Wild Guitar - The Cinema Snob

Musical March in September continues as The Cinema Snob reviews the Arch Hall Jr classic, Wild Guitar!
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Writer and Creator: Brad Jones
Illustration: Shaun Millington
Theme Song: Sad Panda
End Stinger: The ToonWerks

[@stayalive64]

My favorite Cinema Snob genre is "I actually like this movie AND I'M ANGRY ABOUT IT"

[@smjaiteh]

stayalive64 My favorite Cinema Snob genre is the “WTF Hollywood movie he probably saw a lot as a kid”. These movies are my second and my third is the “Nukie is still the reigning champion somehow” movies.

[@drift2196]

Same

[@GruntGamerProductions]

*"When you get a movie made by people with nothing to lose, you get a much more interesting movie."* It's almost scary how true that statement is, Brad.

[@fishjones4618]

Star Wars is exhibit A

[@EddieHawkinsII]

Arch got way more hate than he deserved. Honestly, his singing and guitar ability’s great, and as shown in The Sadist, he had the makings of a great actor. Nice to see him getting some love for once.

[@mst3KGf]

Yes, the MST gang were quick to note that Arch Sr. and his onscreen "daughter" had a very creepy vibe on screen.

[@elizabethpower7897]

"It's like the kiss before a nuclear bomb goes off and asks you to vote for Johnson" I'm proud of myself for understanding that reference. Thanks, interesting history teachers!

[@yourmother7052]

He's still funny looking though.

[@LaPollaAtomica]

@@yourmother7052 His face reminds me of John C. Reilly.

[@VortexBunche]

I met Arch at a Chiller convention a few years back and bought his CD, plus an autographed shot of him in Eegah. He's a really nice guy and very funny.

[@jokerz7936]

Ok now I need a Arch Hall Sadist review.

[@sfighter0085]

Screw that! I want to see Snob do an "Eegah!" review. LOL

[@RocaDeearCenjar]

I get the feeling that the snob would rather not review movies that were covered in MST3K.

[@johnkirby8939]

Why not do 'em all? Arch Hall,Jr. Month! Hey snob already referenced Pierre Kirby here, so why not?

[@SpokaneJohn]

Jokerz 79 sadist is a great film

[@Victorblud]

Don't be worried about his hair Snob. You could pull off a super villain or that guy people go to for vital exposition in horror films. Both vital roles.

[@emperorcupcake]

It's like Arch Hall Jr wandered into the production of Girl in Gold Boots. I love it.

[@HylianFox3]

I smiled when Brad mention Ted Mikels

[@patrickdoring7149]

Now we need reviews for the other Arch Hall Jr movies…Arch Hall August?

[@Oddtracknumbers]

This is my favourite thing bout Mondays!

[@lollypop123452]

Oh boy! It's that time of the week again! To enjoy the sharp wit and dulcet tones of the one and only Cinema Snob! P.s Hi brad!

[@iomnibus]

Nice timing Snob, as he Arch's son makes his NFL debut later tonight as the Jets' QB.

[@nicklager1666]

The looks remind me of a young Val Kilmer and that haircut would make Conan O Brien jealous.

[@RobAGabor]

He's Neek Reevers.

[@Gore_Oatku]

He reminds me more of Dewey Cox from walk hard

[@nathanclark2424]

Honestly, Arch doesn't seem too bad in this. I'm legitimately impressed by what he pulled off.

[@LaNoLaCola]

Wild Guitar thing, you make my Guiheart sing

[@undeadmaruchan2311]

You should review Rock n Roll High School. It's a Roger Corman film, and it seems to fit this Musical March In September's theme. Everything you could possibly want!

[@TemmiePlays]

Been on a Snob binge, this is a nice treat. Thanks for the content, bro

[@Valdagast]

Will the "guitar-shoving" be on a future episode of "Will it fit"?

[@MechaRandom42]

OMG Wild Guitar! I love this crappy movie! Even have the CD soundtrack to his films :)

[@Darkslayer289]

Holy shit, you're a Snob fan?!

[@edwardtjbrown1979]

Sassy

[@andyvasquez8337]

bud eagle: the dewey cox story

[@justinpipes85]

Wrong kid died.

