Thursday, December 27, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #201

Primary ANNAZETTE CHASE acted in episodes of GET SMART, MAN FROM UNCLE, and GREEN HORNET.

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Primary CHEVY CHASE acted in ZOOM, THE LAST ACTION HERO, and episodes of CHUCK.

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Primary LILYAN CHAUVIN acted in PREDATOR 2, UNIVERSAL SOLDIER, THE WARLORD: BATTLE FOR THE GALAXY, and episodes of ALIAS, STAR TREK DEEP SPACE NINE, MAN FROM ATLANTIS, THE MAN FROM UNCLE and THE MAGICIAN.


MONSTER MASHUPS #33



I've just done a scathing review of the first HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA here, and I don't think much better of the second in the series. However, I will admit that Disney's HOTEL TRANSYLVANIA TV-cartoon is a little funnier than these two turkeys. While the cartoon is nothing special, at least it finds an excuse to shunt the tedious Count offscreen, and in addition, focuses on a younger version of his daughter Mavis, before she becomes romantically entangled with a human boy. Thus every episode is about Mavis trying to do a good job taking care of problems at Hotel Transylvania, sometimes helped (or hindered) by her teenaged monster-peers. The best addition is a mean old vampire aunt, Lydia, who continually tries to catch Mavis misbehaving in some way.



I will mention Disney's other recent monster-mash, VAMPIRINA, only in passing. I can't yet force myself to watch an episode; it just skews too damn young for me. But it too has other monsters besides its vampiric star.




Almost as hard to watch, and possibly more witless, is MONSTER HIGH, a series in which famous monster-personas are reconfigured through the lens of "Barbie glamor dolls," or something like that. It's the sort of thing that makes 2000's MONSTER MASH seem sophisticated by comparison.




And all of them make SCOOBY DOO AND THE GHOUL SCHOOL look better and better.



Tuesday, December 25, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #200

Primary PATRICIA CHARBONNEAU acted in ROBOCOP 2 and an episode of VIPER.

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Primary CYD CHARISSE acted in THE SILENCERS.

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Primary RAY CHARLES acted in SPY HARD.

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Primary RU PAUL CHARLES voiced a "Rock Guardian" in Disney's HERCULES TV-cartoon.

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Primary LESLIE CHARLESON acted in episodes of WILD WILD WEST and KUNG FU.

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Primary CHARO, of all people, played a Zorro-like avenger on an episode of FANTASY ISLAND.

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Primary MELANIE CHARTOFF voiced characters in SUPER FRIENDS and OK KO: LET'S BE HEROES.




Monday, December 24, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #199

Primary MILES CHAPIN acted in PANDEMONIUM.




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Primary BEN CHAPLIN acted in THE LEGEND OF TARZAN.

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Primary GERALDINE CHAPLIN acted in THE WOLFMAN and the 1997 ODYSSEY, as well as having an uncredited role in CASINO ROYALE.

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Primary SYDNEY CHAPLIN acted in an episode of BIONIC WOMAN.

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Peripheral GRAHAM CHAPMAN acted in MONTY PYTHON AND THE HOLY GRAIL with--


Primary JOHN CLEESE from THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH.

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Primary JUDITH CHAPMAN acted in the TV-film MAN FROM UNCLE: THE FIFTEEN YEARS LATER AFFAIR and in episodes of KNIGHT RIDER, INCREDIBLE HULK, OUTLAWS, GALACTICA 1980, and BUCK ROGERS.


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Primary LONNY CHAPMAN acted in episodes of INCREDIBLE HULK, KNIGHT RIDER, and BUCK ROGERS.


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Primary MARGUERITE CHAPMAN acted in SPY SMASHER.



Primary MARK LINDSAY CHAPMAN  was best known as "Doctor Arcane" in the SWAMP THING teleseries, as well as acting in the TV-movie ASSASSIN and in episodes of LOIS AND CLARK, NIGHTMAN, and CHARMED.


Wednesday, December 19, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #198

Peripheral CAROL CHANNING acted in the 1985 ALICE IN WONDERLAND with--



Primary SHELLEY WINTERS from THE VISITOR.

