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March 20, 2018: Mad Max Special Pt. 1: PAUL JOHNSTONE (Cundalini of Mad Max)
Paul Johnstone who portrayed Cundalini in George Miller's "Mad Max" joins Devon to discuss his experiences as the mustachioed, Lolita heart-shaped glasses-wearing biker in Toecutter's menacing motorcycle gang in the 1979 Australian dystopic action film which kicked off the franchise. Paul got his start in musical theater in Australia's first productions of "Jesus Christ Superstar" and "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" in the 1970s and continued on as a touring/session drummer and vocalist for Australia bands such as The Models, Straw Dogs and The Dexters, working today as an in-demand voice actor. Devon will debut the once thought lost George Miller-rejected "End Credits" that Paul recorded for the film with Stewart D'Arrietta, David Cafe and George's brother Bill Miller. "That there is Cundalini...and Cundalini wants his hand back!"
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Listener comments! | |
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![]() Let's have a great big hand for Cundalini! |
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![]() good evening & happy post-marathon Mr. Levins! so glad to return to Morricone island! |
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![]() i thought MoMC was over :) |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:04pm
Pickle Rick:
This is FMU, MoMC is NEVER over! | |
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![]() -- good point |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:07pm
dale:
i never saw mad max until 2010ish and it seemed kind of hokey to me the. good yes, but still hokey. |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:07pm
David in London:
Ah, back on Morricone Island. It’s going nicely with this cold martini. | |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:09pm
dale:
ha ha - that gif is in time with the beat of the music! |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:10pm
Pickle Rick:
Love this Brian May score. Here's another golden oldie from Brian (no sarcasm meant): https://youtu.be/Z7GFU5ncKhU | |
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![]() amazing voice. i'd love wading in it. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:15pm
Aitch:
This is a pleasant surprise for a Sydney listener. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:15pm
dale:
just like easy rider's diner scene. |
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![]() the loathing? straight from any biker film. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:16pm
Prettyfluffy:
Great interview so far |
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![]() good storyteller = good interview. |
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![]() so weird to have only recently heard the original dialog to Mad Max, after watching the US cut VHS tape non-stop from high school on. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:17pm
Aitch:
People should have a look at the movie Stone as well, would be obscure in USA. www.imdb.com... |
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![]() never heard a New Zealand native speak of it with anything but sincere love. must be quite a place. |
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![]() @Aitch ~ looks like a fun film. like it? |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:21pm
dale:
linda - yes, great person to just sit and listen to and ignore everything else around you. |
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![]() agree agree! |
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![]() wish we had real pubs |
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![]() my gosh Gary Glitter as Frank N Furter! lovely! |
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![]() this is a wonderful interview. |
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![]() got to see Mad Max again now. it's been 40 years! |
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![]() i'd love hearing this man sing. |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:28pm
David in London:
I’ve avoided Mel Gibson’s films of late due to his rather unpleasant views on a number of topics, but I’m really wanting to see Mad Max again now. | |
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![]() screw him, really. if it's enjoyable work, let's see it! |
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![]() Thanks All for swimming back to Morricone Island post marathon. And special thanks, of course, to all who pledged to Morricone Island specifically!! We couldn't do it without you! |
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![]() I don't even know if you can get that badly dubbed US version if you wanted to now. Curiously, one of my local broadcast TV channels played Mad Max a few years ago and it would cut back and forth between the dubbed version and the original version, I think in order to censor something not suitable for regular TV? I am not sure. |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:31pm
David in London:
@Linda Lee. Yeah, I generally don’t worry too much about such things, but I find him so repulsive now that I just steered clear. But you’re right, time to just do it. | |
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![]() I like the first two Max films, but by Thunderdome, Mel's ego seemed really swollen and he looked extra ridiculous in that wig. |
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![]() i've been steering clear since Braveheart ~ mainly because his films haven't interested me, but also because he's a repulsive person. |
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![]() know what you mean, @LL |
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![]() "things changed": mel's anti-semitic meltdown. |
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![]() wasn't a real fan to start with ~ and then "things changed" :-D |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:36pm
David in London:
Yeah, his filmography has provided pretty slim pickings of late, it’s true. I appreciated the nuttiness of Apocalypto though. | |
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![]() Apocawhat? |
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![]() :) |
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![]() Fury Road works if you imagine 'Max' is actually The Feral Kid all grown up. |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:38pm
Sugartits:
Oh, Mel's not so bad. | |
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![]() .. but he's no Celine! :-D |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:38pm
David in London:
His Aztec era directorial effort. | |
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![]() MAN I would have loved to see that Cundalini/Johnny teamup. |
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![]() i think what -really- turned me off was his "Flailing of the Christ" and the sick following it attracted |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:41pm
dale:
i liked apocolypto. not historically accurate perhaps but good adventure. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:42pm
dale:
last time i saw it was on a telemundo type station - it didn't really matter, there's so little dialog. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:42pm
Fox:
Dale and David: THANK YOU. I thought Apocalypto was a really great movie and nobody has ever agreed with me. |
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![]() that's enough for me, Fox. i'll check it out. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:43pm
Fox:
Man, Devon! You have such great interviews! |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:44pm
David in London:
@Michael. Yeah, that was really unwholesome. And that ludicrously pretentious second ‘the’... | |
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![]() i don't remember even noticing this luscious music ~ hmm |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:45pm
Aitch:
Apocalypto is a good movie. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:45pm
dale:
yes - total adrenaline from the beginning. |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:46pm
Fox:
I think Apocalypto suffered in the box office basically because nobody wanted to like the film directed by jewish slur ranting and "Passion of the Christ" era Mel. |
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![]() gee ya think |
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![]() that's called 'box office poison' .. |
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![]() I thought Apocalypto was fundamentally terrible. |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:48pm
Listener Robert:
These were submitted as end credits for "The Road Warrior"? Or for the 2nd movie? | |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:48pm
David in London:
Fox, the ‘twist’ ending was really effective I thought. | |
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![]() End Credits for the 1979 original coming up now |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:49pm
egould310:
Great show, mate! Good on ya! | |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:49pm
dale:
david - agreed. loved that bit at the end. |
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![]() I got to see Mad Max for the first time by riding into a drive-in in the trunk of my older brother's car. The ultimate drive-in flick. |
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![]() wow is that New Wave or what! |
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![]() Wow! |
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Tue. 3/20/18 7:51pm
dale:
linda - i'm pogoing as we speak. |
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![]() That's Paul on the refrain!! |
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![]() hahaha!! |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:52pm
Listener Robert:
I get mixed up as to the titles of the series. Your host was right. This would not have been the best choice. Uh, by far! | |
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![]() pretty great |
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![]() you wanted to here him sing, Linda! |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:52pm
David in London:
Bit of a spirit of The Ramones creeping in there perhaps. | |
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![]() loved it. :-D |
Tue. 3/20/18 7:53pm
Listener Robert:
It would've been a good selection for a teaser/trailer for the movie, though! | |
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![]() This is a musical theater production in which Paul sang backups and played drums and production on |
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![]() what was the show? don't recognize it at all ~ |
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![]() that sound! like The Apple! |
Wed. 1/2/19 2:16am
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