Classic Don post masks on TV

[Sean]

If all he had ever done was compose 'We've Only Just Begun', 'Just An Old Fashioned Love Song' and 'The Rainbow Connection', he'd be a giant in my book. But he did so, so much more. Like Packy said, Wiki the guy. Your disdain, while entirely within your rights, is also entirely ignorant of the facts.

He remains one of the most awarded, respected and admired figures in the music industry, and for good reason.>>>>

    OK, Mike C..... you can take it back down to DEFCON 5.  Nobody from this end is taking this too seriously.  Didn't mean to crash the pick up truck through the wall and run over Paul Williams in his own living room.  <G>

[BlackLagoon]

     I remember some Halloween special with KISS battling classic monsters from some wax museum. I ate that stuff up.

Do you remember exactly what that KISS thing was? On Halloween in  1976 I believe, either 76 or 77 they were on the Paul Lynn Halloween Special (with the original Wicked With from Wizard Of Oz) anyway..they performed (lip sync) Detroit Rock City and did a little schtick with Paul and the with.

Then there was KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park..where they battled..themselves for one..and some white furry wolf men robots in shimmering jump suits...but that was at an Amusement Park.

We are waaaay off topic now but back to what I was saying..if ANYONE has any footage of KISS fighting classic monsters...name your price!!!

[Toy Ranch]

The entire Paul Lynde special is available on DVD now.  I rented it from Netflix.  It's not only got the Wicked Witch from Oz, but also Witchiepoo from HR Pufnstuf, Florence Henderson from the Brady Bunch (who makes out with Paul Lynde, lol) singing a discoish version of Black Magic (OK, now it's time to toss out the horrible card), Tim Conway, Peter Criss lip synching Beth at a piano with Liberacesque decor around, they do King of the Nighttime World, it's got Pinky Tuscadero (from Happy Days) singing with Paul Lynde (unforgivable and unlistenable, a true horror),  but no fighting with monsters.

[BlackLagoon]

King Of The Nightime World...I said Detroit Rock City...

The only clip I have is their intro with Paul and the Witch..and the song.

I think its on the 1st KISSOLOGY dvd set, it might be Vol 2..not sure.

Every damn time I think I own everything this band has put out something else comes up!!

[Sean]

Do you remember exactly what that KISS thing was? On Halloween in  1976 I believe, either 76 or 77 they were on the Paul Lynn Halloween Special (with the original Wicked With from Wizard Of Oz) anyway..they performed (lip sync) Detroit Rock City and did a little schtick with Paul and the with.

Then there was KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park..where they battled..themselves for one..and some white furry wolf men robots in shimmering jump suits...but that was at an Amusement Park.

We are waaaay off topic now but back to what I was saying..if ANYONE has any footage of KISS fighting classic monsters...name your price!!!>>>>>>

      The amusement park sounds familiar.  Wherever they were, there was some place that had life size, perhaps animatronic... (hey, am I making up a word there?) monsters that 'came to life' and faced off against them in some measure (it was a LOOOONG time ago)------there was a Wolfman, a Dracula, maybe a Mummy and or a devil..... and definitely a hulking, brutish Frankenstein Monster.  I'm not saying there were any great 'fight scenes'.... but just to see them all square off was cool .... maybe it was a 'spook house' at the amusement park... and not a wax museum?

[The Boogeyman 1978]

I am a big fan of The Phantom Of The Paradise and I thoroughly enjoyed the video. It was extra special seeing all the cool monster masks in the crowd.

As far as the "KISS fighting monsters" thing; That is from the scene in KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park when they enter the Chamber Of Thrills.   ACTION PACKED!  

Enjoy!

KISS Meets the Phantom of the park Part7

[raycastile]

Never been a huge fan of Paul Williams, but I like his Phantom and Muppet Movie songs.  I think I liked him more when I was a kid, probably because of his involvement with the Muppets.  Generally, I like the 70s singer/songwriter phenomenon.  The era produced some unique talents, artists who would not have found an audience if they'd emerged a decade earlier or later.

Over the last several days, I watched Rocky Horror Picture Show, Shock Treatment and, just a couple days ago, Phantom of the Paradise.  I never noticed until now how many similarities there are between Shock and Phantom.

[Sean]

As far as the "KISS fighting monsters" thing; That is from the scene in KISS Meets The Phantom Of The Park when they enter the Chamber Of Thrills.   ACTION PACKED! 

Enjoy!>>>>>>>>>>

   There you go!  Way to deliver, Boogeyman.  Thanks.

 

[Sean]

Never been a huge fan of Paul Williams, but I like his Phantom and Muppet Movie songs.  I think I liked him more when I was a kid, probably because of his involvement with the Muppets.  Generally, I like the 70s singer/songwriter phenomenon.  The era produced some unique talents, artists who would not have found an audience if they'd emerged a decade earlier or later.
>>>>>>>>>

    Very fair commentary.  My last word on the subject will be that as a 'music industry persona', that Paul Williams was, indeed, very talented.  However, his strength was NOT in the singing or performing end of the business... and yet he got plenty of singing/ performing gigs in the 70s on those cheesy 'Variety Shows' and 'Holiday Specials' (or whatever you want to call them).  And those singing/ performing efforts were, in my opinion, basically tolerable.  It was like: "OK, there's Paul Williams again... ok, this is apparently HIS song he's going to do... alright, that wasn't AWFUL---he CAN sing a little."  That's NOT a knock on his songwriting or producing or anything like that... you just wonder maybe "isn't there anyone available who can really SING?"  But, as it's been alluded to in this thread----that's just how it was done back then a lot------if you wrote a song and you could sing a lick.... you sung it.

[Dr.Terror]

The robots KISS fights in Phantom are wearing DP White timberwolf masks, and I think..haven't watched in a while...the Quasimodo in the Chamber is the 70's DP mask.

I watched an episode of Tales From the Darkside today.   "The cutty Black sow"   80's version DP wolfman makes an appearance.

[Mitchellmania]

Paul Williams was in Battle for the Planet of the Apes!

[delfloria]

I was just about to jump in on this....... In any case "Phantom" and it's songs still are at the top of my favorites list.

[Sir Masksalot]

Earlier today, a facebook post referencing an obscure television show from the '60s
reminded me that a VHS tape of it has existed for decades in my video library.



Hosted by comedians Johnny Wayne and Frank Shuster, the show features generous clips
from many of our favorite horror classics. Around halfway through, we're briefly guided
along a "Monster Hall of Fame" comprised of five DPS "Universal Horrors".



'Apologies for the poor quality of my images, taken from bootleg video off a 12" TV screen.



'Laughably extreme grey streaks running through The Wolfman's hair >



This episode of Wayne & Shuster's series is dated 1964 which surprises me as I thought
DP's original "Calendar" masks weren't even developed until the following year.

 

The show didn't invest much in the way of production values (or political correctness) but that
was the state of early television back then. I'm not complaining; it's all nostalgia to me.

[Dr.Terror]

Wolfman looks to be the Hollywood Horrors wolf.


Perhaps the 1964 copywright on some promo pics for these isnt for the overall DP Uni license but for the masks themselves?   Cal Franks pic is 1964 and Monster Bob recalls getting his at Disney in 64.

[Doh!]

Great find, Sir!