{"id":7817,"date":"2010-02-26T17:38:14","date_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:38:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mondomark.com\/?p=640"},"modified":"2010-02-26T17:38:14","modified_gmt":"2010-02-26T21:38:14","slug":"it-all-comes-back-to-caddyshack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/?p=7817","title":{"rendered":"It All Comes Back To Caddyshack…"},"content":{"rendered":"
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I'm alright! Don't nobody worry 'bout me!<\/p><\/div>\n

I don\u2019t\u2019 know if La-La Land Records intended to release a Michael O\u2019Keefe comedy diptych, but their limited CDs of Caddyshack<\/strong> (1980) and Nate and Hayes<\/strong> (1983) both co-starred the actor, and mark each score\u2019s debut on disc.<\/p>\n

In the case of Caddyshack<\/a><\/strong>, it\u2019s a surprise it took so long, since music from the 1988 sequel, Caddyshack II<\/strong>, was issued on LP and CD. One would\u2019ve thought the first film\u2019s album would\u2019ve been reissued in tandem with the sequel, but 1988 was still early for labels to be reissuing old scores again, and again, and again \u2013 like the Bond albums.<\/p>\n

Nate and Hayes<\/a><\/strong> proved more demanding for fans of Trevor Jones\u2019 score, since much of his early work rarely enjoyed commercial releases on LP and CD. Written by David Odell and a young snot named\u00a0 John Hughes, the swashbuckler spoof was made in the wake of Steven Spielberg\u2019s Raiders of the Lost Ark<\/strong> (1981), which rekindled an interest in period set, buddy-type action films.<\/p>\n

You could argue Raiders<\/strong> had Nazi pirates, since there was a golden treasure of sorts everyone wanted badly, whereas Nate and Hayes<\/strong> had pirate ships, maidens, and treacherous treks over water and on land. As Jeff Bond points out in the CD\u2019s extensive liner notes, the film was followed by a few swashbuckling duds, such as Roman Polanski\u2019s bloated Pirates<\/a><\/strong> (1986).<\/p>\n

Whereas the creators of Nate and Hayes<\/strong> tried to differentiate their action film by setting the hijinks in a pirate world, it still dealt with rebels, imperial villains, and maidens in need of rescuing \u2013 exactly what made Raiders<\/strong> such a success, and spawned several sequels.<\/p>\n

Those elements also proved to be a lure for TV producers, which resulted in a pair of rival shows that lasted (unsurprisingly) one season: Tales of the Gold Monkey<\/strong> (1982), starring Stephen Collins, and Bring \u2018Em Back Alive<\/strong> (1982), headed by Bruce Boxleitner.<\/p>\n

Tales<\/strong> has enjoyed a small following for years (check out the detailed fan site<\/a>), and their persistence is finally being rewarded with a Region 1 release of the complete series from Shout! Factory. Slated for a June 8 release ($49.97 U.S.), the 6-disc set comes with all 22 episodes, the original feature-length pilot, audio commentaries, photo gallery, costume and artifacts gallery, 24-page booklet, and a 36 min. documentary.<\/p>\n

My only memories of this show was its\u2019 run during the weekdays, Collins smiling a lot in big close-ups, his peppercorn-sized dog Jack, and Faye Grant looking very silly in a blue flower frock and yellow Shirley Temple curls, spouting whiny dialogue with a faux accent francaise.<\/em> After that, the series disappeared.<\/p>\n

I may well be compelled to review the show in June, though not for nostalgia\u2019s sake; it\u2019s purely the curiosity to see if the show had the chops to stand on its own and be distinct from Raiders<\/strong>. When TV producers and networks hit the \u201cCOPY\u201d button, they tend to get sloppy, lazy, and dumb; one only need recall Fox\u2019 rubbish show The Burning Zone<\/strong> (1996-1997), crafted in the wake of the virus thriller Outbreak<\/strong> (1995), itself a fast cash-in on Richard Preston\u2019s 1994 best-seller, The Hot Zone<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

No wonder Burning<\/strong> star Dennis Arndt fled after shooting the choppy pilot episode.<\/p>\n

Of course, if Monkey<\/strong> can make it to DVD, then it\u2019s only fair Bring \u2018Em, Back Alive<\/strong> deserves a chance, since it\u2019s actually based (very loosely) on the exploits of Great White Hunter Frank Buck, who hosted a trio of wildlife adventure films in the thirties: Frank Buck\u2019s Bring \u2018Em Back Alive<\/strong> (1932), Wild Cargo<\/strong> (1934), and Fang and Claw<\/strong> (1935) \u2013 each based on a book authored by Buck.<\/p>\n

The 18-episode TV series starred Boxleitner, and added love interest Gloria Marlowe, played by Caddyshack<\/strong> co-star Cindy Morgan. Neither the TV series nor the feature films are apparently on DVD, which means someone should poke the owners of the morbid Buck franchise and get them cracking on some rival releases, since most writers (like me) will be referring to the show, now that Monkey<\/strong> is coming to home video.<\/p>\n

It all comes back to Caddyshack<\/strong>, doesn\u2019t it?<\/p>\n

Cue the dancing gopher<\/a>.<\/p>\n

– MRH<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Soundtrack reviews of La-La Land’s Caddyshack (1980) and Nate and Hayes (1983) soundtrack CDs, plus Tales of the Gold Monkey on DVD this June (no, really)\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_is_tweetstorm":false},"categories":[6,4,5],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p8nuyW-225","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7817"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7817\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7817"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7817"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/kqek.com\/mobile\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7817"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}