Doctor Strange

Everybody loves Marvel movies. Even the ones from the 70s? Our
previous guest, Christian joins us to discuss the marvelous sets
& mustachioed acting in this TV movie that hoped to launch a
series.




The abundance of reviews online for this film is startling.
Here’s one that has some history about the production.




The new Doctor Strange is due out in 2016.




Jessica Walter plays the villain. You might recognize her
from Arrested Development and she’s a voice on Archer. Hey!
We talked to someone who works on that show.




Clyde Kusatsu plays Wong and wins the “I recognize you from
everything, but never knew your name” award.




Wait, are we watching Doctor Strange or Welcome Back, Kotter?




John Mills is the aging wizard passing his powers to Doctor
Strange. Listeners may recognize him as Professor
Quartermass.




Wow. There’s a lot of bizarre music in this film, some great,
some terribly sax-y. It’s by Paul Chihara.




Is the super villain’s “Master,” Dormammu or Sam the Eagle?




Christian gives us the lowdown on the real origin story of
Doctor Strange.




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Doctor Strange started off in split books, says guest
Christian. First, he teamed up with The Human Torch and then
Nick Fury before he got his own comic.




The film within the film is Abbot & Costello meet
Frankenstein.




Wong is always monkee-ing around with Doctor Strange.




The Shatnerian School of Acting.




What other characters has Peter Hooten portrayed, besides
Doctor Strange?




Clea is a student who was possessed by evil & Strange
wants to save her. Well, in this TV movie anyway. In the
comics, it’s a different story.




Um, really? Chubbie is an appropriate label for kid’s wear?




Does the ancient one have the glow?




We have a female lead as a super villain, but the film fails
the Bechdel test because she has the hots for Doc Strange.




Instant Mr. T bling.




CBS was hoping to turn this Doctor Strange pilot into the
next The Incredible Hulk TV series.




Battlestar Galactica(1978), the show built on showing the
same space dog fight every episode.




What would the future TV show have been like? Paul &
Christian want the excellent drawings to begin each show like
the leap FX in Quantum Leap.




Interested in watching this old film? Paul says train
yourself by watching old Doctor Who episodes.




After a long day on the astral plane, you need a hot bath, if you
know what mean. So thanks for listening!


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