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Chris Piuma and Charlotte Wells (and Adam Clarke and Beth Martin)
136. What Do They Do in Florida? [MST3K 207. Wild Rebels.]
59 minutes Posted Jul 14, 2023 at 3:00 pm.
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Wild Rebels are crunchy and punchy, but Chris and Charlotte are in to talk

about symbols that were popular in Germany in the late 30s/early 40s, Florida
film scenes, sad boy singers, pretty boy bikers, and driving around Florida
for kicks.

Show Notes.

Wild Rebels: MST3K

Wiki.
IMDb.
Trailer.

See you at MST3Kon!

Welcome, Waystar Corncob!

The critic Chris mentions is Peter Stanfield in his book Hoodlum Movies:

Seriality and the Outlaw Biker Film Cycle,
1966-1972
, which was useful reading for these
episodes.

Wikipedia has pretty informative articles about the history of the

swastika and using it for shock
value
, and about one-percenters.

An article on bikers and this kind of

iconography, and another on why punks used
it
.

The Santa Claus scene.

She-Man.

The Naked Zoo.

A recent interview with director William

Grefé.

Steve Alaimo: Every Day I Have To

Cry.

The Wham! documentary.

Joan Didion on bike

movies.

The Wild One.

The late Kenneth Anger’s Scorpio

Rising.

Why the Hell’s Angels Make Out with Fellow Male

Bikers.

The Wild Angels.

Easy Rider.

Obligatory link to Todd in the Shadows on Toni

Basil.

An interview with Channel J’s

Tracey.

Genesis:

Abacab.

The Birdwatchers: I’m Gonna Love You

Anyway.

Shane Fenton & the Fentones: Cindy’s

Birthday.

Alvin Stardust: My Coo Ca Choo.

The Spahn Ranch and its filmography.

New Christy Minstrels: Green,

Green.

Up with People at the

Superbowl.

Museo della Merda.

Scenic A1A.

The interactive

map.

The Jupiter Inlet

Lighthouse (is not our lighthouse).

The Cape Florida Light in

Key Biscayne (is our lighthouse). An older
photo.

Follow Chris on Bluesky.

Support us on Patreon and listen to

superfan bonus bits!