ROBOT MONSTER (1953) with Big Chuck and Lil Jon

Ro-Man, an alien that looks remarkably like a gorilla in a diving helmet, has destroyed all but six people on the planet Earth. He spends the entire film trying to finish off these survivors, but complications arise when he falls for the young woman in the group. And there's his ominous "Laurence Whelk"bubble machine!



Original title : Robot Monster
Director(s) : Phil Tucker
Writer(s) : Wyott Ordung (screenplay)i
Length : 66 min


Aka(s) :
Monster from Mars - (undefined)
Monsters from the Moon - USA (TV title)
Robot Monster - Spain

You only think you have seen Robot Monster at its Gonzo greatest, but you really haven't until you watch it with two sports and oldies fans Big Chuck and Lil Jon, a show with the technical grace of an apple II-E and standards that would almost be forgivable on public access, but this airs on a Cleveland FOX affiliate. Cleveland must blow.

Preview of Saturday's unique Midnight Movie and it is a bad one that two guys made worse by hosting it!

PREMIERING SATURDAY!

You may be curious as to why a Psychotronic-centric site took so long to show this obvious choice – well, you have never seen it like this before – hosted by Big Chuck and Lil Jon. This is one of the worst horror film hosted/variety shows I have ever seen and I have seen every episode of the HILLARIOUS HOUSE OF FRIGHTENSTEIN, which in all fairness was so low rent it never even aired a film. You will be effing amazed that these well-meaning (sport’s fans?) make fun of Director Phil Tucker’s ineptitude when you see them parade their stunningly inept Monty Python like sketches that they show instead of or in place of commercials. Their show opens with a midget slave (?) Lil Jon who hits a giant swami (?) Big Chuck in the goons with a gong hammer. This is the brass ring, B-Movie fans; ROBOT MONSTER hosted by a show with worse material than the movie itself. Please, try not to turn it off during Big Chuck and Lil Jon “fun with King Kong” montage. Watch the original theatrical trailer for ROBOT MONSTER and then tune in Saturday for Big Chuck and Lil Jon’s presentation of the film. This is also an oldies show but I can't figure out why; the opening song?
In all fairness Big Chuck does have a set of pipes like Charles Napier and looks a bit like him as well.
They both seem like good guys having fun, but for a show that is actually aired and has won several local Emmys it is a jaw dropper.

GOTHIC SNOWTIRE LIVE AT CBGB'S 12.26.1991

Who were GOTHIC SNOW TIRE?


A to B they were:
BOB GODDARD: BASS, TIM McGRATH: drums (R.I.P.), KIETH PRISCO: rhythm guitar, CHRIS REILLY: vocals, ANDY ROSENHOLM: Loud voice in crowd, friend, our ride and original bass player, JIM WILLIAMS: lead guitar.
We played at CBGB's several times but this is the only recorded video evidence that we existed outside of Squid Hell studios in Boston, MA: www.squidhell.com
It is like catching Bigfoot on film, but uglier. This is the whole thing, unedited.



gothic snow tire live cbgbs from joe hat on Vimeo.

THE FLINTSTONES: ON THE ROCKS

The only thing that could possibly compliment a GST show; a Flintstones movie - the ‘Stones being the only thing of greatness we could all agree on and were somewhat in awe of or obsessed with. Presenting the rarely seen animated masterpiece from 2001 (10 years after the CBGB’s show) THE FLINTSTONES ON THE ROCKS


Untitled from chris reilly on Vimeo.


Well, thanks to those douche bags at VIMEO you can't watch this "aired once-available-nowhere" classic. Instead, enjoy This 2010 atrocious remake of Plan 9 From Outer Space. You will want to kick director Ian Burton in the goons. If you think something sucks, don't make it worse.


Plan 9 From Outer Space (2010) from Ian Burton on Vimeo.



The Flintstones: On the Rocks aired in November 3, 2001 on Cartoon Network and as far as I know never aired again. The movie tries and amazingly succeeds at cabturing the vibe of the first season. Meaning this was a prime-time cartoon and very mature in its themes, reaching out to older audiences as well as kids. This really could have been a direct, logical continuation of the first season.

Sic semper tyrannis,

Chris