Spending money I don't have, to buy parts I don't need, to impress people I don't know!

Saw this cool ride in Bingen, WA this last weekend.

IMPRESSED!

Telling lies and showing off to get attention are mistakes I made that I don't want my kids to make.

Cat Ballou


"Some gang! An Indian ranch hand, a drunken gunfighter, a sex maniac, and an uncle!"











Barbarella


"My name isn't pretty-pretty, it's Barbarella."








Judy Bernly


"Oh, this is terrible. It's so improper. It's so disrespectful!"

At any street corner the feeling of absurdity can strike any man in the face.

When I stopped for coffee this morning at Cartola I was reminded of one of my new favorite tags. I realize it is primitive at best but the cool thing is it is back lit so when you drive by at night there is an otherworldly creature hanging out in front of the Knott St Market.

This sticker on the sign in front of Cartola caught my eye as well. I feel sorta dirty though.

You Say Potato I Say #*@! You!

Stumbled upon this blog today. I have always been fascinated by this type of anthropomorphic (?) advertisement. Cartoon strawberries selling milkshakes in drive-ins and hip-hop string cheese hanging in supermarket dairy coolers.

Inline Skating adolescent string cheese.

Cheese Heads.

It's rare when you have everything going perfectly all at the same time.

Ellen Ripley


"Micro changes in air density, my ass."













Dana Barrett


"There is no Dana, there is only Zhul."



Gwen DeMarco


"I remember that sound. That's a bad sound."

I think Hollywood has a class system. The actors are like the inmates, but the truth is they're running the asylum.

Travis Bickle


"I got some bad ideas in my head."




Max Cady


"Granddaddy used to handle snakes in church, Granny drank strychnine. I guess you could say I had a leg up, genetically speaking."

Jake LaMotta


"They called me an animal. I'm not an animal."

In space no one can hear you scream "HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!".

Hal wearing his foil covered power dome to avoid having his brain microwaved by neutrinos.

Gigantor's cousin Enormo and his friend plod across the birthday cake landscape looking for something to destroy.

After stumbling upon the baron wasteland of cake-lessness proves to much for Enormo, he and his metal behemoth friend choose to leave this ceramic dystopia in search of new environs in which to wreak their brand of galactic havoc on.

Thank you Kate, Max and Gary for making my birthday special.

Robocop, it was my contribution to cinema.

Buckaroo Banzai


“No matter where you go, there you are.”













Alex Murphy


"Dead or alive, you're coming with me! "













Bill Lee


"Exterminate all rational thought. That is the conclusion I have come to."

I seem to have a knack for picking movies that go on to be cult favorites.

Snake Plissken


"I don't give a fuck about your war... or your president."





R.J. MacReady

"I just wanna get up to my shack and get drunk..."






Jack Burton


"Just remember what ol' Jack Burton does when the earth quakes, and the poison arrows fall from the sky, and the pillars of Heaven shake. Yeah, Jack Burton just looks that big ol' storm right square in the eye and he says, "Give me your best shot, pal. I can take it"."

It takes tremendous discipline to control the influence, the power you have over other people's lives.

Blondie


"When a man with .45 meets a man with a rifle, you said, the man with a pistol's a dead man. Let's see if that's true. Go ahead, load up and shoot."


'Dirty' Harry Callahan


"I know what you're thinking. "Did he fire six shots or only five?" Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I kind of lost track myself. But being as this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off, you've got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?"

Philo Beddoe


"I'm not afraid of any man, but when it comes to sharing my feelings with a woman, my stomach turns to royal gelatin."

Noodles? Forget it! Try my fist!

NINJA

...and so the story goes. One night a young Flying V Amputee ninja, fresh from his training, had a dream of big city ninjas melting faces in a rose thorned garden. After two days of meditation upon its meaning he decided it was his destiny to bring forth a ninja metal band as a vessel for epic heavy music in Portland, OR. He sought out other urban ninjas to join his adventure with only his guitar and keen sense of musical discrimination to guide him. He found Explorer Ninja in a cave, under a waterfall meditating upon hard rock. Rudysan had been on a quest for Vengance but was persuaded to defer this quest in the name of Metal. Christo Bas Ninja had hung up the sword in favor of a quiet contemplative life, but the call of pumping beats were too strong to resist. Throat Rot Ninja was found knee deep in a bourbon induced madness, yelling incoherently for anyone who would listen. When the others heard the dulcet tones of his harangue, they knew then that he was the right ninja to lead them into battle.

