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@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm not sure about the title, but it was from the early 1950s Starring Debbie ( Mother of Princess Leia) Reynolds and Bobby Van. I think it was The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. I'll send you a clip to urk you.
He also voiced Professor Waldo Wigglesworth from the Adventures of Hoppity Hooper and Thorin Oakensheild in the Tankin and Bass animation of The Hobbit. A great actor with an awesome voice.
It's worth noting that The Twonky stars Hans Conreid, who did a ton of television and cartoon voiceover work in the 1950's through the 1980's, including the voice of Snidely Whiplash in The Bullwinkle Show. And I'm going to be seeing Rob Zombie next month in PA. Can't wait to see that robot again!
He'll always be Captain Hook, first and foremost, for me, but he really was all around great at what he did. And that is awesome. I'm a big Rob Zombie fan. Probably my third favorite rock band/artist. Maybe even second, depends on the day of the week. Thanks for watching, good sir.
1958's The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy featured a pretty good robot. Mexican horror and sci-fi movies of the Fifties and Sixties are a lot of fun, especially when they include luchadores.
@@AtomicSnackBar If I recall correctly (it's been almost half a century since I read it) it was a rather intentionally disturbing story, not meant as a comedy at all.
It is not a replica of a vacuum tube of the era. It is a standard laboratory bell jar used for things like pulling a vacuum or extracting gasses, etc. Its the kind of thing that you could find in a nicer high school chemistry lab or many industrial labs. Cheap on the surplus market.
Quite a lot of fabulous factoids in this episode, and so glad to hear that camels were so easy on the throat (unlike vampires). KRONOS is one of my favorite sci-fi movies (right up there with THE MONOLITH MONSTERS) and one of the few filmed in monochrome CinemaScope. I also remember our old Admiral color tv down in the basement acting twonky, especially when you played around with it's rabbit ears! Speaking of THE TWONKY, I'm gonna watch Archie Oboler's most famous film, BWANA DEVIL in 3D tonight, just out from Kino Lorber, so cheers. and a good evening to you and everyone! Let's see, where did I leave my Tootsie Pop? They make great mixing sticks.
I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to find the amount of info I did. Other than the Monster and the Ape, most of it wasn't too tough to uncover. I didn't know that Kino(a favorite of mine) had put out Bwana Devil. That's neat. I don't recall why, but I remember mentioning that one in a semi-recent episode. But do enjoy and watch out for owls.
@@AtomicSnackBar Just watch any dramatic movie or TV show from the 40s, 50s, or 60s. Virtually EVERYONE was smoking. It's not that society didn't know that the habit was risqué, because if watch shows like Leave it Beaver or even The Brady Bunch, no one smokes. I still remember the commercials: "Nine out ten ten doctors say that when they smoke, they smoke..."
Couple of beaut commercials in this one. I recall these big, clunky walking washing machines - that were slow and clumsy and often didn't even have fingers - were credited in their movies with tasks such as tying people up and using computer keyboards.
Ahh, The Twonkey; a very underrated film. I watched Kronos not long ago, kind of scary. Commando Cody, Sky Marshall Of the Universe is my favorite serial of all time. I was a wee lad when they showed it on TV. Then it disappeared, never to be seen again. I managed to find it in the late '90s -- much joy was had! A few years ago, I found the series again in a really good format. More joy was had. Great episode -- keep up the good work!
I've been looking for an excuse to cover Commando Cody for awhile now. I just love the helmet and suit design of the Rocket Man character. A small toy company did an awesome figure of the character/characters that came with interchangeable heads for George Wallace and Judd Holdren. Really pricey, though.
@@AtomicSnackBar All these Dracula movies since Lee's last Hammer, and none of them, no matter how great the actor, come close to Lee's depiction of the count. Oddly enough, the second best Dracula, IMHO, was - of all people - Jack Palance in a made-for-TV version made back in the '70s that I saw back then as a kid, but, though the movie itself was kinda lack luster, his performance always stuck in my mind.
Robots are an iconic element in science fiction. They were originally known as automatons until Karel Capek coined the term in 1920. Borrowing it from a term for labor. The idea of mechanical people goes way back in antiquity with mentions in ancient Greece and China.
I'm a big fan of the term automaton as well. It's mostly fallen out of fashion, but I've been trying to squeeze it into my writing here and there. It has such an imposing sound.
fun story; my day job is live-in caregiver for an elderly dude who retired long ago from a government lab at one end of the town we both still live in. i've been taking him for get-outta-the-house drives for a long time, and a couple years ago he'd say "down this street is the lab i worked at" and i'd say "did you make giant robot monsters?" and he would laugh and say of course not. nowadays, though, when i ask him the same question, he'll say (in all seriousness) "yeah, that's right." i knew he'd come clean someday. your remark about no self-respecting alien invader is without a robot minion made me think of it.
Now you just have to wiggle the truth out of him as to whether or not he is actually an alien and you are actually his robot servant and just don't know it.
That Republic Robot is downright iconic. That design is so simple but very effective as a robot. I mean the design was even used in the video game "Super Metroid." There are a few of them moving around in the crashed spaceship level.
That is one of my all-time favorite games. I've played it numerous times, yet two-and-two never clicked with me on that one. But sure enough, there they are. Thanks for watching.
I had one of those Popeye bubble-bath bottles when I was little. We also used to have Popeye "wagon wheel" - shaped pasta, which was green, 'cause it was supposed to be enriched with spinach.
It's been a very long time since I've seen any Popeye, though I did recently pick up a Millcreek cartoon collection that I believe has some Popeye shorts on it, but was there some significance to the wagon wheel shape? I don't recall.
@@tommydarbe1524 I have the Phantom Creeps film version on a Millcreek collection. Well, if you have any of those Millcreek collections, you probably know exactly what that means.
Dr. Satan's Robot was brought back in modern times in several episodes of Star Trek Voyager. On the Holodeck, a fully Black and White sci-fi movie serial environment (The Adventures Of Captain Proton) becomes the basis of several comedic episodes. 'Satan's Robot', as it is referred to in the episodes, is a regular comedic foe for the Holodeck players to overcome. I found it a joy to see the classic robot recreated and given a prominent role!
Oh, that's interesting. I didn't realize it appeared on multiple episodes. Voyager is the only classic Star Trek series I haven't seen. Other than the cartoon, that is. I've started it, twice even, but got distracted both times. I was starting to get into it that second time too. I need to dig back in. Thanks for watching, Jennifer.
Yeah, you could even play as that robot in the Voyager:Elite Force game! It was my go to avatar for the battle royale death matches. (Drawback of it was you couldn’t hide anywhere. That thing stood out like a giant pipe/machinery in often very subtle environments)
Only 1 robot was active. Should have done that Windows update before he shipped them. And I thought Twonkies were knock off Twinkies. Fun video, as always. Thanks.
@@AtomicSnackBarsleazy tidbit: when I was a young teenager my brother in laws and others would make a joke about a “12 inch Admiral” . While I understood the basic reference I didn’t get it. I asked my brother in law and he said “oh, it’s just a TV”
If you've never watched it check out the Star Trek Voyager episode Bride of Chaotica. The Tom Paris character loves playing on the holodeck in a very Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon story and they really did their homework! The robot looks so much like Satan's Robot.
