Public Domain Theatre

- Season 3

(2014)

Regular host Paul Fish has tricked Death into hosting the bad film marathon. While Paul and his wife are on a cruise in Mexico, Death concedes and gamely intros the films "Chamber of Horrors", "Fangs of the Living Dead", "The Horrors of Spider Island" and "Nosferatu". After the last film he shows his Count Orlock and Willem Dafoe action figures that Charlie Sheen gave him. The end credits show the Halloween decorations that Death has around his home.

This episode begins on an unexpectedly somber note with some sad music playing over an "In Memoriam" section for Paul's t-shirts. He is wearing a pretty sharp looking suit and needs to do laundry. The sad music also underscores how Paul feels about the entire main cast of the episode's film. At the end of the episode, Paul gets lost in the studio and bemoans the fact that he does not have a cool hat.

This episode features a new opening crawl and credit sequence. It is also the second episode that features a film produced by Jack Broader and starring a man in a gorilla suit. That sends Paul on an information quest that leads him to discover a possible connection between Mr. Broader and Mad Magazine genius Don Martin. After the film ends, Paul and Brian replay the death scene from the film and play a game of "Set", listen to music and play video games, and watch the Extended Editions of "The Lord of the Rings" Trilogy to pass the time while said death scene plays. ...

Paul has taken some uranium to make himself transparent like the hero of this episode's film. In order to prove it he mores some posters and a chair and eats a doughnut without without moving it from the plate. Why doesn't he pick it up? His hands are soaking after getting a manicure. After the film ends Paul shows us what happened to him during the film. He used his brief invisibility to eat more doughnuts and talk about Ed Begley, Jr's role in "Amazon Women on there Moon".

In order to introduce this episode's film, Paul gives a brief history lesson on the 1970s phenomenons known as the Made-For-TV movie" and the "John Travolta". The erstwhile Sweathog starred in the 1976 film "The Boy in the Plastic Bubble. Paul admits to being a huge "Welcome Back, Kotter" fan and even shows a photo of himself as a eight-year-old wearing a Travolta t-shirt. When the film originally aired, Paul planned to stay up and watch it but fell asleep before it began and never saw the film until preparing for this show. After the film, Paul points out some ...

Don't get your hopes up. Paul announces that this episode's film is "The Wrestler" and then immediately destroys all hope but saying it's the one starring Ed Asner. This hairy, sweaty film plays more like an instructional video than it does an actual film. The one thing it has going for it? Ed Asner in a steam bath. Yep. Drink that thought in. After the film, Paul drops some serious Asner knowledge and threatens his wrestling opponent, Phil "The Lovable Rogue" Moskowitz.

This episode starts off with Paul talking about how many great films get second, third and even fourth-rate rip offs. For every "Raiders of the Lost Arc" there's an "Allan Quartermain and the Lost City of Gold" and for every "Jaws" there's a "Jaws: The Revenge" (in Paul's opinion, the worst film ever made). Even worse than tonight's film, the also-shark themed "Night of the Sharks". Following the film Paul hands out the award for "Best Performance by an Actor in a Death Scene of All-Time". He then speaks about Antonio Fargas' role as Huggy Bear in "Starkey and Hutch" ...

Paul feels bad about the prank he pulled on Death last year and brings some Devil's Food cake to the LCTV offices as a peace offering for Death, who has promised to host the "Halloween Scare-A-Thon" again this year. He also asks Brian if the camera that went missing has been found. Some time later Brian nervously calls Paul and tells him that Death has yet to show up. Paul doesn't seem too worried about it. He says that he spoke to Death and he seemed really happy about hosting. Paul's glad that Death is doing it since of the four films being shown ("The Killer Shrews...