Christmas in Acidland a Yuletide freak-out

John Mitty Friday, December 14, 2012

CHRISTMAS IN ACIDLAND @ HUNTINGTON’S CINEMA ARTS CENTRE

Singer - actor - wrestling promoter - horror archivist – filmmaker and collector Johnny Legend exists in a bizarre cultural vortex whose undertows perpetually whirl him into an episodic cycle of shenanigans that just get curiouser and curiouser. The wild-eyed, weird-bearded, longhaired dynamo is a manic force, one you can find at just about every unsavory corner of the Hollywood underground. The wildest Christmas show ever, compiled by Legend of clips from Abbot & Costello to a David Bowie & Bing Crosby Duet, “Christmas in Acidland” screens in the Theater of the Wild monthly series on Wednesday, December 26 at 7:30pm at Cinema Arts Centre, 423 Park Ave, Huntington, NY www.CinemaArtsCentre.org 631-423-7610

$9 Members / $14 Public Tickets can be purchased online, www.CinemaArtsCentre.org at the box office during theatre hours or by calling Brown Paper Tickets at 1-800-838-3006

Prepare yourself for a real Yuletide freak-out, because it’s time for Christmas in Acidland! First, we get a fascinating look at Santa and his elves. Then the REAGANS (Ronald, Nancy & an infant Patty) wish us a Merry Christmas and manage to sneak in a plug for General Electric. Then a hilarious routine from ABBOTT & COSTELLO’s 1952 Christmas special. ROSEMARY CLOONEY delivers a holiday tune. BOB CUMMINGS, DWAYNE HICKMAN & ROSEMARY DECAMP pose for crotchety-old GRANDPA, ERNIE KOVACS delivers a Holiday blast. In the bizarre “Santa Claus Story,” Saint Nick weaves an eerie tale about “Monkey Mountain” and the “Monkey Christmas” demonstrated by real monkeys In “Santa in Animal Land,” the most inept puppets this side of Ed Wood try to deliver an “Animal Xmas.” JACK BENNY pays a Christmas visit to EDGAR BERGENonly to discover that CHARLIE MCCARTHY & MORTIMER SNERD are actually alive! LAWRENCE WELK introduces us to the unforgettable “Outer Space Santa.” BOB HOPE takes jabs at everything from Elvis to the A-bomb on a late 50’s USO special. From 1964, OZZIE & HARRIET reminisce about their “adventures” from 1956 – RICKY NELSON sings and Ozzie straps on the guitar too! LIBERACE performs “White Christmas,” followed by LOU COSTELLO performing a stunningly serious version. Bud and Lou then destroy the entire orchestra in a climax of Christmas carnage! HOWDY DOODY jumps aboard his rocket ship with BUFFALO BOB and CLARABELL and heads for the North Pole! Plus THE BEVERLY HILLBILLIES, THE CHIPMUNKS, more than 50 famous stars sing “Silent Night,” LOUIS ARMSTRONG & DANNY KAYE steal the show with “Saints Come Marching In,” a duet from DAVID BOWIE & BING CROSBY, unexpected holiday spurts from JOAN RIVERS andGEORGE CARLIN, and more than your mind can possibly imagine! (USA, 139 min, video)

“With Christmas in Acidland, Legend has set his unholy sights on the Holiest of all Holidays, and the results are somehow haunting, hysterical and heart-warming all at the same time!” - Cinema Classics Review

“Johnny Legend’s Yuletide weirdness offers plenty of seasonal nostalgia heavily seasoned by kitsch.” – San Francisco Bay Guardian

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