See Hear Podcast Episode 23 - Kiss Meets The Phantom Of The Park (redux)

Time to get your facepaint on, dig out the platform shoes and fake
chest hair, and arm yourself with your love gun…..Yep, the See Hear
crew are back to discuss the Hanna-Barbera production, KISS Meets
The Phantom of the Park.   Bernard, Tim, and Maurice are
privileged to be joined by Mike White of the brilliant Projection
Booth podcast to talk about the cultural phenomenon that was KISS
in the 1970s. What does any self-respecting pop culture icon do?
Why, make a quick cash-in film, of course!!!! Is this film in the
same league as A Hard Day’s Night? Ummmm……..not exactly….
  The film is set in an amusement park where KISS are going to
perform a series of concerts, but they are at the mercy of a mad
scientist (do films have any other kind?) who clones KISS
to….ummmm…..take over the amusement park.   As well as the
film, we talk about KISS as a band, Paul Stanley’s delightful
concert banter, and how would they have fared if they’d never put
on the makeup and cod-pieces at the start. We find connections to
the Marx Brothers, Spinal Tap, and Gilbert Gottfried’s favourite
Vincent Price movie (att: Frank Santopadre). Tune in and find out
how we weave it all in.   If you dig what we do, could you
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show exists so more folks can tune in.   You can download the
show by searching for See Hear podcast on iTunes or download from
http://seehear.podbean.com/   Our huge thanks to Mike White
for suggesting the film and joining us for this episode. If you
haven’t checked out The Projection Booth, rectify
that  situation IMMEDIATELY. Download episodes
from http://projection-booth.com   Also, huge thanks go
out to Rhys Lett of the local Kiss tribute act Dressed To Chill. As
you may deduce from the name, they do acoustic lounge versions of
Kiss songs. He has kindly allowed us to play their version of C’mon
and Love Me, which we play as the show’s outro. If you need music
lessons and live in Melbourne, check out Rhys’ school Eastern
Suburbs School of Music at http://www.essm.net.au/ Learn more about
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