Secret Of The Golden Monkees

Some surprises are more surprising than others by virtue of how long they managed to remain hidden.

I'm a fairly big fan of The Monkees - i've got their 5 first albums and several more on my hard drive, and would include Goin' Down in most any list of my all time favorite songs. I thought Head was great, if too soon, and loved 33 1/3 Revolutions Per Monkee. I'm looking forward to their upcoming appearance in The Archies.

I'm a fairly big fan of UK Annuals. They're like nothing we get in the USA - big hard cover book filled with comics, stories, games & puzzles, and imagination. I never pass any opportunity to dig through a pile of them seeking new treasures.

So how did it take until this week for me to stumble across this?

UK Annuals for The Monkees for 1967, 1968, and 1969!

Now, understand - I've got the Daily Mirror's Crazy Cartoon Book for The Monkees from 1967. I'd argue that as a considerably more obscure book from the time & place, and yet the very existence of these three annuals had completely eluded my notice.

A first flip through does leave me with one question in mind.
Which is the alias - Thaddeus or Oscar?

We'll most surely be going inside for future posts, but for now, here are the covers for the three books i never knew existed:

Don't worry. I'm not going to leave you hanging like that.
Here's the picture of Davy's Dream Girl:

HolyCrap!surprise by The Monkees Annuals (1967, 1968, & 1969)

Saturday Solutions 018

TC already gave everyone a big head start yesterday, so let's jump straight into the answers-

Now isn't that interesting...
Aside from Darth Vader as Frankenstein's monster in Horror Of Frankenstein, we've got Michael Gwynne (Karl?) from Revenge Of Frankenstein - no relation to Fred Gwynne who played Herman Munster's comedy version of the creature.

How did Dr. Terwilliker get into this mix? Dr. Seuss isn't quite the standard for this group. (Though, really - it could have slid right into horror.)

The Scream Test

One minute to 3am - I'm off!

quizzes excerpted from Famous Monsters Game Book #1 (1982)

Movie Monster Mystifications

Halloween was always a favorite holiday, and it seems to be lingering a bit around these parts. So for today's ritual avoidance of Friday Night Fights, let's visit with Movie Monsters for today's

We've got an assortment of little quizzes, followed by a big Scream Test. In Janos Skorzeny's honor, we'll wrap up with a Werewolf Quiz.
For reference when answering, our questions are from the early 1980s.

Definitely a few oddballs in this batch.

On a barely related note - Oliver Reed always seemed to me like the name of a comic book character. No matter how many movies i've seen him in, there's always this little nag in the back of my head that thinks he's in the wrong place.
Brains is screwy things.

quiz pages from ... check back tomorrow

The Movie Sucked, But The Girl Was Super

Now that Melisa Benoist's television version of Supergirl is a hit, can we just pause a moment to reflect on Helen Slater's movie version of Kara?

She may have been given a bad movie with a terrible script that had her fighting a witch over a boyfriend, but Helen Slater sure gave us a good looking Supergirl-

Heck, she even knew how to be a true DC movie hero in the important ways, too -
Product placement!

Her earnest performance and true-to-character looks were the best part of the film, by far. It's good to see she's a part of the show that follows in her footsteps. (Not to mention to see a show that treats the character with some respect)

all images from Supergirl or promotional materials for the movie (1984)