I always had the theory that The Phantom Creeps robot used a New Orleans Mardi Gras costume head, based on some historical photos, but wasn't able to verify it.
I need Vampire Over London in my life. Man I remember having the head screw off bubble baths ohhhh that’s a memory I didn’t know I’d have today. Dang it I knew that was a Rob Zombie dancer lololol. Great list.
As a lad I had, and still have to this day, a Darth Vader bubble bath. He sits on top of my fridge. Though it had no articulation, it was so much more detailed and screen accurate than the toys. Thanks, Your Disheveledness.
@@creech54 I have some re-issues, they're on the shelf behind me, but I've never run across the originals. You have all the Creature ones from Super7, right?
A Kronos floor-lamp would be an excellent addition to any decor. Even as a child I could not figure out how it walked on legs that had no joints or lateral motion.
One thing worth a mention in, "Zombies of the Stratosphere", it starred Leonard Nimoy as a not unlike Spock looking alien. Commando Cody was a hero of mine, great helmet and suit. Probably the basis for "The Rocketeer" (Disney), offen overlooked.
Speaking of, not sure if you are a toy person, but they recently released an action figure of the Rocket Man character. He has multiple heads so you can make him Commando Cody or Larry Martin. Really cool. Really expensive for a figure, but really cool.
The Twonky is the most wonderful little creature. Kronos is a favorite titan. I forget Phantom Creep's contribution to dance entertainment. Republic Robot is one I forgot about too. Great list as always.
I get that. The Republic Robot got around, but when I think of Republic, it's that wonderful Rocket Man design that always comes to mind. Both Commando Cody and Larry Martin. Thanks, Doug.
Interestingly, Old Mother Riley was played by Arthur Lucan, with his real life wife, Kitty McShane, playing his daughter. Arthur didn't like the Income Tax people very much and there is a story that the ghost of Old Mother Riley was spotted by several staff members in a branch of HMRC (His / Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) in southern England.
Now that's a juicy tidbit right there. Would have been fun for the episode too. Have you seen any of the other Old Mother Riley films? I was curious if they had such unique plot set-ups as well. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Andrew.
The Monster and the Ape serial starred Robert Lowery. Robert Lowery was the 2nd actor to portray Batman on screen in the 1949 movie serial 'Batman and Robin.'
I do kind of miss the furniture-style TVs. Back in the 80s and early 90s, we were able to use our TV as a shelf. Kept the VCR and cable box up there. Convenient.
More robots please! I saw Kronos in the theater when it came out but couldn't remember the name of it. I searched robot movies for decades(!) but couldn't find it until one day I came across it on RUclips and I was in heaven!
Why yes, I do believe that can be arranged. And I love when that happens, discovering a seemingly lost film. I had that very thing happen with 1990: The Bronx Warriors. I tried to find the title of it for many years. Then one day I see it on the shelf at Best Buy of all places.
That water heater robot was also used in the serial "Under Sea Kingdom" from the 1930s. Crash Corrigan was the name of the hero in S.O.S. Coast guard. I think.
Also the head of the robot from The Phantom Creeps can also be found in the movie, The Children of the Damned. Which is the sequel to Village of the Damned.
@@AtomicSnackBar after the children become affected by the aliens they start to exhibit odd behavior. One of the children is an artist and one of his sculptures is revealed to be the head of The Phantom Creeps robot. It is supposed to be a shocking reveal but even as a kid I thought it was kind of funny.
Great video. The robots of Bela Lugosi films were totally new to me, and I'm 50' kid when all those old movies were being rerun on TV. Kronos is a favorite of mine. Again, stuff, you just earned another subscriber.
Most excellent. It must have been so cool to catch these on TV. I grew up in 80s, so they weren't running the '50s stuff very often. All my early knowledge of that sort of thing came from Zacherley's Horrible Horror VHS tape. But boy, was it a wonderful education. Welcome to the Snack Bar, Dennis.
@@DennisWoodyard-DragonflyEnt That's awesome. He's still my favorite movie host to this day. I even have the 1/6th scale figure on the shelf behind me, you just can't see it in the video.
Well, you gotta give him credit for thinking somewhat big. Unlike a lot of villains who want to conquer the word with a single monster or robot. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Martin.
@@KutWrite I was curious about that as well. Long story short, the then-current rights owner didn't know they actually had the rights to the name and changed it. But turns out, they did have the rights after all.
Another great video. I know you previously talked about "The Colossus of New York (1958)" in your video titled "Top 1950s Sci-fi Robots" but I guess I forgot to check it out at that time. I just watched The Colossus today and it was great. The effects were pretty good but surprisingly the audio effects really made it stand out. Those crackling sounds were pretty intimidating and disturbing. I'm not sure how I felt about the ending but overall I thought it was great. Thanks for mentioning it again. I always look forward to your videos. Best of luck to you.
That's good to hear. I'm glad you dug it. Did you watch the new Kino bluray? I've read that it's really nice looking. But that's to be expected from Kino. Thanks, Simon. I appreciate the kind words.
I thought that when I worked for ARCO in LA. Their building was a definite rip-off of the Kronos design... as was its twin, the Bank of America building.
Ray "Crash" Corrigan who wore the Robot suit in The Monster and the Ape also, wore the Martian monster suit in "It The Terror from Beyond Space" from 1958. This was his final film role. That movie was the major influence for the film Alien although, screenwriter Daniel O'Bannon and director Ridley Scott never gave any credit to the earlier film after essentially lifting the storyline. This film was one of my favorite movies growing up along with "The Thing from Another Another World" from 1951.
That he did. Corrigan comes up quite a bit on the channel. I discussed his "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" performance in my Top 1950s Sci-fi Aliens episode. So this time I wanted to highlight some of the other things he had done. But that is a great performance. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Jeffery.
Another great episode about wonderful and unique movie robots! I love robots! Thanks for doing this one, Mr. Sterling! PS Any obscure information about the great Bela Lugosi is always appreciated! PPS "Monster from Green Hell" is a title I heard of and also knew as a Misfits song! I didn't know it was a stop-motion involved project! Now on my buy list!!!
The Misfits song was probably the first time I heard the term "green hell" as well. I remember trying to sing along with that one back in the day and having no idea what the lyrics actually were. People don't hold "Monster from Green Hell" in very high regard. But I think the monster alone makes it worth watching. Thanks, Ted.
You have have some really fun stuff to check out. "Kronos" would probably be the fan favorite here, but I would probably go "The Phantom Creeps" just because it's just a neat movie/serial.
@@AtomicSnackBar Hey, I wasn't expecting to hear from you so soon. This is my normal time to be up. I'll probably lay down around 6:30 am and get back up around 2:00 pm.
I didn't see the robot that appears in the video's thumbnail, and I went back and took a second look at it. It appears to be a version of the Republic robot with rivets!
Yeah, it was really tough to find a good image of any of these bots for the thumbnail. So I ended up just using a photo of the Republic Robot figure. Kind of a cheat, but was the best I had to work with.
Ah, the Republic Robot™ brings back memories! From Leonard Nimoy as a zombie from the stratosphere working alongside it, to the Firesign Theatre portraying it as "an enraged water heater" in J-Men Forever. The robot had the best line in J-Men when confronting a nurse in a hospital, "Hi doll, what to $crew a man with nuts of steel?" She then faints...
