I didn’t understand until I was much older – fusel oil is regarded as an undesirable constituent due to bad distilling, and was widely held as responsible for hangovers. So it was a joke that “Cookie” extolled the virtues of “Real Kansas City Rocket Bourbon” that was “real smooth” (then coughs) when it contains fusel oil.
Actually, according to Wikipedia, “fusel oil” is responsible for some of the flavor, and might not be the villain it’s made out to be. But in the 1950s I know, it was not well-regarded. James Bond, in Moonraker, drinks vodka at M’s club and reflexively puts pepper in it (!) – a habit he picked while stationed in Russia. The pepper carries fusel oil to the bottom of the glass, and you dab up the escess with your fingertip.
I don’t know what you mean by The Apple – is that the Star Trek TOS episode, or something else? Why was it deeply weird?
I haven’t heard of that before, either, but it sounds interestingly weird. Catherine Mary Stewart was in Night of the Comet and The Last Starfighter, but this appears to predate both of those.
Mixing music and science fiction and religion is weird. For an example without the music, consider the movie Star Crystal. It’s a knockoff of Alien – monster loose aboard a spaceship. But the resolution is truly off-the wall. They defeat the Creature by…