MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO No.36, SCI-FI SPOOKTACULAR!

Hell-o there boils and ghouls!

Welcome to the 36th installment of

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO...

SCI-FI SPOOKTACULAR!

Strap on your turbo-boosters, check the rocket fuel and prepare to blast off into
deep space with this month's SpookShow Radio...yes kiddies, it's time for another
SCI-FI SPOOKTACULAR Special!

This Month's galactic goodies are:

BLAST OFF! -The Stray Cats
MARS ATTACKS - The Misfits
FLYING SAUCERS OVER VAN NUYS - The Ghastly Ones
SPACE MEN - The Velvetones
FIRST MAN ON MARS - Jackie Fautheree
REDNECK VIXEN FROM OUTER SPACE - Captain Clegg & The Night Creatures
FIREBALL XL-5 - The Dead Elvi
THE OUTER LIMITS THEME - Milton DeLugg
GIRLS IN ORBIT - Messer Chups
I AM ROBOT - The Phenomenauts
WE'RE GOING UFO-ING - Jimmy Durante
CRAZY ALIEN CHICK - King Memphis
CAPTAIN OF THE SPACESHIP - Spike Jones
ALIEN MOVIES - Brigitte Handley and the Dark Shadows
GRAVEROBBERS FROM OUTER SPACE - The Undertaker and his Pals
THEY'RE HERE - Boots Walker
FLYING SAUCERS Pt. 1 - Buchanan and Goodman
TATTOOED ALIENS - The Young Werewolves
PURPLE PEOPLE EATER - Sheb Wooley
GIANT MONSTERS FROM OUTER SPACE - Silent Horror



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Enjoy......Happy Haunting!

George Van Orsdel

R.I.P. ANNE FRANCIS

pictured here with Robby the Robot in press shots for "The Forbidden Planet"



Anne Francis, who was the love interest in the 1950s science-fiction classic "Forbidden Planet" and later was sexy private eye in "Honey West" on TV, has died at age 80. Francis died Sunday at a Santa Barbara nursing home, said Bill Guntle, a funeral director McDermott-Crockett & Associates Mortuary in Santa Barbara. Francis, who had surgery and chemotherapy after being diagnosed with lung cancer in 2007, died of complications of pancreatic cancer, her daughter, Jane Uemura, told the Los Angeles Times.

Francis, a stunningly beautiful blonde with a prominent beauty mark, appeared opposite such stars as Spencer Tracy, Paul Newman, Robert Taylor and Glenn Ford in some of the most popular films of the 1950s. But "Forbidden Planet" and "Honey West" made her reputation.

"Forbidden Planet" was hailed in Leonard Maltin's "2006 Movie Guide" as "one of the most ambitious and intelligent films of its genre." A science-fiction retelling of Shakespeare's "The Tempest," the 1956 film had Leslie Nielsen and other space travelers visiting a planet where expatriate scientist Walter Pidgeon, his daughter (Francis) and their helper, Robby the Robot, built a settlement.

In "Honey West," which aired from 1965 to 1966, Francis' private detective character — who kept a pet ocelot, a wildcat — was a female James Bond: sexy, stylish and as good with martial arts as she was with a gun. She was nominated for an Emmy for the role, which lasted 30 episodes.

Among her other films: "Bad Day at Black Rock" with Tracy and Robert Ryan, "Rogue Cop" with Taylor, "The Rack" with Newman, "A Lion Is in the Streets" with James Cagney, and "Hook, Line and Sinker" opposite Jerry Lewis.

When her movie career declined, Francis became active in television, appearing in dozens of series, including "Mission Impossible," "The Virginian," "My Three Sons," "Ironside," "Gunsmoke," "The Twilight Zone," "Charlie's Angels," "The Golden Girls," "Home Improvement" and "Nash Bridges."

Rest In Peace Anne Francis.

COUNTDOWN TO HALLOWEEN Day 26: Fangoria 2010 time machine

These guys in England really did a great job building a Time Machine/Haunted House attraction in their garage! A throwback to the H.G. Wells vision of a time machine, with elements of The First Men In The Moon craft, these guys really did a great job!! Check it out for yourselves!

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO No.23, SCI-FI SPECIAL!

Hell-o there boils and ghouls!

Welcome to the 23st installment of

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO!

This month we blast off into outer space once again for our annual
Monster Spookshow Sci-Fi Spooktacular! Fear not, I will not be changing the name to SyFy....gag....
That would clearly and utterly be disrespectful to Mr. Forrest J. Ackerman, the man who coined the phrase
"Sci-Fi"! So climb into your space suit and strap on your rocket boosters, we're about to blast off!

This month's space-tacular songs are:

THEY CAME FROM OUTER SPACE - Left For Dead
INTO A TIME WARP - The Phenomenauts
ROBOT - The Tornados
SPACE INVADERS - Kitty In A Casket
TELSTAR - The Ventures
I TURNED INTO A MARTIAN - The Misfits
MARTIAN HOP - The Galaxies
BLAST OFF! - The Stray Cats
THEME FROM DR. WHO - Peter Howell
REVENGE OF THE CYBERMEN - The Prisoners
PLANET OF THE APES - The Goddamn Gallows
ALIEN VISITORS - Man Or Astroman?
THE SCREEMIN' MEEMIES FROM PLANET X - Merv Griffin
HIGHLY ILLOGICAL - Mr. Spock (Leonard Nimoy)
MYSTERY PLANET - The Bomboras
THE MARTIAN BAND - The Wild Tones
FLYING SAUCER - Hans Conried
MAN FROM MARS - Butch Paulson
OUT OF LIMITS - The Marketts
HUMAN REMAINS FROM OUTER SPACE - Horror Of 59



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Enjoy......Happy Haunting!

George Van Orsdel

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO No. 6, SCI-FI SPECTACULAR!

As originally posted on the MSR Myspace page on November 11, 2008:

"Hey there boils and ghouls,
Welcome to the 6th installment of MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO!
This month we feature a tribute to our friends from out of this world, that's right,
a Sci-Fi Spectacular! I figured our futuristic friends deserve a nod as well, so this month I am serving up a nice treat!

This show features these spooktacularly stellar spinners...

MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO SCI-FI SPECIAL!
1. SCIENCE FICTION DOUBLE FEATURE - Me First & The Gimme Gimmes
2. DEVIL WOMAN FROM OUTER SPACE - Rezurex
3. MARTIAN HOP - The Ran-Dells
4. JOURNEY TO THE STARS - Man Or Astroman?
5. TEENAGERS FROM MARS - The Misfits
6. FLYIN' SAUCERS ROCK & ROLL - Bill Riley & his Little Green Men
7. MOJO MAN FROM MARS - The Cramps
8. KILLER KLOWNS FROM OUTER SPACE - The Dickies
9. UFO - Mad Sin
10. CYBORG - The Phenomenauts
11. THE BLOB - The Five Blobs
12. LITTLE GREEN MAN - Godless Wicked Creeps
13. CREATURE (FROM OUTER SPACE) - The Jayhawks
14. ROLLICKING MAN FROM MARS - Scotty MacGregor
15. AMAZONS FROM OUTER SPACE - Batmobile
16. RAIDERS FROM OUTER SPACE - The Raiders
17. CREATURE FROM OUTER SPACE - Sonny
18. MARTIAN TRIP - The Vibro Champs
19. ROBOT ROCK - The Rocketz

I hope you enjoy this month's installment of MONSTER SPOOKSHOW RADIO! And make sure you stay tuned for next month's Monster Holiday Special!!

Enjoy and.....HAPPY HAUNTING!

George Van Orsdel"