37:04 – In a small, yet perfectly formed, edition, Doc Sleaze finds himself ‘Baffled’, both by the failed Leonard Nimoy TV pilot and Russ Meyer’s unhistorical sex slave romp, before being distracted by some beach party/haunted house action. Plus: the politics of dementia, frustrating dreams and more. Includes:
Disappointment in Dreamland ¦ ‘Baffled’ (1973) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Baffled’ (1973) ¦ ‘How to Stuff a Wild Bikini’ (1965) Trailer ¦ Stuffing Invisible Bikinis ¦ Ghost in the Invisible Bikini’ (1966) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Black Snake’ (1973) ¦ ‘Black Snake’ (1973) Trailer ¦ Demented Politics
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Feb 2024 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
42:36 – Beware the bald! Seventies weirdness with Jeff Lieberman’s ‘Blue Sunshine’ – the film that demonises baldness and delivers the important message: taking drugs will make your hair fall out! Plus, more strange dream experiences, right-wing conspiracies and crackpottery, a call for more elitism in politics and more direct to video movie obscurities. Includes:
More Unpopular Pop Culture Opinions ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Silk’ (1986) ¦ ‘Giallo’ (2009) Trailer ¦ Dreaming in Giallo ¦ ‘The Black Gestapo’ (1975) trailer ¦ More Right-Wing Crackpottery ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Blue Sunshine’ (1977) ¦ ‘The Candidate’ (1972) Trailer ¦ Up the Elites! ¦ ‘Horror Safari’ (1982) Excerpt ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Horror Safari’ (1982)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Nov 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
51:07 – Doc Sleaze explores whether his early childhood belief in headless men has anything in common with current day UFO believers. Is there a conspiracy to euthanise the world’s billionaires under cover of extreme exploration? Has Berlusconi’s sunken ‘Bunga Bunga’ party sub been raised by a neo Nazi Captain Nemo out to sink the world’s refugee boats? Just how creepy were some of those classic sitcoms? Plus obscure movie talk. Includes:
The Billionaire Euthanasia Club ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Bubble’ (1966) (including trailer) ¦ ‘The Fantastic Invasion of Planet Earth’ (1970s re-issue title for ‘The Bubble’) trailer ¦ Assault on a Rubber Dinghy ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Fly Me’ (1973) ¦ ‘Fly Me’ radio spot (1973) ¦ Headless Men From Outer Space ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Hornet’s Nest’ (1970) (including trailer) ¦ ‘Mr Ed’ opening theme (extract) ¦ Those Creepy Old Classics ¦ ‘Mr Ed’ closing theme (extract)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Jun 2023 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
51:25 – Doc Sleaze invites himself onto his own show as a guest, as he finds himself time warped back into a 1981 edition of Southern TV’s ‘Houseparty’, the most tedious show ever broadcast. In between interruptions from the ‘Houseparty’ ladies, Doc discusses with himself such things as the relationship between giant moths and the rejection of capitalist values, Bank Holiday nostalgia and something nasty in the household bins. Mary of ‘Houseparty’ meanwhile makes chutney. Includes:
‘Houseparty’ Intro ¦ Giant Moths and the Rejection of Capitalist Values ¦ Mothra (1961) Trailer ¦ Mary’s Chutney ¦ Colossus of New York (1958) Trailer ¦ Small Scale Mayhem ¦ Crystallising fruit in the ‘Houseparty’ Kitchen ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Mystery of Monster Island’ (1981), including trailer ¦ More Inanity from ‘Houseparty’ ¦ Bank Holiday Nostalgia ¦ Back to the ‘Houseparty’ ¦ Taking a Dump ¦ ‘Houseparty’ Conclusion ¦ Down the Pub
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Nov 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
47:33 – The most tasteless film ever made in Britain! Soft focus sexual awakenings! Misplaced psychedelic cinema! Warhawk Tanzania fights the Devil! Just another random assemblage of low culture ruminated over by Doc Sleaze, in between dealing with unwelcome cold callers and being insulted by Her Majesty, The Queen. Includes:
The Day I Didn’t Meet The Queen ¦ UK Seventies Sleaze (including trailers for ‘Home Before Midnight’ (1979) and ‘Killer’s Moon’ (1978)) ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Felicity (1978) ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Devil’s Express’ (1976) ¦ Psychedelia Out of Time (including trailers for ‘Gasss’ (1970) and ‘Candy’ (1968) ¦ Cold Shouldering Cold Callers
