As I search the "TV Times" to find a decent movie to watch on Saturday evenings, I am overwhelmed by repeats of repeats of old movies, most of which seem to feature John Wayne. The programmers have obviously become very lazy, taking the easy, cheap way to fill in a time slot. They must do better !
Once, in the long gone 1950's to 1970's, there was a group which was inspired by the Oscar and Tony presentations. They began giving an award called "The Golden Turkey" for the year's worst Hollywood Films. Here is a really great missed opportunity to win back viewers who would certainly prefer the abysmal mediocrity of these productions to the interminable regurgitation of movies that should be worn out by now from over-use. Who could resist these samples of 1960's award winners ?
1960 ... Cinderfella. (Jerry Lewis in the title role. Enough said !)
1961 ... Snow White & The Three Stooges. (A brilliant concept !)
1962 ... Reptilicus. (Denmark's answer to Godzilla)
1963 ... Blood Feast. ( Caterer serves human limbs and organs. Lacks taste !)
1964 ... Attack of the Mushroom People (aka Matango -- The Fungus of Terror
Worst Vegetable Movie of All Time )
... The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up
Zombies. (A Musical Monster Film )
1965 ... Invasion of the Star Creatures. ( Extra-terrestrial carrot-creatures. One of the least
horrifying horror films ever made )
... Frankenstein Meets the Space Monster. (A confusing cast of badly made-up midget
monsters)
1966 ... The Navy Versus The Night Monsters. ( Melodrama about Killer Tree-stumps in
Antarctica)
1967 ... Reflections In a Golden Eye. ( Arty soft-focus fiasco )
1968 ... Boom ! ( Tennessee Williams "The Milkman Doesn't Stop Here Any More" totally
destroyed by Liz-n-Dick)
1969 ... Can Hieronymous Merkin Ever Forget Mercy Humpe and Find True Happiness ?
(Film is even more pointless and confusing than the title)
I rest my case !! Who wouldn't prefer one of these to the current sleep-inducing bores ?
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