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Wednesday, November 30, 2022

Doc Sleaze: Houseparty! (11/30/22)

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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 6:56 pm filed in DocSleaze,movie,Nov22,reviews,TV  

Monday, May 31, 2021

Doc Sleaze: Distressing Episode (5/31/21)

27:30 – Another rag bag of pop culture off cuts, ranging from the nihilistic allure and restorative qualities of Norwegian Black Metal to a distressing episode of ‘ChiPs’, taking in classic UK TV commercials and Greek diabolism along the way. Includes:

Black Metal Blues ¦ Commercial Breakdown – Hong Kong Harry (includes two entries from ‘Leeds Liquid Gold’ eighties campaign featuring George Cole) ¦ Seeing is not Believing ¦ Capricorn One (1978) Trailer ¦ Distressing Episode ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Land of the Minotaur’ (1976)

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 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 3:42 pm filed in DocSleaze,May21,movie  

Friday, April 30, 2021

Doc Sleaze: I Met a Murderer (4/30/21)

52:18 – It’s crime time! A look at crime, criminals and cops, from Scotland Yard to the 87th Precinct, encompassing a tale of true crime, Britain’s favourite TV cop, killer kids and police corruption and incompetence. Includes:

Edgar Lustgarten introduces the ‘The Drayton Case’ (Scotland Yard (1953) ¦ I Met a Murderer ¦ Some introductory words from PC George Dixon featuring Jack Warner (Dixon of Dock Green 1973) ¦ Britain’s Favourite Copper? ¦ The Strange Affair (1968) Excerpt ¦ Forgotten Film – The Strange Affair (1968) ¦ Fuzz (1972) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – Fuzz (1972) ¦ The Children (1980) Trailer ¦ Killer Kids on Film ¦ Bloody Birthday (1981) Trailer ¦ Dixon of Dock Green wraps up the episode

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 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 3:04 pm filed in Apr21,DocSleaze,film,TV  

Monday, January 4, 2021

Doc Sleaze: The Twelve Days of Christmas 11 (1/4/21)

11:41 – The penultimate day of Christmas finds Doc Sleaze looking ahead to the TV schedules returning to normal and the return of ‘Misery TV’, before taking a look at miserable film in the shape of a late-period Andy Milligan movie. Includes:

Misery TV ¦ ‘Carnage’ (1984) Trailer ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Carnage’ (1984)

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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 3:21 pm filed in DocSleaze,Jan21,movie,TV  

Tuesday, December 29, 2020

Doc Sleaze: The Twelve Days of Christmas 5 (12/29/20)

11:24 – With the fifth day of Christmas come some childhood TV memories from the seventies. Jack Hargreaves answers the question of ‘How’ to get a ship into a bottle, while Fred Dineage tries to show us ‘How’ to throw a pot, before we go ‘Out of Town’ to hear about the ‘Tittle Tattler’. Includes:

Southern TV intro and ‘How’ theme tune/intro ¦ Memories of ‘How’ ¦ ‘How’ Excerpt Featuring Jack Hargreaves and Fred Dineage ¦ Going ‘Out of Town’ ¦ ‘Out of Town’ Excerpt with Jack Hargreaves

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 2020 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 2:50 pm filed in Dec20,DocSleaze,TV  

Friday, December 25, 2020

Doc Sleaze: The Twelve Days of Christmas 1 (12/25/20)

12:31 – The first of (hopefully) twelve mini-episodes covering the festive season. Will Doc Sleaze stay the course, or will he get bored and give up after a couple of days? Stay tuned to find out. Meanwhile, enjoy this first day of Christmas musings, which includes:

Christmas Bells ¦ Earlier Every Year ¦ National Anthem ¦ HM The Queen’s Christmas Message ¦ John Player Special TV ad 1972 ¦ Up in Smoke ¦ Camel Christmas TV ad ¦ 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 2020 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 12:29 pm filed in Dec20,DocSleaze,TV  

Thursday, April 30, 2020

Doc Sleaze: Going Too Far? (4/30/20)

43:14 – An exploration of bad taste as we pose the question: how far is ‘too far’? From Nazi sitcoms, to speculations on Royal demises via objectionable TV commercials, not to mention David Niven demeaning himself in movies of dubious taste and quality, Doc Sleaze explores the issue in an edition including:

