“Lucha Underground” has become a cult hit with wrestling fans, thanks in large part to the elaborate backstage segments that have given the show an otherworldly mythology that has gotten bigger with each season. Skip Chaisson, director of those cutscenes, takes TheWrap behind the scenes with notes on his favorite shots from the El Rey series and what inspired them.
Episode 1: The Opening Fight Scene: “Inspired by an old El Santo comic, this was our first big fight. It established what we were doing with Lucha “real world” fights.
Episode 4: King Cuerno’s introduction: “This was one of the moments where I knew we were on to something. The sun was setting and King walks out to the edge of the roof a la “The Dark Knight” with no fear, a total badass hero come to life.”
Episode 4: Fenix’s introduction: “This was another step we took...
Episode 1: The Opening Fight Scene: “Inspired by an old El Santo comic, this was our first big fight. It established what we were doing with Lucha “real world” fights.
Episode 4: King Cuerno’s introduction: “This was one of the moments where I knew we were on to something. The sun was setting and King walks out to the edge of the roof a la “The Dark Knight” with no fear, a total badass hero come to life.”
Episode 4: Fenix’s introduction: “This was another step we took...
- 11/6/2018
- by Jeremy Fuster
- The Wrap
Auteur Harold 'P.' Warren puts the Pee back in showmanship! After seeing this frightless Texan fright show you'll want to nominate Ed Wood for a posthumous Oscar. It's popular beyond all comprehension. The intrepid disc producers provide great extras, but can't quite make us understand Why it is the Landmark Lemon of all time. "Manos" the Hands of Fate Blu-ray Synapse Special Edition 1966 / Color / 1:33 flat / 74 min. / Street Date October 13, 2015 / 24.95 Starring Tom Neyman, John Reynolds, Diane Adelson, Harold P. Warren, Jackey Neyman, William Bryan Jennings. Cinematography attempted by Robert Guidry Film randomly assembled by Ernie Smith, James Sullivan This original Music is, ah, really original! Russ Huddleston, Robert Smith Jr. Evidence confirms that "Manos" was Produced Written and Directed by Harold P. Warren
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Ah joy! Finally -- a movie that invites all the cheap-shot insults that Savant must normally stifle. What follows is all in good fun.
Reviewed by Glenn Erickson
Ah joy! Finally -- a movie that invites all the cheap-shot insults that Savant must normally stifle. What follows is all in good fun.
- 4/2/2016
- by Glenn Erickson
- Trailers from Hell
Showman car salesman Cal Worthington has died at age 92. Cal Worthington, the Oklahoma native whose selling skills and showman flair built one of the most successful car dealerships in the USA, died this past Sunday while watching football at his home on the Big W Ranch near Orland, Calif., said Brady McLeod of the Miles Law Firm in Sacramento, which represented Worthington. Worthington was fearless in his sales pitches for TV, whether he wrestled a tiger, or was seen flying upside down on an airplane wing or riding a killer whale. His empire of billions of dollars was generated from dealerships from Southern California to Alaska. At his peak he had 29 of them, from Reno,...
- 9/10/2013
- by April Neale
- Monsters and Critics
He said he would eat a bug to get you to buy a car. He promised that he would even stand upon his head until his ears were turning red if you would just, "Go see Cal." Whether Cal Worthington actually did those things is uncertain. But one thing is not: In car-obsessed Southern California in the 1950s, where automobile pitchmen would slam vehicle hoods, kick tires, scream into television cameras, adding that they were crazy to make a deal, Worthington stood taller and lasted longer than any of them. Worthington, who died Sunday at age 92 and is survived by six children and nine grandchildren,...
- 9/10/2013
- by Associated Press
- PEOPLE.com
Cal Worthington, the TV pitchman who promoted his car dealership with creative ads featuring his "dog spot," has died at 92 years old. Worthington died Sunday (September 8), while watching football at his home in Central California.
Worthington's "Go See Cal" commercials gained him fame in states where they ran, as he played with wild animals, which he always called his "dog Spot." According to the La Times, the idea was actually meant to mock his early competitors, who would appears in commercials with dogs. The ads ran from the 1960s to the 1990.
Check out five of the best "Go See Cal" ads below:...
Worthington's "Go See Cal" commercials gained him fame in states where they ran, as he played with wild animals, which he always called his "dog Spot." According to the La Times, the idea was actually meant to mock his early competitors, who would appears in commercials with dogs. The ads ran from the 1960s to the 1990.
Check out five of the best "Go See Cal" ads below:...
- 9/10/2013
- by editorial@zap2it.com
- Pop2it
Cal Worthington, whose attention-grabbing TV ads made him a household name among many Southern California natives and helped establish an auto-dealership empire that ran from Long Beach, Calif., to Alaska, died on Sunday, the Los Angeles Times reports. He was 92. Attorney Brady McLeod, whose firm represented Worthington, said that the car tycoon died while watching football at his home near Orland, Calif. Also read: Hollywood’s Notable Deaths of 2013 Worthington, an Oklahoma native, bought a car dealership in Huntington Park, Calif., but he became an enduring presence in people’s living rooms starting in the 1970s with his theatrical ads for his.
