episode list:
Check Out the Show's First Year
Check out the Show's Second Year
Check out the Show's Third Year
The Show's First Year
Early episodes-show still in development
3.)Self-published books/Double Agent 73
10.)Self-published books/Hollywood Zap
11.)The Love Toy (Doris Wishman)/Fellini/Vincent Price obit segments ("Deceased Artiste" segment initiated)
12.)Christmas-"psycho Santas" (scenes include Aces Go Places 3, "Pee-Wee's Christmas Special," Silent Night Deadly Night 1 &2, Christmas Evil, Tales from the Crypt, the Monkees Xmas show)
13.)Frank Zappa "Deceased Artiste"
15.)Blood Harvest (Tiny Tim)/Entangled (unintentionally hilarious straight-to-video with Judd Nelson)
16.)straight-to-video clips
17.)Nilsson "Deceased Artiste"/Ed and his Dead Mother
18.)She-Devils on Wheels, Strike A Pose (straight-to-video trash), Thrust (local girl band, viewers on the show, on "midnight blue")
19.)Janet Margolin/Telly Savalas "Deceased Artiste"/Gruesome Twosome/3 fave scenes
20.)Shriek of the Mutilated/Just for the Hell of It
21)Dinosaur Island, Ann-Margret (Tommy and The Swinger-latter is terrific)
22.)Full opening montage/assorted footage including scopitone of Buddy Greco doing "The Lady is a Tramp"
23.)Linda Blair trib 1: Roller Boogie, etc.
24.)John Candy "Deceased Artiste"/Runaway Nightmare
25.)Linda Blair trib 2: Savage Streets, etc.
26.)"Alexander the Great" (TV special, historical drama with William Shatner, Adam West, John Cassavetes, and Joseph Cotton!); David Lynch-"The Grandmother," "Alphabet"
27.)Complaint dept. (my tirade); John Ankerberg (televangelist)-Satanic messages in rock
28.)Guilietta Masina "Deceased Artiste"/Evils of the Night (cross-genre exploitation mixes sci-fi, teenage makeout comedy, and horror. Stars Aldo Ray, Neville Brand, Tina Louise, Julie Newmar, and John Carradine, and music by "the Big Ragu!"!)
29.)Spider Baby
30.)Ray Dennis Steckler 1: Incredibly Strange Creatures....
31.)John Waters tribute (Serial Mom opening): Kathleen Turner drunk on "Nightline"; Traci's past (hey, she's clothed, OK?); Desperate Living
32.)Ray Dennis Steckler 2: Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
33.)Hellhole (women's insane-asylum exploitation with Judy Landers, Mary Woronov, Ray Sharkey, and Marjoe Gortner)
34.)Ray Dennis Steckler 3: Hollywood Strangler meets the Skidrow Strangler, Las Vegas amateur models (godawful audition tapes of young actresses marketed by Steckler)
35.)"Hell" episode-hellishly good clips (Bait opening, Rock and Roll Circus workprint, "How to Get Revenge with Linda Blair" instructional video) show with nightmarish entertainment (Anthony Michael Hall sings, as does Marvin Hamlisch, and John Ankerberg's still revealing the Satanism inherent in today's rock scene)
36.)Law or Justice? (Hong Kong action drama that combines the plots of The Accused and Lipstick; very weird)
37.)Tim Carey "Deceased Artiste"; The World's Greatest Sinner
38.)My birthday: familiar clips from Taxi Driver , etc.; music clips from Canadian musical acts Barenaked Ladies and Mitsou (great b&w music-vid. "Dites-moi," sexier than anything Madonna's done); Barnes and Barnes
39.)'70s tribute: the Carpenters, "Angie Baby" (with Patty Hearst footage), Paul Lynde, etc.
40.)Necromania (Ed Wood)/Son of Dracula (Harry Nilsson/Ringo)
41.)tribute to the unheralded B-movie actress/director Rene Harmon: Lady Streetfighter (wild '70s exploitation with the German-accented Harmon as a kick-ass female spy)
42.)Anna Magnani/Giulietta Masina women-in-prison film (Nella Cita Del Infierno), "Hollywood Babylon" (the unbelievably campy -but unintentionally so-- TV show), Beyond the Doors (Larry Buchanan's conspiracy rock flick with Jimi, Janis, and Jim Morrison played (and sung) by awful lookalikes)
43.)Jean-Luc Godard: influence on Scorsese and Hal Hartley
44.)Tura Satana: "The Girl from UNCLE", The Doll Squad
45.)Isabelle Adjani TV special (Adjani sings in French amidst weird backdrops); Ted V. Mikels tribute
46.)A night to dismember (Doris Wishman gore flick)
47.)Dennis Potter "Deceased Artiste"
48.)Judd Nelson straight-to-vid. (Every Breath); Fantastic four trailer
49.)Jerry Lewis tribute (includes telethon, and footage from obscure French TV documentary)
50.)Censorship in the UK: discussion with scripter/film critic David McGillivray, plus clips of offending scenes
51.)Censorship, part. 2
52.)First anniversary show (sampler of clips show in first year)
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The Show's Second Year
53.)The Thrill Killers (Ray Dennis Steckler)
54.)Russ Meyer tribute 1
55.)Ed Wood tribute 1 (includes Love Feast, etc.)
