From: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
Newsgroups: alt.slack
Date: Fri, Apr 12, 2002
In article
> The great cheezy every man has shuffeled off this veil of tears.
>
> Star of Larry Buchanan's Zontar the Thing from Venus (1966) and Curse
> of the Swamp Creature (1966)
>
> also in: Mole People, The (1956)
> Brain from Planet Arous, The (1957) (maybe his greatest role),
> Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
> Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) ..
> Hand of Death (1962) ....
> Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) .
> Night Fright (1967)
> King Kong (1976) ..
> Tarantula (1955) . * Rocket Man, The (1954) .
>
> Also seen on TV in such shows as:
> "Combat!" (1962) "Branded" (1965) * "Perry Mason" (1957)
>
> Started his stardom as "Mr. Shirley Tremple" he lived most of his life
> as a drunk. That marrage fail1ed and he had a lot of bitterness his low
> point was a time in the 70's (not a good time for many) when he was see
> at parties yelling "Who wants to shake the hand of the first
> man to 'put it to' America's sweetheart."
>
>
> But let us remember him as the star of some really fun Sci Fi Flicks as
> well as:
>
> Fort Apache (1948) ....
> She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
> Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
> (The last 3 with Shirley)
>
> * Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) ..
> I Married a Communist (1949) ..
Here is what our fellow bereaved Zontarian, St. Joe Riley of Dallas....
**HEY WAIT A MINUTE!!! I FORGOT ABOUT JOE!!! .... he DOESN'T live too
far from the... HMMMM! !!! I never think of Joe as living in dallas
because for a long time he was way out in the boonies. But actually for
the lst few years he's been kinda half near the old 'hood... HMMM! THE
OLD PO BOX!! PERHAPS AGAR'S DEATH WAS NOT FOR NOTHING!!
Anyway here's what Joe said:
**
From: Joe Riley
One of my favorite actors has died at 81 years of age...John
Agar.
Agar's played along side John Wayne in westerns and war films
(Sands of Iwo Jima, Fort Apache), but is really known for being in some
of the best and kookiest 50's and 60's films ever made.
i.e. Invisible Invaders, Attack of the Puppet People, Tarantula,
Journey to the 7th Planet, Mole People, Revenge of the Creature, Hand of
Death, Curse of the Swamp Creature, ZONTAR-The Thing from Venus (!), and
my all time favorite, The Brain from Planet Arous (Incredible
performance!).
In every one of these films, Agar crafted a different and
distinctive character and usually was heads above the rest of the cast
in
believability.
If you've never seen any of these films, trust me...go rent one
today.
Joe
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From: thefridayjones@hotmail.com (Friday Jones)
Tell "Joe" we'll send him candy JUST FOR HIM.
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"The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questions."
-- Susan Sontag
"The only interesting answers are those which destroy the questioners."
-- Friday Jones (after Sontag)
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From: "Rev. Ivan Stang"
In article <3cb6731e.91131213@yakub.org>, gwailo
wrote:
>
> What kind of person idolizes drunken failures?
The kind that's quite a few steps up the ladder from the kind of person
who pretends to be obtusely asking incredibly dense questions like this
one, when really all he wants is to just be pissy and prissy for the
sheer fuck of it.
> Just wondering. I mean here's a guy who boozed his career into the
> toilet and when he dies far too late some people actually act it's a
> loss. Or is this one of those "pretend a really stupid thing is
> actually really cool" deals?
It's a Slack thing. We wouldn't understand.
"Gwailo." Give me a break.
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From: gwailo
"Rev. Ivan Stang" wrote:
>
> The kind that's quite a few steps up the ladder from the kind of person
> who pretends to be obtusely asking incredibly dense questions like this
> one, when really all he wants is to just be pissy and prissy for the
> sheer fuck of it.
>
You're right, I know EXACTLY what kind of person idolizes drunken failures.
>
> "Gwailo." Give me a break.
>
Yes, sir.
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From: "Paul E. Jamison"
ZONTAR JOHNSON wrote:
> The great cheezy every man has shuffeled off this veil of tears.
>
> Star of Larry Buchanan's Zontar the Thing from Venus (1966) and Curse
> of the Swamp Creature (1966)
>
> also in: Mole People, The (1956)
> Brain from Planet Arous, The (1957) (maybe his greatest role),
> Attack of the Puppet People (1958)
> Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962) ..
> Hand of Death (1962) ....
> Women of the Prehistoric Planet (1966) .
> Night Fright (1967)
> King Kong (1976) ..
> Tarantula (1955) . * Rocket Man, The (1954) .
>
> Also seen on TV in such shows as:
> "Combat!" (1962) "Branded" (1965) * "Perry Mason" (1957)
>
> Started his stardom as "Mr. Shirley Tremple" he lived most of his life
> as a drunk. That marrage fail1ed and he had a lot of bitterness his low
> point was a time in the 70's (not a good time for many) when he was see
> at parties yelling "Who wants to shake the hand of the first
> man to 'put it to' America's sweetheart."
>
> But let us remember him as the star of some really fun Sci Fi Flicks as
> well as:
>
> Fort Apache (1948) ....
> She Wore a Yellow Ribbon (1949)
> Adventure in Baltimore (1949)
> (The last 3 with Shirley)
>
> * Sands of Iwo Jima (1949) ..
> I Married a Communist (1949) ..
>
Some time back Psychotronic Video magazine ran an interview
with him. I can't wait to see what the next issue says about
this.
(Lifts a glass in John Agar's memory.)
Paul E. Jamison
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From: nuckfuts@fantomas.datanet.co.uk (Petehip)
On Fri, 12 Apr 2002 00:28:05 -0400, ZONTAR JOHNSON
> Brain from Planet Arous, The (1957) (maybe his greatest role),
In 1992, I was in some tiny pub attic, part of an audience of about 12
people for a performance by Gary Lucas (ex Capt. Beefheart guitarist).
Mr. Lucas was playing solo guitar (using about 100 pedals) in a
strangely affectingly totally deranged manner. The title of the most
whatever it is you call something that's as far sideways as it was
piece he played was "The Brain From Planet Arous"... I had to track a
copy of the movie down after that. In 2001 I finally scored a copy of
the video (a demo copy with the timeclock running on top the screen
but what the hell), and experienced UNTRAMELLED HEAD-POPPING
FULL-FLEDGED BUBONIC GLEE.
But I am notoriously easily pleased.
Better Than Nothing. Arguably.