By Fred Burdsall
Back before the dinosaurs died off (sometime around 1968), a little film called Mad Monster Party made its way to my local theater, and like any kid…I had to see it. So, armed with some cash courtesy of my parents, I marched in and was handed a clip-on button that simply read “The Green Slime Are Coming.” I had no idea what that entailed, but if it’s slimy and green…I’m there. It took an agonizing four weeks but one day the marquee read “Saturday at noon..The Green Slime.” This was it, no turning back: Give me the worst chores you got, mom, cause I’m going to see The Green Slime, and I need money.
That being said, let me tell you all about it.
An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth–cue psychedelic late ’60s rock from Richard Delvy and we are on our way.
Back before the dinosaurs died off (sometime around 1968), a little film called Mad Monster Party made its way to my local theater, and like any kid…I had to see it. So, armed with some cash courtesy of my parents, I marched in and was handed a clip-on button that simply read “The Green Slime Are Coming.” I had no idea what that entailed, but if it’s slimy and green…I’m there. It took an agonizing four weeks but one day the marquee read “Saturday at noon..The Green Slime.” This was it, no turning back: Give me the worst chores you got, mom, cause I’m going to see The Green Slime, and I need money.
That being said, let me tell you all about it.
An asteroid is on a collision course with Earth–cue psychedelic late ’60s rock from Richard Delvy and we are on our way.
- 12/20/2010
- by Movies Unlimited
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
Richard Delvy was drummer and composer for such early surf-rock groups as the Bel-Airs and the Challengers. He also provided the rockin’ theme song for the 1968 cult sci-fi film The Green Slime, starring Robert Horton, Richard Jaeckel, and Luciana Paluzzi. Delvy belted out the unforgettable lyrics “Will you believe it when you’re dead? Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-iime!! Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-iime!! Gree-ee-eenn Slii-ii-ii-ii-ii-iime!!!!.”
Delvy was born Richard Delvecchio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 1942, and moved to Southern California in the late 1950s. He played on several minor surf-rock hits including “Mr. Moto,” and acquired the rights to such hits as “Wipe Out” and “Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)”. He also contributed music for such animated series as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, My Favorite Martian, The Archies, and The Groovy Ghoulies.
Delvy died after a long illness in a West Hills, California, hospital on February 6, 2010, at age 67.
Delvy was born Richard Delvecchio in Bridgeport, Connecticut, on April 20, 1942, and moved to Southern California in the late 1950s. He played on several minor surf-rock hits including “Mr. Moto,” and acquired the rights to such hits as “Wipe Out” and “Chick-a-Boom (Don’t Ya Jes’ Love It)”. He also contributed music for such animated series as Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, My Favorite Martian, The Archies, and The Groovy Ghoulies.
Delvy died after a long illness in a West Hills, California, hospital on February 6, 2010, at age 67.
- 3/24/2010
- by Jesse
- FamousMonsters of Filmland
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