Weird Wednesday: UP YOUR TEDDY BEAR

Rated R; 89min; Director:Don Joslyn (1970)  

Location: Alamo Downtown

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UP YOUR TEDDY BEAR
JULY 29, MIDNIGHT, $1, DIR. DON JOSLYN, 1970, 35MM, 89 MIN, R

You want weird? Try this one on for size, tough guy. Wally Cox, who provided Underdog's voice in the '60s cartoon series, stars as a mild mannered clerk who has a genius for making toys. Julie 'Catwoman' Newmar plays 'Mother', the head of a huge toy conglomerate, who wants to hire Wally. He refuses because the slinky Miss Newmar reminds him so much of his own mother (no wonder he's got problems). So she orders her assistant Skippy, played by 350- pound Victor Buono, to break down his resistance by providing him with an endless succession of prostitutes. That would be unsavory enough even without Wally's kinky infantile dream sequences featuring Newmar as his mother. Or (Oh no!) elephantine Victor Buono in drag. Some comedies just push everything too far - this is definitely one of those movies. It's full of big, cartoon-influenced, surreal comedy sequences that sometimes work and sometimes fall flat. But it's always manic and interesting. (Lars)

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