A new development - no Dr. Rhodes in this episode. Coming off the bench to spell him was Sandra Dee, whose performance consisted of thousand-yard stares and fragile overconfidence. This review is of the syndicated NG version which cut the original episode length in half.
It's always a crapshoot with Night Gallery. For every awkward and nearly borderline horrible episode like "Make Me Laugh" (which could have been great), there is an endearing-against-all-odds winner like "The Boy Who Predicted Earthquakes". There are actually a lot of things I dislike about the episode, but it's all written off by Clint Howard's grossly oft-putting and measured performance. I mean that as a compliment of a fairly high order, because while Howard shines as the erstwhile child whiz future-seer Herbie Bittman, everything else around falls apart, literally and figuratively.
Definitely a seminal LP for hard rock music. The Dolls captured a time and place, were either ignored or derided as weirdos from New York, and made a timeless album for endless future generations to enjoy. Not much else needs to be said.
I'm not sure anything definitive can be said about Greener Postures other than - it's a Snakefinger album, and it's thoroughly confusing, confounding, and likeable, against all normal odds. But there was never anything normal about Snakefinger (real name: Philip Charles Lithman) or his cohorts The Residents - who helped him compose this avant-garde record - anyway, so keep that in mind as may find yourself repeating your journey through it, intentional or otherwise.
