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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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 15^th 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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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.

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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