Rat Pfink and Boo-Boo (1966)

Rat Pfink a[nd] Boo-Boo is really one of those movies that makes you say: "Wow. What was that?" (At least the typos in the title are real; they didn't have the money to fix them.) Having heard about the movie, I expected something like Patrick Warburton in The Tick but campier. Well, try going back earlier and campier than Adam West in Batman. Try going back to Beach Blanket Gidget and Roustabout. Then get a bunch of no-name actors, pay them nothing, and make a movie on a budget of literally $20 plus film. Our heroes' costumes go beyond discount-rack kitsch and all the way to trashcan salvage with ragged holes for their mouths and eyes: Vin Saxon as Rat Pfink dons a cape and ski mask and Titus Moede as Boo-Boo sports -- um -- let's just say he looks like a baby-bull pinata in a mask and diapers made of Zubaz jams. Rat Pfink's voice and schtick seem to be the original models behind Batman's and Tick's "retro" patter-of-justice. And even though the chase and fight scenes go on interminably and our heroes don't appear (in their alter-egos) till the halfway mark, I found myself feeling affection and concern for them and the attractive girl they're rescuing (Carolyn Brandt as Cee Bee) from three baddies (Linc, Hammer, and crazy-but-dim Benjie). To see this pfilm, you'll need a largesse of patience and humor -- even mine were tested -- but if you like movies too weird and rare to be found in the off-price bin, Rat Pfink and Boo-Boo are your guys! 2.5 stars.