Mr. Lobo's Cinema Insomnia: The Last Man on Earth

Mister Lobo celebrates 20 years of hosting his show Cinema Insomnia. In the tradition of those classic horror shows like Chiller Theatre and Creature Features, host Lobo appears in brief vignettes between segments of the "late late night movie." Each episode begins with Mr. Lobo promising to screen a bonafide horror classic, only to have the rug pulled out from under him when he is told that a cheap public domain movie has to be shown instead. Various and sundry wacky characters have appeared over the show's two-decade run -- including houseplant sidekick Miss Mittens and the Queen of Trash, a zaftig punk rocker partial to corsets. There are even satirical commercials, like 'Rad Adams: Skateboard Attorney' and 'Horsenmilken Horsenbutteren.' Cinema Insomnia has been seen on local and cable TV, and Lobo continues to be a regular guest at conventions like Wondercon and Monster Bash. Beloved as an authority on "Bad Movies", Mr. Lobo lives by the motto, "They're not bad movies...just...misunderstood."

In this vintage 2004 Cinema Insomnia episode, Mister Lobo presents The Last Man on Earth, one of the lesser known scareathons in horror legend Vincent Price's filmography! When a disease turns all of humanity into the living dead, Tim Burton's favorite actor must become a reluctant vampire hunter in this loose adaptation of Richard Matheson's I Am Legend (Matheson was so dissatisfied with the finished film, cheaply shot in Italy, that he had his name changed to "Logan Swanson" in the credits.) And in the blackout segments, our host becomes the last man on earth, just like Vincent only there are still women, and they want to mate with Mr. Lobo! It's a Valentine's Day Special like no other, with Lobo being chased through the streets by throngs of female admirers to the tune of Ron Dante's "I'm Watching TV!" (With all these punk rock girls running around, you'd think there was a sale on Doc Martens!) Plus the usual drive-in trailers, goofy snackbar ads and vintage commercials, with a special emphasis on Vincent Price's oft-overlooked side career as a TV pitchman!

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