The film, which starred a punked up Lea Thompson and the voice of Broadway actor Chip Zien (better remembered as the Baker in the original cast of Into the Woods), has so many head-scratcher moments, but nothing tops the grand finale Howard the Duck musical number...
What could possibly go head to head with this unredeemable kitsch? It would be tempting to throw up a clip of the 60s Batman television show, particularly one with a deliciously camp guest star like Liberace or Ethel Merman. But since part of my mission here is to share some of my private Camp obsessions, I feel obligated instead to share a scene from It's a Bird, It's a Plane, It's Superman, the musical based on the Man of Steel, from the songwriters who brought you Bye, Bye, Birdie. The show, which ran on Broadway for a few months in 1966, is nowadays remembered as a pretty entertaining campfest that unfortunately just missed the moment when campiness was in for superheroes.
For reasons that just don't make any sense to me, the show was resurrected as a late night television movie in 1975, done on an incredibly low budget with horribly "updated" orchestrations. I haven't seen the whole broadcast (although it's on my list for a future trip to the Paley Center), but what I have seen is mostly disappointing because it sucks a lot of the fun out of the songs. (The original cast album of the Broadway production is a lot of fun.)
Anyway, I couldn't find this number in its entirety on YouTube, but I think the clip of David Wilson singing "Pow! Bam! Zonk!" gives you enough of a taste of the show...
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