56.)Lars Von Trier tribute
57.)Halloween: assorted clips
58.)Chow Yun-Fat tribute (includes clips from several films from different genre: comedy, drama, gangster, and even Chow's only on-screen music-video!)
59.)Russ Meyer tribute 2
60.)Michael O'Donoghue "Deceased Artiste"
61.)Godzilla tribute (clips from several films, chronological)
62.)The Naked Killer (Hong Kong lesbian hitwoman crime thriller)
63.)Godzilla tribute 2
65.)self-published books/Concorde straight to vids.
67.)interview with "Demon Knight" scripters (friends of friends)/"Coffee and Cigarettes"(Jarmusch short with Benigni and Steven Wright)/Story of Ricky (HK)
68.)Tsui Hark: Dangerous Encounters of the First Kind; Green Snake
69.)House of Whipcord (plus interview with scripter David McGillivray); Peter Cook "Deceased Artiste"
70.)Buster Keaton/Jackie Chan comparison (with numerous clips from Keaton/Chan films and documentaries about each)
71.)more straight-to-vid./Chafed Elbows/"The Donut Hole" (brain-damaged home-video Christian production with small-children and a donut puppet that speaks about filling its hole)/rare Jerry Lewis concert footage
72.)Lisa and the Devil/Rene Harmon 2: more Lady Streetfighter, The Executioner 2
73.)Phillip Yordan: from a classic (Johnny Guitar) to a cheesy horror flick (Night Train to Terror)
74.)"The Sound is Now" ('68 show hosted by Murray the K, guests Sonny Bono and Phil Ochs perform and debate with "establishment" representatives. Trippy Sonny and Cher performance vids. and great acoustic Ochs performances)
75.)Hong Kong film discussion with two fan/experts; tribute to Stephen Chow (HK comic superstar)
76.)HK film discussion 2
77.)Bertrand Blier: Going Places, Merci La Vie
78.)Jennifer Jason-Leigh tribute (career retro with clips from approx. ten movies and TV appearances)
79.)Mink Stole in straight-to-vid schlock/Mrs. Parker/Arizona Dreams/more Jackie/Buster
80.)Kenny Everett "Deceased Artiste"/Tough Guys Don't Dance
81.)Easter: more anti-rock Christian footage, plus more "Donut Hole," and a Christian live-action kiddie show featuring a pirate captain searching the sea for sinners
82.)Ed Wood vids./Caro Diario/Abba vid.
84.)Farewell to Queens (show's setting changes)/Cinderella 2000 (mind-altering musical sex comedy from Al Adamson)
87.)Welcome, NYC (first show in new apt.)/"Deceased Artiste" roundup/trash TV
88.)"Days of Our Lives" exorcism plot (very bizarre for a daytime plot)/Maniac ('30s roadhouse horror film)/Private Obsession (straight-to-vid. sleaze)
89.)'70s tribute 2: "Lidsville," the Carpenters, Can't Stop the Music, etc.
90.)Elisha Cook "Deceased Artiste"/Fade to Black/The Magic Christian
91.)"Closet Case" show for gay-pride day: movie clips chosen with guest, NYC access producer Rick X. Gay subtext in macho action, an MGM musical, misogynist slasher, and straight-to-video erotic thriller
92.)In a Year of 13 Moons (Fassbinder salutes Dean and Jerry-very weird)/Killing of Satan (Philippine fantasy horror)/Sex and Zen (gonzo Hong Kong sex comedy)
93.)Indian musicals (select clips) and self-published Indian joke book
94.)Wolfman Jack "Deceased Artiste"/more "Days of Our Lives" devil-possession/"2000 Malibu Road" (trashy nighttime soap with Drew Barrymore)
95.)Seijun Suzuki (Branded to Kill)
96.)Scream for Help (overwrought Michael Winner thriller)
97.)Woody Allen/Mia Farrow TV movie (truly over-the-top, includes amazing Sinatra/Satan cut) and Woody on French interview show
98.)Ida Lupino "Deceased Artiste" (includes clips from Lupino's work as actress and director)
99.)sampler from local Hong Kong film festival
100.)guest, cartoonist Bob Fingerman, selects scary footage from "Donut Hole," and insane German action-revenge drama The Mad Foxes
101.)Jerry Lewis tribute 2
102.)Al Adamson "Deceased Artiste"
103.)Daisies (Czech late '60s experimental feature with two freewheeling chick deceiving rich men and cutting up pictures of phallic symbols)
104.)Second Anniversary show (sampler of clips from second year)The Show's Third Year
105.)Al Adamson 2: Dracula vs. Frankenstein
106.)Blue in the Face review, plus other footage
107.)Simian theme show: the Monkees, Battle for the Planet of the Apes, "Lancelot Link," Bye Bye Monkey, etc.
