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Diane Franklin Double Feature:: Deadly Lessons and Summer Girl

Posted on By unkle lancifer

Hey, today is DIANE FRANKLIN's birthday! I don't have to tell you that DIANE FRANKLIN is wonderful in BETTER OFF DEAD (which we recently discussed) or that she excels in the new wave classic THE LAST AMERICAN VIRGIN or that she's downright heartbreaking in AMITYVILLE II: The Possession (which everybody with a working brain agrees is the best in the series). All of that (along with the understanding that FRANKLIN is as talented as she is beautiful) is common knowledge. But did you know that DIANE starred in two of the very best made for TV movies ever made? It's true! I'm talking about the highly entertaining small screen slasher extravaganza DEADLY LESSONS (1983) and the riveting usurper thriller SUMMER GIRL (again, 1983). If you think I've talked about these gems before you are right and you should also prepare yourself for the fact that I'll be talking about them till the day I croak. Due to the general dumbness of society neither of these sensational flicks are on DVD but cry not because that's what YouTube is for! Let's have a double feature! Happy Birthday DIANE! You rule forever!

Sunday Viewing:: Galactica 1980's The Night the Cylons Landed

Posted on By unkle lancifer

I think we can all agree that if Cylons landed on Earth on Halloween night it would be particularly devastating, as folks would naturally assume that they were costumed revelers rather than robots committed to the final annihilation of the life form known as man. If this concept chills you to the bone fear not, the entertaining yet borderline atrocious two part episode of GALACTICA 1980 entitled "The Night the Cylons Landed" is here to assure you that there's nothing a clown, a microwave oven, a few verses of "The Goodship Lollipop" and Wolfman Jack can't fix. As the Cylons take Manhattan, keep your eyes peeled for PETER MARK RICHMAN as crabby Colonel Briggs who'd go on to portray crabby chaperone Charles McCulloch in FRIDAY THE 13th PART 8.

YouTube Alert:: The Trouble with Miss Switch (1980)

Posted on By unkle lancifer

Halloween is coming up swiftly so stop messing around and get in the mood by diving into the best ABC WEEKEND SPECIAL ever known, THE TROUBLE WITH MISS SWITCH (1980). Featuring some of the greatest voice talents of all time (JANET WALDO, JUNE FORAY, NANCY McKEON), and showcasing the most impressive animation this side of THUNDARR THE BARBARIAN, discriminating viewers should have no trouble being enthralled out of their gourds by THE TROUBLE WITH MISS SWITCH.

Come for the talking cat, stay for the terrifying "comput-o-witch"! When it's over, you're sure to feel your life is over too but fear not, the characters you have fallen in love with return in the outstanding equal-sequal, MISS SWITCH TO THE RESCUE (1982).