June 27th - Labyrinth (1986)

Today in 1986, the word was first exposed to the bizarre puppetry movie that is Labyrinth. In it David Bowie steals a baby because he doesn't know about ethical adoption or something. Then the baby's older sister has to go through some Alice and Wonderland type bullhonky to get him back, but David Bowie is the Goblin King and has Goblin Tricks, like contact juggling. David Bowie didn't know how to contact juggle so when you see that part of the movie know that's not actually his arms but the arms of a juggling puppeteer who is clinging to David Bowie's back. You know what, I've already talked about Jim Henson on here before and I definitely will again, I am taking a tangent on contact juggling. It's a really weird performance hobby. Like, if you have ever heard of Fushigi, that's a contact juggling ball, and apparently not a great one, as a TV order product. But the whole shebang is to make a ball look like it's not moving when you move it. Depending on the jugglers skill level it's either kinda trippy or it sucks to watch. [EDITOR’S NOTE: I’d correct the plot details of the movie if you didn’t phrase it all in such an amazing way. I’m even leaving “Alice and Wonderland.” A+.]