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The Carrie Nations

Carrie Nations The
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls may be the ultimate early 70’s guilty pleasure film because as much as it was god awful, you couldn’t turn away. The focal point of the film was the band, “The Carrie Nations”, whose music was as bleak as it was bad, but again, you couldn’t help but watch. Whether or not this makes them a serious contender is in doubt, but nostalgia is on their side.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Beyond the Valley of the Dolls (1970)

Actors:
Dolly Read (Kelly Macnamara)
Cynthia Myers (Casey Anderson)
Marcia McBroom (Petronella Danforth)

Songs you might remember:
Come With the Gentle People
Look on Up at the Bottom
Sweet Talkin Candy Man
Find It!

Why you should vote for them:
Their music was featured, and the band was the main part of the film.

Why you should not vote for them:
They were terrible.

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Captain Cloud and the Rainbow Telegraph

Captain Cloud and the Rainbow Telegraph
From the early 80’s cult film, “Get Crazy” we have a series of bands who played at the fictitious Saturn Theatre (modeled after the famous Filmore East) for their 15th New Year’s Eve Show. The first act to appear in the movie was Captain Cloud, played by Howard Kaylan of the Turtles. As you might have guessed from his name, the good Captain was still immersed in the late 60’s hippie culture, but as he was a personal favorite of the Saturn’s promoter, Max Wolfe, he was a part of the show and was allowed to ring in the New Year with Auld Lang Syne.




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Get Crazy (1983)

Actor:
Howard Kaylan

Songs you might remember:
Auld Lang Syne

Why you should vote for them:
It was one of those so cheesy it was good moments.

Why you should not vote for them:
Musically, he was stuck in a time warp.

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Captain Bart and the Tequila Mockingbirds

Captain Bart and the Tequila Mockingbirds
In a fun look at a possible future for the Simpsons children, we see Lisa as the President of the United States, with older brother Bart as the lead of a Jimmy Buffett cover band; though they never actually directly covered Buffet to avoid paying the Margaritaville legend any royalties, so they played “Wastin’ Once More Again in Daiquiritaville”. They didn’t go far, which is surprising considering the immortal Ralph Wiggum was on tambourine.
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Candy Slice and the Slicers

Candy Slice and the Slicers
Her inability to find the right movie role and her premature death rendered Gilda Radner one of the most underrated talents of her day. On Saturday Night Live, Radner gave us a Patti Smith parody, where she played Candy Slice. It was as brilliant as anything else she had ever done, and she took the character to her own live comedy album in 1979. Much like Smith herself, this is almost a cult character among early SNL fans.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Saturday Night Live (1978-79)

Actor:
Gilda Radner

Songs you might remember:
If You Look Close
Gimme Mick

Why you should vote for her:
Gilda deserves a bit of love here; it was a great parody.

Why you should not vote for her:
So much of what Radner has done has been sadly forgotten; and this is probably not among her top five characters.

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Cancer Boy

Cancer Boy
A controversial character from the Kids in the Hall film, Brain Candy, Cancer Boy was just what he sounded like: a young boy with Cancer. Played by Bruce McCullough, the character straddled the line between parody and poor taste and apparently caused Paramount (who was distributing the film) to not get behind the film. Cancer Boy may have been memorable, but was it for the right reason?




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
Brain Candy (1996)

Actor:
Bruce McCullough

Songs you might remember:
Whistle When You’re Low

Why you should vote for him:
Chances are you never forgot the character.

Why you should not vote for him:
It was not much of a Rock and Roll character, and again many found it in poor taste.

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The California Raisins

California Raisins The
Sometimes, you never know what will become a hit. In the late 1980’s the California Raisin Advisory Board created a hit commercial of anthropomorphic raisins that sang old Rhythm & Blues. Actually, it was a phenomenon, which spawned a TV show, merchandise and even a video game. Who knew that a cover “Heard it Through the Grapevine” could do so well?




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Meet the Raisins! (1989)

Actors:
Singing Voice: Buddy Miles

Songs you might remember:
Heard it Through the Grapevine

Why you should vote for them:
This was a very successful advertising campaign

Why you should not vote for them:
How about because they are raisins!

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California Dreams

California Dreams
We are a little shaky with the details on this one. We admittedly watched Saved by the Bell, but we never watched an entire episode of its musically inspired doppelganger, California Dreams. We do know that is lasted five years showing that somebody watched but as far as we can tell it did not generate any significant music that anyone seems to remember. We bet the Zack Attack gets more votes than this!  




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
California Dreams (1992-96)

Actors:
Brent Gore (Matt Garrison, Guitar)
Kelly Packard (Tiffani Smith, Bass)
William James Jones (Tony Wicks, Drummer)
Heidi Noelle Lenhart (Jenny Garrison, Keyboards)
Jay Anthony Franke (Jake Sommers, Guitar)
Jennie Kwan (Samantha Woo, Singer)
Aaron Jackson (Keyboards)

Songs you might remember:
We don’t remember any.

Why you should vote for them:
If this lasted five years, somebody must have watched this!

Why you should not vote for them:
We are not sure we have ever met anyone who has.

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Caleb Bryant

Caleb Bryant
Whether or not the world forgets about Chris Brown and his attack on Rihanna (and they won’t), the Law & Order universe cashed in with “Caleb Bryant” whose alliteration to the R&B superstar was not an accident. The difference in this NBC show is that Rihanna knockoff was beaten to death, but SVU was never known to do anything half assed.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (2013)

Actor:
Eugene Jones III

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for him:
Only if you think Chris Brown was right.

Why you should not vote for him:
It was only one episode that was “ripped from the headlines”.

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Caitlin Davies

Caitlin Davies
For our money, one of the most underrated hotties of the 1980’s was Sheena Easton. She looked innocent, but could appear slutty, had a sexy Scottish accent and had an amazing singing voice. On Miami Vice, Easton married Sonny Crockett (Don Johnson) and rather than go into the nonsensical plot, we will state that we loved her role as Caitlin Davies, the successful Pop Singer with a tragic ending.




The Bullet Points:
TV Show Appeared:
Miami Vice (1987-88)

Actor:
Sheena Easton

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for her:
We maintain that we made our case for Davies.

Why you should not vote for her:
We admit, it is a horrible case.

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Caesare

Caesare
A forgotten 1980 film, The Idolmaker follows a busboy’s rise to stardom (Pater Gallagher) under the guidance of a man who wrote the songs, taught him the moves and controlled every facet of his life. It was not exactly a great film, but Gallagher showed how he played the “perfect male” years before anyone really knew who he was. Admittedly, it is a bit of nostalgia that put him on this ballot.  




The Bullet Points:
Movie Appeared:
The Idolmaker (1980)

Actor:
Peter Gallagher

Songs you might remember:
None

Why you should vote for him:
Beyond being a Peter Gallagher fan, we can’t think of a good one.

Why you should not vote for him:
This film did not even reach cult status.

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