He and his Stan Against Evil co-star Janet Varney have been acting in live staged reads with a revolving cast of eager comic actors for over three years. The SF Sketchfest presentation was adapted for the stage and virtual stage by former The Simpsons writer, and self-proclaimed Ed Wood superfan, Dana Gould. “This isn’t ‘Plans One Through Eight from Outer Space,’” Jerry Seinfeld proclaimed at the Chinese restaurant in a 1991 episode of Seinfeld. But top prize in the Golden Turkey awards carries its own prestige. You can always count on a showing of The Treasure of Sierra Madre or The Public Enemy, or Citizen Kane. Turner Classic Movies is the go-to channel for prestigious films.
The Cult of Plan 9 began when Ed Wood was posthumously awarded a Golden Turkey Award for Worst Director of All Time in 1980. in 1959, it was a little-known independent film with a direct line through directors who carried on the DIY-filmmaking spirit like John Cassavetes, Melvin Van Peebles and John Waters. But it took a while to get the joke about Plan 9 from Outer Space. We once laughed at the horseless carriage, the aero-plane, the telephone, the electric light, vitamins, radio, and even television. This is one of the many amazing things we learn in TCM’s upcoming table read of Ed Wood’s masterwork, Plan 9 from Outer Space. If you’ve never seen a flying saucer, that is proof they are everywhere. Sometimes they make noise, sometimes they are silent.
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