40:11 – The first of an occasional series created with AI tools, beginning with ‘Sleaze Talk’, a chat show where two guest experts discuss a selection of stories from my site The Sleaze.
Herb Herzheimer introduces Ash Dieback and Diane Butz as they discuss allegations of cannibalism at a burger bar, underground monkey abuse rings and look into the conspiracies surrounding the attempted assassinations of Donald Trump.
Ash Dieback and Diane Butz appear via NotebookLM, a Google utility that analyses sources in a variety of formats and produces digests, reports and an AI generated audio discussion between two AI characters.
Herb Herzheimer and the other characters appearing in this edition were created via Textspeakpro, a text to speech service which offers a range of AI characters.
In the unlikely event that anyone is interested in checking the accuracy of the NotebookLM generated discussions, the original sources for the Ash Dieback/Diane Butz segments are as follows:
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47:58 – Welcome to the Grave Digger’s Ball, as Doc Sleaze exhumes some creaky old horror films from their musty tombs for Halloween. Also, do ‘They’ control the weather? Are former British prime ministers succumbing to madness now they find themselves deprived of power? Why are modern UFO sightings rubbish? Plus, Donald J Trumper is still on the campaign trail, while a special celebrity guest gives us some thoughts from beyond the grave and more. Includes:
Happy Halloween ¦ The Death Boat ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘The Mad Ghoul’ (1943) ¦ ‘I Stuck my finger…’ ¦ Politics of Delusion ¦ ‘Return of the Apeman’ (1944) Excerpts ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Return of the Apeman’ (1944) ¦ ‘The Ape Man’ (1943) Trailer ¦ Under the Weather ¦ ‘General Hospital’ Weather Control Excerpts ¦ Dead and Undeclared ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Mummy’s Revenge’ (1975) ¦ ‘UFO: Target Earth’ (1974) Trailer ¦ The Golden Age of UFO Sightings? ¦ Final Thoughts
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57:53 – Doc Sleaze dips his toes into the world of artificial intelligence, but not before discussing dire warnings about the end of the world, political grift and exotic crime. Special guests Ash Dieback and Diane Butz pick over Doc’s musings on modern B-movies, while extra special guest Donald J Trumper is on the campaign trail. Also, the usual obscure movie talk and trivia. Includes:
The End is Nigh! ¦ Movie in Brief: ‘End of the World’ (1977) inc trailer ¦ ‘Hawaii 5-0’ theme ¦ Crime Under the Palm Trees ¦ “It nearly took my eye out…” ¦ Political Gifts and Grifts ¦ Forgotten Film: ‘The Psychic’ (1968) inc trailer ¦ “No, listen…” ¦ Why Are Modern Movies Still Rubbish? – Ash Dieback and Diane Butz take a Deep Dive ¦ Movie in Brief: ‘Frankenstein 70’ (1958) inc trailer ¦ “I swear to God…” ¦ Hail to the Chief
Ash Dieback and Diane Butz appear courtesy of NotebookLM. Donald J Trumper appears courtesy of Fakeyou.
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46:35 – Forget the pet eating – here come the zombies! Doc Sleaze delves into the muddy swamp of Voodoo politics, encountering some mob vs zombies action along the way. Plus. when Bela Lugosi met a British drag queen, the power of nostalgia, Mexican sex and horror, You Tube rants and much more. Includes:
Voodoo Drums Over the White House ¦ ‘Sugar Hill’ 1974 Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Sugar Hill’ (1974) ¦ Commercial Break – Selection of UK TV ads from the Seventies ¦ Look Back in Nostalgia ¦ ‘Mother Riley Meets the Vampire’ (1952) Musical Excerpt ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) ¦ ‘My Son the Vampire’ – Theme song from US release of ‘Mother Riley Meets the Vampire’ written and performed by Allan Sherman ¦ Not Recommended ¦ ‘Night of the Bloody Apes’ (1968) Trailer ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Night of the Bloody Apes’ (1968) ¦ ‘Do You Like Bats?’