[@Enshohma]

Loving this year's musical month with all these older films that are being showcased.

[@chibikim77]

Wow. So glad to see Arch Hall go on to greater things after film/music. I remember him from Eegah on MST3k. Well done Snob!

[@garyhooper3064]

When are you reviewing The Sadist? The best Arch Hall Jr. movie.

[@BobbyDrake2000]

We need a whole month dedicated to Arch Hall Jr.

[@LuriTV]

Cinema Snob and guitars. The night actually got good

[@edmatzenik9858]

It's a great movie. Real clever how his dad and the director are the villains, and a lot more subtle little touches. The music's good too.

[@chanseyegg4441]

jesus brad. just when i think you can't get any more prestigious...this is my favorite steckler/arch hall production. haven't even watched it yet, just had to post this while i have the adrenaline to actually post something you probably wont even read. SO HAPPY k

[@Racecarlock]

7:12 Congratulations link! You found the record label building!

[@bartholomewfargo]

The mystery dancer during "Vicky" was also in The Incredibly Strange Creatures etc. etc. Must be one of those casts that always works together. :)

[@calebleland8390]

Let me be the nerd that appreciates the beautiful Fender Jazzmaster he's playing in the movie. Great guitars.

[@eddieboyky]

Eeagh has long been one of my favorites. Nice to see another Hall movie.

[@kaylacolgan]

Arch Hall Jr. was so handsome and dreamy!! 😍😍😍❤️❤️❤️❤️😍😍😍😍😍

[@SewerTapes]

Best episode in a while. Thanks, I needed those laughs.

[@mica923]

You are awesome! Love ur show and Midnight screenings! 😍😍👍👍

[@ndoris]

13:49 Now I have three movies to watch: this one, The Sadist and Dead Zone. Thank you Snob

[@10191927]

I love that the Snob enjoyed the music for once. It’s actually good.

There should be a gif of Snob about to angrily point and yell but finds himself getting into the music with a "not bad" face. That should become a reaction gif.

[@rogercase6205]

This looks stylish, and the music seems pretty good!

[@rasmusdegn9690]

Arch Hall Jr? More like Arch-Deluxe Hall Jr, this guy's just too good to be a regular Arch Hall Jr.

[@overlookers]

*Brad:* oh God it's you! *Wild Guitar:* The Ghost of Public Domain Theater Past

[@AdamKNAC]

2:00 Debbie Does Dallas, Debbie Does Des Moines, Debbie Does Düsseldorf, Busy girl, that Debbie.

[@chrisbucci5769]

The original Debbie (Bambi Woods) actually "did Dallas" 3 times.

[@kyletowers9662]

I can't wait the MCU crossover in Debbie does Wakanda

[@SigEpBlue]

Debbie didn't DARE do Detroit.

[@BulletTooth504]

Debbie Does Raccoon City

[@robotrix]

The dancer during "Vickie" is Steckler's wife. And the Drivers From Hell (a//k/a Wild Ones on Wheels) poster in the diner is a film that Steckler has a part in along with Bret O'Hara - the "Flithy Peeg" fortune teller from Incredibly Strange Creatures.

[@petescare13]

The dancer with the dark hair was Ray Dennis Steckler's wife, Carolyn Brandt. She appears in several of his films, and was in fact a professional dancer.

[@josephblumenberg6574]

This is gonna be good...I can feel it

[@jetfire851]

If Arch had held out for a few more years, he would've made an amazing live-action Johnny Quest. (God knows how racist the depiction of Hadji would be in that...)

[@graemesmith6721]

Nah, Johnny was supposed to only be 11. And I never found Hadji racist at all. He was just a Hindu kid who happened to have some unusual talents, which was consistent with the image of the Mysterious East most Americans had at the time. OTOH, some of the depictions of Africans and Asians in the show were undeniably racist, but then so were its depictions of a couple of German villains, so I guess fair is fair?

[@raymondhall8691]

Was he Dewey Cox's stunt double?

[@alexthelizardking]

Raymond Hall Get out of here, Dewey! You don't want none of this shit!

[@MadiBendy]

As usual brad you made my day a lot better... 😂

[@squirrelguy2195]

Cabbage Patch Elvis and Ray Dennis Steckler? This is going to be amazing!

