April 18, 2013 · 12:05 am

MARS NEEDS WOMEN (1967) AND NIGHT FRIGHT (1967) ON THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT: MAY 10TH, 1986

Tommy Kirk's Greatest Moment

Tommy Kirk’s Greatest Moment

IN THE MIDDLE 1980s/ WAY DOWN ON LEVEL 31 …

 Before MST3K there was The Texas 27 Film Vault! In Balladeer’s Blog’s latest look at this mid-1980s cult show from the Lone Star State I’ll examine “The Dallas Double-Feature” from May 10th, 1986. My research through VERY old newspapers and other sources has uncovered several episodes where exact broadcast dates can be determined. This is the 4th review in that series.

THIS DOUBLE FEATURE FIRST BROADCAST: Saturday May 10th, 1986 from 10:30pm to 2:30am.

IF THE ONLY BAD MOVIE SHOW YOU KNOW IS MST3K THINK OF: Attack of the the (sic) Eye Creatures.

FILM VAULT LORE: Usually The Texas 27 Film Vault ran 2 1/2 hours, from 10:30pm to 1am, and would feature  machine-gun toting Randy Clower and Richard Malmos presenting (and mocking) episodes of old Republic serials followed by a cult movie. The previous Saturday night our “Film Vault Technicians First Class” showed the 12th and final episode of Radar Men from the Moon followed by the film Queen of Blood.  

The night of May 10th Randy, Richard, Tex, Joe “The Hypnotic Eye” Riley, Laurie Savino and the rest of the Film Vault Corps (“the few … the proud … the sarcastic”) presented a special called The Dallas Double Feature. The episode dispensed with a serial and showed (and mocked) two films made in Texas, one by Larry Buchanan and the other by Russ Marker. Also featured was an interview with good old Bill Thurman, a Buchanan regular who also appeared in the Russ Marker film Night Fright. Thurman was also promoting his latest film appearance, in the low-budget horror film Mountaintop Motel Massacre.   

MARS NEEDS WOMEN (1967) – Texas’ Larry Buchanan is known for Continue reading →

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April 17, 2013 · 12:06 am

COOL-NAMED SPORTS TEAM: HAVERFORD COLLEGE

Haverford Fords logoHAVERFORD COLLEGE FORDS

Location: Haverford, PA 

Conference Affiliation: Centennial Conference 

Comment: Have you watched the Haverford Fords … lately? The alternate nickname for the Fords is the equally cool Black Squirrels. Teams with boring names like Continue reading →

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April 16, 2013 · 12:03 am

THE TOP EIGHT NEGLECTED MONSTER-SLAYERS IN WORLD MYTHOLOGY

Heng

Heng

When it comes to gods and/or demigods who slay monsters Hercules, Thor and Gilgamesh get the bulk of the attention. Vishnu and Shiva’s roles slaying monsters in Hindu myths are well-known, too. Balladeer’s Blog as usual will show some love for those figures who get neglected simply because their pantheons are not as familiar to most of the world.

8. HENG

Pantheon: Iroquois

Chief Weapon: Spears made of lightning.

Rogues Gallery: This storm god destroyed an enormous porcupine with tree-sized quills, a giant bird with feathers made of wampum, a worm large enough to engulf an entire village, cannibalistic wizards plus a gigantic horned serpent and its army of equally large serpents.

For more Iroquois deities: https://glitternight.com/2013/01/28/the-top-fifteen-deities-in-iroquois-mythology/

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April 14, 2013 · 2:17 pm

NOTEWORTHY COLLEGE BASEBALL RESULTS FROM APRIL 13TH

PrintHORNET SPLIT – The NAIA’s unranked SOUTHERN POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY RUNNIN’ HORNETS split a double-header yesterday with the number 3 team in the nation, the FAULKNER EAGLES. In one game the Runnin’ Hornets came out on top by a score of 5-1 and in the other the Eagles won in a 4-0 shutout. It all made for a bittersweet Senior Day for the Faulkner faithful.