Thus, NINJA was born!

Being a nerd really pays off sometimes.

SE Milport @ McLoughlin Blvd

The little treat that came my way via M. Duvall. Arigatou gozaimasu.

Simple pleasures via You Drive What? Blog. Described as kind if like "People Of Wal-Mart" for the highways and byways.

Religion is the most malevolent of all mind viruses

Evolved...

...Created

All my friends were going off to be professionals, and I said I wanted to be an actor.

Rick Deckard

"I have had people walk out on me before, but not... when I was being so charming. "





Han Solo

"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid. "












Indiana Jones

“You want to talk to God? Let’s go see him together, I’ve got nothing better to do.”

Why My Mom is Cooler Than Your Mom

I have recently unearthed a bunch of pictures from the late 80's and early 90's and have been posting them to facebook for S & G's. When digging through the box I found this Polaroid of the painting my Mother did on my bedroom wall. This is just before it was finished and I wish I had a picture after it was completed. It has to be one of the coolest things a Mom could ever do don't you think? The yellow wall was exactly the color of the Judas Priest album because I brought the record cover to the paint store to match it. I had red comforter, sheets and drapes to match as well. Bad Ass All The Way! Thanks Mom.

By the way to give you a sense of scale that is a standard wall outlet below the Hellion's talons.

a feeling or state of great joy or pride; exultant gladness; high spirits.

I LOVE YOU ALL!

TV was better when I was a kid (Episode 2)

Sid and Marty Krofft Saturday Mornings

73-75 Sigmund and the Sea Monsters

A google eyed adolescent sea monster failing at sea monster life is exiled by his dysfunctional undersea family to the shore to prove he is sea monster worthy by scaring humans. Genius!

Two brothers, Johnny and Scott befriend Sigmund and the Hi-jinx begin as they try to keep a bumbling sea monster hidden from both their family and Sigmund's by hiding him in their clubhouse.

Kool-Aid and Super Sugar Crisp freak out at it's best!



74-76 Land of the Lost

The Rick Marshall and his children Will and Holly are somehow transported to a lost prehistoric era. While on a routine rafting expedition an earthquake (the greatest ever known) plunges them to a forgotten land merely 1000 feet below the earths surface.

In this untamed Land of the Lost they become the hunted while searching for a way back to modern civilization. They encounter dinosaurs, especially a T-Rex they affectionately name "Grumpy" who likes molest them in the cave they have made their home, they eat giant fruit and meet a cave humanoid named Chacka and most importantly they avoid their new found enemy the Sleastack.

Sleastacks were large humanoid half reptile half insect creatures with scaly green skin, unblinking google eyes, crab claw hands, tails, and a horn atop their heads. They communicated by hissing. Perhaps they were a prehistoric zombie saying only "BRAINZZZ"? I don't recall any real inflection denoting any emotion in the hissing.

They lived in a city underground and were able to create advanced tools like crossbows and rope. I believe they had a periscope type viewer in a couple of episodes even.

Sounds too good to be true doesn't it?


75-76 Far Out Space Nuts

Wait? Gilligan in Space? Far Out Space Nuts was a show about two NASA employees (Junior and Barney) who are inadvertently shot into space while loading provisions for an upcoming mission. When putting meals into their respective compartments Junior (Bob Denver) presses the button labeled LAUNCH instead of LUNCH. Why the geniuses at NASA would put the food buttons onto the main control panel was never really explained.

The two repeatedly have their lunar module captured by aliens and taken to another planet to encounter scary space creatures.

Along the way the do befriend an E.T. they cleverly name Honk because it communicates solely through a horn that sprouts from the top of it's head. Again Honk has buggy eyes. I am starting to see a theme here!

75-76 The Lost Saucer

Two time traveling robots accidentally kidnap a child and his babysitter setting off a series of time travel adventures.