108.)Showgirls review and salute to other straight-to-vids concerning strippers
109.)Halloween 2: Boris Karloff mexican film
110.)Jackie Chan, (amazing Thunderbolt fight scene)/the first episode of "The Dean Martin Show"
111.)Tom Waits tribute (performance clips, movie scenes, and soundtrack work)
112.)Thanksgiving: Blood Freak, William Burroughs' "Thanksgiving Prayer," interview with NYC columnist The Phantom of the Movies, and an embarassing (but priceless) incident from the '86 Thanksgiving Day Parade
113.)Leos Carax tribute (young French wunderkind director): Bad Blood, Les Amants du Pont-Neuf
114.)Georgia review/Scopitones (French and American musical acts in campy publicity films for music-jukeboxes of the early '60s)/vintage TV ads
115.)Psychedelic movie survey: clips chosen by cohost, zine editor Steve Puchalski
116.)Psychedelic 2
118.)New Years/Dean Martin "Deceased Artiste"
119.)Terry Southern "Deceased Artiste" (movie clips, Southern seen in Cocksucker Blues, reading of his work by both your humble narrator and Southern himself)
120.)La Jetee (in its entirety)
121.)Derek and Clive Get the Horn (vintage performance film featuring Peter Cook and Dudley Moore, at their most creative, and under the influence of various stimulants)
122.)David F. Friedman interview (with clips from Friedman's productions)
123.)Johnny Legend interview (with clips)
124.)Crumb review (with related clips from Comic Book Confidential, Fritz the Cat, and a glimpse at a woman I believe popped straight out of Crumb's comix into the real world-muscular wrestler Reggie Bennett)
125.)Rumble in the Bronx review and trailer/Martin Balsam "Deceased Artiste"/A Smell of Honey, a Swallow of Brine (David F. Friedman production, great tease dialogue and action)
126.)Wong Kar-Wai interview (with clips from his films)
127.)Wong Kar-Wai tribute
128.)Truman Capote documentary directed by the Maysles Bros. for public television after the publication of In Cold Blood
129.)From the Journals of Jean Seberg review/Vince Edwards "Deceased Artiste"
130.)Rudy Ray Moore interview (with clips)
131.)"Deceased artiste"/Tigrero review/Women from down under review
132.)Easter-more Christian craziness, with Jack Chick comics, Christian commercial artifacts and newer editions of the "Donut Hole" series of atrocities
133.)The Wicked Woman (impeccably kitschy '50s melodrama with Beverly Michaels as a waitress who's after her boss)
134.)Andy Warhol tribute: scenes from Kiss and Blowjob, SCUM Manifesto reading (with women-victorious footage), and Andy's appearance on "The Love Boat"
135.)Chow Yun-Fat tribute 2 (done in conjunction with local retro.)
136.)Roger Corman interview (with clips)
137.)phone interview with Gena Rowlands and Seymour Cassell (with Cassavetes film clips throughout for visuals)
139.)Guy Maddin tribute
141.)IP5 (Yves Montand's last film, not a winner)/Spirits of the Dead review
142.)my birthday-a return to sleaze-Delinquent Schoolgirls
(comedy about escaped cons infiltrating private girls' school. Truly offensive in that '70s drive-in way)
143.)Dennis Potter: The Last Interview and Lipstick on Your Collar
144.)Forrest J. Ackerman interview (with film footage of Ackerman's horror idols and his appearances in B-movies
145.)Margaux Hemingway "Deceased Artiste"/Myra Breckenridge
146.)Dolores Fuller interview (with Ed Wood and Elvis clips), plus In the Realm of the Senses and Women from Down Under clips (local retro)
147.)Hugo Haas tribute 1 ('50s melodrama/noir director who made several variants on The Blue Angel plotline)
148.)Hugo Haas 2
149.)"Steambath" (PBS presentation of Bruce Jay Friedman play from the '70s)/Herbert Edelman "Deceased Artiste"
150.)self-published books/instructional and specialty video tapes
151.)Kansas City review/Shopping trailer/Hong Kong festival (local retro)
152.)Jack Hill interview (with clips)
153.)Jerry Lewis tribute, cohosted and clips chosen by artist Stephen Kroninger
155.)Chain of influences: from Robert Wise (Odds Against Tomorrow) to Jean-Pierre Melville (Le Samourai-most clips on the show come from this film) to John Woo (The Killer) and finally that Tarantino guy (Reservoir Dogs)
156.)Ted V. Mikels interview (with clips)