Years back I got some Best of Night Flight DVDs off ebay. One of them had some clips from J-Men Forever, which was a popular showing on the program. I've been searching for it ever since. Turns out, it was released on DVD and just totally slipped by me. Another patron let me know last night. I'm really looking forward to seeing it in full.
Oh I remember the short story “the Twonky”. It was basically meant to be a cautionary tale about censorship and how it slowly creeps forward and more and more stuff get censored until you suddenly don’t realize you can’t do anything. I’m not 100% but I’m fairly certain it was a cautionary tale against communism. The main character was slowly being censored by this robot device on little things at first and then more and more things until finally he couldn’t hardly do anything and he finally rebelled and tried to destroy it and it killed him. Oh and the Twonky was made by some weird future guy that somehow lost his memory when he went back in time and then built a Twonky and then remembered where he was from and went back to the future, completely forgetting to take the censoring device with him.
Sounds like it was a very different story. A few other folks here in the comments section have mentioned it was different, but couldn't totally remember in what way. That makes a lot of sense, considering the fears of the time. I do wonder how Kuttner and Moore felt about the changes to their story. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Did you say Flesh Gorden, I though those robots looked familiar without their attachments, great all you need to know about robot's lecture, keep up the good work, I remember seeing Flesh in the theaters in the 70s, well-made creatures and stop action might dig it out of the ol dvd vault
Regarding the Tootsie-Pop advert, the answer to, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-pop?" is, (drum roll, please,) 742 (as researched by an 11-year-old kid).
Thanks for another groovy, fun-packed featurette. The adverts are always amusing, if a bit disturbing at the same time. The fire attack from "The Thing From Another World" is still shocking, even after I've seen it a bunch of times. Everyone and everything on that set was in deadly danger. I know that they aren't classic movie robots, but I really like the various killer-machines from the 1984 film, "Runaway". A really inventive design is the ambulatory computer from 1977's, "Demonseed"; where it becomes like a folding origami sculpture. It has strong Hellraiser vibes. Please the film features Gerrit Graham (Beef from "Phantom of Paradise") in a support role; which is always a bonus, and Feliz Silla gets a costume-role as, "The Baby".
Even years ago when I originally did my Top 1980s Sci-fi Robots, I intended for it to have a sequel. I even had the list put together at one point. I just haven't gotten to it yet. But I have the spiders from Runaway earmarked for that list. I saw that one at the theater as a lad. It was a favorite in my household. And it was my first exposure to Gene Simmons. He was so good in that.
Well, surprise, surprise; I didn't know about any of these! Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's I got to watch a lot of the old science fiction and monster movies on tv. Also, I like the whole Atomic Snack Bar theme you've got going.
That was a great fun video! Thanks for your research! Im old enough to remember Bela Lugosi-- he scared me, but not in any of those you showed. His Hungarian accent was perfectly suited to his vampirism.
I was just recently watching Son of Frankenstein and Ghost of Frankenstein. He is so good in those movies. So downright evil. He really doesn't get the credit he deserves for that role. But I could totally imagine him scaring folks in those. Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar. And for the kind words.
I loved vampire over London. I remember you voting for that constantly when I did what's in the bag Jay? I definitely need to see the twonkey. Those movies were so imaginative and original. Cronos looks great. The phantom creeps is so much fun. The republic robot is a cool design. Great video Slim. Sorry it took me so long, it's been a crazy week.
That is true indeed. You were actually the one that turned me on to "Vampire Over London" in the first place. I had never even heard of it until "What's in the Bag, Jay?" I think you would like "The Twonky." And no worries at all for the delay. Thanks, buddy.
That is a tough call. And I've actually covered every robot you mentioned in earlier volumes of this series. But the Republic Robot does pretty much sum up everything I like in a classic robot.
I love the irony of Arch Obler, a man known for his work on radio, working on a movie about a television set. And dang it if he didn't predict television mind controlling humans because let's face it our opinions and views on anything and everything these days are shaped by what we see on television.
Perhaps it was a raspberry towards the new and upcoming medium threatening the world he knew. And just imagine what he would think if he knew his prediction had come true, nonetheless what the internet would do. Always a great pleasure, Raul.
It sure does. That's one I've seen for many years now thanks to that old "Hug a Robot" meme, but I had no idea where the robot was actually from until just recently.
Speaking of Star Trek let's not forget that Leonard Nimoy was one of the Martians in Zombies from the Stratosphere way before he was Mr. Spock. Love the Atomic Snack bar !!!
That he was. Had I been covering the film itself, rather than just the bot, that's probably the first factoid I would have mentioned. Just too cool not to. Heck, I probably should have thrown it in here as well. Thanks, Paul. I appreciate it.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thanks . He had many roles before ST as most actors that made the big time. He was on episodes of Combat , & The Untouchables & other cameos & bit parts. Cool to see them before they made the big time.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yes those as well & two Outer Limits episodes. Great TV back in the days i grew up in. Still better than what we have now not mention all in glorious B&W !!
@@paullevine1813 I most definitely agree with you. Like right now, I'm watching the very underrated Planet of the Apes TV series. Not black and white, but boatloads better than what we have now.
I’ve been trying to get Vampire Over London for a while. I have The Phantom Creeps but haven’t watched it yet. I love the name ‘Dr Satan’ - did no one question that when he went through medical school???
I always knew it under the "Vampire Over London" title. The "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire" title was news to me when I started researching for the episode. I had no idea it was even a film series at the time. Thanks for watching, Simon.
Howdy, I love a lot of practical effects with Kronos, same with the camera angle trickery, matte painting, and use of forced perspective to get the shots to properly depict size. Kinda shows a bit of the refinement of the film making process hitting the mid-budget films. Classic sci-fi that gets a little lost among the giants of the 50's sci-fi explosion. Thank-you for the quality video!
Howdy, good sir, I'm a big fan of mixing of animation and live action. Always have been. And I bet that began with Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I would watch that one any chance I got as a lad. I remember even going to the public library one summer to watch a screening of it. I'm off topic here, but hey, that's the Snack Bar for you. Thanks as always for watching.
@ AtomicSnackBar - interesting sidebar: the original Superman serial with Kirk Allen would have Soops leap up and go to animation for the flying sequences.
I loved Kronos as a sixth grader when it came out. Only thing, I thought the animation of it walking was fakey. I got over it, though. It was also typical of how sci-fi portrayed computers back in the day. They had catchy names, female personalities, pitched fits, and could be blown up by asking hard questions.
@@KutWrite That's one of my favourite decisions when watching older films like that. Either I lampshade it and try to place myself in the audience witnessing it for the first time, or I try to work out how they did it with the budget and technology of the time. The former lets me take off the filmmaker's cap and disassociate a little. So much of what we see when we watch those old films is an answer to "how do we do this?" and working it out is a lot of fun.
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But is it *really* a sci fi robot if it doesn't repeat , "Kill, Crush, Destroy!"
A valid point. I might have to have a talking to with my research department.
@@AtomicSnackBar LOL! Just discovered your channel today, and subbed right away! Great stuff!
@@joeyj6808 That's good to hear. Thanks, Joey. Welcome to the Snack Bar.
Also, the owner of the twonky is played by Hans Conreid, from The Monster that Challenged the World, and Disney's Peter Pan, as Captain Hook.
Yes, indeed. And I always think of him as Captain Hook, first and foremost.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I always think of him as Dobie Gillis' college professor in the original All singin' All dancin' version. You'd probably hate it.
