![]() WAKY is celebrating its 60th anniversary this year, looking back at a history that includes record-setting ratings, unhinged disc jockeys, barely controlled mayhem and sweet radio espionage.īut WAKY is more than a quaint local icon. The station blasted hits all night at 790 AM as kids cruised past its Fourth Street studio on their way to Kingfish and back again.Īs Louisville's first Top 40 rock 'n' roll station, WAKY represented a cultural earthquake and it held sway over Louisville's airwaves until the rise of FM. The soundtrack was provided by Top 40 radio and WAKY was king. Me? I would have been screaming.On any given Saturday night in 1960s Louisville, a string of cars filled with hormonal teens and the sound of Stevie Wonder's "I Was Made to Love Her" stretched from Broadway to River Road, a mobile party that lasted hours. How does that alien being appear? All you have to do is play his old record. Anyways, the story here is that the purple people eater forms a band with the kids and they end up playing shows to save old people from losing their homes from the evil Mr. Other folks to look out for are Dustin Diamond and Jim Houghton, who was in Superstition and was Kenny Ward on Knots Landing. They also put out Pardon My Blooper and are still around today, releasing movies like Hotel Transylvania 2. You know how not rock and roll this all is? It was a K-Tel International movie. And hey! There's Peggy Lipton as the kid's mom. Ned Beatty is their grandfather and Shelley Winters is his neighbor. The kids staying with their grandparents are playing by Neil Patrick Harris and Thora Birch. But Flying Purple People Eater is packed with people who either were on the way down or on the way up. And so is Little Richard, who used to scare the hell out of parents and now he's playing the mayor in a kid film based on a novelty song and maybe that makes me a little sad. This is based on the Sheb Wooley song - one-eyed, one-horned, flyin' purple people eater - and Sheb's in here. I don't know how director and writer Linda Shaye went from Screwballs I and II and Crystal Heart to this movie, but here we are. Goes to show that people will do anything to get a movie credit. Find me someone who is proud to have made this slop and I will introduce you to a liar. It's such an insult to everyone involved. I wouldn't let my young nieces and nephews watch this. More often than not the microphone shows up at the top of the screen and the editing really needs some work. Now I get it, movies like this were meant to fill bargain bins at your local store, but Yeesh can some better effort be made. Or possibly it's a leftover jacket from Prince's 1980s wardrobe. It looks like a leftover shag carpet from the 70s. To begin with, the suit for the Purple People Eater is awful. ![]() I'm convinced the good reviews are made in jest, but c'mon people. Good lord, who the heck approved this garbage. So, for $60 odd bucks I got it on DVD and it was worth every penny.Īnytime I hear someone say kids movies or kids media was better "back in the day," this would be exhibit A against that ridiculous notion. He loves watching it as much now as he did then, and when his daughter watches it, if he's home, he always watches with her. My son's oldest daughter is as fascinated with it as he was back in '89 and he cried when I gave it to him for Christmas. Cost me a bundle to get something that would convert it, but worth every penny (Diamond VC500 One Touch Video Capture Device from Amazon ($32.86, which is a lot of money on top of paying $32 for the VHS)and it was as wonderful as I remembered it. HEY! DUDES IN CHARGE! RE-RELEASE THIS! UPDATE 3/5/14: I got a VHS copy of this movie and converted it to DVD. This is a great movie, really, even after 1,000+ watching. I didn't realize how many of the kids went on to be major stars. The music is so upbeat and happy, the eater is adorable (I also think he's up there with Cookie Monster, my favorite of all time!). I would rate it up there with Cocoon, as a wonderful family movie with a calm, happy ending. hehehe The cars were also a reason my son is an old car fan! This movie is truly magic. My son would love to have this for his daughter. ![]() I WISH they would release this to video, or something. As I write this, the song track is going through my mind. THEN I would have begged someone to burn it! This was in 1989. 3-year olds love to have someone with them while watching the movie 1,000+ times. So, I watched this movie 1,000+ times with him. Then, my 3- year old son got it in his brain. ![]() This first time I saw it, I thought it was a charming movie, and really liked it, 15 out of 10. ![]()
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