Rat Pfink a Boo Boo
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| Rat Pfink a Boo Boo | |
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| Directed by | Ray Dennis Steckler |
| Produced by | Ray Dennis Steckler |
| Written by | Ray Dennis Steckler (story) Ron Haydock (screenplay) |
| Starring | Carolyn Brandt Ron Haydock Titus Moede George Caldwell Mike Kannon James Bowie |
| Music by | André Brummer |
| Cinematography | Ray Dennis Steckler |
| Editing by | Keith A. Wester |
| Distributed by | Craddock Films |
| Release date(s) | September 1966 (USA) |
| Running time | 72 min. |
| Country |  United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | Unknown |
| Gross revenue | Unknown |
Rat Pfink a Boo Boo is a 1966 film directed by Ray Dennis Steckler and starring Carolyn Brandt.
Perhaps the most striking feature of the film -- beyond the low production values -- is a sudden switch in tone and plot that comes roughly forty minutes into the movie. As originally planned, the film was a straight-faced crime drama titled The Depraved, inspired by a series of obscene phone calls by which Steckler's ex-wife Carolyn was being harassed. During shooting, Steckler suddenly got the inspiration to make a parody of the campy Batman television series instead. As a result, in the middle of straight crime drama action, the star of the movie steps into the closet with a previously minor character and they emerge costumed as "Rat Pfink" and "Boo Boo", parodies of Batman and Robin.[1]
Why the title is Rat Pfink a Boo Boo and not the more logical Rat Pfink and Boo Boo is the subject of speculation. According to legend, Rat Pfink and Boo Boo was indeed the intended title, but when the artist creating the titles made an error and rendered the "and" as "a", Steckler's budget would not stretch to the $50 needed to fix the mistake. According to Steckler, however, the choice of title was deliberate: "The real story is that my little girl, when we were shooting this one fight scene, kept chanting, 'Rat pfink a boo boo, rat pfink a boo boo ....' And that sounded great! But when I tell people the real story, they don't wanna hear it, so you better print the legend." [1]
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- Rat Pfink: Remember Boo Boo, we only have one weakness...
- Boo Boo: What's that, Rat Pfink?
- Rat Pfink: Bull-ets.
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- ^ a b Baker, Chris. "Spooky Kooky: Ray Dennis Steckler chews the fat about low-low-low-budget moviemaking", Oakland's Urbanview, Metro Publishing, February 6-12, 2002. Retrieved on 2006-08-23.
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