Rat Pfink a Boo Boo

Rat Pfink a Boo Boo

Infobox Film
name = Rat Pfink a Boo Boo


image_size =
caption = Series poster
director = Ray Dennis Steckler
producer = Ray Dennis Steckler
writer = Ray Dennis Steckler (story)
Ron Haydock (screenplay)
narrator =
starring = Carolyn Brandt
Ron Haydock
Titus Moede
George Caldwell
Mike Kannon
James Bowie
music = André Brummer
cinematography = Ray Dennis Steckler
editing = Keith A. Wester
distributor = Craddock Films
released = September 1966 (USA)
runtime = 72 min.
country = USA
language = English
budget = Unknown
gross = Unknown
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"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.cite news |first = Chris |last = Baker |title = Spooky Kooky: Ray Dennis Steckler chews the fat about low-low-low-budget moviemaking |url = http://www.metroactive.com/urbanview/02.06.02/spooky-0206.html |work = Oakland's Urbanview |publisher = Metro Publishing |date = February 6-12, 2002 |accessdate = 2006-08-23 ]

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."

Quote

: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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External links

*imdb title|id=0059637|title=Rat Pfink a Boo Boo


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