Doc Sleaze’s Christmas Selection Box (12/23/21)
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58:52 – Sleaze’s greetings as we present a selection of musings from the mind of Doc Sleaze, including the persistence of the selection box, the horror Christmas office parties, TV spin off movies and much more, including:
The Christmas Selection Box ¦ Christmas Bells ¦ Capitalism in Cartoon Form ¦ Assorted 1980s UK Christmas TV ads ¦ The Stresses of Christmas Past ¦ Bless This House (1972) Movie Trailer ¦ The Art of the TV Spin-Off Movie ¦ House of Dark Shadows (1970) Trailer ¦ Untrue Crime ¦ Horror of Party Beach (1964) Trailer ¦ Creature From the Brown Lagoon? ¦ Deadlier Than the Male (1967) Trailer ¦ Bulldog Spirit: Bulldog Drummond and the Swinging Sixties ¦ Some Girls Do (1969) Trailer ¦ Seasonal Musings ¦ Christmas Bells
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 Dec 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.
Doc,
This was brilliant and much appreciated.
Tis medicine for the season. Hope you have a great one!
Merry Christmas
Chad
Comment by Chad Bowers — December 25, 2021 @ 6:50 pm
Thank you for your kind words Chad. I’ve actually had a pretty good Christmas so far, I hope yours has been just as enjoyable.
Doc
Comment by Doc Sleaze — December 25, 2021 @ 7:03 pm
My personal favorites for pro-capitalist and anti-capitalist propaganda cartoons are 1948’s “Make Mine Freedom” and 1963’s “The Millionaire” from the Soviet Union, during which I confess to rooting for the bulldog. Speaking of which, would it be fair to say that Bulldog Drummond was getting rather long in the canines by the Swinging Sixties?
Comment by Dave — December 29, 2021 @ 5:26 pm
It is notable that Bulldog Drummond hasn’t been see on screen since these two outings. We haven’t even had a ‘re-imagined’ version along the lines of ‘Sherlock’. He just has too much baggage that, if removed or significantly modified in any way turns the character into a cipher. By contrast, the Bond producers have managed to keep 007 ‘updated’, despite his Cold War origins. (I’d like to say Bond was never as much of a racist or Imperialist as Drummond, but I recently re-read ‘You Only Live Twice’ and to say that some sections resulted in a ‘raised eyebrow’ would be an understatement).
Comment by Doc Sleaze — January 1, 2022 @ 2:20 pm