In the haunted realm of Romania, it is said that a wolfman who dies shall return as to wreak evil as a vampire. In the blighted hellscape of Hollywood, it is documented fact that an Altman cursed by a career-ending catastrophe….
![When the 1970s choked on its own vomit and televised its death rattle.](http://armagideon-time.com/img/221011/1014a.jpg)
…shall return a few years later as Count Downula, to plague Solid Gold viewers with hacky comedy routines between interpretive dance numbers based on the week’s top pop singles.
![Doomed to walk where even Rip Taylor feared to tread.](http://armagideon-time.com/img/221011/1014b.jpg)
Some vampires can’t cross running water. Count Downula couldn’t say no whenever his agent called and said “I’ve got an offer, buuuuuutttt…”
Recommended listening:
Look, I won’t pull some contrarian revisionism and claim Pink Lady and Jeff wasn’t one of the most bizarre (and borderline offensive) misfires ever broadcast on network television. I will say, however, that this opening number is so utterly, in-the-moment perfect that it almost justifies the rest of the misguided fiasco.
October 14th, 2022 - 4:42 pm
Pretty certain I had one of those male backup dancers when I was a kid. He was two feet tall, made of plastic, and his fists shot off.
October 15th, 2022 - 12:31 pm
I feel like I need to turn in my pop culture cred card. I have no memory of this AND it was a Sid and Marty Krofft production…Youtube here I come
October 16th, 2022 - 9:47 am
About 10 years ago I blogged about this very episode. I will say nothing further than it inspired me to make this:
http://www.thoughtviper.com/images/new/jeffronomicon.jpg
October 16th, 2022 - 10:48 am
AHAHAHAHAHAHA!
October 17th, 2022 - 10:25 pm
My very old review of this ep is at the post from 10/14, not too far down on my “I learned html is 1997 and then gave up” page. It was inspired by the works of Jane Austen. I loved Kei and Mie, but goldang did I hate everything else but them. In my defense, I had watched all 4 previous eps, with the kimono ripping and Sumo Guy and Art Nuvo and the corpse audience, so I basically was a gibbering shambling husk at this point.
http://www.thoughtviper.com/new115.htm
October 23rd, 2022 - 12:59 am
I’m kind of surprised they haven’t found some d-list K-pop duo to bring over and try this again.