FUNHOUSE TRAPPED! Is it Just Our Luck... or Did I Slipda Carny an Extra 14 Bucks?

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 PSYCHOSOCIAL 

Slipknot guitar cover by nacoco music

(Nov. 8, 2023)

 

 This Halloween, who will dare to face 

 the challenge of... The Funhouse? 

 Who is brave enough? 

 How about you, sir? 

 Who is mad enough to enter 

 that world of darkness? 

 You, madam? 

 

 TERRIFYING... 

 TERRIFYING!... 

 You will scream with terror. 

 You will beg for release. 

 But there will be no escape. 

 For there is no release from... 

 The Funhouse! 

 SHOT IN THE DARK 

Ozzy Osbourne (Feb. thru Apr. 1986)

 GIRLSCHOOL 

 

Britny Fox (July/Aug. 1988)

 Who will dare to face the 

 challenge of The Funhouse? 

 You, sir? 

 You, madam?... 

 QUEEN OF THE MURDER SCENE 

The Warning (Aug. 22, 2022, live perf.

at Teatro Metropolitan, Mexico City)

 GIRLS OF THE 80'S 

Crazy Lixx (Nov. 2015)

 Who is mad enough to enter 

 that world of darkness? 

 THE CONFESSOR 

Joe Walsh (June/July 1985)

 KINGS AND QUEENS 

 YOU GIVE LOVE A BAD NAME 

"Kings And Queens" (Ava Max) +

"You Give Love A Bad Name"(Bon Jovi)

cover by Broken Peach (August 2026)

 Who is mad enough 

 to enter this place? 

 Who is bad enough? 

 Who is bold enough 

 to come face to face 

 with the terrors 

 inside The Funhouse? 

 BIG BAD WOLF 

  

In This Moment (Oct./Nov. 2014)

 WELCOME TO THE FREAKSHOW 

Fatal Smile (April 2012)

 Terror awaits you 

 here in the funhouse 

 MONSTERS... 

 GOBLINS... 

 GHOSTIES... 

 GHOULIES... 

 DEMONS... 

 CREEPY-CRAWLIES... 

 and BEASTIE BOYS! 

 (YOU GOTTA FIGHT) 

 FOR YOUR RIGHT TO PARTY 

Beastie Boys (Feb./March 1987)

 Who is mad enough? 

 Who is bad enough? 

 Who is bold enough 

 to enter this place of 

 darkness and come 

 face to face with 

 the unspeakable 

 horrors within... 

 The Funhouse? 

 How 'bout you, sir?...You, madam? 

Shady says "Be sure to catch Tobe Hooper's

1981 slasher classic The Funhouse.

Gory and deliciously scary, it's must see! 

And it's now screaming on Prime!"

 HAPPY 

 HALLOWEEN! 

Who is the Mystery Dancing Girl... Liz A,...Liz B...or Lisa D?

 Alan Shore's 

 Inquiring Mind 

 Wants To Know! 

COLD OPEN: 

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 "Ruby Tuesday" - The Rolling Stones 

 (Feb./Mar. 1967, highest chart pos. #1 Hot 100 & Cash Box) 

Kicking-off the show, Mick and his merry mates, The Rolling Stones,

poster boys for British swag, with "Ruby Tuesday," a chart-topping hit

from late winter 1967. The song was originally released as the B side

of "Let's Spend The Night Together," but leapfrogged over it on the

U.S. chart when the A side was banned by many radio stations on

the grounds that its lyrics were too suggestive. Seems spending

the night together was considered dirty.

Gina Dawson

Hell, in my line of work as a lady copper, dirty is part of the job description.

I'm WPC Gina Dawson.

"WPC" stands for woman police constable, and I'm one of the brightest

and bravest on the British period police drama WPC 56 which is set

in the mid 1950s. Along with other bold and dynamic women of law

enforcement on UK-based TV shows, I host the S-P-M-M radio series

 BRITISH BRITISH SWAG 

which features the greatest songs and best performances by

swaggering blokes and brash 'n' sassy birds of Brit pop and rock.

I'll see you on the next edition of our show

exclusively here at Shady's Place!

