Since our “Porn” episode was yanked off the air by the cable high sheriffs, we’ve decided to nix the sex (at least temporarily) and return to Atomic TV’s other entertainment staples–food and music–in this week’s new ATOMIC TV LABOR DAY COOKOUT special…Forget about the wind-chill factor as you watch Scott Huffines celebrating meat-eating over an open summer grill, while Tom Warner celebrates his newfound foot fetish with some binge shrimp-eating… all at a Labor Day cookout in Turkey Point, Essex–Baltimore’s very own Redneck Riviera… As usual, music is provided by house band Garage Sale but you’ll also see music vids by They Might Be Giants, The Ramones, and mystery guests Dr. Demonia and El Mysterioso–even a rare clip of Jerry Lewis playing a theremin! See celebrity guests John Waters, Chastity Darling (“Void”) and Lil’ Kim Garman (“Switchblade Sisters”)…plus tributes to Traci Lords and Mr. Water’s latest opus, “Pecker”!
Once you go Black, you never go back! Case in point, Atomic TV went black on Baltimore’s public access airwaves shortly after broadcasting our legendary “Black History Month” tribute – one of our most popular episodes ever! – in February 2003. Over the course of the next 2 hours, you’ll see shout-outs not just to the usual legends on display at Baltimore’s Great Blacks in Wax Museum, but also to leaders in other less-heralded fields of Black achievement – like Black Porn Stars – Jack Napier the “The Joker with the Foot-Long Poker,”, Menage-a-Trois and her foot-long tongue, Sierra, Chaos, Marc 9X7, Nikki Fairchild, Sean Michaels – and Rappers who Glorify Da Booty, plus Blaxploitation stars Rudy Ray Moore (Dolemite!), Pam Grier and Isaac “Truck Turner” Hayes, Mr. T., Blowfly, sideshow freak “Popeye,” Pee-Wee Herman’s “King of Cartoons,” William Marshall and a special shout-out to Bawlmer’s Eldorado Lounge – the place that inspired us to create Atomic TV back in 1997. So get funky with it and check it out, yo!
“Suzanne Muldowney makes her 21st consecutive appearance at the Mayor’s Christmas Parade in Hampden (Baltimore, MD) – her 19th as 60s cartoon superhero Underdog. Due to a serious illness caused by a cat bite, a visibly weakened Suzanne had to hitch a ride this year, but it didn’t take her long to take to the streets afterwards. She’s a trouper!” –Tom Warner
“Suzanne Muldowney left her hospital bed, where she was recovering from complications arising from a cat bite, to make her 21st consecutive appearance (and 19th as 60s cartoon superhero Underdog) in the Mayor’s Christmas Parade in Baltimore’s Hampden neighborhood. Though she was too weak to march, Suzanne motored throug…h the parade in style (her cape lining adorned with saphire stones) and hopes to make it back next year – and needless to say for Underdog’s 50th anniversary in 2014!” –Tom Warner
Suzanne Muldowney, better known as “Underdog Lady,” sings “Silent Night” accompanied by “The Awkard Sounds of Scott & Skizz” at the 2006 Mayor’s Christmas Parade in Hampden, Maryland.
Meanwhile, over at Accelerated Decrepitude, Atomic TV’s Tom Warner files his first-hand report along with photos of the much heftier Underdog portraying the “Fairy of the Golden Snow.”
“During the holiday season of 1997, I had a sudden epiphany while listening to James Brown’s “Santa Claus Goes Straight To the Ghetto.” White Christmas? Bah humbug! Suddenly I had visions dancing in my head, not of sugar plums but of billy clubs, Rodney King, rioting, looting, and arson. And of a guy dressed in red with a big sack…named Fat Albert! Like Dylan’s lyrics, not sure what it all means, but here it is for your bemusement.” – Tom Warner
Making it to the parade in the nick of time, Underdog shines in her 11th consecutive holiday march, only to confront her greatest challenge yet… SATAN CLAUS, a Y2K-obssessed messenger of doom who taunts Underdog and terrifies parade goers with his prediction that the world will end New Year’s Eve when Dick Clark drops the ball in Times Square. Will this be the last Hampden Parade for Underdog? Or will she defeat the powers of darkness in time to enjoy a tasty roast beef sandwich? Watch and find out in our wildest Christmas Special ever!
Underdog Lady takes a brief respite from her battle with Satan Claus so that she can stock up the secret compartment in her cape with treats tossed to the ground by the Tootsie Roll Trolley.