acu firestormCHAR-BROILED MUSTANGS – The ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM took both games of their double-header against the 6th ranked MASTER’S MUSTANGS. Both games were absolute blowouts as the Firestorm singed the Mustangs 7-0 to start things off then incinerated them by a score of 13-3 in the second game. Though unranked in the NAIA poll Arizona Christian is number one in Continue reading →

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April 13, 2013 · 3:41 pm

NCCAA COLLEGE BASEBALL RANKINGS

acu firestormNCCAA (National Christian College Athletic Association) Division One – 1. ARIZONA CHRISTIAN UNIVERSITY FIRESTORM (20-17)   ###   2. CALIFORNIA BAPTIST UNIVERSITY LANCERS *defending champions* (24-10)   ###   3. CAMPBELLSVILLE UNIVERSITY TIGERS (23-11)   ###   4. COVENANT COLLEGE SCOTS (22-6)  

 PalmBeachatlanticSailfish5. PALM BEACH ATLANTIC UNIVERSITY SAILFISH (20-15)   ###   6. EMMANUEL COLLEGE LIONS (21-16)   ###   7. JUDSON UNIVERSITY EAGLES (23-13)   ###   8. OKLAHOMA WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY EAGLES (24-14)   ###   9. FRESNO PACIFIC UNIVERSITY SUNBIRDS (21-13)   ###   10. SOUTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY FIRE (20-18) 

florida christian college sunsNCCAA DIVISION TWO – 1. TOCCOA FALLS COLLEGE EAGLES *defending champions*   ###   2. FLORIDA CHRISTIAN COLLEGE SUNS *2012 runners-up*   3. DALLAS CHRISTIAN COLLEGE CRUSADERS   ###   4. ARLINGTON BAPTIST COLLEGE PATRIOTS   ###   5. Continue reading →

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April 12, 2013 · 8:28 pm

BAD MOVIE – QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966) SHOWN ON THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT MAY 3RD, 1986

Queen of BloodBefore MST3K there was The Texas 27 Film Vault! This time around in Balladeer’s Blog’s ongoing examination of that neglected 1980’s cult show I’ll pepper in the results of my exhaustive research into the show with my review of another one of the bad movies presented and mocked by Randy and Richard. Previously I reviewed the first and last episodes of the program and am still covering the movies shown where exact broadcast dates can be unearthed. 

QUEEN OF BLOOD (1966)  

Originally aired on T27FV: Saturday May 3rd, 1986 from 10:30pm to 1am.

Radar Men from the MoonExtras: The Texas 27 Film Vault ran 2 1/2 hours, so Randy and Richard had more time to work with than many other Movie Host shows. In addition to showing the movie, mocking the movie and featuring Film Vault Corps comedy sketches this episode presented the 12th and final chapter of the 1952 serial Radar Men from the Moon plus an interview with Forry Ackerman. (I think there’s more footage of Ackerman than there is of some U.S. presidents.)

If the only bad movie show you know is MST3K think of: Women of the Prehistoric Planet, First Spaceship on Venus and Humanoid Woman.  

The Movie: Queen of Blood is one of the Continue reading →

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April 11, 2013 · 9:10 pm

ISLAM AND MISOGYNY: A SHOUTOUT FOR LAST WEEK’S FEMEN PROTEST AGAINST ISLAM’S TREATMENT OF WOMEN

As usual women have much more courage than men.

As usual women have much more courage than men.

Hello from your old anarchist buddy Balladeer, but you can just call me “the puppet of Jews” like the Muslim fanatics who threaten me do. It’s no secret that Islam treats women like slaves and worse. It’s also no secret that American Liberals are far too cowardly to criticize Islam the same way they criticize Christianity for its own outdated views.