Artesia

I'm Artesia, a member of The AI-Team and one of the newest members

of The Shady Bunch DJ squad. I am standing here in an art gallery

because the song I am about to play brings to mind Andy Warhol,

the iconic pop artist and filmmaker.  Nearly 40 years after his

death at the too young age of 58, Warhol's name and legend

live on.  In 1994, Andy Warhol was the inspiration in the

naming of a psychedelic/alt rock band in Portland, Oregon.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Released on an album in 1997 and as a single in '98, the song you

are about to hear is way too cool for school, and although it failed

to make a mark in America, it went top 30 in the UK. Here now are

The Dandy Warhols proclaiming- "Every Day Should Be A Holiday!"

 "Every Day Should Be A Holiday" - The Dandy Warhols 

 (Apr./May 1998, highest chart pos. #29 UK/#28 Scotland, 

 from July, 1997 album ...The Dandy Warhols) Come Down) 

 

Cindy Berman

Hi, I'm Cindy Berman, a counselor at Camp Nightwing

in the 2021 teen supernatural horror slasher film

Fear Street Part 2: 1978,  a continuation of the

story that began in Fear Street Part 1: 1994.

The teen spooker became a trilogy that same year with the

release of Fear Street Part Three: 1966 and a quadrilogy

when Netflix introduced Fear Street: Prom Queen in 2025. 

Ziggy & Cindy Berman

In Part 2: 1978, my kid sister and I join

other high schoolers at a summer camp.

At first, everything was hunky-dory.

Speaking of "hunky," I was happily spending all of my

leisure time "bonding" with my studly boyfriend Tommy.

"Bonding" with Tommy always puts a smile on my face.

But before long, my smile faded because the wheels were coming off.

  My sister and I got into one nasty quarrel after another.

As if that weren't bad enough, we soon discover that campers

are being hunted and slaughtered by an ax wielding geek...

a sinister woman with a knife, a dude with a pitchfork

and other miscellaneous rampaging lunatics.

Each and every one of them was an ordinary citizen until

the spirit of Sarah... that vengeful 17th century witch,

possessed them and made them do her evil bidding. 

Here's the kicker, folks. Brace yourselves.

 (SPOILER ALERT) 

Turns out the ax wielding geek is my boyfriend Tommy!

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Not only that, but now he's joined a boy-ghoul Backstreet Boys

tribute group called (wait for it)... The Slashstreet Boys!

 "As Long As You're Bloody" - Backstreet Boys 

  Parody by Slashstreet Boys aka The Merkins 

 (Halloween 2019) 

Ziggy Berman

Hey, what's up? I'm Ziggy Berman, Cindy Berman's younger

sister in the slasher horror flick Fear Street Part 2: 1978.

 What's that you say? Think I look like Max Mayfield,

the breakout star of Stranger Things? I get that a lot.

max from Stranger Things

(... not Ziggy Berman!)

Think I look like Sadie Sink... one of the hottest

up-and-coming young actresses in Hollywood?

Actress  Sadie Sink

(... not Ziggy Berman!)

Sorry... I fail to see the resemblance.

Let's try that again.  Here I am below - muddied, bloodied,

battered and bruised tomboy Ziggy Berman in Fear Street.

And here below are pictures of glamorous actress

Sadie Sink... a rapidly rising star of the 2020s.

Actress  Sadie Sink

(... not Ziggy Berman! What, are you crazy?)

Okay, now that we've put those silly rumors to rest, let's get back to

our story.  I might look like a happy camper posing for this picture... 

but most of the time, this breaking bad ginger is pissed off. 

You see, I'm the black sheep of the family, the one who gets

all the blame, while Miss Priss...Cindy... is the "perfect one." 

Cindy gets all the praise, love, attention and boyfriends.

All I hear all day long is how great Cindy is at this...

or how wonderfully Cindy did that. 

Cindy, Cindy, Cindy!!!

To reveal more about my personality, I'm playing a classic nugget by

The Runaways, the LA-based all-female rock band that included

future rock chick solo stars Lita Ford and Joan Jett.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

From the soundtrack of Fear Street Part Two: 1978, here are Lita, Joan

and The Runaways with a song that's all about me-- "Cherry Bomb!" 

