Subj : Re: Space Ghost Coast to Coast
To   : N2qfd
From : AKAcastor
Date : Wed May 08 2024 03:09 pm

 n>  It's fun seeing this discussion going on. I loved that 
 n> show. Brack and Moltar, but the songs that they did... 

There was also The Brak Show but I don't remember if they gave Moltar his own 
show also?

 n> Liquid Television was something else. Aeon Flux was wild 
 n> and there was just one off animations in there that were 
 n> really little musicals. I seem to recall one with a sort 
 n> of space stock car race where the pilot ran it till 
 n> failure but I think Cake was used for the soundtrack, 
 n> maybe going the distance, back when that was new. 

This seems somehow familiar, but I can't remember anything more than what you 
wrote, I didn't even remember that much until I read what you wrote.  I do love 
Cake.

 n>  Just watched a Japanese stop motion called Junk Head 
 n> this weekend what was a brain bender. It's wild the 
 n> dialogue is mumble Japaneses so I suspect subtitling was 
 n> always necessary, but there's English subs. It's sort of 
 n> manga like and by a director who did it as a labor of 
 n> love, no film experience. Found it looking for DelToro 
 n> movies and got to it as he endorsed it. There's no 
 n> resolutions only questions. So be warned. 

Junk Head does sound interesting, may have to check that out when the mood is 
right.

 n>   Back to the late 80's into the 90's for a moment, it seemed all around 
 n> weird. It's like there were no rules.

I feel like in a way, the limited (but expanding) number of TV channels 
available meant that if something new and different was on, I was more likely 
to check it out.  Maybe in part because there was some level of curation 
(almost always SOMEONE had to make the choice to air it), maybe also because 
there was so little available and I was just hungry for more.

 n> Pee-Wee, Max Headroom, MacGuiver, Sledgehammer, Airwolf... 

I don't remember Sledgehammer.  

Airwolf I was a little bit young for - I remember the show, I remember the 
badass helicopter, but I don't remember anything else really.

Another great series - Tales From the Crypt.  I've been watching it recently 
and it's incredible how many familiar names starred in episodes of Tales From 
the Crypt.  (also, the Cryptkeeper is a spitting image of Canadian billionaire 
Jim Pattison, I don't know if there's an actual relation.)

 n>   As Hunter Thompson said, "It still hasn't gotten weird enough for me.." 

Agreed!  :)


Chris/akacastor


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