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56:11 – Doc Sleaze coughs and splutters his way through a high pollen count to bring news from the front lines of Britain’s fight against idiocy – and fascism, plus a look at changing media narratives, the social irresponsibility of celebrities, magicians on film and a rambling tribute to Alain Delon. All that and some classic UK TV ads. Oh, we also establish that Mickey Dolenz is not a strangler. Includes:
Summer of Idiocy ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘The Mad Magician’ (1954) ¦ Commercial Break ¦ Olympic Blues ¦ Another Commercial Break ¦ Forgotten Film – Alabama’s Ghost (1973) ¦ More Messages From Our Sponsors ¦ The Editing Suite of History ¦ We’ll Be Right Back… ¦ Suffer the Children ¦ ‘Night of the Strangler’ (1972) Excerpt ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Night of the Strangler’ (1972) ¦ More Commercials ¦ Unreliable Narratives
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56:10 – It was all a hoax! Doc Sleaze reveals all about the Trump ‘assassination’ attempt, before reconsidering some old favourites, getting alarmed at some privacy invading communications and looking into the murky world of internet monkey spanking rings. Plus, the weird world of Forties B-westerns where when cowboys fought Nazis, sex crazed killer mutant fish and protecting the nation’s interest through violent death. Includes:
It Was a Hoax! ¦ ‘The Thing That Couldn’t Die’ Reconsidered (inc trailer) ¦ CBS Report on French Drug Trial Gone Wrong 2014 ¦ Unsolicited Alarmism ¦ Forgotten Film: ‘Hamilton: In the Interest of the Nation’ (2011) ¦ ‘The Land Unknown’ Revisited ¦ ‘The Lost World’ (1960) Trailer ¦ Spanking The Monkey ¦ Movie in Brief: Creatures From the Abyss (1994) ¦ ‘King of the Cowboys’ (1942) Trailer ¦ The Old New West ¦ Roy Rogers sings ‘A Four Legged Friend’ from ‘Son of Paleface’ (extract)
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59:31 – In between musings about the forthcoming general election, Doc Sleaze finds time for remembering D-Day via the medium of war movies, ultra low budget straight-to-video dross from the UK, asks when a sequel isn’t really a sequel and engages in some dream analysis. Includes:
Panic in Year Tory ¦ ‘The Longest Day’ (1962) Trailer ¦ War Movies and Remembrance ¦ Forgotten Films Double Bill: ‘Alien From LA’ (1988) and ‘Journey to the Centre of the Earth’ (1988) ¦ “Stick ‘Em in the Army!” ¦ ‘Fight Back’ (2001) Closing Theme ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Fight Back’ (2001) ¦ John Major Concedes 1997 Election (BBC News) ¦ Debatable Value ¦ Robert Mackenzie’s ‘Swingometer’ Explains 1966 Election Results (BBC News) ¦ A Dream of No Significance ¦ Tories Facing Electoral Disaster in 2024 (Sky News) ¦ Election Fatigue?
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44:37 – Back to the Seventies with Isaac Hayes as Doc Sleaze takes another stroll through the underbelly of pop culture, pondering over the opportunities afforded invisible men, whether Italian movies can be judged on poorly edited and dubbed VHS duplicates and goes ‘Down Under’ for some detective action. Plus some topical political ranting. Includes:
‘Truck Turner’ (1974) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Truck Turner’ (1974) ¦ ‘Nobody Runs Forever’ (1968) – aka ‘The High Commissioner’ Trailer ¦ Down Under Detective – Scobie Malone on Film ¦ ‘Scobie Malone’ (1976) TV Teaser ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘The Skin Under the Claws’ (1975) ¦ ‘2+5: Missione Hydra’ (1966) Excerpts ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘2+5: Missione Hydra’ (1966) ¦ ‘Invisible Maniac’ (1990) Promo ¦ Invisible Voyeurs ¦ ‘Invisible Man’ (1933) TV Trailer ¦ Under the Whip ¦ BBC2 Closedown 22/12/80
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57:38 – Doc Sleaze takes another stroll down ‘Exploitation Alley’, musing about mercenaries on film, B-movies as patriarchal subjugation of women, the squalid truth about giant movie monsters and more. Plus, vaguely satirical political gibberings and more obscure movie talk. Plus, to celebrate BBC2’s sixtieth anniversary, Gerald Priestland gamely tries to get the channel launched throughout the show, before Dennis Tuohy finally gets things rolling. Includes:
BBC2 Launch Night ¦ Mercenary Movies ¦ Wild Geese (1978) Trailer ¦ Another Day, Another Sex Scandal ¦ Movie in Brief – Faceless (1987) inc Trailer ¦ BBC2 Tries to Launch Again ¦ The Dead That Vote ¦ Random Movie Trailer – The Mad Bomber (1973) ¦ BBC2 Launch Delayed Again ¦ Amazing Colossal Dumps ¦ Movie in Brief – Lucifer’s Women (1974 ) inc Trailer ¦ BBC2 Finally Launches ¦ Cinema of Subjugation ¦ BBC2 Opening Night Closedown
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50:41 – Just in time for Easter, Doc Sleaze rises again. This time, in between various moans and rants about the state of the world, Doc Sleaze goes ‘Black in Time’ to the golden age of Blaxploitation movies – the seventies! Includes:
Wind-breaking Performance Cars ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Uptown Saturday Night’ (1974) ¦ Trailer ‘Let’s Do it Again’ (1976) ¦ Lifestyle Choices ¦ Forgotten Films Double Bill – ‘Black Caesar’ (1973) and ‘Hell Up in Harlem’ (1973) (inc trailers) ¦ State of Apathy ¦ Movie in Brief ‘Tough Guys’ (1974) ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘Black Belt Jones’ (1974) ¦ Trailer ‘Hot Potato’ (1976) ¦ Don’t You Believe It…
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