''The Wild Weird World of Dr. Goldfoot'' was a 30-minute TV special which was a sequel to ''
Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine'' (1965).
It aired on
ABC as an episode of ''
Shindig!'' in November 1965.
Plot
Dr. Goldfoot and his assistant Hugo send their robot woman Diane to entrap Malcolm Andrews, who contains all the knowledge of the world in his head. Diane sets out to seduce Andrews but is stopped by government agent 001/2 of Security Intelligence Command (SIC). Diane and the agent begin a romance, and Goldfoot and Hugo capture Andrews.
Diane brings the agent to Goldfoot's lair where Goldfoot intends to kill him. However Diane turns against Goldfoot and overpowers him. There is a floorshow.
Cast
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Vincent Price as Dr. Goldfoot
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Tommy Kirk as Malcolm Andrews
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Susan Hart
Susan Hart (born June 2, 1941) is an American actress, and the widow of American International Pictures (AIP) co-founder James H. Nicholson.
Early years
Before she became an actress, Hart worked for a telephone company in Palm Springs, managed ...
as Diane
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Aron Kincaid
Aron Kincaid (born Norman Neale Williams II; June 15, 1940 – January 6, 2011) was an American actor, known for voicing Killer Croc on '' Batman: The Animated Series'' and Sky Lynx on '' The Transformers''. He also voiced characters for ''T ...
as Agent 00½
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Harvey Lembeck as Hugo
* Patti Chandler
* Mary Hughes
* Sally Sachse
* Luree Holmes
* Sue Hamilton
* Ed Garner
Production
According to
Susan Hart
Susan Hart (born June 2, 1941) is an American actress, and the widow of American International Pictures (AIP) co-founder James H. Nicholson.
Early years
Before she became an actress, Hart worked for a telephone company in Palm Springs, managed ...
, the film was the idea of Ruth Pologe, head of AIP publicity in the New York office, who arranged with ABC to do a special relating to the picture.
[Tom Weaver, "Susan Hart", ''Double Feature Creature Attack: A Monster Merger of Two More Volumes of Classic Interviews'', McFarland, 2003 p 134] Jack Baker did the choreography.
Songs
Guy Hemric and
Jerry Styner wrote the music and lyrics for the songs with
Les Baxter as musical director. There are three main songs:
* "Dr Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" – sung over the opening credits.
* "It Works" – a number sung by Hugo (Harvey Lembeck), explaining the machine.
* "What's a Boy Supposed to Do?" – a love duet between Susan Hart and Aron Kincaid.
* "Among the Young" – an instrumental number performed while Goldfoot's robots do a dance.
References
External links
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1965 television specials
1960s American television specials
American Broadcasting Company television specials
American International Pictures films
1965 films
1960s English-language films
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