sas@leadsv.UUCP (Scott Stewart) (05/18/85)
In article <617@vax2.fluke.UUCP>, moriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) writes: > The Firesign Theatre movie, NICK DANGER and the case of the MISSING YOLK, > will be on this weekend (5/17 - 5/18) on the USA network. It's playing at > the following times (ALL PACIFIC STANDARD): 9 PM Friday the 17th; 1 AM > Saturday the 18th; and again at 11 PM Saturday the 18th. WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This movie is available on video cassettes. Being a big fan of Firesign Theatre ( I like everything of their's I've heard) and their Nick Danger skit being one of my favorites, I immediately rented the cassette. I was never more dissapointed in any movie (I use the term loosely). It had very little of the charm of the original skit. Instead of being a spoof on the 30's style detectives, (like the original script), it became some type of satircal look at the future. It wasn't very funny, nor very interesting. I was just bored. I didn't even watch the whole thing. Nick Danger himself was hardly in the first half( the part I saw). My personel opinion is that it was a waste of time and money. But this is just one man's opiniion, so do as you like.
rakon@aluxz.UUCP (kohler) (05/20/85)
> The Firesign Theatre movie, NICK DANGER and the case of the MISSING YOLK,
After working hard around the house and falling asleep with the
tv on, I woke up in the wee hours to the the most bizzare movie I have ever
seen. Maybe being half asleep contributed, but the flow of the dialoge was
like something out of a drug-affected conversation I remember in college.
It made Rocky Horror seem like Citizen Cain !
What I want to know is whether Nik Danger was ever released as
a theater movie? The copywrite in the closing credits is 1983.
And Michael Nesmith (Monkees) was noted as either director or producer --
does he work with Firesign often ? Did anyone else see/enjoy the flick,
or am I just demented ?
I remember the chicken inspector badge joke but I can't 'pullet' off
here....