Speaking of quokkas… G’day, boys ‘n’ gulls! Byron the Quokka here, with another slate of fabulous TV shows brought to you by Quokka University. Somebody famous went there once, but I can’t remember who it was.
Meanwhile, check out these shows.
Saturday
10:17 a.m. Ch. 23 YOU CAN’T BEAT MR. DRUM–Variety (as it were)
Join your host, Titus A. Drum, as drunken contestants try to do impossible things in hope of winning cheap prizes! This week: running a marathon in the nude; Playing soccer with a large rock instead of a ball.
2:48 p.m. Ch. 03 Movie–JUNGLE JIM’S APPALLING SECRET–Drama
Jungle Jim (Asa Schimmelpfennig: they couldn’t get Weismuller) finds a lost city inhabited by people who aren’t quite all there. Professor Twist: Billy Gilbert. The Ol’ Prospector: Froggy the Gremlin.
Sunday
4:15 p.m. Ch. 44 NBA REJECTS BASKETBALL–Sports
The Newark Fouls take on the Detroit Sad Sacks at The Roach Motel, Cleveland. Featured as the long-awaited showdown between Bigfoot LaPong and “Poison Larry” Inksipper, a former mayor of Cleveland (unidentified) will crouch timorously on half-court. Announcer: Some Renaissance artist we didn’t know was still around.
7:22 Ch. 60 DR. CHEMO’S MASTER CLASS–Sitcom
What do you get when you mix sulfuric acid with nitroglycerin and Cheerios? Dr. Chemo (John Zacherle) and his students may not know, offhand, but they’re always eager to find out. Oops… looks like Hambone Junior High School needs another roof.
Well, that’s that! These shows have been selected by a genius. I can hardly wait for the NBA Rejects!
Byron the Quokka, signing off…
Haven’t seen Froggy the Gremlin in ages! I can hardly wait. And the basketball game seems like a lark — and I don’t mean Meadowlark.
Dr. Chemo’s Master Class sounds like a winner.