I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle

As noted several moons ago, The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour knows that the language of cinema is a little different to that of the small screen, but it’s a lesson they love to revisit nonetheless. This week’s study is of personal pronouns; as in ‘She'll probably regret wearing that’, ‘He made an egg sandwich that should be on trial’, and ‘I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle’…

Yes, Doctor Velvet and Blackout round out the podcast's After Dark series by shining a flickering torch into the dimmest days of the British Film Industry, to find the Boon reunion-party in full swing and drenched in red-dyed corn syrup. Still, there’s a vicar on-hand so it’s all good* clean** fun***.

Why did Anthony Daniels agree to a part in this? Why did Burt Kwouk agree to a part as long as he didn't have to speak? And why did Pod Producer Ken leave the room mid-way through and lock himself in the toilet, crying?

Put 20p in the pub jukebox, press Play, swing off a cast iron chandelier and find out…

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WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING:

Programme: I Bought A Vampire Motorcycle
Released: Friday 06 July 1990 (UK cinemas)
Broadcast: Tuesday 15 February 1994, 00:10 (Sky Movies)
Production/Channel: Dirk Productions Ltd.
Writer: Mycal Miller & John Wolskel
Music: Dean Friedman
Producer/Director: Mycal Miller & John Wolskel / Dirk Campbell
Starring: Neil Morrissey, Amanda Noar, Michael Elphick, Anthony Daniels, Andrew Powell, Daniel Peacock, David Daker, Burt Kwouk, Paula Ann Bland

Of note this week...

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Star Wars: Droids / Starsky & Hutch

And so they're back! In outer space! You just walked in to find Doctor Velvet and Blackout here with that patient, if faintly underwhelmed look upon their face(s)! Yes, The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour returns for another spectacular series, as some beloved favourites come under the retrospective microscope, as well as a few forgotten gems...

The first stop on tonight's excursion is a Galaxy Far, Far Away, to catch up with the goggle-eyed antics of some familiar Droids. Following which, it's a short ride back down to earth and the gritty streets of Bay City, where Messrs Starsky and Hutch have got their work cut out trying to fight crime efficiently in California bedecked in heavy knitwear.

How forgiving does one have to be of a half-hearted televisual spin-off of an iconic film series, given that the alternative is 'well, nothing at all then'? How excited can one get to be plunged into a familiar city for the very first time, with new characters that feel like old friends? And how robust is one man's coccyx that he smacks derriere-first onto the roof of his own car every single week, gradually destroying the vehicle like a painfully slow version of the bonus round in Street Fighter II?

Press the Play button and You Will* Survive to find out...

*Should. Survival not guaranteed.



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WE HAVE BEEN WATCHING:

Programme: Droids: The Great Heep
Broadcast: Sat 08 October 1988, 08:45
Production/Channel: Nelvana Animation, Children's BBC
Writer: Ben Burtt
Music: Stewart Copeland / Derek Holt, Patricia Cullen
Director: Clive Smith
Starring: Anthony Daniels, Long John Baldry, Winston Rekert, Graeme Campbell

Programme: Starsky & Hutch
Broadcast: Fri 23 April 1976, 21:25
Production/Channel: Spelling-Goldberg, BBC One
Writer: William Blinn
Music: Lalo Schifrin
Director: Barry Shear
Starring: Paul Michael Glaser, David Soul, Antonio Fargas, RIchard Ward

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The Peggy Mount Calamity Hour is a free podcast from iPorle Media, which holds production copyright. Opinions and recollections expressed are not to be taken as fact. The title and credit music is by Doctor Velvet, with additional live accompaniments by Ozzy Bognops. Audio segments from television programmes are presented for review and informational purposes only under fair use, and no ownership of these is claimed or implied by this show. Email enquiries to PeggyMountPod@gmail.com