- 9/9/2013
- by Tim Kenneally
- The Wrap
No one in La could watch off-hours local TV without seeing Cal Worthington‘s ads for his car dealerships. The man who saturated local airwaves for decades accompanied by his “dog” Spot — maybe a gorilla, tiger, skunk or elephant but never a canine — died Sunday at his ranch near Chico, CA. He was 92. His ads were a boon for local TV stations, especially during the medium’s early days. Worthington, a World War II Army Air Corp veteran who came to California from Texas in the late ’40s, combined his cowboy hat and homespun manner with songs featuring banjo music, “Go See Cal” choruses and promises that he’d stand on his head or eat a bug to make a deal. Check out this compilation of classic moments:...
- 9/9/2013
- by THE DEADLINE TEAM
- Deadline TV
Cal Worthington -- the legendary car dealer who became famous for his "Go see Cal" TV commercials has gone on to that great used car lot in the sky, TMZ has learned. Worthington -- who had dealerships in Long Beach, CA, Anchorage, Alaska, Phoenix, Houston, Sacramento and other cities -- died Sunday at his ranch in California. According to his family, Worthington passed away while watching Sunday football. The family didn't say what caused his death.
- 9/9/2013
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Occasionally I come across a bit of casting news that leaves me scratching my head in just how odd it sounds. Sometimes it’s the casting choice that makes me befuddled, but every now and then an announcement is vague in just the right way as to make the character description seem suspect. Today we have some casting news for Two and a Half Men that will bring Men of a Certain Age actor Scott Bakula into the love life of Jake. If that brief statement doesn’t raise eyebrows then you have a cleaner mind than I do and we still have more to reveal about his character.
According to TVLine, Bakula will be guest starring as Jerry, a Cal Worthington-like auto dealership tycoon who manages to involve himself in Jake’s love life in a surprising way. That’s all the clues we are given to try...
According to TVLine, Bakula will be guest starring as Jerry, a Cal Worthington-like auto dealership tycoon who manages to involve himself in Jake’s love life in a surprising way. That’s all the clues we are given to try...
- 3/5/2013
- by Brody Gibson
- Boomtron
TV’s erstwhile Quantum Leaper is about to jump into the middle of a Two and a Half Men romance.
TVLine has learned that Scott Bakula will guest-star on the long-running CBS comedy as Jerry, a Cal Worthington-like auto dealership tycoon who gets dropped into “half-man” Jake’s ever-evolving love life in a surprising way.
Bakula’s episode is set to air Thursday, April 4.
After TNT’s Men of a Certain Age wrapped, Bakula has appeared on Desperate Housewives and a November 2012 episode of Law & Order: Svu. His prior TV credits include Chuck, The New Adventures of Old Christine and,...
TVLine has learned that Scott Bakula will guest-star on the long-running CBS comedy as Jerry, a Cal Worthington-like auto dealership tycoon who gets dropped into “half-man” Jake’s ever-evolving love life in a surprising way.
Bakula’s episode is set to air Thursday, April 4.
After TNT’s Men of a Certain Age wrapped, Bakula has appeared on Desperate Housewives and a November 2012 episode of Law & Order: Svu. His prior TV credits include Chuck, The New Adventures of Old Christine and,...
- 3/4/2013
- by Matt Webb Mitovich
- TVLine.com
Cal Worthington -- the greatest car salesman of all time -- believes his 42-year-old wife Anna is gunning for his fortune ... so he Banished her from his mansion and Repo'd her Bentley. The 91-year-old Legend has filed new docs in his divorce ... claiming the woman he married in April turned out to be a lemon ... but he signed a pre-nup so she wouldn't get jack squat. Cal claims he's only obligated to fork over $4k...
- 1/8/2012
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal ... unless your Cal Worthington's wife, who doesn't want to see him anymore because she just filed for divorce.Anna Worthington cites irreconcilable differences in her divorce petition. She married the car dealer -- famous for his commercials which feature all sorts of farm and other animals, including his dog Spot -- in April.Even though they were only married for months, the 40(ish)-year-old Anna...
- 12/29/2011
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
The scene at Friday night’s Lotus launch suggested that in an alternate universe, the Baldwin brothers could have been automotive dynasty like Cal Worthington instead of a dramatic band of brothers. On Friday, Alec, Billy, Daniel, Stephen (and even Stephen’s daughter Alaia) gathered at a private residence for the launch event of five new Lotus sports cars. The luxury Brit brand donated an “Evora” to the family’s foundation to support mother Carol M. Baldwin Breast Cancer Research Fund, while showing off the new wheels ahead of this week’s L.A .Auto Show. Those...
- 11/17/2010
- The Wrap
He's the greatest car salesman of all time -- and at 89 years old, the legendary Cal Worthington seems to have traded in his famous dog "Spot" for a pair of Icelandic babes! Cal -- who's reportedly still worth hundreds of millions of dollars -- took his female friends to Mastro's in Beverly Hills over the weekend, and on the way out ... they all sang Cal's super-awesome theme song together ... in Icelandic!!! For those unfamiliar with...
- 6/7/2010
- by TMZ Staff
- TMZ
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