Hullo, hullo, hullo! Byron the Quokka here, with Quokka University’s glorious weekend television (Were we supposed to offer classes, somewhere along the line?), just what you need to stave off boredom and stage a hearty revel. Here’s a little peek at the menu!
6:30 P.M. Ch. 04 GET A HEAD!–Drama/Comedy
Charlie Pennzoil (Chuck Connors) is one of only a very few persons to survive a beheading. But watch what happens when he tries to get his old job back as a Walmart greeter! Mrs. Pushmapullya: Debbie Reynolds. Dr. Fauci: A Marionette. Music by Herb Alpert’s old trombone teacher.
Ch. 05 ‘GOOD JOB!’–Game Show
Join host Marcel Marceau as teams of college students compete recklessly to see who can do really simple tasks without breaking down and having to retreat to the crying booth. Tonight’s challenges: telling time, making Tang, reading a building directory, and opening a box of animal crackers without spilling it. And all contestants win those encouraging words, “Good job!”
7 P.M. Ch. 16 TALES OF THE WITHERED LEAF–Melodrama
Visit the saddest old tavern in Merrie Olde England, where everyone suffers from easily avoidable troubles of their own making. This Week: Snugg the Carpenter laments drilling a hole through the top of his foot while inebriated–while Mrs. Snugg embarks on an affair with the town lecher. All parts played by hand puppets! With the June Taylor Dancers.
Ch. 21 RESTORING THE MING DYNASTY–Unclassifiable
Dr. Fong Hsueh-ting travels all over America seeking survivors of the Ming Dynasty, which ended in 1644. If he finds any, he will let us know. “I can’t imagine where they all went,” he admits. “I don’t know how many times I’ve asked Robert Stack and Unsolved Mysteries to help me. Go jump in a lake, they say.”
7:17 P.M. Ch. 46 MOVIE–Unwatchable Rubbish
Critics are still wondering why Jack Nicholson and Ginger Rogers ever allowed themselves to appear in “Zombie Pogo Sticks” (1998), the first and last movie directed by U.S. Senator Bob Dole. Invasion of zombies who get around by means of pogo sticks: theater owners complained the film was setting off bouts of motion sickness among the audience.
Well! If that doesn’t plant you in front of your TV set this weekend, I don’t know what will! Honest, that movie isn’t as bad as it looks…
Oh, well, Byron is always a little cutie pie no matter what.
Yes, such an adorable smile. And such a boopable nose.
Lee — I mean Byron — you’ve outdone yourself with these! 🙂 🙂
But … how does game show host Marcel Marceau say “Good job”? And how do the hand-puppet June Taylor Dancers do high kicks? 😉
I’ve passed your concerns on to the powers that be at Quokka U.
I hear they’re looking for a literature professor.
LOL! — as the kids would say.