Last week FEMEN, a feminist group in Europe, staged a topless protest against Islam’s violent, savage and subhuman treatment of women. There was a lot of action outside the Grand Mosque in Paris, where FEMEN members showed they have more backbone than all of the American Left put together by burning a Continue reading →

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April 10, 2013 · 9:09 pm

COLLEGE BASKETBALL CHAMPIONS FOR 2013

The postseason is over! Here’s one last round of congratulations for the national champions in all the divisions of college basketball covered here at Balladeer’s Blog.

Georgetown College TigersNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) DIVISION ONE

National Champions – GEORGETOWN COLLEGE (KY) TIGERS

Runners-up – Southwestern Assemblies of God University Lions

2012 Champions – Concordia (CA) Eagles 

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Cardinal Stritch Wolves logoNAIA (National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics) DIVISION TWO

National Champions – CARDINAL STRITCH UNIVERSITY WOLVES

Runners-up – Indiana University Southeast Grenadiers

2012 Champions – Oregon Institute of Technology Hustlin’ O Continue reading →

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April 9, 2013 · 10:22 pm

BAD MOVIE: GHOULIES (1984) – THE LAST MOVIE SHOWN ON THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT

Ghoulies

Ghoulies

Before MST3K there was THE TEXAS 27 FILM VAULT! Before Joel and Mike lovers of bad movies had Randy and Richard! Before Devil Dogs, Observers and Deep 13 there came Cellumites, giant rats and Level 31. I make a point of opening my T27FV posts now with this reminder because I had been getting some emails from people claiming Randy and Richard imitated MST3K which is impossible since their show came first!

My research and my correspondence with Randy Clower, co-creator and co-star of T27FV have been helping me fill in some info on this neglected cult show which ran from February 1985 to August 1987. With all the renewed interest in Movie Host shows of the 1980’s and earlier Balladeer’s Blog likes to spread some love to this program.

Last time I reviewed the very first film ever shown on The Texas 27 Film Vault so this time I’ll examine the final movie presented and mocked by the machine-gun toting Randy and Richard and their colleagues in the Film Vault Corps – “the few, the proud, the sarcastic”.

GHOULIES (1984) Some sources list 1985 as the year for this flick but I’m going by the copyright date at the end of the film, which says 1984.

FILM VAULT LORE – A T27FV fan calling herself Georgia remarked at Egor’s site: “I still lived (in Dallas) when they did their last show. They knew they were going off the air because they talked about it and seemed pretty sad about it. I was sad, too. It was the best thing on tv.” The original broadcast date for this final episode was Saturday August 29th, 1987 at 8PM.

The show was still hot in the ratings but Randy, Richard, Ken “Tex” Miller and Joe “The Hypnotic Eye” Riley got hot job offers they couldn’t turn down. Combine that with the collapse of the Film Vault Guys’ most recent attempt to get a syndication deal (what might have been) and the gang disbanded after 2 and 1/2 years of bad movie fun. Plus one of them was dating Yoko Ono and that NEVER helps!  

The Movie – This was a product from Charles Band, so lovers of bad 1980’s horror films know what they’re in for. Jack Nance from Eraserhead and Mariska Hargitay from Law and Order: SVU can both point to this flick as their most embarrassing moment on Continue reading →

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April 8, 2013 · 8:16 pm

ANNETTE FUNICELLO, FORMER PM OF GREAT BRITAIN PASSES AWAY, AS DOES FORMER BEACH MOVIE STARLET MARGARET THATCHER

Annette FunicelloWhat an odd pair of ladies to die within hours of each other! Balladeer’s Blog marks the passing of Annette Funicello and Margaret Thatcher.

ANNETTE FUNICELLO – Known as the Iron Mouseketeer, Lady Annette Funicello passed away today at the age of 87. The oft-controversial figure was known for her hell-for-leather approach to politics and for her fiery childhood resignation from the Mouseketeers, whom she memorably labeled “a bunch of Trade Unionists in mouse ears”.

Annette’s most significant years came when she was voted Prime Minister of Great Britain and allied herself with Continue reading →

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