@@tonysantiago255 That does sound pretty not-me-friendly. Was that a film?
@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm not sure about the title, but it was from the early 1950s Starring Debbie ( Mother of Princess Leia) Reynolds and Bobby Van. I think it was The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis. I'll send you a clip to urk you.
He also voiced Professor Waldo Wigglesworth from the Adventures of Hoppity Hooper and Thorin Oakensheild in the Tankin and Bass animation of The Hobbit.
A great actor with an awesome voice.
A young Leonard Nimoy can be seen in Zombies of the Stratosphere.
That'll be a great tidbit if I ever cover the serial itself.
Thanks, Stuart.
It's worth noting that The Twonky stars Hans Conreid, who did a ton of television and cartoon voiceover work in the 1950's through the 1980's, including the voice of Snidely Whiplash in The Bullwinkle Show.
And I'm going to be seeing Rob Zombie next month in PA. Can't wait to see that robot again!
He'll always be Captain Hook, first and foremost, for me, but he really was all around great at what he did.
And that is awesome. I'm a big Rob Zombie fan. Probably my third favorite rock band/artist. Maybe even second, depends on the day of the week.
Thanks for watching, good sir.
The Twonky was a nice surprise I stumbled on, in RUclips. Kinda creepy & fun.
5000Fingers of Dr. T, and Uncle Tenoose on Danny Thomas Show.
@@Ease54 I had forgotten about that. I used to watch the Danny Thomas Show when it began re-running in the '80s.
@@BoltRM Much like this channel.
1958's The Robot vs The Aztec Mummy featured a pretty good robot. Mexican horror and sci-fi movies of the Fifties and Sixties are a lot of fun, especially when they include luchadores.
Oh, I wouldn't forget that fine fellow. He appeared in my Top 1950s Robots episode. I cover luchador films any chance I get.
@@doltsbane I remember that movie. Original and cool.😎
Aw yeah. _Doctor of Doom_ may not have a robot, but it's easily my favorite of the lot.
@@ScreamingScallop That one was by René Cardona, right? He directed a bunch of really spiffy movies.
I've got to admit, the prose version of The Twonky was quite disturbing when I read it as a child. --Dan
I haven't read the prose version. Was it not comedic in nature? Or was it unintentionally creepy?
@@AtomicSnackBar, I thought it was intentionally creepy. --Dan
@@danhollifield Kind of like this channel.
@@AtomicSnackBar If I recall correctly (it's been almost half a century since I read it) it was a rather intentionally disturbing story, not meant as a comedy at all.
@@varanid9 I haven't read much by Kuttner, but I seem to recall enjoying one of his Mythos tales.
It's so funny the first robots had looks just like a giant vacuum tube they used to use in radios and TVs
Coincidence? I think not.
It is not a replica of a vacuum tube of the era. It is a standard laboratory bell jar used for things like pulling a vacuum or extracting gasses, etc. Its the kind of thing that you could find in a nicer high school chemistry lab or many industrial labs. Cheap on the surplus market.
@@johnhess351 nice kind of like a condenser
@@johnhess351 My high school science lab was so cheap, we dissected apples at one point.
Quite a lot of fabulous factoids in this episode, and so glad to hear that camels were so easy on the throat (unlike vampires). KRONOS is one of my favorite sci-fi movies (right up there with THE MONOLITH MONSTERS) and one of the few filmed in monochrome CinemaScope. I also remember our old Admiral color tv down in the basement acting twonky, especially when you played around with it's rabbit ears! Speaking of THE TWONKY, I'm gonna watch Archie Oboler's most famous film, BWANA DEVIL in 3D tonight, just out from Kino Lorber, so cheers. and a good evening to you and everyone! Let's see, where did I leave my Tootsie Pop? They make great mixing sticks.
I was pleasantly surprised that I was able to find the amount of info I did. Other than the Monster and the Ape, most of it wasn't too tough to uncover.
I didn't know that Kino(a favorite of mine) had put out Bwana Devil. That's neat. I don't recall why, but I remember mentioning that one in a semi-recent episode. But do enjoy and watch out for owls.
1950s ads: cancer and cancer accessories
They loved their smoking, that's for sure.
"Doctors know, that if you are going to let Big Tobacco give you cancer, you might as well enjoy the experience." 😎👍
@@AtomicSnackBar Just watch any dramatic movie or TV show from the 40s, 50s, or 60s. Virtually EVERYONE was smoking. It's not that society didn't know that the habit was risqué, because if watch shows like Leave it Beaver or even The Brady Bunch, no one smokes. I still remember the commercials: "Nine out ten ten doctors say that when they smoke, they smoke..."
Unlike the vampire that was not a vampire, I too am a robot that's not a robot. I'm sure you understand. Also TWONKY!!! What a wonderful word
I will not respond to this comment until I'm sure you aren't a Twonky.
And yes Tootsie Pops are delightful and they really do have a wonderful surprise inside! HA
I didn't even know they were still around!
Couple of beaut commercials in this one. I recall these big, clunky walking washing machines - that were slow and clumsy and often didn't even have fingers - were credited in their movies with tasks such as tying people up and using computer keyboards.
They really multitasked back in the day.
Not gonna lie
The Twonky is so cute
Too bad they arent real
I would love to have one
Yeah, even that whole mind control aspect could be forgiven with how charming looking it was.
Did not turn out so well, though.
@@Flytrap Small detail, really.
@ AtomicSnackBar - You just can't please some people.
Ahh, The Twonkey; a very underrated film.
I watched Kronos not long ago, kind of scary.
Commando Cody, Sky Marshall Of the Universe is my favorite serial of all time. I was a wee lad when they showed it on TV. Then it disappeared, never to be seen again. I managed to find it in the late '90s -- much joy was had! A few years ago, I found the series again in a really good format. More joy was had.
Great episode -- keep up the good work!
I've been looking for an excuse to cover Commando Cody for awhile now. I just love the helmet and suit design of the Rocket Man character. A small toy company did an awesome figure of the character/characters that came with interchangeable heads for George Wallace and Judd Holdren. Really pricey, though.
All right! The Phantom Creeps.
One of the all-time greats.
@@AtomicSnackBarNot a massive Rob Zombie fan but I always thought that robot gave his stage show some class
Another great video! The Twonkey is so creepy lol
You know what they say, nothing better than a creepy home appliance.
Thanks, Will.
The idea of an old man who *thinks* he's a vampire is way more terrifying than an actual vampire movie. Did he gnaw on necks? Good lord.
That's a good point. Because a vampire couldn't be real. A weirdo who thought he was one, could be. I guess they didn't see it that way.
Gnaw? More like gummed……
Having said that I feel like I should say that I totally respect Bela. My second favorite Dracula. So iconic.
@@chrisbridges4885 Who is your favorite? If the answer isn't Christopher Lee, the door is that way.
I kid, I kid.
@@AtomicSnackBar All these Dracula movies since Lee's last Hammer, and none of them, no matter how great the actor, come close to Lee's depiction of the count. Oddly enough, the second best Dracula, IMHO, was - of all people - Jack Palance in a made-for-TV version made back in the '70s that I saw back then as a kid, but, though the movie itself was kinda lack luster, his performance always stuck in my mind.
