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"To settle their differences, Slug, Gopher and The Lemon
Grove Kids agree to participate in a cross-country race with the neighborhood
rivals, Killer Krump and The East Lemon Grove Kids. But Duke Mazaratti,
formally a member of Slug's gang and now working for Big Ed Narzak, local
bookie, has plans to make a lot of money on the race. He takes bets on Slug's
gang to win the race while secretly placing his own money on Killer Krump's
group, even though it is Slug's boys who are better athletes of the two
teams. Duke is confident of making a pile of money on the race because he
has hired The Saboteur (who can fix anything) to fix the race against Slug
and The Lemon Grove Kids. It's a riotous race through city, beach and desert
as the Lemon Grovers heroically overcome the many plots hatched against
them by the notorious Sabotuer and race to the finish line, neck in neck
with Killer Krump's Kids." On the cover of this video is a picture of Carolyn Brandt being abducted by a gorrilla; whether she is screaming or laughing is debatable. The three episodes of "The Lemon Grove Kids" on this video are a slapstick farce of complete silliness, intended as low-budget takeoffs of the Bowery Boys. Imagine a tribe of bohemian filmmakers, actors, and actresses, with their children, moving to Middle America Lemon Grove Avenue and making a series of short films in their front yard; the mummy, gorilla, space ship and general wildness doing nothing to endear the group to their new neighbors. Carolyn, in an interview with Boyd Rice, said of this period: "It was another year before they let our kids play with their kids." Watch out Brady Bunch! The first episode is "The Lemon Grove Kids Meet the Green Grasshopper and the Vampire Lady from Outer Space," followed by "The Lemon Grove Kids....Go Hollywood!," and finishing with "The Lemon Grove Kids," a story about neighborhood rivalry. The great thing about these short films is how well they were pulled off, despite budget challenges; the camera angles are good, the scenes are funny, the acting is believable; as Ray Dennis Steckler says, "...when we were making...films, we wanted to do it, we liked doing it, we weren't in it for the money, it was fun." With the "Lemon Grove Kids," this philosophy is abundantly apparent. "The Lemon Grove Kids" are funny, creative, and, well, ZANY! reviewed by Julie Generic |
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