After that appalling Little Marcy clip, I feel I should make amends with this utterly charming and extremely ear-wormy clip of the theme song from Here Come the Double-Deckers!, a children's show from the early 70s, featuring a Little Rascals-ish gang of British kids whose clubhouse was located in an old double-decker London bus. As the show was a co-production between the BBC and 20th Century Fox, it aired in the US, but I have only the vaguest memories of watching it. Being 12 at the time, I probably considered it far too childish for my advanced tastes.

I've also tossed in another clip from the Double Deckers called, The Robby Dance, which takes you back to that mysterious time when the sound of a Hammond organ and a snappy brass section could made everyone stop what they were doing and frug wildly with a guy in a bad robot costume.

Thanks to World of Kane for this shot of pure bubblegum bliss.

[Link: Here Come the Double Deckers]
[Link: The Robby Dance]
[Link: Tribute Site]

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Tired of sleazy reality shows, predictable cop dramas, and insomnia-curing celebrity poker tournaments? Then change the channel to Deviant-TV, where you'll find nothing but the finest in low-brow entertainment. Every day features a fabulously full schedule of cheesy horror and science-fiction films, kinky soap operas, Kaiju kiddie shows, topped off with a nightcap of the finest in gentlemen's entertainment magazines. If this station actually existed, I'd be calling my local cable company every 5 minutes to demand that they carry it.

Here's half of last night's Deviant Double Feature: House on Haunted Hill

[Link: Deviant-TV]

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Reason Online interviews Jackson Publick, co-creator of the greatest cartoon in history, The Venture Brothers. For fans like me, most of this is boilerplate, but it offers some interesting insights into the thinking behind his often brilliant deconstruction of adventure cartoons and comic-book superheroes.

If you're not hip to the VB, you need to hie thyself hither and watch until your eyes bleed. [Link]

[Link: The Horrible Truth about Super-Science][via ronebofh]

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