Robots are an iconic element in science fiction. They were originally known as automatons until Karel Capek coined the term in 1920. Borrowing it from a term for labor. The idea of mechanical people goes way back in antiquity with mentions in ancient Greece and China.
I'm a big fan of the term automaton as well. It's mostly fallen out of fashion, but I've been trying to squeeze it into my writing here and there. It has such an imposing sound.
kronos was boss-level
Heck yeah, he was.
It is such a cool design, and its scale really makes it awesome. It reminds me of Krell technology from "Forbidden Planet".
@@euansmith3699Kronos is definitely a super neat design. Love the F/X on his movement
@@euansmith3699 Now that you mention, Kronos also stands out for being a giant robot. Not too many of those at the time.
It was so cool how it just stomped across the countryside with those piston legs.
fun story; my day job is live-in caregiver for an elderly dude who retired long ago from a government lab at one end of the town we both still live in. i've been taking him for get-outta-the-house drives for a long time, and a couple years ago he'd say "down this street is the lab i worked at" and i'd say "did you make giant robot monsters?" and he would laugh and say of course not. nowadays, though, when i ask him the same question, he'll say (in all seriousness) "yeah, that's right."
i knew he'd come clean someday. your remark about no self-respecting alien invader is without a robot minion made me think of it.
Now you just have to wiggle the truth out of him as to whether or not he is actually an alien and you are actually his robot servant and just don't know it.
@@AtomicSnackBar holy crap...( 😉🙃 )
Another fun watch, thank you. I had seen the Twonky short story somewhere, but I didn't know it was a movie as well.
My pleasure, good Mr. Richardson. I'm rather new to the exciting world of the Twonky, but I'm glad I stumbled across it.
@@AtomicSnackBarThanks again.
One of my favorite robots is from Voyage to Prehistoric Planet. Great video as always. Love this channel!!!
Good ol' Robot John. I covered him in one of my Top 60s Robots episodes. Part II, I think. He is a great one.
I’ll check it out! Thanks.
@@ericmercier466 The thanks really must go to you.
That Republic Robot is downright iconic. That design is so simple but very effective as a robot. I mean the design was even used in the video game "Super Metroid." There are a few of them moving around in the crashed spaceship level.
That is one of my all-time favorite games. I've played it numerous times, yet two-and-two never clicked with me on that one. But sure enough, there they are.
Thanks for watching.
I had one of those Popeye bubble-bath bottles when I was little. We also used to have Popeye "wagon wheel" - shaped pasta, which was green, 'cause it was supposed to be enriched with spinach.
It's been a very long time since I've seen any Popeye, though I did recently pick up a Millcreek cartoon collection that I believe has some Popeye shorts on it, but was there some significance to the wagon wheel shape? I don't recall.
@@davidsigalow7349 I remember Popeye pitching an orange flavored breakfast drink called Start, similar to Tang.
My fav robot was the Saturday morning Reject the Robot, walking thru space to earth.
You got me on that one. That is an obscure robot right there.
I've got Kronos and Phantom Creeps on DVD. VERY AWESOME.
Both fine additions to any DVD library. How is the quality on that Phantom Creeps DVD?
@@AtomicSnackBar A little grainy, but not bad.
@@tommydarbe1524 I have the Phantom Creeps film version on a Millcreek collection. Well, if you have any of those Millcreek collections, you probably know exactly what that means.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yes I do. The One Step Beyond Series from Millcreek.
@@tommydarbe1524 I want to say I have some episodes from that in one of their sci-fi collections.
love your channel, good times !
Thanks, CJ. Glad you dug it.
And thanks for watching.
Dr. Satan's Robot was brought back in modern times in several episodes of Star Trek Voyager. On the Holodeck, a fully Black and White sci-fi movie serial environment (The Adventures Of Captain Proton) becomes the basis of several comedic episodes. 'Satan's Robot', as it is referred to in the episodes, is a regular comedic foe for the Holodeck players to overcome. I found it a joy to see the classic robot recreated and given a prominent role!
Oh, that's interesting. I didn't realize it appeared on multiple episodes. Voyager is the only classic Star Trek series I haven't seen. Other than the cartoon, that is. I've started it, twice even, but got distracted both times. I was starting to get into it that second time too. I need to dig back in.
Thanks for watching, Jennifer.
Yeah, you could even play as that robot in the Voyager:Elite Force game! It was my go to avatar for the battle royale death matches. (Drawback of it was you couldn’t hide anywhere. That thing stood out like a giant pipe/machinery in often very subtle environments)
@@turbopokey That sounds like exactly the avatar I would have used as well.
@@AtomicSnackBarAnother Star Trek link is Zombies of the Stratosphere also had Leonard Nemoy (Spock) in it
@@keithwindow4435 That it did. One of his earliest roles, if not his first.
The Phantom Creeps Robot! Awesome!
One of the all time coolest. You just don't beat that design.
Only 1 robot was active. Should have done that Windows update before he shipped them. And I thought Twonkies were knock off Twinkies. Fun video, as always. Thanks.
Knock off Twinkie ... sentient mind controlling TV ... I'd take either right now.
Dang! Never heard of Twonky . What a cool idea!
And it stars Captain Hook. Can't go wrong there.
@@AtomicSnackBarwow. I’m gonna have to track this one down
@@AtomicSnackBarsleazy tidbit: when I was a young teenager my brother in laws and others would make a joke about a “12 inch Admiral” . While I understood the basic reference I didn’t get it. I asked my brother in law and he said “oh, it’s just a TV”
@@chrisbridges4885 Hey now. This isn't that kind of channel.
Oh wait, it is? Never mind then. Carry on.
The lady in the ad looked very pleased that something agreed with her throat
Disgusting!!
To quote Shakespeare: "I am amazed and know not what to say."
I know- smoking is so gross, but who am I to judge if it helps her poor, sore throat.
This was an interesting episode, thanks.
Thanks, James. And thanks for watching.
A young Hans Conreid. Now we're talking comedy. Thanks.
Yes, indeed. And he is awesome as always.
@@AtomicSnackBar Would make a nice double feature with "The 5,000 Fingers of Dr. T".
@@creech54 I've never seen that one in full, but the clips I have seen were quite unique.
@@AtomicSnackBar It was written by Dr. Seuss.
@ AtomicSnackBar - Double the creep factor.
More of my favorite stuff, movie robots! 🙂 "Kronos" is one of my favorite '50s sci-fi movies! Great story! Great FX, for the budget!
And I think Kronos stands out even to this day. Such a unique design. It really was like seeing a pulp magazine cover or comic book on my TV screen.
Still creeps me out when Kronos is done with Dr. Elliot and kills him. His brains flow onto the floor and sparkle!
If you've never watched it check out the Star Trek Voyager episode Bride of Chaotica. The Tom Paris character loves playing on the holodeck in a very Buck Rogers/Flash Gordon story and they really did their homework! The robot looks so much like Satan's Robot.
Voyager is the only original Trek series I haven't finished. I need to get back to it. I was enjoying what I saw.
Thanks for watching, Edward.
I always had the theory that The Phantom Creeps robot used a New Orleans Mardi Gras costume head, based on some historical photos, but wasn't able to verify it.
I can certainly see that. It is a truly unique design for a robot. I'm a big fan of when filmmakers would kind of throw stuff together like that.
Those some neat robots
Only the neatest here at the Snack Bar. Thanks, Mr. D.