 "Cherry Bomb" - The Runaways 

  (Aug. 1976, highest chart pos. #106 Bubbling Under, 

  from OST of 2021 film Fear Street Part Two: 1978) 

Hello, I'm Alan Shore and you're not.

Alan Shore

I got that one from Chevy Chase.

(BA-DUM-BUMP)

As everyone on earth knows by now, I'm the best lawyer in Beantown

and the star of two hit legal dramedies, The Practice and Boston Legal.

Here at Shady's Place, my S-P-M-M radio show is called

Letch Dance

with Alan Shore.

with "dance" being the operative word... (along with "letch").

Which brings us to the mystery of the dancing girl.  At the top of

the show, you got a sneak peek at the enthusiastic young woman.

She appeared in the music video I am about to play for rock singer

and guitarist Rick Derringer's 1975 remake of "Hang On Sloopy."

The song was originally recorded in 1964 by the R&B group

The Vibrations. The following year, a cover by Derringer's band

The McCoys became one of the biggest hits of the 60s. On the

version released in the mid 70s on Derringer's album Spring Fever,

the band gave the famous song a reggae sound by playing marimba

and steel drums. Of course, the girl in the video who dances throughout

 the song caused the vid to go viral and aroused considerable male interest.

Over the years, she has been the subject of much online discussion

and debate as millions upon millions of male admirers tried to

 figure out who she was. She was incorrectly identified as

Liz Agriss Derringer, the girl who married Rick in 1969.

She has also been mistakenly identified as

Liz Brewer, a British party girl and author

of a series of books on etiquette,

So... who is she?

Proof that truth is indeed stranger than fiction, I have

identified the mystery girl as someone you know and love...

(SCROLL DOWN)

Granny Clampett from The Beverly Hillbillies!

Granny Clampett

(Rockin' that look... and that chair.)

Go granny, go granny, go granny, go!

Just kidding, folks. Her name is Lisa Leonard Dalton and, at the

time the video was filmed, she was age 19 and living in L-A.

If you're a mathlete, you realize that Lisa is now age 70!

For the sake of bringing you the best sound and picture

quality, I am going to play a YouTube hybrid that

uses the 1975 film combined with the McCoys'

original 1965 studio sound recording. 

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Here are Rick Derringer and his steel band, featuring Letch Dance

Damsel of the Day Lisa Dalton with-- "Hang On Sloopy!"

  "Hang On Sloopy" - Rick Derringer 

 (Apr. 1975, highest chart pos. #94 Hot 100, 

 from 1975 album Spring Fever, clip feat. 

 1975 film over orig. 1965 McCoys sound)  

I'm Loris Webb from the 2019 Australian sci-fi mystery series Bloom. 

 

("Before" image at right) 

As I'm sure you recall, I am an

elderly woman (old enough to

be Granny Clampett's granny).

One day, I ate some alien

berries I found growing on

a vine in my backyard and -

  BOOM! 

("After" image below) 

Overnight I turned into a Bloomin' hottie - 60 years younger!

  Yepper, that mysterious plant in my yard has been BERRY BERRY good to me.

My radio show here at Shady's Place is called, quite rightly...

Loris in Bloom

I play songs from my boomer youth (and yours), the great sounds of

the 1950s and 60s. Loris is in Bloom and it's yesterday once more!

 Okay, we've seen Lisa Dalton dancing to Rick Derringer's "Sloopy"

remake. Now here's the man who practically invented dance.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

It's Twist King Chubby Checker, inviting you to

hit the floor, follow his lead and- "Twist-A-Long!"

 "Twist-A-Long" - Chubby Checker 

 (from 1962 album Twist-A-Long With Chubby Checker, 

 rel. in 1962 on EPs in France, Sweden, Netherlands, Italy 

 and Portugal, but not as a single in the U.S.) 

I'm Alexis Wright from the 2017 psychological thriller TV series

Gypsy and one of the celebrity contestants on the Shady's Place

version of the blog world's popular A to Z Challenge.  Written

by Barry and Robin Gibb of the Bee Gees, this next song is

so beautiful it will make you swoon. Recorded by Barbra

Streisand, "Woman In Love" was released as a

single from her 1980 album Guilty,

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

The record shot to #1 in the U.S., Canada and all over the civilized world,

becoming the greatest international hit of Barbra's career. I'd like you to

witness an outstanding cover performed by the South Australian band

Sing-It Live. Here now is Chloe Castledine on lead with backing

vocals by Carla Tsimopoulos, as they present their exquisite

version of-- "Woman In Love."

