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Date/Time: 
Sunday, June 13, 2010 - 10:00pm - 11:59pm
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Zzang!

Have you been to Alamo's latest film series, Zzang!, which focuses on "80s Insanity Unleashed"? Alamo programmer Zack Carlson is hosting these films. Let's hear what he has to say about this month's selection, the 1982 Scott Baio comedy Zapped!:

"Truly the most zzangin' scifi boner comedy of the '80s!!! Some would say ZAPPED! is simply the story of a high school chemist who gains the power to unhook bras with his brain. BUT!...they'd be neglecting to mention that it's a NUCLEAR DETONATION OF PURE ENTERTAINMENT!

"That winning combination of Scott Baio and Willie Aames first found its footing in this unjustly disregarded send-up of Brian DePalma's CARRIE. Baio plays Barney, a junior genius who inadvertently creates a serum that allows him to perform any act he wishes. His newfound skills result in ripped blouses, flying ventriloquist dummies and more ripped blouses. Later, two bullies are given a mind-powered liftoff midway through a mooning, causing them to float through the air with their bare asses aimed at heaven. But the film's most inspired moment comes courtesy of the great Scatman Crothers as the gym coach. After accidentally inhaling some chemically engineered SuperMarijuana, he hallucinates that he's riding a bicycle with Albert Einstein. Suddenly, the Scatman's wife appears on a Roman chariot, firing at them with a bazooka full of salami.

"If this doesn't sound like fun to you, get the hell off my planet!! ZZANG!!!"