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DANCING ON THE MOON - Murray Mencher/Charles Tobias (1935)

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It's now our pleasure to go back in time another 20 years to 1935, and the fantastic Fleischer Brother's vision of the future, a little story called not Surfin', but "Dancing On The Moon" !!! If you count Max Fleischer as Producer, there are only six people taking credit for the work you see and hear here, I know it's an unfair comparison but the first "Shrek" flick has something like 178 credits just for "Other Crew!" All total, probably close to 1000! My, how times have changed! The perfectly amazing "Dancing On The Moon" theme song will get stuck in your head, and then launch your brain into orbit! "Dancing On The Moon" was co-written by Murray Mencher and Charles Tobias! Murray and Charlie were the two guys along with comedian Eddie Cantor who wrote the 'Merrie Melodies' theme song, "Merrily We Roll Along!" Charles also wrote "Those Lazy-Hazy-Crazy Days Of Summer," and "Don't Sit

IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA In Color / Columbia Pictures - 1955

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Welcome to Monster Monday with Tabonga, here at The Dungeon!.. Tonite's feature is a reprise of a previous post of this title, but, this time we're bringing it to you in COLOR!! Also, like our last post, this is a movie from the great year of 1955! Nothing sez 'big ugly thing' better than blaring horns! Lettuce bring in our Monster Monday Helper, sure 'nuf, good old Rufus The Gnat! Rufus is here to push the big red 'GO' button and start the show. Push the button now, Rufus, here's... IT CAME FROM BENEATH THE SEA In Color! Enjoy the pretty pitchers!.. Kenneth Tobey, on the left, will forever be remembered as Captain Patrick Hendry in THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, the guy was totally awesome with 205 acting credits!! So then, he's perfect here as submarine Commander Pete Mathews. Him and the crew brace themselves for a hit by something big! Here's Donald Curtis and Faith Domergue as atomic bee keepers!! Don plays Dr. John Carter, Faith plays Profe