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Primary STOCKARD CHANNING voiced "Barbara Gordon" on BATMAN BEYOND.

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Primary ROSALIND CHAO played "Keiko" on two STAR TREK shows, acted in episodes of BRIMSTONE, KUNG FU, INCREDIBLE HULK, A MAN CALLED SLOANE, BEAUTY AND THE BEAST, and AMAZING SPIDER-MAN, and voiced a character in the 2006 BEN 10.


Thursday, December 13, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #197

Primary RICHARD CHAMBERLAIN played the hero of KING SOLOMON'S MINES and its sequel,  acted in an episode of CHUCK and voiced characters in the 2011 THUNDERCATS and JUSTICE LEAGUE: GODS AND MONSTERS.

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Primary JACKIE CHAN acted in THE FORBIDDEN KINGDOM, DRAGON BLADE, the KUNG FU PANDA series, THE SPY NEXT DOOR, VAMPIRE EFFECT, CITY HUNTER, SPIRITUAL KUNG FU, and TO KILL WITH INTRIGUE, as well as voicing "himself" in THE JACKIE CHAN ADVENTURES.

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Peripheral LON CHANEY SR. acted in THE UNKNOWN with--



Primary JOAN CRAWFORD from a MAN FROM UNCLE episode.

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Primary LON CHANEY JR. acted in FRANKENSTEIN MEETS THE WOLF MAN,  UNDERSEA KINGDOM, DRACULA VS. FRANKENSTEIN, an unsold pilot for a PHANTOM series, and ACE DRUMMOND.

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Monday, December 10, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #196

Peripheral CEDRIC THE ENTERTAINER voiced "Maurice" in the MADAGASCAR films alongside--



Primary BEN STILLER from MYSTERY MEN.

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Primary ANGELICA CELAYA had a recurring role on the series CONSTANTINE.

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Primary ADOLFO CELI acted in THUNDERBALL, OPERATION KID BROTHER, and TARGET FOR KILLING.


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Primary JOHN CENA acted in BUMBLEBEE and voiced characters in RISE OF THE TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES, GENERATOR REX and SCOOBY DOO/ WRESTLEMANIA.

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Primary LACEY CHABERT voiced characters in HERCULES, GARGOYLES, SONIC, AMERICAN DRAGON, SPECTACULAR SPIDER-MAN, AVENGERS: EARTH'S MIGHTIEST HEROES, GENERATOR REX, YOUNG JUSTICE (as Zatanna), TRANFORMERS: RESCUE BOTS, VOLTRON, and JUSTICE LEAGUE ACTION.


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Primary AMEDEE CHABOT had uncredited roles in THE SILENCERS and MURDERER'S ROW.

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Primary JUNE CHADWICK had a recurring role on the series V and acted in an episode of FORTUNE HUNTER.

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Primary GEORGE CHAKIRIS acted in PALE BLOOD and in episodes of SUPERBOY and WONDER WOMAN.

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Peripheral SARAH CHALKE reprised her SCRUBS character in IT'S A VERY MUPPET CHRISTMAS MOVIE alongside--



Primary MATTHEW LILLARD, best known for the combative versions of the SCOOBY DOO franchise.





Monday, December 3, 2018

SUPERHEROES ARE DAMN-NEAR EVERYWHERE #194

Peripheral PHOEBE CATES acted in GREMLINS with--


Primary COREY FELDMAN , who voiced "Donatello" in TEENAGE MUTANT NINJA TURTLES.

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Primary MARY JO CATLETT, perhaps best known for voicing characters on SPONGEBOB SQUAREPANTS, also voiced them on KIM POSSIBLE and LEGEND OF THE MUMMY.

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Primary KIM CATTRALL acted in BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA, RUNNING DELILAH, THE NIGHT RIDER, MODERN VAMPIRES, STAR TREK VI, and episodes of LOGAN'S RUN and THE INCREDIBLE HULK.

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Primary JOAN CAULFIELD (not shown) acted in an episode of THE MAGICIAN.

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Primary MAXWELL CAULFIELD acted in PREY OF THE JAGUAR, BACKLASH: OBLIVION 2, WAXWORK II, and voiced characters in the 1995 SPIDER-MAN cartoon.