I’ve seen the original Blob (in thre theater, no less), the 1988 remake (also in a theater), andb The Stuff (on video).
Have you seen these other Blob variations?
Beware the Blob (1972) – a direct sequel to the 1958 film, with a retrieved sample from the one dumped in the Arctic wreaking havoc when it thaws after eating a fly. With Godfrey Cambridge, Cindy Williams, Shelley Berman, Burgess Meredith, and Larry Hagman (who also directed. After Dallas had its cliffhanger, they re-released this as “The film J.R. shot!”)
Blobbermouth – (1991) – they took the original movie and recioorded new dialogue, with an animated mouth allowing the Blob to speak. A very unfunny comedy. Jay Leno provides one of the voices. Not recommended.
And there are the foreign Blobs
X - The Unknown (1956) – The Blob in British.
The H-Man (1958) The Blob in Japanese
Caltiki, The Immortal Monster (1959) – The Blob in Italian, though it’s set in Mexico.
The main thing I remember about The Apple Dumpling Gang was that Tim Conway’s and Don Knotts’ characters carried top-break revolvers, and every time they drew their guns, they would fall open.
Does anybody remember Hawmps!, about the U.S. Cavalry’s experiment with camels?
I saw that one at the movies as part of a friend’s birthday party. All I remember is that the whole film seemed like a set-up for a crummy joke at the end:(“I walk a mile for these camels.”)
I’m familiar with it. Like The Sting, a lot of setting up the con; unlike The Sting, it’s a lot less complicated. Good movie, and I always try to catch it when it rolls around on TCM, as it does from time to time.
I saw it in the theater and not since. The one thing that surprised me was killing off a young kid. Most movies don’t do that, having monster victims all be adults(at least on screen)
The Kentucky Fried Movie (1977) - An early Zucker/Abrahams/Zucker skit movie directed by John Landis. I watched it last month, primarily out of nostalgia. Man, what a waste of time. I’m not sure if I even smiled. The only good thing about it is that it is just an hour and 23 minutes long.
What I really want to re-watch is The Groove Tube, just have to find it somewhere.
I saw it in the theater, and while it was plot deficient I rather liked it. And at least it brought back the fact that the Army really did try a camel corps.
Along the same line was Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses? A bawdy and ribald skit comedy movie that barely made a ripple upon first release. It did however when some edits featuring Robin Williams, who had recently hit stardom on “Mork and Mindy” resurfaced and were edited in, and the movie was re-released “featuring Robin Williams!” Well, kind of; Williams’ screen time came to two or three minutes max, he didn’t add much, and the movie faded back into obscurity.
Can I Do It 'Til I Need Glasses? was a sequel to If You Don’t Stop . . . You’ll Go Blind. Both were collections of short sketches, mostly acting out the dirty jokes kids tell each other in junior high and high school.
Robin Williams only appeared in one sketch, and he was the straight man, not the comedian. His sketch had originally wound up on the cutting room floor, but when he became famous (not sure if it was for Mork and Mindy or Popeye), they put it back in, and re-released the film with the tagline “Robin Williams’ first movie!”
The funniest part of the movie was the theme song. I wish someone would put that on YouTube.
I agree. I’ve got a copy of KFM, and I still find parts of it hilarious. The movie that I thought was hilarious when I first saw it, but which hasn’t aged well, is Woody Allen’s What’s up, Tiger Lily?
I do, but only because good ol Starlog magazine had an article about it. (Anything even remotely sci fi got a mention, I guess this movie was set in THE FUTURE! (1998)) I never did get to see it.
This is one I saw a bunch of times on cable back in the day. It should have the makings of a cult classic; John Ritter, Jay Leno, Meat Loaf, Elvis Costello, George Carlin doing the narration, and written by two of the guys from Firesign Theater.
It wasn’t great to start with, so I don’t know if it could hold up. Might be cringeworthy.
