5/18/07: George McKelvey
                      “My Teenage Fallout Queen” (1966)

Kind of rushed here, so we’re sending you off to enjoy a viewing of George McKelvey’s “My Teenage Fallout Queen”—which is so rare that the song would’ve disappeared completely if it hadn’t been chosen as a very atypical Scopitone. At least the primitive video adheres to the Scopitone obsession with lovely ladies. Just check out the assets of McKelvey’s gal:

        You ought to see my baby
        She’ll really make you stare
        She holds my hands in both of hers
        While her other one strokes my hair
        She’s my radiation baby
        She’s my teenage fallout queen

You see, George and his girlfriend had a big fight right before somebody dropped the big one, and…well, the story is all there on the Scopitone. It’s pretty telling that the ’60s were liberated enough to indulge this kind of fun. Everybody was way more dour while they were trying to convince us Ronald Reagan would get us all nuked.

Make it your own: Near as we can tell, “My Teenage Fallout Queen” (aka “My Radiation Baby” when it appeared on the A Crowd Of George McKelvey LP) can only be easily found on the Scopitone Guys, Scopitone Gals DVD collection—courtesy of the same site where we sent you for the video. This guy isn’t our preferred source for Scopitones, but we’ll vouch for the DVD being a quality product.

Important historical qualifier: We’re leaning towards ’66 as the date on this one, although some sources claim it’s from 1964. The copyright card on the Scopitone certainly disputes us. Also, you can see from the clip that we all owe some thanks to the fine Bedazzled! blog.

You can search around for info on George McKelvey. He seems to be a hepcat who preferred making scenes outside of New York and Los Angeles. Here’s something we can’t confirm, though: If we’re thinking of the same character, then McKelvey appeared in The Astronaut Farmer—which will be one of the most right-wing theatrical releases of the year, and was made by the Polish brothers of Twin Falls Idaho fame. It’s a small conservative world when you’re making a film in New Mexico.

 

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