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Bleeped Out?

posted 15 years ago by dandyoftheunderworld
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At about an hour into the film, when Igor (Jack Mullaney) is threatening Todd Armstrong (Dwayne Hickman) in the dungeon with a machete, some of what he says gets bleeped (!) with "cuckoo" noises (!!):

Igor: "If this doesn't give you a better shave than a [BLEEP], I buy you another [BLEEP]."

Does anyone know what he originally said, and was it *really* a couple of swears? I find it pretty hard to imagine cuss words in a 60's "Beach Party"-style AIP movie (Heh!).

P.S. Jack Mullaney as Igor is so funny, he reminds me of a Ferengi for some reason, LOL.

[–] double_c 14 years ago

They weren't bleeping out profanity, they were bleeping out a brand name, probably for a razor of some kind. They may have used a name they later lost the rights to use or may just have done it for comedic effect.

Elvis is DEAD

[–] escalera-2 13 years ago

double c is partially correct. The "bleeping" was for comedic effect as he suggests.

Back in the 60's there was a series TV commercials for some shaving blade and in the course of it the pitchman mentions some competitive brands and those names were "bleeped" out on purpose. That campaign ran for quite a while.

"Bleeping" back then was a big deal (Censorship!) and it was a Big Ha-Ha.

I'd say it wasn't very successful as I personally never thought it was terribly funny and I can't recall the "name" brand they were plugging!

[–] double_c 13 years ago

Ah, thanx for the info!

Elvis is DEAD

[–] escalera-2 13 years ago

Well, I've searched and searched for a reference to that commercial (I don't remember the sound effect used to "bleep" in this movie, but the sound used in the commercials were like "Koo-Koo!" )

I thought it was Gillette Razors Blades, but I found nothing with them, and lessor search with Schick Blades. It might have been Wilkinson Sword Blades but they seem a little too classy to do that.

If I ever find anything on it, I'll post it here.

Thanks for the note!

[–] holbrookp 12 years ago

I remember those commercials very well. At age 15, I saw this movie at a drive-in when it came out and was so disappointed in it, even though it had a cast of actors I knew well from other roles and it was in color, at a time when we had only a b&w TV at home. I thought it was silly and hardly above the quality of a TV skit. At least the girls in bikinis were somewhat interesting!

"Truth is its own evidence." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

[–] escalera-2 12 years ago

"Silly" is the word, holbrookp, and I suppose those were silly times being reflected on the Silver Screen.

And speaking of silliness, the sequel, Dr. Goldfoot and the Girl Bombs is off the charts! http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061014/

"Please use elevator, stairs stuck between floors."

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[–] escalera-2 12 years ago

It takes a while, MacBookPro11, for some people to catch up!

"Silly" movie, "Great" movie and I'll chime in with "nutty" movie. It is fun and thats all it was meant to be (OK -- and a "Money Maker" aimed at the Drive-In crowd!)

"Please use elevator, stairs stuck between floors."

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[–] escalera-2 12 years ago

You sound dismayed, friend.

In 1965 the so-called POP-Art Culture was starting up and this title was introducing that sort of thing to the American audience. It had to be a comedy, come off playful and even, "silly". Otherwise it would have overwhelmed the old flicker movie sensibilities that had long been established.

People wrote it off as a romp but accepted it. Nowadays, it hardly seems ground-breaking, but in it's own way, Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine was blazing a trail!

Ot maybe it was just trash. HISTORY will decide!

"Please use elevator, stairs stuck between floors."

[–] The_Dying_Flutchman 12 years ago

History spoke on this long ago -- Nostalgia for the old folks. We thought we were so young and now we are relics of the stoned age!

It's the nothing that makes us something; it's what we miss that hits the mark.

[–] mam13143 11 years ago

I guess we should all be thankful we made it thus far so we can look at these films with nostalgia. They were typical teen fare of the times, wonder what today's teens will look back at?

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[–] sherryangl 9 years ago

Six years later, I am watching it recorded from TCM I backed it up a few times trying to lip read. All I could see was maybe the letter b. Possibly Bic razors back then??