Quick Metal Riff ¦ ‘Heil Honey, I’m Home’ intro ¦ How Far is Too Far? ¦ ‘Heil Honey I’m Home extracts ¦ Rise of the Sex Robots ¦ Forgotten Film: The Statue (1970) ¦ VIPoo Commercial ¦ Crossing a Line? ¦ VIPoo Commercial (Extended Version) ¦ The Queen’s Future Funeral ¦ VIPoo Commercial (Alternative Version) ¦ Pick Up on Dodgy Street ¦ Forgotten Film: Vampira (aka Old Dracula) (1974)

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 April 2020 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 2:37 pm filed in Apr20,DocSleaze,film,movie,reviews,TV  

Tuesday, March 31, 2020

Doc Sleaze: That Bandit Express (3/31/20)

45:58 – Another random assemblage of musings from the mind of Doc Sleaze, TV continuity announcements, film trailers and found footage, including:

Quick Metal Riff ¦ Right Royal Ruckus ¦ How the World Ends (Omega Man (1971) Excerpt) ¦ Two Fisted Pontiff ¦ Southern TV Day by Day Complaints Box 1979 ¦ That Bandit Express ¦ Smokey and the Bandit 3 Excerpt ¦ Celebrity Cull ¦ Southern TV Day by Day Condensed Edition 1980 ¦ Anger Mismanagement ¦ Life Noggin – The Science of Anger 2015 ¦ The Shrouded Singer ¦ Forgotten Film – Split Second (1992)

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 March 2020 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 4:07 pm filed in DocSleaze,film,Mar20,TV  

Saturday, February 29, 2020

Doc Sleaze: The Extra Day (2/29/20)

40:37 – Join Doc Sleaze’s campaign to make February 29 a public holiday! Let the people celebrate their extra day every four years! Other delights to be found in this episode cover the joys of not watching TV, the pleasures of not talking, TV shows they should make and much more, including:

Quick Metal Riff ¦ Watching/Not Watching ¦ Southern TV Continuity (inc ITN News) 1979 ¦ Buried Madness ¦ Random Movie Trailer – Creature With the Atom Brain (1955) ¦Southern TV Final Ad Break (1981) ¦ The Extra Day ¦ Southern TV Continuity and Ad Break (1980) ¦ The Drugs Really Do Work ¦ Random Movie Trailer – Twilight People (1972) ¦ Southern TV Continuity (1981) ¦ The Great British Porn Challenge ¦ 1981 Southern TV Closedown with Brian Nissen (inc National Anthem)

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 February 2020 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 6:15 pm filed in DocSleaze,Feb20,film,TV  

Monday, December 23, 2019

The Doc Sleaze Annual 2020 (12/23/19)

57:09 – We pay homage to a seasonal British tradition: the annual edition of your favourite publication! So prepare to be entertained by a bumper hard covered edition of Doc Sleaze’s regular podcast. We’ve got magic and mystery, ghost stories and schlock, plus a couple of favourites from podcasts past and some unused material from the last year, including:

The Annual – an explanation ¦ Thunderbirds Christmas Special (Excerpt) Part One ¦ When Commercials Go Bad ¦ Christmas Commercials Collection (from 1989) ¦ Manchester Confidential – Gordo Explores Manchester Christmas Market 2018 (Excerpt) Part One ¦ Crapchester Christmas Market ¦ Manchester Confidential – Gordo Explores Manchester Christmas Market 2018 (Excerpt) Part Two ¦ Doppelgangers ¦ Santa is Dead! ¦ Bottling It – a Seasonal Mystery ¦ A Ghost Story For Christmas – The Stalls of Crapchester ¦ Thunderbirds Christmas Special (Excerpt) Part Two ¦ Breaking the Magicians’ Code ¦ Forgotten Film – Don’t Open Till Christmas (1984)

(‘Santa is Dead’ originally appeared in ‘The Sleazecast at Christmas’ and ‘A Ghost Story For Christmas – The Stalls of Crapchester’ originally appeared in ‘A Sleazecast Christmas Carol’)

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 December 2019 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.

posted by Doc Sleaze at 6:42 pm filed in Dec19,DocSleaze,film,movie,reviews,TV  
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