 "Woman In Love" - Barbra Streisand cover by Singit Live 

 feat. Chloe Castledine & Carla Tsimopoulos (Dec. 2025) 

I am... (5 second pause for effect)...Dracula.

You look lovely by the light of the full moon, my dear.

You are so pale that I will add you to my bucket list.

(See what I did there?) Shirley you are my type.

O Positive

O Negative

A Positive

A Negative

B Positive

B Negative

 AB Positive

AB Negative

... it's all good, blud!

The song I will now play is performed by Andreea Coman,

one of the sensational singing sweethearts in Romanian

talent scout Andrei Cerbu's musical talent company.  

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Andrea will cover a song made famous by Vixen, the all-female

glam metal band from the Twin Cities of Minnesota. This 1988

Vixen power ballad cracked the top 30 on both the pop chart

and the rock chart. Here, direct from Transylvania to your

awaiting eyes and ears, is Balkan beauty Andreea Coman

with-- "Edge Of A Broken Heart!"

 "Edge Of A Broken Heart" - Vixen cover 

 by Andreea Coman (April 2024) 

I'm Maggie Jordan, a young assistant producer on the political drama

TV series The Newsroom. I am also your Hostess with the Mostest on 

The I-Team

Plays the I-Tunes

...the S-P-M-M radio show available exclusively at Shady's Place. 

As you recall, every song we play on our show begins with

the letter "I."  The song I'd like to play, "I Drove All Night,"

was intended for Roy Orbison who recorded it in 1987,

a year before his death. However, Roy's version got

shoved into the vault and wasn't released until 1992.

 Meanwhile, pop singer Cyndi Lauper waxed the song

and was first to release it in 1989 as both a single

and as a track on her album A Night To Remember.

CLICK TO START THE VIDEO NOW!

Considered the best song on the album, "I Drove All Night" topped

the chart in France and went top 5 stateside, the songbird's last

top 10 U.S. single to date. Here's Cyndi Lauper with

my "Pick To Click"-- "I Drove All Night."

 "I Drove All Night" - Cyndi Lauper 

 (June/July 1989, highest chart position 

 #5 Cash Box/#6 Hot 100/#7 UK/#1 France 

I'm Sloan Sabbith, Maggie Jordan's colleague in The Newsroom

and another card-carrying member of the elite SPMM DJ squad

The I-Team.

I hope you enjoyed our star-studded

pre-Halloween special hosted by

Shady Bunchers old and new.

Let us know if we helped get

you in the spooky spirit and

put a song in your heart

and beats in your feets.😜

To play us off, I've got a great

I-Tune that takes us back to the

summer of 1984, a synth-pop hit

by Central Pennsylvania singer,

songwriter and musician

Dan Hartman.

CLICK TO START

THE VIDEO NOW!

Released as a single from the soundtrack of the film Streets of Fire,

"I Can Dream About You" brushed the top 5 on the pop charts.

Now for Maggie, Drac, Alexis, Loris, Alan, Ziggy, Cindy,

Artesia and Gina, this is Sloan saying thanks for joining

us and stick around for more Halloween fun coming up

next month at Shady's Place Music & Memories! 

 "I Can Dream About You" - Dan Hartman 

 (July/Aug. 1984, highest chart pos. #6 Hot 100 & Cash Box, 

 from OST of June, 1984, film Streets of Fire) 

Ziggy & Cindy Berman

 Watch the orginal 

 Fear Street Trilogy 

  along with the 2025 

 movie Prom Queen 

 now screaming 

 on Netflix!  

AND THIS JUST IN...

POP STAR HAYES WARNER

IS A PERFECT 10... AND

SO ARE THE OTHER

BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE

IN THE CAST OF

HORROR MASTERMIND

RYAN MURPHY'S

LATEST PROJECT

THE SHARDS...

A KILLA TEEN THRILLA SET

IN LOS ANGELES IN 1981.

DON'T MISS THE SHARDS -

NOW SCREAMING ON HULU!

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