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Thursday, 2:05 a.m. VVTBS,
ch.4
"The Cool Ones " (1967) The
Leaves, Glen Campbell .
A pop-star dude has to date a
swingin' chick as part of a publicity
campaign, but everything turns out
groovy cuz they're on the same
wavelength, man. Meanwhile, there's
a real with it TV show that turns out
to be a real hullabaloo when The
Leaves show up. In '67 they recorded
a cool version of "Hey Joe" and their
drummer was later in the Mothers of
Invention. The show also features
the totally "L seven" Glen Campbell
and The Bantams (who can forget
Bantamania?). Even Leonard Maltin
from the neato "Entertainment To
night!' show and author of "TV
Movies" gives it a bomb rating and
says, "If you turn up your volume
you might hear a faint laugh track."
It's supposed to be funny. Directed
by Gene Nelson, who did the Elvis
epics "Harum Scarum" and "Kissin'
Cousins."
Friday, 1 1:30 p.m. WGN, ch.
2
"The Bees" (1978) John
Saxon, Angel Tompkins
For some reason, perhaps known
only to entomologists and people in
the know, three movies were made
between 1976 and 1978 about horri
fying killer bees.
Down in Brazil, minor '50s heart
throb John Saxon t ries to figure out
why the bees are so damn angry.
John Carradine, employing the rare
toast er-strudel dialect and playing
a scientist for the 3,873rd time, gets
stung senseless. If you like your
hordes-of-angry-bees movies on a '
slightly more respectable level (rel
atively speaking), pass this one up
and catch "The Swarm," where re
spected movie stars like the re
spected Henry Fonda and the re
spected Fred MacMurray writhe
around with bumblers on their faces.
Actually, once you've seen the "Wasp
Woman," nothing much matters any
more. Saturday, 10 p.m. KPTM,
ch. 9
"Tiie Time Mach ine" (1960)
Rod Taylor, Yvette Mimieux
Over the years there have been
some wonderful films based on the
works of H.G. Wells, among them
"Island of Lost Souls" and "Invisi
ble Man" from 1933, and "War of the
Worlds" (1953). This pleasant little
flick is produced and directed by
George Pal, who in the '50s made
numerous sci-fifantasy films that
helped the genre achieve a level of
respectability. His other works in
cluded "Destination Moon," "War of
the Worlds," "The Conquest of
Space" and "The Seven Faces of Dr.
Lao." Several of his films won Spe
cial Effects Oscars.
George, a scientist at the turn of
By
Dave
Meile
the century, uses an antique barber-chair-type
thing to travel through
time. He stops conveniently at var
ious years when wars are occurring,
then hurridly moves on to the year
802,701 where he encounters the
Eloi, perfect blonde people who
lounge around the lagoon all day.
Living underground are the hideous
Morlocks, who come up at night to
snarf heaping side orders of Eloi.
The design of the silly, cartoonish
Morlocks is a flaw that hampers the
film's attempts at scares. Some crit
ics have carped about Pal's decision
to ignore the alleged . political
themes in Wells' book, but this
should still be a fun flick.
Starring Rod Taylor (from Hitch
cock's "The Birds") as George the
Time Traveler, Yvette Mimieux as
Weena, and Mr. French and Mr. Ed's
pal Wilbur as skeptical scientists.
Saturday, 11:30 a.m., ch. 2
"Tfie Fighting Kentuckian "
(1949) .
John Wayne and Oliver Hardy
wear Davy Crockett coonskin caps.
Dumbest Title of the Week
Award:
Saturday, noon, ch. 9
"Ski Lift to Death" (1978)
Sunday, 3:30 p.m. WGN, ch.
2
''Matilda " (1978) Robert
Mitch urn, a kangaroo
A landmark in pugilistic kanga
roo cinema. It's not a dream. It isn't
satirical, and it sure isn't funny. It
is the only movie about a kangaroo
vying for the heavyweight boxing
title. Ninety minutes of uppercuts
and right hooks is unbearable no
matter what species is in the ring.
Special Notes:
Remember the Zombies, who
scored hits in '64 and '67 with
"She's Not There" and "Time of the
Season." They were one of the best
of the British Invasion bands. Mark
your calendars for next Wednesday
at midnight for "Bunny Lake is
Missing" (1965). If you suffer through
this Otto Preminger snoozer for
about an hour, you can see Law
rence Olivier walk into a pub where
the Zombies perform the great sin
gle "Just out of Reach."
Being a working stiff myself, I
fully realize that lotsa folks don't
have the commie pinko cable TV. I
recommend consulting weekend
listings for late night on WOWT, ch.
6. They always show a good block of
glorious black-and-white features
from the '30s and '40s with Cagney
and Flynn, etc.
Other Stuff:
"Laura" (1944) (Friday, 3
a.m., ch. 2)
"Blonde Crazy" (1931) (Fri
day, 4:35 a.m., ch. 6)
"Hound of the Baskervilles"
(1939) (Sunday, noon, ch. 2)