Al Hirt

Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull (2007)

Actors: Joel Hodgson (writer), Trace Beaulieu (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), Trace Beaulieu (producer), Joel Hodgson (producer), Trace Beaulieu (writer), Joel Hodgson (writer), Frank Conniff (writer), Frank Conniff (actor), Frank Conniff (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (actress), Mary Jo Pehl (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (writer), J. Elvis Weinstein (actor), J. Elvis Weinstein (producer),

Plot: Silhouetted against the movie screen is the team of Cinematic Titanic, a five-member peanut gallery dedicated to trashing some of cinema's biggest heaps of junk. Their first venture is dissecting The Oozing Skull, aka _Brain of Blood (1972)_, which features an ogre with a condom hat, a sneaky dwarf, a mad scientist who looks like Tennessee Ernie Ford, gory operation scenes with Sherwin-Williams blood, a tire flap model, and more. Stephen Hawking joins in to add a funny line or two. A trumpet player attempts to perform while vomiting at a disgusting scene. One movie-mocker stops the film and attempts to wipe off some of the dumb blonde's makeup. Another tries to create a theme song, only to fall into a rage. A third escapes the film early in her Brain-of-Blood-Mobile. Cinematic Titanic proves that sometimes a skull can ooze even when there's nothing inside.

Keywords: reference-to-adam-and-eve, reference-to-amy-winehouse, reference-to-andrew-wyeth, reference-to-boris-karloff, reference-to-cat-stevens, reference-to-clint-howard, reference-to-cole-porter, reference-to-costco, reference-to-david-blaine, reference-to-dean-martin
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Frank Conniff: Independent International Pictures. Making movies you've never heard of for over forty years.

J. Elvis Weinstein: Hemisphere Pictures. We've got half a mind to make a movie.

J. Elvis Weinstein: Whatever you do, don't tell your friends what happens during the last five minutes of the first fourteen minutes of this movie.

J. Elvis Weinstein: This movie is really going to turn people off to brain transplants.

Joel Hodgson: Are they shooting this at a rummage sale?

J. Elvis Weinstein: Yeah, it's nice to just kinda slowly ease into a chase scene. No pressure.

J. Elvis Weinstein: It's kinda like "The Dukes of Hazzard." Just dumbed down a little.

J. Elvis Weinstein: That's the reason we're here, to exploit exploitation. If you're gonna do that, you gotta take the bad with the bad.

Frank Conniff: This would be a great spot for a song from "West Side Story." Or any other movie that isn't this.

Trace Beaulieu: [speaking for the actress crawling on the floor] Here, Scripty, Scripty!

Cinematic Titanic: The Oozing Skull (2007)

Actors: Joel Hodgson (writer), Trace Beaulieu (actor), Joel Hodgson (actor), Trace Beaulieu (producer), Joel Hodgson (producer), Trace Beaulieu (writer), Joel Hodgson (writer), Frank Conniff (writer), Frank Conniff (actor), Frank Conniff (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (actress), Mary Jo Pehl (producer), Mary Jo Pehl (writer), J. Elvis Weinstein (actor), J. Elvis Weinstein (producer),

Plot: Silhouetted against the movie screen is the team of Cinematic Titanic, a five-member peanut gallery dedicated to trashing some of cinema's biggest heaps of junk. Their first venture is dissecting The Oozing Skull, aka _Brain of Blood (1972)_, which features an ogre with a condom hat, a sneaky dwarf, a mad scientist who looks like Tennessee Ernie Ford, gory operation scenes with Sherwin-Williams blood, a tire flap model, and more. Stephen Hawking joins in to add a funny line or two. A trumpet player attempts to perform while vomiting at a disgusting scene. One movie-mocker stops the film and attempts to wipe off some of the dumb blonde's makeup. Another tries to create a theme song, only to fall into a rage. A third escapes the film early in her Brain-of-Blood-Mobile. Cinematic Titanic proves that sometimes a skull can ooze even when there's nothing inside.