[@danielhyson6079]

Yes!!! MORE SNOB EPISODES!

[@ariellakahan-harth8831]

Gotta say, the music in this film sounds freaking awesome.

[@TomMSTie1138]

Speaking of Ray Dennis Steckler, he also had a small part in EEGAH (the guy thrown in the pool) as well as doing some of the camera work. Plus , Carolyn Brandt (Ray's wife and fellow actor in THE INCREDIBLY STRANGE...) played Ray's girlfriend in EEGAH. It reminds me of how Coleman Francis and Tony Cardoza didn't just make bad films on their own, they made bad films together.

[@jessediaz1293]

“It’s like if American bandstand was filmed inside the radiator from Eraserhead.” -The Snob It should of been on the box cover.

[@goryguy5106]

Arch Hall Jr. is actually pretty damn good in The Sadist. I don't know if the main character in a movie can steal a scene, but he steals each one he's in. Seriously, give it a watch.

[@ThorG-mg2yx]

OMG! PLEASE do The Sadist one day, I am INTRIGUED

[@markabboud8564]

Famous cartoonist R. Crumb is in this movie. Also, the guy who plays Steak, is the director of the music video for Jefferson Airplane’s “White Rabbit” and was a B Movie director, who made the film “The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies”.

[@lorirolley5365]

Actually that is Robert Crumb, Uncle of the cartoonist R Crumb player Don Proctor.

[@notvcinema8741]

Does Arch Hall Jr remind anyone else of John c. Reilly? Now you should review The World's Greatest Sinner.

[@ginnrollins211]

Walk hard. Hard. Down life's rocky road.

[@LittleMissLounge]

The soundtrack is great. I hope it's on vinyl somewhere.

[@sfighter0085]

Wow, talk about a downgrade from last week's movie. The one thing I saw of Arch Hall Jr. was the movie "Eegah!" on MST3K, but I never knew all that much about the guy until this episode. I have to say aside from the stiff acting from...well, everyone in this movie, the editing is a huge mess. I'm sure it was low budget, but that death scene at 15:47 was so badly edited, it almost gives the last scenes in "Bummer" a run for its money. But judging by the music, like "Rock Around The Clock", the music is really damn good, so I can't fault it on that. Great episode Brad.

[@themoviedealers]

The dancer who shows up out of nowhere is Carolyn Brandt, Steckler's wife, who had a lead role in TISCWSLABMUZ (The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed Up Zombies...the film which has that title due to Dr. Strangelove. I'll let you google that one.)

[@bridgetleekobold9979]

From the guys who did eegah? Oh boy

[@bjornjonsson6583]

"I'll even stop putting my hair in the ice machine"😂

[@Surreal469]

I wholeheartedly expected to hear "BUSHWHACKED" at the end of the "spearfish" joke.

[@elijahmaier5975]

I love Ray Dennis Steckler and hope you review some more of his movies.

[@Stoic_Lizard]

1: this man's hair is definitely amazing. 2: what was dancing in the 60s? Seriously I just did the same dance move in the bathroom looking at myself in the mirror and it wasn't very difficult to pull off.

[@RobAGabor]

So I guess Nick Rivers from Top Secret was at least some part Arch Hall, Jr.

[@elizabethpower7897]

"It's like the kiss before a nuclear bomb goes off and asks you to vote for Johnson" I'm proud of myself for understanding that reference. Thanks, interesting history teachers!

[@mamawray]

If I ever have another child, I will name it Coors America Freedom.

[@daveryder9617]

The dancer at 12:40 I think is the same one from 'TISCWSLABMUZ'...the alcoholic dancer who's killed by the guy who plays 'Steak' in this movie.

[@JohnReviews]

Wow, I can’t wait for the High School Musical review next week.

[@misha_darko]

Hey, Brad

[@mst3KGf]

Pairing Ray Dennis Steckler with both Arch Halls is like the bad movie version of those comics when supervillains team up. The history between the trio was there, however. Steckler was in "Eegah!" (he's the schumck Eegah hurls into the pool near the climax).

