52:27 – It’s one hundred and out for Doc Sleaze as this incarnation of the show draws to a close. But we’re going out with an edition packed full of festive fun as the Doc searches for that elusive spirit of the season, investigates whether Santa is about to be banned from the US and gets generally curmudgeonly. Plus, controversial director Henry Jagoff discusses his latest films, ‘Black Santa’ and ‘Kick Ass Jesus’, while various celebrities bring us Christmas greetings. Also, barking mad pulp movies discussed and a strange reminiscence about a weird Christmas custom. Includes:
Donald Trump’s Christmas message ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ ¦ Bah, Humbug! ¦ Overexposed: The Films of Henry Jagoff ¦ The Elusive Spirit of Christmas ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Hollywood Boulevard’ (1976) inc trailer ¦ Noel Brownshirt’s Schooldays ¦ All American Christmas ¦ A Christmas Message From Liam Neeson ¦ Pigeons From Moscow ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Visitor’ (1979) inc trailer ¦ Cult of the Christmas Cock ¦ Not Lonesome This Christmas ¦ Vincent Price and Peter Lorre Perform ‘God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen’ ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’
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39:21 – Here at last! Doc Sleaze’s much delayed Christmas Special! In the great British tradition of seasonal special episodes, most of it is really a regular episode, but with tinsel and lights on. But all the ingredients of Christmas are here: sex in the kitchen, religious arguments and suggestions for rehab. Plus, Doc Sleaze dreams of a woke Christmas, special guest Jerry Springer weighs in on the virgin birth and we have a series of extracts from the English language version of director Carlo Spagnotti’s seminal 1973 shockumentary ‘Mondo Christmas’. Not to forget the festive family films – a German knocker-fest and giant monsters. Includes:
Jerry Springer on the Immaculate Conception ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ ¦ Woke Christmas ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 1) ¦ Bashing the Archbishop ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘The Vampire Happening’ (1971) ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 2) ¦ Sex and Lies in the Kitchen ¦ Movies in Brief – ‘King Kong Escapes’ (1967) inc Trailer ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 3) ¦ Rehabilitating Monsters ¦ Mondo Christmas (Part 4) ¦ Carol Singers Rebuffed ¦ ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’ (Reprise)
A Merry Christmas to one and all!
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20:09 – In a special edition of ‘Sleaze Talk’, noted festive experts Ash Dieback and Diane Butz investigate the phenomena of so called ‘Rogue Santas’ – the fakes who can ruin kiddies’ Christmases, scarring them for life. From shopping malls to department stores to rip-off Christmas theme parks, these low life Santa impersonators are a blight on our seasonal cheer.
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51:59 – Join Doc Sleaze at Christmas, as he falls prey to the madness of seasonal shopping, says ‘no’ to festive parties, revisits a lost world and gets annoyed at political ignorance. Plus, Sammy Davis Jr! Peter Lawford! Together in a pair of swinging London movies! Includes:
Christmas Bells ¦ Apparently, Christmas is Coming ¦ Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Lost World Found Again ¦ ‘The Lost World’ (1960) Trailer ¦ An Idiot’s Guide to British Politics – Again ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Salt and Pepper’ (1968) (including trailer) ¦ Another Batch of Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Season of Saying ‘No’ ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘One More Time’ (1970) (including trailer) ¦ More Nineties Christmas TV Ads ¦ The Madness of Christmas Shopping ¦ Christmas Bells
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1:04:09 – Doc Sleaze battles a cold in order to bring you his seasonal special. After moaning about the crappy Christmas decorations in the local town centre and the trials of Christmas shopping, he finally gets to the main course of Turkey as we take a tour through some of that country’s ‘finest’ films. Thrill to Turkish Batman! Gasp at Turkish Star Trek! Adam West, meanwhile, helps some British kids cross the road. Everything is rounded off with a dessert course of more shopping moans and a double bill of Toho movies! Includes:
Christmas Bells ¦ Another Crappy Crapchester Christmas ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #1 ¦ Turkish Delight ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #2 ¦ The Joy of Christmas Shopping ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #3 ¦ More Turkish Delight ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #4 ¦ Turkish Batman ¦ Batman UK Road Safety Film, Featuring Adam West, (1967) ¦ Turkey Trek ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #5 ¦ A Final Slice of Turkey ¦ Christmas Commercial Break #6 ¦ Made in Japan ¦ Christmas Bells
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1:22:52 – A spiffy episode with Doc Sleaze and Frank Edward Nora, sharing Christmas and December seasonal ramplings!! PQ Ribber is your host!!
Next: You’re invited to participate in next week’s show, when the topic is Jean Shepherd (and a little 2022 Review)!! Details at the end of this transmission!!
Attribution by PQ Ribber. Hosts appear courtesy themselves.
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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
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11:07 – We finally reach the end of our festive journey and celebrate the end of Christmas by going back to the beginning and looking at a Mexican Santa Claus movie. Plus, Doc Sleaze’s musings on Twelfth Night. Includes:
Random Movie Trailer – Santa Claus (1960) ¦ Christmas Bells ¦ Twelfth Night ¦ Christmas Bells
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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)
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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.
