48:15 – Online crackpots! Fake experts! Conspiracy nuts! Doc Sleaze kicks off a new year of recordings with multiple rants. Along with the ravings against the usual suspects, some obscure movie talk, including an Italian-Canadian cop movie and possibly the most deranged Jekyll and Hyde film ever. (We make it all up as we go along, you know). Includes:
Right-Wing Fantasy Island ¦ Movie in Brief – ‘Blazing Magnum’ (1976) inc trailer ¦ UK TV ad break – Cadbury’s ‘Smash’ robots selection ¦ Attack of the Houthis ¦ Random Movie Trailer – ‘The Valley of Gwangi’ (1969) ¦ UK TV ad selection from 2000 ¦ More From the Loons ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Edge of Sanity’ (1989) inc trailer ¦ UK TV ad break – ‘Black Magic’ ad selection ¦ Enough of Experts ¦ UK TV ad – ‘Fruit and Nutcase’ (feat. Frank Muir)
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 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.
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
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 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.
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.
50:15 – Just for Halloween Doc Sleaze disinters some musty old material in order to muse about the nature of movie monsters, offers some more unpopular opinions on a beloved piece of pop culture and mulls over some old monster movies. Oh, and he’s still banging on about those bloody chocolate covered peanuts. Includes:
Mummy Movies ¦ ‘The Mummy’ (1959) Trailer ¦ Another Unpopular Opinion ¦ ‘Brides of Dracula’ (1960) Trailer ¦ Monsters Behaving Badly ¦ ‘Dr Heckyll and Mr Hype’ (1980) excerpt ¦ Movie in Brief: ‘Dr Heckyll and Mr Hype’ (1980) ¦ ‘Revenge of Frankenstein’ (1958) Trailer ¦ More Monstrous Behaviour ¦ ‘Frankenstein Created Woman’ (1967) Trailer ¦ A Further Adventure of the Phantom Chocolate Covered Peanuts ¦ Forgotten Film: ‘Prophecy’ (1979) inc trailer ¦ ‘Creature From the Black Lagoon’ (1954) Trailer ¦ Half Man, Half Fish, All Pervert? ¦ Closing Cackle
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 Oct 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.
54:55 – Benny Hill! Andy Warhol on The Love Boat! Alien Hoaxes! What did Roger Moore do between Bond Pictures? Doc Sleaze looks into various moments in pop culture history, plus some obscure movie talk and mystery peanuts. Includes:
Benny Hill in Retrospect ¦ Stagecoach (1966) Theme ¦ Movies in Brief – Stagecoach (1966) ¦ Stagecoach (1939) Trailer ¦ The Alien Fakes Are Coming, The Alien Fakes Are Coming… ¦ Forgotten Film – The Sicilian Cross (1976) (including trailer) ¦ Street People (1976) Trailer (AIP re-edit of The Sicilian Cross) ¦ More About Benny Hill ¦ The Love Boat Theme (Dionne Warwick version) ¦ Another Bizarre Moment in Pop Culture History ¦ The Love Boat Theme (Jack Jones version) ¦ The Adventure of the Phantom Chocolate Covered Peanuts ¦ Benny Hill Theme (Yakety Sax) ¦ Benny Hill in Conclusion ¦ Benny Hill Theme (Yakety Sax)
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 Sep 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.
47:06 – It’s Summer so there’s cricket at The Balmer Lawn Hotel and all is right with the world. Doc Sleaze delves into his childhood memories in search of the origins of a present day obsession while trying to dodge lunatic drivers in German cars. Also, fever dreams, disturbing Christian fundamentalist movies, the wild, wild world of Jerry Warren and more esoteric movie talk. Includes:
Driven to Madness ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘Battle Beneath the Earth’ (1967) (including trailer) ¦ ‘A Distant Thunder’ (1978) trailer ¦ Mark of the Debit Card ¦ ‘A Thief in the Night’ (1972) trailer ¦ Fever Dream ¦ Forgotten Film – ‘The Last Grenade’ (1970) (including trailer) ¦ ‘Face of the Screaming Werewolf’ (1965) trailer ¦ The World of Jerry Warren ¦ ‘Frankenstein Island’ (1981) trailer ¦ Cricket at The Balmer Lawn Hotel
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 Aug 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.
51:47 – What is the point of remakes? Are modern movies really rubbish? Doc Sleaze muses contemporary cinema trends as he trains his colony of killer wasps and ponders on the decline of Dario Argento as a director. Plus, German ‘Love Bug’ movies and other obscure movie talk. Includes:
We Can Remake it For You Wholesale ¦ Forgotten Film – Dracula 3-D (2012) ¦ Superbug on Extra Tour (1973) Australian Video Trailer ¦ A Load of Old Dudu? ¦ The Superbug Rally (aka The Love Bug Rally) (1971) Australian Video Trailer ¦ Modern Films Are Rubbish (Or Are They?)¦ The Deadly Bees (1966) Trailer ¦ The Sting of Vengeance ¦ Forgotten Film – Kill! (1971) ¦ Love Boat theme (Performed by Jack Jones) Excerpt ¦ Sailing Back to the Seventies Under a Flag of Convenience ¦ Love Boat theme Excerpt
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 Jul 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.
45:48 – Another rag bag of pop culture musings from the mind of Doc Sleaze. This time we take in voyeurism in Bond movies and the 007 sex comedy connections, decipher the ‘rogue cop formula’, peek behind the mask of Canada’s first horror movie, fake movie sequels, how politicians use movie monsters to deny their own culpability, Orson Welles as Long John Silver and more. Includes:
A View to An Eyeful ¦ Movie in Brief – The Mask (1961), including trailer ¦ Deadly Force (1983) trailer ¦ The Rogue Cop Formula ¦ Forgotten Film – Beyond the Door III (1989) ¦ The Blob (1988) trailer ¦ Political Monsters ¦ Treasure Island (1972) trailer ¦ ‘Pieces of Eight’
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 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.
51:54 – Summer might be over but Doc Sleaze is still on the beach. In spirit, at least. We get the sand between our toes with a look at ‘Baywatch’ spin offs and antecedents, before meandering through the world of TV movies before winding up with a look at the enigma that is William ‘The Shat’ Shatner. Includes:
Baywatch Nights ¦ Forgotten Film: ‘Lifeguard’ (1976) (including trailer) ¦ Baywatch Nights Season Two Intro ¦ More From Baywatch Nights ¦ Baywatch Nights Condensed – ‘Zargtha’ (From You Tube) ¦ Some Thoughts on Baywatch Hawaii ¦ Random Movie Trailer: ‘Nick Fury – Agent of S.H.I.E.L,D’ (1998) ¦ ABC Promo for ‘Beach Patrol’ and ‘Samurai’ 1979 ¦ The Golden Age of the TV Movie ¦ ‘Mysteries of the Gods’ (1976) Excerpt ¦ The Mysteries of William Shatner ¦ ‘Mysteries of the Gods’ Excerpt
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 Sep 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.
