Weird Wednesdays: KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park (1978)

 Metal legends KISS were one of the hottest musical acts in the entire world in 1978. They'd already been immortalized in comic books at Marvel, and, now, they were starring in a TV-movie for NBC & Hanna-Barbera that the band, reportedly, has disowned for decades.

"KISS Meets The Phantom of The Park" sees the band (Paul Stanley, Ace Frehley, Gene Simmons, Peter Criss) come to the aid of a young woman whose boyfriend has disappeared, thanks to the machinations of a demented robotics expert (Anthony Zerbe, ex-Harry O, The Cowboys). Supposedly, actor Michael Bell dubbed over Criss' lines, save for the drummer's solo number, "Beth".

The complete movie is not available on YouTube, but what we do have is an excerpt, in which the band battles their robotic doubles, interrupting a concert.

I can see why the band didn't want anything to do with it in later years.