Wastelands Radio Show - Episode 59 - Never Too Young to Die

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WASTELANDS - An Australian B-grade, Punk Rock, Street Trash online radio show hosted by long time partners in slime Adam (085c3n3) Obscene and Mark-O-Mark, pondering punk oddities, b grade movies, and trashy treasures.

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Episode 59

Never Too Young To Die

In this Episode Adam and Mark take on a lostener recommendation. Rik the Caffiend Slinger brought to their attention the kind of movie you just don't see anymore. A truly "so-bad-it's-good" flick that isn’t trying to be bad on purpose Starring John Stamos, Gene Simmons and Vanity . If you ever wondered what Uncle Jesse from Full House did before, all your questions will be answered here. This movie is so “awesome” it will change your life. - from 1986 - Never Too Young to Die (1986)

Never Too Young to Die is a 1986 American action-adventure comedy film directed by Gil Bettman. It stars John Stamos as Lance Stargrove, a young man who, with the help of secret agent Danja Deering (played by singer Vanity, also known as Denise Matthews) must avenge the death of his secret-agent father (George Lazenby) at the hands of evil  Velvet Von Ragnar (Gene Simmons) A top-secret Agent is murdered, so his estranged son, a high school gymnast, teams up with his dad's attractive female partner to stop the psychopathic hermaphroditic gang leader who killed him, and now plans a major terrorist attack.

DIRECTOR 

  • Gil Bettman - Knight Rider (TV Series) (2 episodes) - A Nice, Indecent Little Town (1983) - Forget Me Not (1982)

CAST

  • John Stamos as Lance Stargrove uncle Jesse full house

  • Vanity as Danja Deering Friday the 13th: The Series (TV Series) 1989 / Action Jackson 1988

  • Gene Simmons as Carruthers, Velvet Von Ragnar, KISS

  • Robert Englund as Riley, Fred Krueger

  • George Lazenby as Drew Stargrove, On Her Majesty's Secret Service
    James Bond 1969, /  The Man from Hong Kong Jack Wilton, 1975

  • Peter Kwong as Cliff Big Trouble in Little China Rain (1986) / The Golden Child Tommy Tong (1986) / Gleaming the Cube Bobby Nguyen (1989)

  • John Anderson as Arliss - Psycho California Charlie (1960) /  MacGyver (TV Series) Harry Jackson

FACTOIDS

  • In a retrospective assessment of the film, Stamos has stated: "It's the perfect midnight-movie, where people can come and dress up. It's — what's the term I'm looking for? — the best worst thing you will ever see"

  • The movie was intended as the starting point for a "Son of Bond"-type franchise. It not only flopped at the box-office, but was shunned by its own co-star, Gene Simmons. Years later, when a fan recognized him as "Velvet Von Ragnar", Simmons exclaimed "Don't tell me you SAW that thing!"

  • Velvet Von Ragner's band in the club scene was made up of actual trans performers who gave Gene Simmons pointers on how to play Ragner.

  • The costume Gene Simmons wears for his nightclub act, is actually the same costume that Lynda Carter wore for her 1980 television special ENCORE!, in which she tried to look like a member of the band KISS while singing "I Was Made for Loving You".

  • The intersex angle was a later addition to the script.

  • Whenever a fan compliments Gene Simmons on this movie, he's been known to respond, "You are too kind. I sucked in that movie."

  • John Stamos took gymnastic lessons for his role as Lance Stargrove.

  • Shot in 35 days.

  • Some of the lyrics from Simmons' nightclub act scene would later show up in "Spit," a song from the 1992 Kiss album "Revenge."

  • Gene Simmons had to shave and wax his chest for his role as Velvet Von Ragner.

  • This movie was stuck in obscurity for at least 20 years and VHS copies were very hard to find. In 2017, Shout! Factory bought the rights to it and gave it new life, releasing it on Blu-ray and Prime Video.

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