Cory usually brings the funk, but today he's got the punk with a pair of movies that warped his young mind way back in the 80s. And he's also brining along film historian and commentary track superstar Marc Edward Heuck in an episode we call CORY'S PUNK ROCK AND SHOCK TIL YOU DROP! (Or at least that's what Bob called it when he hyped it in our last episode.)
Cory's first pick is LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, THE FABULOUS STAINS (1982--kinda), a movie most of us discovered on USA Network's glorious NIGHT FLIGHT in the mid-80s. This movie about a defiant girl punk band getting out of their shitty mill town inspired L7 and Bikini Kill to start bands, and even Jon Bon Jovi cites it as an influence. JBJ notwithstanding, our world would be a crappier place without it. Marc contributed two commentary tracks to the excellent new Fun City Editions 4K UHD and Blu-ray release so he will tell you all about the movie that Paramount could not keep down.
Then, the Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo capture their crazed stage show in the surreal PHANTOM ZONE (1980). And if that wasn't enough, they added Hervé Villechaize and Susan Tyrrell as the king and queen to make it even weirder. Streaming on Roku, Tubi, Plex and more.
In the intro segment, Marc tells us what it's like to record commentary tracks, Bob talks about the wonders of digital broadcast with all the MeTVs there, and Cory and Philena extol the virtues of low-budget TV jingles.
Get the new Fun City Edition FABULOUS STAINS disc at https://www.funcityeditions.com/shop/p/fabulousstainsslipbox
Marc Edward Heuck has been kicked off of Twitter so follow him on Bluesky at https://bsky.app/profile/meheuck.bsky.social
Hosts: Cory Sklar, Philena Franklin and Bob Calhoun. Greg is on assignment.
OMFYS Theme Song and "Get in Line" courtesy of Chaki the Funk Wizard. Order Chaki's new LP, FROM LA TO THE BAY on 12" VINYL at chaki.bandcamp.com/album/from-l-a-to-the-bay-2
Trailer and other archival audio via archive.org.
"Scratching Teeth" by JHS Pedals via YouTube Audio Library
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