The Robots, Fi (Ruth Buzzi) and Fum (Jim Nabors) land on earth and invite a child and his babysitter onto their time traveling flying saucer to just have a look around. When a group of people gather to check out this curious contraption the Fi and Fum panic and take off.

OF course the controls are broken, the two robot comically bicker constantly and along the way they encounter mysterious lands and weird aliens and monsters.

Oh ya, they also have a weird foam companion named Dorse. Half Dog and...that's right half horse. Really just a man hopping around in a giant grey fur dog suit with a tiny brown horse head attached. Sorry I couldn't find a decent picture but I think you get the idea from the screen capture.


76-78 The Krofft Supershow

Running three seasons this show was the final Saturday program from the Kroffts that I can or care to recall.

The Supershow was basically a variety show consisting of 12 to 15 minute episodic shows and musical numbers by Captain Kool and the Kongs. A glam rock band in the first season then toned down in season two akin to the Osmonds.

After a network change the Captain and his Kongs were replace by The Bay City Rollers.

I am going to focus on the episodes because I somehow have blocked out the music portion of the show.

Dr Shrinker

Three teenagers survive a plane crash on an island inhabited by an evil Doctor and his assistant, Hugo. The aptly named doctor created a shrink gun and after meeting the teens shrinks them to prove it works. The teens escape through a crack in the wall and spend the rest of their scheming on how to get un-shrunk while avoiding the evil Shrinker who needs the three to prove to the world he isn't a hack.

The show has a plot much like The Smurfs. Dr Shrinker is Gargamel but instead of the cat Azrael he has a dwarf named Hugo (Billy Barty) as a companion.

Electra Woman and Dyna Girl

A female caped crusader named Electra Woman (Deidre Hall) and her young sidekick Dyna Girl. Just two regular old magazine reporters that turn into sexy crime fighters in an "Electra-Change" flash of light.

They would cruise around in the "Electracar" and use various technologically advanced tools to thwart weird super villains assisted by Frank Heflin, a scientist that lives in the "Electrabase". He communicated with them through the "ElectraComps", a wrist worn device that transmitted two-way video and sound.

Who cares about the plot though, Electrawoman and Dyna Girl were HOT!

Wonderbug

Three teens drive around in a living breathing talking old, beat up, jalopy dune buggy affectionately named Schlepcar To defend against wrong doing ole Schleppy transformed into a shiny metal-flaked orange living breathing crime fighting machine. When his magic horn was honked he would assist in the trio's battles against crooks and other vile sort.

Imagine Night Rider meets The Love Bug meets Speed Buggy meets Scooby Doo.

Magic Mongo

Three teens find a bottle that just so happens to be the home of a genie. The Zany adventures of the teens and their new friend Mongo revolved around the Genie unintentionally using his powers to get the gang into trouble, then out, while avoiding the no good deviance of Ace and Duncey a malicious pair of hooligans.


Bigfoot And Wildboy

Cue the funky guitar intro...Out of the Great Northwest comes the Legendary Bigfoot who eight years ago saved a young child lost in the vast wilderness and raised that child until he grew up to be Wildboy.

Wildboy and Bigfoot roamed the countryside stomping out pollution, capturing diabolical villains, and rescuing those in distress.

This show was only on the Supershow for eight episodes split into two 15 minute episodes each but it quickly became its own ABC series and another twelve 30 minute episodes were shot.

There were also 5 episodes of The Six Million Dollar Man that Bigfoot made appearances in. On that show Bigfoot was the protector of aliens from outer space.

Another reason I think the TV I watched as a kid is better than what you watch now.

Mentioned in this post:

Sigmund and the Sea Monsters - Land of the Lost - Far Out Space Nuts - The Lost Saucer - Dr. Shrinker - Electra Woman and Dyna Girl - Kaptain Kool and the Kongs - Wonderbug - Magic Mongo - Bigfoot and Wildboy

The Six Million Dollar Man - Night Rider - The Love Bug - Speed Buggy - Scooby Doo - The Smurfs - The Bay City Rollers - The Osmonds - Gilligan's Island - Kool-Aid - Super Sugar Crisp - NASA - BRAINZZZ!!!