Crazy cool !
Right back atcha.
I need Vampire Over London in my life. Man I remember having the head screw off bubble baths ohhhh that’s a memory I didn’t know I’d have today. Dang it I knew that was a Rob Zombie dancer lololol. Great list.
As a lad I had, and still have to this day, a Darth Vader bubble bath. He sits on top of my fridge. Though it had no articulation, it was so much more detailed and screen accurate than the toys.
Thanks, Your Disheveledness.
@@AtomicSnackBar My favorites are the Universal Monsters Soakys (Soakies?). I have the Creature one.
@@creech54 I have some re-issues, they're on the shelf behind me, but I've never run across the originals. You have all the Creature ones from Super7, right?
A Kronos floor-lamp would be an excellent addition to any decor.
Even as a child I could not figure out how it walked on legs that had no joints or lateral motion.
Floor-lamp, toaster oven, I'd be good with a whole line of Kronos home goods.
One thing worth a mention in, "Zombies of the Stratosphere", it starred Leonard Nimoy as a not unlike Spock looking alien. Commando Cody was a hero of mine, great helmet and suit. Probably the basis for "The Rocketeer" (Disney), offen overlooked.
Speaking of, not sure if you are a toy person, but they recently released an action figure of the Rocket Man character. He has multiple heads so you can make him Commando Cody or Larry Martin. Really cool. Really expensive for a figure, but really cool.
I love the obscurity of your research. I never heard of any of these. Thank you for the real entertainment.
Very kind of you to say. I really do appreciate it. And there is some good stuff here to check out.
Thanks for watching.
The Twonky is the most wonderful little creature. Kronos is a favorite titan. I forget Phantom Creep's contribution to dance entertainment. Republic Robot is one I forgot about too. Great list as always.
I get that. The Republic Robot got around, but when I think of Republic, it's that wonderful Rocket Man design that always comes to mind. Both Commando Cody and Larry Martin.
Thanks, Doug.
Arrrgh! You mentioned “Zombies of the Stratosphere” without mentioning that Leonard Nimoy played one of the aliens, and was credited.
Guilty as charged. But the entry was about the robot, not the film itself. Had it been about the film, I surely would have.
The Phantom Creeps robot bears a resemblance to the silent Phantom of the Opera.
Yeah, I can see that. Never thought about that before.
Interestingly, Old Mother Riley was played by Arthur Lucan, with his real life wife, Kitty McShane, playing his daughter. Arthur didn't like the Income Tax people very much and there is a story that the ghost of Old Mother Riley was spotted by several staff members in a branch of HMRC (His / Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs) in southern England.
Now that's a juicy tidbit right there. Would have been fun for the episode too.
Have you seen any of the other Old Mother Riley films? I was curious if they had such unique plot set-ups as well.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Andrew.
Bar glasses and finger smudges here!
The Monster and the Ape serial starred Robert Lowery.
Robert Lowery was the 2nd actor to portray Batman on screen in the 1949 movie serial 'Batman and Robin.'
That's a great piece of trivia. I've been known to wiggle some Batman '66 into these episodes pretty much every chance I get.
Yup, I remember Admiral tv, dad bought one used in early 1970s, black and white, furniture-style, vacuum-tube behemoth.
I do kind of miss the furniture-style TVs. Back in the 80s and early 90s, we were able to use our TV as a shelf. Kept the VCR and cable box up there. Convenient.
Star Trek Voyager's, "Bride of Chaotica!" was such good homage to this era.
The clips I've seen look awesome. I need to hurry up and get to that episode.
More robots please!
I saw Kronos in the theater when it came out but couldn't remember the name of it. I searched robot movies for decades(!) but couldn't find it until one day I came across it on RUclips and I was in heaven!
Why yes, I do believe that can be arranged.
And I love when that happens, discovering a seemingly lost film. I had that very thing happen with 1990: The Bronx Warriors. I tried to find the title of it for many years. Then one day I see it on the shelf at Best Buy of all places.
That water heater robot was also used in the serial "Under Sea Kingdom" from the 1930s.
Crash Corrigan was the name of the hero in S.O.S. Coast guard. I think.
I want to say that "Under Sea Kingdom" was his first appearance. Or at least a version of him, but don't quote me on that one.
Also the head of the robot from The Phantom Creeps can also be found in the movie, The Children of the Damned. Which is the sequel to Village of the Damned.
Oh yeah? I haven't seen that one. That's interesting. What is the context of the scene?
@@AtomicSnackBar after the children become affected by the aliens they start to exhibit odd behavior. One of the children is an artist and one of his sculptures is revealed to be the head of The Phantom Creeps robot. It is supposed to be a shocking reveal but even as a kid I thought it was kind of funny.
@@MrShaundra That's pretty darn neat, either way. Thanks for letting me know.
Great video. The robots of Bela Lugosi films were totally new to me, and I'm 50' kid when all those old movies were being rerun on TV. Kronos is a favorite of mine. Again, stuff, you just earned another subscriber.
Most excellent. It must have been so cool to catch these on TV. I grew up in 80s, so they weren't running the '50s stuff very often. All my early knowledge of that sort of thing came from Zacherley's Horrible Horror VHS tape. But boy, was it a wonderful education.
Welcome to the Snack Bar, Dennis.
@@AtomicSnackBar I watched Zacherley's show every Saturday night in the New York TV, plus he was also a good rock radio DJ, in the 60's Good memories.
@@DennisWoodyard-DragonflyEnt That's awesome. He's still my favorite movie host to this day. I even have the 1/6th scale figure on the shelf behind me, you just can't see it in the video.
Only 50,000 robots to conquer the world? I think he'd need a lot more.
That Popeye commercial was a trip.
Good work.
Well, you gotta give him credit for thinking somewhat big. Unlike a lot of villains who want to conquer the word with a single monster or robot.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Martin.
I wonder why they changed "Bluto's" name to "Brutus."
@@KutWrite I was curious about that as well. Long story short, the then-current rights owner didn't know they actually had the rights to the name and changed it. But turns out, they did have the rights after all.
Another great video. I know you previously talked about "The Colossus of New York (1958)" in your video titled "Top 1950s Sci-fi Robots" but I guess I forgot to check it out at that time. I just watched The Colossus today and it was great. The effects were pretty good but surprisingly the audio effects really made it stand out. Those crackling sounds were pretty intimidating and disturbing. I'm not sure how I felt about the ending but overall I thought it was great. Thanks for mentioning it again. I always look forward to your videos. Best of luck to you.
That's good to hear. I'm glad you dug it. Did you watch the new Kino bluray? I've read that it's really nice looking. But that's to be expected from Kino.
Thanks, Simon. I appreciate the kind words.
Outstanding job, Mr. Sterling. Great robots and research, as usual.
I thank you much, good sir.
Kronas freaked me out as a kid. Then I saw the two original buildings of SUNY Stony Brook medical center. Both are Kronos.
Well, I'll be. I wasn't familiar with Stony Brook, but sure enough, the resemblance is there.
I thought that when I worked for ARCO in LA. Their building was a definite rip-off of the Kronos design... as was its twin, the Bank of America building.
@@KutWrite Or perhaps Kronos used a little mind control on the architects.