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Jun 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
47:23 – Having dealt with the myth of ‘cancel culture’, Doc braves giant Italian mechanical crocodiles, armed and dangerous animal rights activists and cinematic haunted houses in his quest to see a William Castle obscurity, before celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in typical form. Includes:
Cancelling Cancel Culture ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Killer Crocodile’ (1989) ¦ ‘Killer Crocodile 2’ (1990) Trailer ¦ Nostalgia Across the Pond ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Animal Protector’ (1988) ¦ Forgotten Film – Let’s Kill Uncle’ (1966) ¦ ‘House on Haunted Hill’ 1959 Trailer ¦ Haunted Houses on Film ¦ ‘God Save the Queen’ ¦ Accident of Birth ¦ ‘God Save the Queen’ (Reprise)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released May 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
43:09 – Sex, violence, misogyny and monsters, from deranged Shakespearean actors to intergalactic homosexuals, we ask the question of whether the UK is still the leading force in monster defences that the world needs? Plus, more Japanese strangeness with delinquent golf pros and space opera knock offs. This episode includes:
Sex, Violence, Misogyny and Reactionary Attitudes ¦ ‘Theatre of Blood’ (1973) DVD Trailer ¦ Theatre of Lost Ambitions ¦ ‘Theatre of Blood’ (1973) TV Promo ¦ Theatre of Blood Revisited ¦ ‘Cable TV Monsters’ Public Service Announcement ¦ Living With Monsters ¦ ‘I Married a Monster From Outer Space’ (1958) Trailer ¦ Movies in Brief – ‘I Married a Monster From Outer Space’ ¦ ‘Golf Pro Reiko’ Promo (In Japanese) ¦ ‘Golf Pro Reiko’ – More Sukeban Strangeness From Japan ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Message From Space’ (1978) ¦ ‘Message From Space’ Closing Theme
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze more info at TheOvernightscape.com. Released Apr 2022 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
1:00:59 – Just why do we watch bad movies? What are bad movies? From amateur mobile phone shot slashers, through priapic sea monsters to gigantic rubber snakes, we explore the various varieties of cinematic badness on offer, including:
Moto Psycho and Amateur Schlock ¦ Moto Psycho Trailer (2012) ¦ Cult of the Bad Movie ¦ Drive In Massacre Trailer (1976) ¦ Drive Ins of Death ¦ The Lucifer Complex (1979) TV Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – The Lucifer Complex (1979) ¦ Random Movie Trailer – Blood Tide (1982) ¦ Forgotten Film – Thunder of Gigantic Serpent (1988)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Jun 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
36:40 – After being MIA since the New Year, Doc Sleaze is back, looking at the cultural significance of washing machines, declaring war on Amazon Prime, the role of library music in schlock movie making and much more in this edition, which includes:
Empire or Bust ¦ Washing Machine Sounds ¦ Fate as a Washing Machine ¦ The Washing Machine (1993) Trailer ¦ The Washing Machine in Pop Culture ¦ The Mangler (1995) Trailer ¦ Prime Rant ¦ Battle of the Amazons (1973) Trailer ¦ Prime Idiocy ¦ Beyond Atlantis (1974) Trailer ¦ Knowing the Score ¦ ITN News at Ten Theme (‘The Awakening’ by Johnny Pearce)
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Feb 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
13:06 – On the ninth day of Christmas, I’m feeling lazy. So here’s a random assemblage of movie snippets, ranging from sex crazed gorillas to Robert Mitchum’s son seeking some magic ivory. Includes:
Random Movie Trailer – ‘Bride of the Gorilla’ (1958) ¦ The Werewolf Break – Excerpt from ‘The Beast Must Die’ (1974) ¦ Who is the Werewolf? ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Raiders of the Magic Ivory’ (1978), including excerpts
License for this track: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 3.0 Unported License (creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/). Attribution: by Doc Sleaze – more info at TheOvernightscape.com Released Jan 2021 on The Overnightscape Underground (onsug.com), an Internet talk radio channel focusing on a freeform monologue style, with diverse and clever hosts presenting unique programs, historic archival material, and nocturnal audio.
