Wednesday, June 2, 2021

The Underground Doctors [1977] & Welcome To The Streets With Lenny The Lion [1989]

Last Monday was an Occult Demon Cassette double feature. Per Sarah, a medical professional, we started with The Underground Doctors, a Peter Fonda-narrated exploration of various kinds of pseudoscience including dowsing, massage for healing and simulated death, and a bunch of other things. Most memorable, unfortunately was the showing of a human birth within some clearly cult-like group, which Adam needed to look away from. Ultimately, it's a curiosity but not enjoyable.

Spoon Rating: 2

Our second feature, however, was great. We needed something kind of short so we voted on "Welcome to the Streets with Lenny the Lion." This incredibly low budget puppet show is about Lenny moving to the big city where he immediately makes friends with a snake called Snakey and his coke fiend friends, a dog named Ruff and a cat named, amazingly, Cool Cat. We get some really pathetic songs. Snakey tries to get Lenny into crack and then Cool Cat ends up overdosing. Mama Cat gives a tear-filled speech, and we all learn the dangers of drugs. We like to think this was the sequel to Cool Cat Saves The Kids

Quote: "Once you die, there's no coming back."

Spoon Rating: 6

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