Ray "Crash" Corrigan who wore the Robot suit in The Monster and the Ape also, wore the Martian monster suit in "It The Terror from Beyond Space" from 1958. This was his final film role. That movie was the major influence for the film Alien although, screenwriter Daniel O'Bannon and director Ridley Scott never gave any credit to the earlier film after essentially lifting the storyline. This film was one of my favorite movies growing up along with "The Thing from Another Another World" from 1951.
That he did. Corrigan comes up quite a bit on the channel. I discussed his "It! The Terror from Beyond Space" performance in my Top 1950s Sci-fi Aliens episode. So this time I wanted to highlight some of the other things he had done. But that is a great performance.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar, Jeffery.
Obviously Mens Slacks dominating these scenarios.
I must have missed that one. Either way, thanks for watching, Jeffrey.
Kronos is a serious well done film. A bit higher budget for the walking scenes would make this a better known classic.
Perhaps so, but it's so novel and unique the way they did it, I think it just adds to the charm of the film.
Another great episode about wonderful and unique movie robots! I love robots! Thanks for doing this one, Mr. Sterling! PS Any obscure information about the great Bela Lugosi is always appreciated!
PPS "Monster from Green Hell" is a title I heard of and also knew as a Misfits song! I didn't know it was a stop-motion involved project! Now on my buy list!!!
The Misfits song was probably the first time I heard the term "green hell" as well. I remember trying to sing along with that one back in the day and having no idea what the lyrics actually were.
People don't hold "Monster from Green Hell" in very high regard. But I think the monster alone makes it worth watching.
Thanks, Ted.
Good job. I thought I was up on all the 50s scifi, but I have never seen or heard of any of these.
You have have some really fun stuff to check out. "Kronos" would probably be the fan favorite here, but I would probably go "The Phantom Creeps" just because it's just a neat movie/serial.
Awesome you mentioned the robot from the Star Trek Voyager series which I was going to mention if you didn't mention it LOL
I was glad I was able to find that clip. I wasn't sure I would be able to.
@ AtomicSnackBar - I'm going to rat you out to RUclips unless you come across with a Coconut colada donut. Pronto.
@@tonysantiago255 Donut garnish/white russian
I've never seen any of these films. Thanks for letting me know about them.
You keep fairly unusual hours these days. Up early or up late?
@@AtomicSnackBar Hey, I wasn't expecting to hear from you so soon. This is my normal time to be up. I'll probably lay down around 6:30 am and get back up around 2:00 pm.
@@destructarr That's my kind of schedule.
Great job! Love seeing the old robots from the past. I use the Republic Robot in skits in my Don's Breakfast Serial Show.
Well, that sounds like a good time. Do tell.
@@AtomicSnackBar ruclips.net/video/i195IEd1_B8/видео.html
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@@DOMA275458 I shall take a look. Thanks.
@@DOMA275458 Wonderful. Very well done.
This is the type of movies I'm going to make from my studio.
Sounds good. That's the kind of stuff the world needs.
I didn't see the robot that appears in the video's thumbnail, and I went back and took a second look at it. It appears to be a version of the Republic robot with rivets!
Yeah, it was really tough to find a good image of any of these bots for the thumbnail. So I ended up just using a photo of the Republic Robot figure. Kind of a cheat, but was the best I had to work with.
@AtomicSnackBar I think it's my favorite one! Much more menacing than the plain silver Republic robot! 😍
@@TheSockMonkeyGuy It is a really nice looking figure.
Thanks for watching, Martin. Nice to hear from you.
Ah, the Republic Robot™ brings back memories! From Leonard Nimoy as a zombie from the stratosphere working alongside it, to the Firesign Theatre portraying it as "an enraged water heater" in J-Men Forever. The robot had the best line in J-Men when confronting a nurse in a hospital, "Hi doll, what to $crew a man with nuts of steel?" She then faints...
Years back I got some Best of Night Flight DVDs off ebay. One of them had some clips from J-Men Forever, which was a popular showing on the program. I've been searching for it ever since. Turns out, it was released on DVD and just totally slipped by me. Another patron let me know last night. I'm really looking forward to seeing it in full.
@@AtomicSnackBar A copy is also a proud addition to the Crowley DVD library. You are a man of taste and distinction.
@@aleistercrowley7549 To quote one of the all-time great performers of stage and screen, "I know you are but what am I?"
Kronos (First saw it on TV as a kid) scared the hell out of me for some reason.
I get that. It's such a strange design. When I was a kid, the oddest stuff scared me as well. The tree from Poltergeist being one of the main ones.
Perhaps the first appearance of a robot in a movie, The Master Mystery starring Houdini from 1918.
I do believe you're correct. I certainly haven't heard of one from any earlier.
Thanks, Greg.
Very good. You are correct
Okay now I understand where the simple Linux media server from the early 2010s gets it's name from: twonky media server!
Oh, that's neat. I didn't know about that one. Would have been good for the trivia section.
2:43 *The Twonky also engages in some good natured counterfeiting.*
He's just that fun-loving kind of bot.
Oh I remember the short story “the Twonky”. It was basically meant to be a cautionary tale about censorship and how it slowly creeps forward and more and more stuff get censored until you suddenly don’t realize you can’t do anything. I’m not 100% but I’m fairly certain it was a cautionary tale against communism. The main character was slowly being censored by this robot device on little things at first and then more and more things until finally he couldn’t hardly do anything and he finally rebelled and tried to destroy it and it killed him. Oh and the Twonky was made by some weird future guy that somehow lost his memory when he went back in time and then built a Twonky and then remembered where he was from and went back to the future, completely forgetting to take the censoring device with him.
Sounds like it was a very different story. A few other folks here in the comments section have mentioned it was different, but couldn't totally remember in what way. That makes a lot of sense, considering the fears of the time. I do wonder how Kuttner and Moore felt about the changes to their story.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar.
Loved Kronos, the walking scene looked so crazy to me when I was a kid.
I can imagine. Even still, it's a unique and creative way to have him move.
This was a really cool trip down memory lane. I enjoyed this. Thank you.
My pleasure. And thank you for watching,
This is fantastic!! I wondered about the Rob Zombie dance partner for a long time, thanks for the Video!
Zombie knows how to scout talent.
Thanks, Francis.
Did you say Flesh Gorden, I though those robots looked familiar without their attachments, great all you need to know about robot's lecture, keep up the good work, I remember seeing Flesh in the theaters in the 70s, well-made creatures and stop action might dig it out of the ol dvd vault
Fun fact: The Monster at the end was voiced by Craig T. Nelson.
Regarding the Tootsie-Pop advert, the answer to, "How many licks does it take to get to the center of a Tootsie-pop?" is, (drum roll, please,) 742 (as researched by an 11-year-old kid).
742? I think I need to have a stern talking to with a certain owl.
Thanks for another groovy, fun-packed featurette. The adverts are always amusing, if a bit disturbing at the same time.
The fire attack from "The Thing From Another World" is still shocking, even after I've seen it a bunch of times. Everyone and everything on that set was in deadly danger.
I know that they aren't classic movie robots, but I really like the various killer-machines from the 1984 film, "Runaway".
A really inventive design is the ambulatory computer from 1977's, "Demonseed"; where it becomes like a folding origami sculpture. It has strong Hellraiser vibes. Please the film features Gerrit Graham (Beef from "Phantom of Paradise") in a support role; which is always a bonus, and Feliz Silla gets a costume-role as, "The Baby".
