Went out to Kings for the latest installment o' fun from AV Geeks. Tonight's episode: Terror of the TV Spots. Short TV ads, mostly for movies but also some for TV shows and a few regular ol' commercials. Mostly from the early 70s. Falling into a few basic categories: classics and/or big-budget fare (Halloween, the Omen, Bad News Bears, Superman), MST3K fodder (Killer Fish, Slithis, Warlords of Atlantis) and shit I never heard of (Police Surgeon (a TV series), Terror, Incoming Freshmen, etc). Also several examples of great actors winding up in atrocious 70s movies, including Robert Mitchum in Matilda (about, I kid you not, a boxing kangaroo -- or more accurately, a boxing man-in-a-kangaroo-suit), James Coburn in Sky Fighters (hang gliding action heroes!), and Henry Fonda in the Great Smokey Roadblock (don't ask).
... good times
btw, previous 7 title references all from 3 Mustaphas 3
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