The 1983 Coneheads TV special is a weird fusion of Rankin/Bass animation (featuring some kind of fun Jack Davis designs) and the comic sensibilities of Dan Aykroyd, Al Franken and other folks from the early days of Saturday Night Live. It's a meld that doesn't quite work, and even the mildest sex or drug jokes seem weirdly out of place in a Rankin/Bass cartoon. But the show does have a certain weird appeal, and if you're fan of early SNL and/or Rankin/Bass, this one is a must see. Nebs! Nebs! (Note that the Amazon link to the left is for the 1993 feature film, not the animated special.)
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"Science fiction plucks from within us our deepest fears and hopes, then shows them to us in rough disguise: the monster and the rocket." - W.H. Auden
Who is he, this one who is called "Greg Stacy"?
Greg Stacy began the MONSTERS AND ROCKETS blog in April of 2009. Prior to that, he was editor of the popular sci-fi/horror news website DARKWOLDS.COM. He has also written for LA WEEKLY, OC WEEKLY, UTNE READER and LOS ANGELES CITYBEAT. He always feels weird writing about himself in the third person.
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