Even years ago when I originally did my Top 1980s Sci-fi Robots, I intended for it to have a sequel. I even had the list put together at one point. I just haven't gotten to it yet. But I have the spiders from Runaway earmarked for that list. I saw that one at the theater as a lad. It was a favorite in my household. And it was my first exposure to Gene Simmons. He was so good in that.
Kronos was great. Also, gotta love that walking garbage can robot from Zombies of the Stratosphere.
Yes, indeed. It doesn't seem to get the attention it should, but those that have seen it always seem to speak highly.
A very nice put together list! I didn't know about a lot of these.
I thank you much. It does me well to give the gift of obscure vintage bots.
Thanks for watching, Erik.
I’m actually watching this on my Twonky.
Or is your Twonky watching this on you? Dun DUN DUNNNNN.
@@AtomicSnackBar Couid be, I’ll drop kick it out the window just incase, that should put an end to its nefarious ways!
@@Junk_World_Templar That's probably for the best.
Some fantastic robot designs in these classic scifi's! 😀👍
Some of the best of all time in my sleazy tiki book.
Well, surprise, surprise; I didn't know about any of these! Growing up in the 1960's and 1970's I got to watch a lot of the old science fiction and monster movies on tv. Also, I like the whole Atomic Snack Bar theme you've got going.
Well, very good then. Hope you found something that tickled your fancy enough to track it down. Some really neat stuff here.
Thanks, Rigel.
That was a great fun video! Thanks for your research! Im old enough to remember Bela Lugosi-- he scared me, but not in any of those you showed. His Hungarian accent was perfectly suited to his vampirism.
I was just recently watching Son of Frankenstein and Ghost of Frankenstein. He is so good in those movies. So downright evil. He really doesn't get the credit he deserves for that role. But I could totally imagine him scaring folks in those.
Thanks for stopping by the Snack Bar. And for the kind words.
I loved vampire over London. I remember you voting for that constantly when I did what's in the bag Jay? I definitely need to see the twonkey. Those movies were so imaginative and original. Cronos looks great. The phantom creeps is so much fun. The republic robot is a cool design. Great video Slim. Sorry it took me so long, it's been a crazy week.
That is true indeed. You were actually the one that turned me on to "Vampire Over London" in the first place. I had never even heard of it until "What's in the Bag, Jay?"
I think you would like "The Twonky." And no worries at all for the delay. Thanks, buddy.
5:34 RIP Shelley Duval !! 😢
Oh yeah, I hadn't even thought of that when I chose the ad break.
@@AtomicSnackBar Just so nobody is confused, that was Mae Questel in the ad.
How in the _____ could you miss TOBOR!!!!!
Worry not, Cindy, I covered our buddy Tobor in my Top 1950s Sci-fi Robots Part II episode.
As much as I loved seeing Robot, Robby and Twiki as a kid, as an adult the Republic robot is definitely my favorite.
That is a tough call. And I've actually covered every robot you mentioned in earlier volumes of this series. But the Republic Robot does pretty much sum up everything I like in a classic robot.
Nice to see a spotlight thrown onto Kronos - a surprisingly "hard" sci-fi story! (And my compliments to your B&W Retro look for this video.)
I appreciate that, Sean. I really dig doing the fully black and white episodes. So much so that I look for excuses just to do it that way.
@@AtomicSnackBar B&W is cool, so keep fighting the good fight!
@@seanledden4397 Heck yeah. Will do.
I love the irony of Arch Obler, a man known for his work on radio, working on a movie about a television set. And dang it if he didn't predict television mind controlling humans because let's face it our opinions and views on anything and everything these days are shaped by what we see on television.
Perhaps it was a raspberry towards the new and upcoming medium threatening the world he knew. And just imagine what he would think if he knew his prediction had come true, nonetheless what the internet would do.
Always a great pleasure, Raul.
The Vanishing Shadow has an interesting robot
It sure does. That's one I've seen for many years now thanks to that old "Hug a Robot" meme, but I had no idea where the robot was actually from until just recently.
Speaking of Star Trek let's not forget that Leonard Nimoy was one of the Martians in Zombies from the Stratosphere way before he was Mr. Spock. Love the Atomic Snack bar !!!
That he was. Had I been covering the film itself, rather than just the bot, that's probably the first factoid I would have mentioned. Just too cool not to. Heck, I probably should have thrown it in here as well.
Thanks, Paul. I appreciate it.
@@AtomicSnackBar Thanks . He had many roles before ST as most actors that made the big time. He was on episodes of Combat , & The Untouchables & other cameos & bit parts. Cool to see them before they made the big time.
@@paullevine1813 Not to mention the Twilight Zone and the Outer Limits.
@@AtomicSnackBar Yes those as well & two Outer Limits episodes. Great TV back in the days i grew up in. Still better than what we have now not mention all in glorious B&W !!
@@paullevine1813 I most definitely agree with you. Like right now, I'm watching the very underrated Planet of the Apes TV series. Not black and white, but boatloads better than what we have now.
Teddy LOVES these crazy robots!
Teddy is a teddy of good taste.
I’ve been trying to get Vampire Over London for a while. I have The Phantom Creeps but haven’t watched it yet. I love the name ‘Dr Satan’ - did no one question that when he went through medical school???
He changed his name after he graduated. When he was in school he was just plain ol' Dr. Beelzebub.
I am surprised to see Old Mother Riley starting the list, there are Lugosi fans who don't even know that film. Can't deny that it's obscure
I always knew it under the "Vampire Over London" title. The "Mother Riley Meets the Vampire" title was news to me when I started researching for the episode. I had no idea it was even a film series at the time.
Thanks for watching, Simon.
As a kid in the UK, I loved the Old Mother Reilly films. Never occurred to me 'she' was a man.
@@terencejay8845 How are the other films? Did they ever touch on sci-fi or similar themes?
Howdy,
I love a lot of practical effects with Kronos, same with the camera angle trickery, matte painting, and use of forced perspective to get the shots to properly depict size. Kinda shows a bit of the refinement of the film making process hitting the mid-budget films. Classic sci-fi that gets a little lost among the giants of the 50's sci-fi explosion.
Thank-you for the quality video!
Howdy, good sir,
I'm a big fan of mixing of animation and live action. Always have been. And I bet that began with Bedknobs and Broomsticks. I would watch that one any chance I got as a lad. I remember even going to the public library one summer to watch a screening of it. I'm off topic here, but hey, that's the Snack Bar for you.
Thanks as always for watching.
@ AtomicSnackBar - interesting sidebar: the original Superman serial with Kirk Allen would have Soops leap up and go to animation for the flying sequences.
@@tonysantiago255 I remember that thanks to good ol' Horrible Horror.
I loved Kronos as a sixth grader when it came out. Only thing, I thought the animation of it walking was fakey. I got over it, though.
It was also typical of how sci-fi portrayed computers back in the day. They had catchy names, female personalities, pitched fits, and could be blown up by asking hard questions.
@@KutWrite That's one of my favourite decisions when watching older films like that. Either I lampshade it and try to place myself in the audience witnessing it for the first time, or I try to work out how they did it with the budget and technology of the time. The former lets me take off the filmmaker's cap and disassociate a little.
So much of what we see when we watch those old films is an answer to "how do we do this?" and working it out is a lot of fun.