[@billding6032]

I’m having my own Musical March in September. Surprisingly the films with that looks unlikely to have song and dance sequences have significant amount of time for it

[@nooctip]

Wow Arch Hall Jr and the Archers were lucky to find someone named Arch Hall Jr to play.

[@SsnakeBite]

Seriously, that guy's hair is incredible!

[@notthatguy7064]

My new favorite title card!

[@planescaped]

I knew that scrunched faced elvis with the pompadour looked familiar the moment I saw him, wouldn't have remembered it was from Eegah though.

[@justinpipes85]

12:50... dude was really proud of the couch.

[@CommodoreFan64]

This actually seems like a 1/2 decent flick, I'll have to give a watch when I have some spare time.

[@themoviedealers]

"No one knows who this dancer is..." That's the director's wife, Carolyn Brandt. She's also heavily featured in The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed-Up Zombies.

[@RikoJAmado]

I love "Musical March in September"

[@RevDooDatt]

Every hep cat knows "The Sadist" is AHjr best work 👍

[@danmount9462]

Do you look like Huey Lewis and the News?

[@BloodrealmX]

Arch Hall Jr. just LOOKS like a significant character. "See all those background people with bland/generic character designs? Good. Now do you see our protagonist? Yup, him."

[@trentnunyabiz6204]

At first i thought someone made a movie about an 60's Australian rock album i keep seeing multiple copies of in record shops called "Hit Guitar" by karlheinz kastel. I was kind of excited to be honest...

[@oCMSo]

..................and now i like that song........

[@GregBoxOffice]

You gotta do one on The Sadist now

[@adrienfourniercom]

The end of this movie is where "More" the Pink floyd movie begins... Note: at 3:11 the 1st SMS to hit someone.

[@quinnzykir]

2:00 Winona and anchorage off the top of my head

[@scitechian]

That first song sounds a lot like "I'm Into Something Good" by Herman's Hermits. Suspicious.

[@Clonekiller66]

Wait till the end of Musical March in September when Snob finds Pierre Kirby; The Musical

[@CreativeTemporary]

Hi Brad, I hope you review Meet the Feebles soon!!!

[@TempusFugit78]

12:17 Ray Dennis Steckler/Arch Hall Jr. Cinematic Universe confirmed.

[@KyleRayner12]

5:40 - That was shockingly competent. 20:00 - Maybe it's a well-placed An Andalusian Dog reference?

[@merchantfan]

Did Debbie do Philadelphia? (*Insert joke about obscene acts with a Philly cheesesteak, climbing greased streetlights, and smashing car windows*)

[@MrDjl4]

This movie is on amazon prime.

[@arsarma1808]

Richard Holder imma watch it

[@Tareltonlives]

ARCH HALL JR AND RAY DENNIS STECKLER, WE MEET AT LAST! This movie is still better than The Beatniks Ha! So that's why Arch sings to a character named Vicky in Eegah when no such character exists! Pretty sure that's Steckler's girlfriend, who showed up as a dancer in ICSTSLABMUZ "I saw you sing that same song to someone named Roxy, you bastard!" This may be a crappy film, but it's a lot better than Eegah. The Sadist is actually pretty good. Hope MST gets to do this film

[@waterandafter]

Please review Lord Love A Duck.

[@ChristopherSadlowski]

The lady dancing during the Vikkie scene looks like the lady who was in that one movie The Snob showed that took place on Cony Island. The one with the fortune teller and the zombies at the end. I can't remember the name of that film, but I do remember the title and the movie were fucking bonkers.

[@kathleenmorrison2908]

I was just thinking that! Looks like the murdered dancer from The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living And Became Mixed Up Zombies.

[@dwjones910]

Yup that is who you're thinking of! Her name is Carolyn Brandt.

[@ScroggsOVision]

Not making this up, there's actually an album on iTunes of Arch Hall music. That you can buy and download. You are welcome America.

[@themoviedealers]

Also on Spotify, but only about five tracks available.

[@jcav9410]

In some production stills for Eegah, Arch Hall Jr. looks like Dio Brando from JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure.

[@RichardWatt]

But without the road roller, right?

[@tayocham1]

Wait...Robert Crumb's name is in the credits? Like THE Robert Crumb!?

[@lorirolley5365]

Terry Yocham R Crumb's uncle Bob