tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post8758622994793424294..comments2024-03-24T14:03:33.932-07:00Comments on Every 70s Movie: Joe Panther (1976)By Peter Hansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11385971732301020652noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-11725182750318303732018-02-24T06:19:55.313-08:002018-02-24T06:19:55.313-08:00For some unimaginable reason, this was re-released...For some unimaginable reason, this was re-released in 1979 or 1980 with the most misleading ad campaign imaginable: it was re-titled "Joe Panther vs. the Swamp Monster"--or, to reflect the sizes of the type, "joe panther vs. THE SWAMP MONSTER"--and an illustration in a mock-Frazetta style depicted a mighty-muscled warrior against a sort of alligator man. You have to assume that the people drawn in by this were a tad disappointed by the actual film.<br /><br />Some trivia for you: A "Joe Panther" newspaper comic strip, based on the same novel as the film, was pitched in the early '60s, but it failed to sell.Ogmont Fulcrumhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15568028292439305989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-53262655863894983582018-02-11T14:21:34.761-08:002018-02-11T14:21:34.761-08:00I love these picks of yours lately. we're goin...I love these picks of yours lately. we're going way out past the outer limits ha. Thanks as always, for another one I never heard of and looks like worth taking a look at. On my way to hunt down the "panther." Tommy Rosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02150131602787950689noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8823340817818385797.post-73333617178616571712018-02-11T13:19:56.333-08:002018-02-11T13:19:56.333-08:00Montalban played another badly-wigged First Nation...Montalban played another badly-wigged First Nations person in the Euro-western 'The Deserter'.<br />Someone should re-release this and get some of that 'Black Panther' action.Guy Callawayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02237807931893298891noreply@blogger.com