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This is not made up by me. There actually IS a movie that’s called “Pinocchio in Outer Space”, I swear by Walt’s moustache! Let me quickly summarize the plot for you: Because the blonde boy named Pinocchio misbehaves about 10 minutes after his transition from wood, the vengeful Blue Fairy retimbers him. Moral: Only if he is a good boy, blah-blah…

Look, up there in space! Is it a rocket? Is it an obese superhero? No – it’s a whale! And he is about to smash the earth! What can we do? Who will help us?

So our little wooden Flash Gordon jumps into a rocket Gepetto builds for him (Hey, it’s not like rocket science needs rocket scientists, an average carver will do, Mr. Branson) and up and away to Mars! But before the countdown starts he meets the secret agent Nurtle the Twurtle, who apparently is just a turtle. (‘Meeting’ in this case is to be understood as standing near an UFO as it lands in your garden. It’s a loan word from Tibetan.)
After our Italian role model and this alien parrot land on Mars and after Pinocchio tried to hypnotize the whale in vain and after they blew up planet Mars (No joke: Atom bomb, explosion = no more Mars.) AND after Pinocchio is swallowed by the whale, they meet the Blue Fairy, get out of the whale through its blowhole and manage to hypnotize the monster successfully. Then our favorite little log is burned to death by accident. Pinocchio is dead.

Don’t halloo till you’re out of the wood! With a little magic dust from the Blue Lady he is resurrected, turned to flesh and honored with medals. Like he just saved the world or what!

This movie from the 60ies was drawn by only two animators and a handful of inbetweeners and was directed and produced by Ray Goosens. The character animation will give you the same strange gooey feeling my description just gave you. Yes, you can buy it at Amazon. Medical advice: Use the DVD only with the hallucinogen of your choice. It’s from the sixties!
Next week, dear loyal reader, I will tell you something about another Pinocchio movie: The Erotic Adventures of Pinocchio – “It’s not his nose that grows!” Stay tuned!