I remember this record back when I was a kid. They had a pretty extensive marketing campaign for it with lots of commercials on TV. “Chipmunk Punk,” for those punters out there who had a hankering to hear some late ’70s-early ’80s Top 40 tunes recorded with annoying, speeded-up vocals. I guess that’s what a…
Month: March 2007
Sweet!
Zero Hour!, the inspiration for the Zucker Brothers’ Airplane!, is coming out for the first time on home video in June. Now it looks like two, hard-to-find classics from the twisted mind of Serbian director DuĊĦan Makavejev are coming out on DVD the same month. 1971’s “WR: Mysteries of the Organism” — an international film…
Zero Hour!
Finally, fans of the film Airplane! will be able to see the true origins of the ’80s comedy classic when Zero Hour hits stores this June. The 1957 film, starring Dana Andrews as “Ted Stryker” has never been released on home video so this DVD, part of Warner Brother’s “Camp Classics” collection, will be a…
Scuba Doo
Greetings, Earthlings. I’ve been pretty busy the past month. I’ve spent the past three weekends scuba diving…actually, I just got certified last weekend in San Marcos at the former Aquarena Springs. I know, it’s weird…scuba diving in the winter. I thought I’d get a jump on the summer mayhem but a bunch of other people…