Rat Pfink a Boo Boo is a 1966

1966 in film

The year 1966 in film involved some significant events.-Events:Animation legend Walter Disney, well known for his creation of Mickey Mouse, died in 15 December 1966 of acute circulatory collapse following a diagnosis of, and surgery for, lung cancer...

 film directed by Ray Dennis Steckler

Ray Dennis Steckler

Ray Dennis Steckler , also known by the pseudonym Cash Flagg, was an American film director, producer, screenwriter and actor best known as the low-budget auteur of such cult films as The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies...

. Starring Ron Haydock

Ron Haydock

Ron Haydock was an American actor, screenwriter, novelist and rock musician.His band, Ron Haydock & the Boppers, was sometimes compared to Elvis Presley...

 and Carolyn Brandt

Carolyn Brandt

Carolyn Brandt is an American actress and dancer. She was the wife of cult film director Ray Dennis Steckler and starred in many of his films, including The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, The Thrill Killers, and Rat Pfink a Boo Boo.-External links:*...

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Perhaps the most striking feature of the film—beyond the low production values—is a sudden switch in tone and plot that comes roughly forty minutes into the movie. As originally planned, the film was a straight-faced crime drama titled The Depraved, inspired by a series of obscene phone calls by which Steckler's ex-wife Carolyn was being harassed. During shooting, Steckler suddenly got the inspiration to make a parody of the camp

Camp (style)

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y Batman

Batman (TV series)

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 television series instead. As a result, in the middle of straight crime drama action, the star of the movie steps into the closet with a previously minor character and they emerge costumed as "Rat Pfink" and "Boo Boo", parodies of Batman

Batman

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 and Robin

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Title

Why the title is Rat Pfink a Boo Boo and not the more logical Rat Pfink and Boo Boo is the subject of speculation. According to legend, Rat Pfink and Boo Boo was indeed the intended title, but when the artist creating the titles made an error and rendered the "and" as "a", Steckler's budget would not stretch to the $50 needed to fix the mistake. According to Steckler, however, the choice of title was deliberate: "The real story is that my little girl, when we were shooting this one fight scene, kept chanting, 'Rat pfink a boo boo, rat pfink a boo boo ....' And that sounded great! But when I tell people the real story, they don't wanna hear it, so you better print the legend."

The film is also known as:

• Rat Fink a Boo Boo - USA (alternative spelling)
• Rat Pfink and Boo Boo - USA (working title)
• The Adventures of Rat Phink and Boo Boo - USA (DVD title)

Plot summary

C.B Beaumont is the girlfriend of rock and roll star Lonnie Lord, and is abducted by the Chain Gang. With his friend, Titus Twimbly, Lord decides to become "Rat Phink" and his friend assumes the pseudonym "Boo Boo". On their Ratcycle, the twosome eventually track down the Chain Gang and rescue his paramour. However, they must then defeat Koga, an escapee gorilla from a local zoo. After that is resolved, a parade is held in honor of the heroes.

Music

Ron Haydock performs four songs for the film: "I Stand Alone", "You Is A Rat Pfink", "Runnin' Wild", and "Go Go Party"

Critical response

Jerry Saravia gave the film one star, saying: "It isn' t that the film is bad as much as it has nothing to offer. At least Steckler's first film, "The Incredible Strange Creatures, etc." had a nervous energy and real style. This film looks to have been made by eight-year-olds in their own backyard! Maybe that was the point but there are funnier bad movies than this one."
A printed media review is located in Freese, Robert. In: Psychoholics Unanimous (San Diego, California, USA), Jerrica Lee, Vol. 63, April 2009, (MG).

Cast

• Carolyn Brandt
  Carolyn Brandt
  Carolyn Brandt is an American actress and dancer. She was the wife of cult film director Ray Dennis Steckler and starred in many of his films, including The Incredibly Strange Creatures Who Stopped Living and Became Mixed-Up Zombies!!?, The Thrill Killers, and Rat Pfink a Boo Boo.-External links:*...
  
   - Cee Bee Beaumont
• Ron Haydock
  Ron Haydock
  Ron Haydock was an American actor, screenwriter, novelist and rock musician.His band, Ron Haydock & the Boppers, was sometimes compared to Elvis Presley...
  
   - Rat Pfink / Lonnie Lord (as Vin Saxon)
• Titus Moede - Boo Boo / Titus Twimbly
• George Caldwell
  George Caldwell
  For the Louisiana contractor, see George A. Caldwell.George Alfred Caldwell was a United States Representative from Kentucky. He was born in Columbia, Kentucky where he attended the common schools...
  
   - Linc
• Mike Kannon - Hammer
• James Bowie - Benjie
• Mary Jo Curtis - Irma La Streetwalker
• Keith A. Wester
  Keith A. Wester
  Keith A. Wester was an American sound engineer. He was nominated for six Academy Awards in the category Best Sound...
  
   - Cowboy (as Dean Danger)
• Romeo Barrymore - Ape trainer
• Berri Lee - Boy #1 on beach
• Rox Anne - Girl on beach
• Alan Neal
  Alan Neal
  Alan Neal is a Canadian journalist and radio personality. After working for seven years as a segment producer, reporter and fill-in host on CBC Radio One, Neal became host of Ontario Today, the network's noon-hour newsmagazine in Ontario, in 2003....
  
   - Boy #2 on beach
• Bob Burns
  Bob Burns
  Bob Burns was an American radio and film comedian during the 1930s and 1940s. Burns, who early in his career was billed as Robert Burns, coined the word bazooka.-Early years:...
  
   - Kogar (as Kogar)
• Larry M. Byrd - Commander Byrdman (uncredited)

External links

• http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059637/miscsites