Keywords: reference-to-adam-and-eve, reference-to-amy-winehouse, reference-to-andrew-wyeth, reference-to-boris-karloff, reference-to-cat-stevens, reference-to-clint-howard, reference-to-cole-porter, reference-to-costco, reference-to-david-blaine, reference-to-dean-martin
Genres: Comedy,

Quotes:

[first lines]::Frank Conniff: Independent International Pictures. Making movies you've never heard of for over forty years.

J. Elvis Weinstein: Hemisphere Pictures. We've got half a mind to make a movie.

J. Elvis Weinstein: Whatever you do, don't tell your friends what happens during the last five minutes of the first fourteen minutes of this movie.

J. Elvis Weinstein: This movie is really going to turn people off to brain transplants.

Joel Hodgson: Are they shooting this at a rummage sale?

J. Elvis Weinstein: Yeah, it's nice to just kinda slowly ease into a chase scene. No pressure.

J. Elvis Weinstein: It's kinda like "The Dukes of Hazzard." Just dumbed down a little.

J. Elvis Weinstein: That's the reason we're here, to exploit exploitation. If you're gonna do that, you gotta take the bad with the bad.

Frank Conniff: This would be a great spot for a song from "West Side Story." Or any other movie that isn't this.

Trace Beaulieu: [speaking for the actress crawling on the floor] Here, Scripty, Scripty!

What Am I Bid? (1967)

Actors: William 'Billy' Benedict (actor), Tex Ritter (actor), Christopher Riordan (actor), Terry O. Morse (editor), Faron Young (actor), Muriel Landers (actress), Bill Craig (actor), Al Hirt (actor), Gene Nash (director), Gene Nash (writer), Lea Marmer (actress), Kristin Harmon (actress), Wendell E. Niles Jr. (producer), Jack McCall (actor), Leland Murray (actor),

Plot: Pat Hubbard ('Leroy VanDyke' (qv)), following his San Diego discharge from the Navy, is on a bus returning to the family ranch in 'Phoenix Arizona' (qv), and has a stop-over in Hollywood. He goes to the Hollywood Bowl, where Faron Young ('Faron Young' (qv))and His Deputies are performing, and Young induces Pat to do a number. Wattching the show, but unacquainted, are Mike Evans ('Bill Craig (I)' (qv)), on the prowl to boost his sagging music firm, and Maggie Hendricks ('Stephanie Hill (I)' (qv)), a reporter for People Magazine assigned to do a story on modern country music. They both sense in Pat the answer to their problems. They both head for the Hubbard ranch and are met by Pat's sister Beth ('Kristin Harmon' (qv)as Kristin Nelson), who tells them that Pat is only interested in becoming a cattle-barn auctioneer. This evolves into two romances, six songs sung by would-be-auctioneer Pat, some misunderstandings, and a whole lot of traveling music. Producer Wendell Niles Jr. would later produce better shows.

Keywords: actor-shares-first-and-last-name-with-character, actor-shares-first-name-with-character, actor-shares-last-name-with-character, auction, auction-bidder, auctioneer, audition, b-movie, betrayal, blues-music
Genres: Comedy, Drama, Music,
Taglines: THERE'S A NEW SOUND 'ROUND!...MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC WITH THE BIG-TIME BEAT OF UPTOWN, DOWNTOWN, ALL AROUND THE TOWN! (all original posters-all caps) It's the New FAMILY Musical Miracle! 10 New Hitunes! 8 Exciting New Stars! in a laughable, Slappable, Love Story! (original print ad) MODERN COUNTRY MUSIC WITH THE BIG TIME BEAT! (original print ads-all caps) THERE'S A NEW SOUND 'ROUND! - and 1 of 8 exciting new stars making it is Leroy VAN DYKE (original print ad) THERE'S A NEW SOUND 'ROUND! - and 1 of the 8 exciting new stars making it is AL HIRT (original print ad)