The Hand and The Creeping Unknown
Added 2021-06-30 03:59:08 +0000 UTCTIME CODES FOR "THE HAND":
Joe Bob's Intro (MV segment ends 3:42)
Watch movie until 10:08 (Michael Caine gets a tourniquet)
Segment 1 (ends 4:11)
Watch movie until 18:52 ("if anyone's found it by now they'd have called the police")
Segment 2 (ends 4:46)
Watch movie until 26:36 ("what is it?")
Segment 3 (ends 5:05)
Watch movie until 53:14 (I'll give you a ride into town")
Segment 4 (ends 5:47)
Watch movie until 1:03 (motorbike in the rain)
Segment 5 (ends 6:16)
Watch movie until 1:18 ("You wanna help me?")
Segment 6 (ends 6:47)
Watch movie until 1:30 (tire pops)
Segment 7 (ends 7:07)
Watch through end of movie
Outro (ends 8:18)
For “The Creeping Unknown“:
The Creeping Unknown: Second feature (first is The Hand). Watch intro, then start the movie after first cut to black.
Watch until 16:38 (Twitching fist), second Joe Bob segment.
Watch until 30:23 ("Until I say something."), third JB segment.
Watch until 42:00 (The mutant leaves the elevator), fourth JB segment.
Watch until 47:39 ("To live, it must have food."), fifth segment.
Watch until 54:34 (The mutant flees after attacking a doll) sixth segment.
Watch until 1:04:59 (Phone call), seventh segment.
Watch to the end of the movie, then watch final JB segment
Greetings, Patreon Pals! I’d really hoped to post this one yesterday, but I got stuck in 4 different airports for over 24 hours trying to get from El Lay to New York, so I could help out with some prep stuff for Joe Bob’s Jamboree at the Mahoning. ‘Twas a very long day, and apparently many airports have 💩 wifi, so I gave up trying to post it till today.
Why was it so important to post yesterday, you ask? It was officially the anniversary of the very first episode of Monstervision with Joe Bob! However, if it started on the 28th it’d still be on the 29th, so I say both days are valid for celebrating!! 😉
I asked JB if he had any thoughts about this first episode, and he said, “All I remember is that we used the same set and the same furniture as the last episode of Drive-In Theater. I don’t know of another example where a network used a cancelled show to create a new show, that wasn’t actually a new show, because Monstervision already existed.” True, JB! You are very unique in that. 🥰
It‘a fascinating to me to see how different this premiere episode was compared to later ones. You can tell they were very much influenced by the Drive-In Theater formula when they first started. I’d also forgotten it started out on Friday nights (though JB asked me to point out that “it quickly went to Saturdays because that was the lowest rated night of the week, They were less afraid of putting something edgy on then.” )
Enjoy…and Happy Anniversary, Monstervision Maniacs! ❤️❤️❤️
(Special Note: Big thanks to Chris Vincent for reminding me about this very special day. It very well might’ve slipped my mind otherwise! ❤️)
Comments
Best decision Ted Turner ever made.
2022-01-05 07:18:58 +0000 UTCSo great ! I've rented the movies and watched every friggin' one of these with the time codes. Thanks Darcy! So appreciative of this - you rox!!!
2021-07-09 01:34:30 +0000 UTCNigel Kneale has said Doctor Who heavily plagerized his work from Quatermass, but I don't think he ever tried to sue. Also Joe Bob gets it slightly wrong. Quatermass was not originally a stage play. Kneale wrote it as a teleplay, and it was filmed like a stage play I suppose. But it was still for the BBC, not the stage.
2021-07-07 22:58:39 +0000 UTCAh the Quatermass Xperiment, I've seen that one. It has a few sequels and might have been the inspiration for Doctor Who. Just before he became the Doctor David Tennent was in a version of Quatermas that was performed live on the BBC with Jason Flemyng playing Quaterman, I remember watching that. In 1996 Thora Hird was still alive and acting, she died in 2003. Yay, I know stuff.
2021-07-07 07:11:09 +0000 UTCJB's skewering of The Creeping Unknown is hilarious. 1 star? Ouch. Surprised he didn't mention that under the original title The Quatermass Experiment it was a popular television show in the UK, before they made it into a movie. The movie spawned two sequels and was influential on later stuff ranging from Doctor Who to the X-Files. John Carpenter is a big fan of the Quatermass films.
2021-07-02 20:39:58 +0000 UTCCarrie was 6 times? Wow.
2021-07-02 20:35:16 +0000 UTCThe dry ice is a nice touch. Maybe the high sheriffs could spring for some on Halloween.
2021-07-02 13:29:30 +0000 UTCThe Hand should only be twice
2021-07-01 07:34:09 +0000 UTCJoe Bob hosted Maximum Overdrive 3 times on Monstervision but I believe Carrie holds the record at 6 times in the 4 years he was on Monstervision. The Exorcist was another one they showed a lot (I think 5 times).
Johnny Bell
2021-07-01 01:06:47 +0000 UTCLike others here, I too remember this night. Thanks, Darcy, for all the effort in putting up the time codes.
2021-06-30 23:21:30 +0000 UTCI saw a later episode of The Hand on Monstervision, so clearly movies were repeated during the TNT era. How many times was Maximum Overdrive shown? Lol
2021-06-30 22:47:24 +0000 UTCso cool to see the very first monstervision! thx, darcy!
Philip
2021-06-30 19:37:03 +0000 UTCThe 29th is also my birthday! I have to say, I like the idea of kinda-sorta sharing it with MonsterVision!
2021-06-30 18:36:16 +0000 UTCI remember watching this episode in 96 when I was in the sixth grade. It made Me want to be careful about sticking my hand out the window of a moving vehicle. And It was a comforting show and sometimes I would stay up late to make sure that some of my family members were safe.
2021-06-30 16:26:42 +0000 UTCI'm so excited! I just bought The Hand on Blu-ray a few weeks ago.
Joshua Begley
2021-06-30 16:21:42 +0000 UTC
