G’day–and only ten of ’em left till Halloween! Byron the Quokka here, with a weekend’s worth of dazzling TV guaranteed to make you grow another three inches. Here are a few samples.
6:30 P.M. Ch. 09 MUCH ALIEN GROWTH ON YOUR BODY PARTS–Health and wellness
Chinese government TV produced this series in the 1960s, for reasons that have been lost in the archives. It was canceled when the host, Ren-ren Chiang, hired as a Chairman Mao look-alike, complained on the air about unsightly warts around his navel. He, too, has been lost in the archives.
Ch. 51 CLEON THE PEON–Situation tragedy
How does a former tyrant and money man adjust to being a slave in a houseful of zombies? Marco Schnitzel co-stars with The Near-sighted Mr. Magoo (voice of Jim Backus) in Croatia’s first TV show that combines live action with cartoons. Only six episodes were made before copyright infringement laws kicked in.
6:45 P.M. Ch. 16 WORD SALAD NEWS–Defies description
News is much more digestible when you have no idea what they’re talking about! Giggling Gloria Gotz anchors a team of inarticulate cackling “reporters” who can’t make themselves understood. Tonight: Babbling Bertha Bnix interviews Vice President Whatsername.
7 P.M. Ch. 25 DR. FANABLA–Miracle cures
“I fell down the steps and now my coccyx is pointing the wrong way! It looks like a tail! Everyone makes fun of me!” This is the problem facing Dr. Fanabla tonight: Can his Alpine yodeling correct the condition? Featured: the Borax 20-Mule Team Band, conducted by a pair of armadillos.
7:28 P.M. Ch. 46 MOVIE–Musical with sinister overtones
What happens if you put Mecha-Godzilla up against the June Taylor Dancers? Tune in to Robot Monster vs. Tokyo (Japanese-Hittite, 1971: 2,419 minutes) and find out! See if you can catch Alfred Hitchcock’s cameo as one of the Dancers. A life-altering achievement! Roy Rogers: Himself.
Well, I can’t say that’ll get you all the way to Halloween, but it should at least get you to next weekend.
Who says we can’t get pumpkins on Rottnest Island?
WORD SALAD NEWS – this show sounds like our Local News Networks. We have been watching 1930’s movies at night on TCM as our way to escape the madness of our present world and its degenerative culture, like the WH celebration Hip Hop as a good thing for America.
Oh, brother… Somehow I missed that.