gang!!..

THE GONG SHOW - "Episode 13" (1976)

Tonight's Wacky Wednesday feature is Episode 13 of "The Gong Show."

I'm telling you, probably just like you, I've been in need of a good laugh, and "The Gong Show" was just what the Doctor ordered!

The gorgeous Swedish actress Sivi Aberg was the hostess on some of the shows. Sivi was in three of the "Batman" TV shows, twice as Mimi, and once as Undine.

Singer/songwriter, the "Phantom Of The Paradise" himself, Paul Williams was one of the judges on this episode!

How can you not love Jaye P. Morgan? She's beautiful, irreverent, and spontaneous.  I think they had to censor her more than anybody!

All-Star and MVP Major League baseball player Steve Garvey was judge number three on this show.

Steve had a .294 batting average, was in ten all-star games, and holds the record in the National League for most consecutive games played at 1,207, and is somehow not in the Baseball Hall Of Fame! Bizarre!

The first act up on this episode was a great Mexican band called Los Nones!

Los Nones nail their song, but they keep looking at the judges like they expect to be gonged at any given second!

Well, that wasn't going to happen, and they get three 10's for their effort!

That's going to be hard to beat!

Next up is David Lusher and his tuba. 

Jaye P. gives him a 10, but the guys only give him a 5 and a 3.

If they get gonged I don't get to see their names on the marquee, but only hear them, so I have to guess that this woman was introduced as  Eva Eve Van Delf.

Eva warbles a cover of The Beatles' "Yesterday" while looking down at her pregnant stomach!

Rightfully so, she gets gonged!

Rob Fauerbmih does a fairly straight dramatic interpretation!

He didn't get gonged, but he only got 18 points.

Ramona McQuirter had a great voice, but only got 29 points!

Chuck Wykoff gives a dramtic reading about Vikings that gets off-colour!

They usually get gonged when the censor goes off, and this guy was no exception!

Jaye P. Says she gonged his suit!

William J. Fauntonbury is amazing! It takes some kind of speial talent to be off beat this far, but William pulls it off masterfully!

Los Nones had the lead from the start and never gave it up, and go home the victors!

It sure would be nice if somebody could find a vault, or a trailer, or a garage with some high quality copies of "The Gong Show," but I don't think it's ever going to happen, so in the meantime, I'll just keep enjoying these funky VHS copies! 

Better than nothing!