It's incredible that there are so many contributors to this ancient hokum. It's unbelievable that so many remember it.
When I was a youngster in the 1950's, the local ABC cinema - a fleapit ironically called 'The Royalty' - ran an excellent programme for kids on Saturday mornings. Called the ABC-minors club, every Saturday, at supporting cinemas, the local youth turned out for a 9.30am start. The program contained a kids movie, a serial, cartoons, and trailers for upcoming stuff. And it was a damn good idea.
As a 5 or 6-year-old, I was hauled off by my brother and sister to this regular weekly bedlam. And believe me; even in the dour 1950's a cinema full of kids (no adults at all) could become a vigorous experience. There were times when so many Kia-Ora cartons, empty ice-cream tubs,and popcorn packets took to the air that an observer might have supposed the Gremlins had invaded. In extremis, the feature was suspended and the manager came on stage to demand order. A threat to miss out the cartoon would quickly plunge the place into silence. But it didn't last.
Enter 'Crash Corrigan' and there would be a deafening uproar of cheers.
How on Earth has this feature been remembered, let alone transferred to DVD? God really must have a sense of humour.
STOP PRESS: Crash Corrigan was an able-seaman in the Oscar-winning 1935 production of 'Mutiny On The Bounty.' I suspect those outrageous underpants of his were the cause of the rebellion amongst so many desperate and deprived shipmates!
When I was a youngster in the 1950's, the local ABC cinema - a fleapit ironically called 'The Royalty' - ran an excellent programme for kids on Saturday mornings. Called the ABC-minors club, every Saturday, at supporting cinemas, the local youth turned out for a 9.30am start. The program contained a kids movie, a serial, cartoons, and trailers for upcoming stuff. And it was a damn good idea.
As a 5 or 6-year-old, I was hauled off by my brother and sister to this regular weekly bedlam. And believe me; even in the dour 1950's a cinema full of kids (no adults at all) could become a vigorous experience. There were times when so many Kia-Ora cartons, empty ice-cream tubs,and popcorn packets took to the air that an observer might have supposed the Gremlins had invaded. In extremis, the feature was suspended and the manager came on stage to demand order. A threat to miss out the cartoon would quickly plunge the place into silence. But it didn't last.
Enter 'Crash Corrigan' and there would be a deafening uproar of cheers.
How on Earth has this feature been remembered, let alone transferred to DVD? God really must have a sense of humour.
STOP PRESS: Crash Corrigan was an able-seaman in the Oscar-winning 1935 production of 'Mutiny On The Bounty.' I suspect those outrageous underpants of his were the cause of the rebellion amongst so many desperate and deprived shipmates!