On Your Mark (1995)

"The production of the music video began because Miyazaki was suffering from writer's block on Princess Mononoke and needed another project to distract him." [*]

Well, that's one way to deal with it. Burn through that block!

Uli Meyer's "The Duck" (1998)

In the classic tradition of Roger Rabbit, Space Jam, Looney Tunes: Back In Action, Cool World and perhaps that Evil Toons slop, comes yet-another live-action/animated feature pitch sure to evoke pleasant memories of yesteryear with it's fine 2.5 Dimensions of Animation Prowess!

YAKETY YAK, TAKE IT BACK (1991)

Now here's a relic of a forgotten time. Guess all the celebs/artists who appear in this 3 minute environmental music video.  You won't win anything besides the admiration that you still remember these guys!

"Yakety Yak" Written By Mike Stoller & Jerry Leiber
Animation Director: Chris Bailey
Animation by Chris Bailey
Directed By Candace Reckinger, Michael Patterson & Tim Newman
Video Production: Warner Bros. & Nixon/Masai
Released by Elektra Entertainment, Elektra Entertainment Group & Take It Back Foundation
Executive Producer: Jolie Jones Levine
Dancers: Salim "Slam" Gauwloos, Darrin Henson, Tina Landon, LaVelle Smith, Terry Bixler, Michelle Whitney-Morrison, Cari French, Deidre Lang, Carrie Ann Inaba, Rosie Perez, Jennifer Lopez, Jasmine Guy, R.C Cru, Art Palmer & Anthony Thomas
Kids: Delphi Academy of Campbell
Recorded at A&M Studios

R.I.P. Adam West (1928-2017)

A little something he was in that's not Batman (or Family Guy)...

Spice Girls "Fantasy Ball" Lollipops

And the people who ate them years later!!!

100 years of stop

I accidentally called it "stop-action" instead of "stop-motion" in front of Danno once and he told me no one would know what I was talking about.

A Lover Spurned (1990)

I want those pants.

Deadly Deposits (1992)

Not really Halloween-themed, but it was produced by the same studio behind those wacky Nickelodeon ID's and the "Tales From The Far Side" specials, be happy!

Deadly Deposits by Jay Falconer, National Film Board of Canada

The Totally Awesome Japanimation Fan Show (April 1990)

"We dug back into our videotape archives and pulled out this classic episode from April 1, 1990. We talk about a new Japanimation convention in Dallas, sub vs dub, and the new fad called 'cosplay'."

Shout-out to A-Kon after 1:13. Cos-play segment at 3:50. You can FF through the laser-disc part.

Danno found this, so I don't know why he didn't post it.

Clerks: The Pilot (1995)

This SUCKS and BLOWS!

Another Stan Freberg product

Starring Stan Freberg's son, Donavan.



ELEPHANTS ARE STILL ENDANGERED. NOTHING AS CHANGED.



We all miss the Cold War, kiddo. That's where neo-reactionaries come from. And The X-Files.

There's also one from 1992, but the posted disabled embedding. Go check it out.

Double Dare: After Dark

"A special Family Double Dare that was created featuring many of the folks who were instrumental in making the programme. Including the President of Nickelodeon, Gerry Laybourne.
We all watched so many families have such a good time, we wanted to play a game ourselves. This is it.
It did not air, and was not edited so you are seeing the raw output from the studio in Florida." 
- Geoffrey Darby

Watch Marc Summers really loosen himself up!

Read More About It.

To learn more about whatever you can think of, the Library of Congress suggests these books...

These and many other informative books are waiting at your local library or bookstore, visit them, they'll be happy to help you read more about it!

A Tribute to Playhouse Pictures

A little something for the old-schoolers!

ENJOY!

Thanks to Mike Kazaleh and others for sharing the love!

Things We Lost In The Taco Revolution

You may want a blindfold and a cigarette for this, comrades.

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Late in the last century, Taco Bell used Socialist iconography for Capitalist purposes. And somehow nobody was offended by replacing Che Guevara with a chihuahua.



Corporate HQ is in a jungle, how appropriate.



We don't want you to confuse him with Fidel Castro.



Khakis and a red beret and you're ready for guerrilla fighting in the drive thru.



Yes, it is a glorious day for tacos, comrades!



Beret tip to Comrade Chris for this VHS.

Brothers Quay

Yes, I admit it. I post some crazy-long videos here on the blog. I do that because we can't show these things when we do the show live.

On that note, here's some Brothers Quay I found while looking for cigar-box-guitar Christmas songs. Enjoy!

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Oooooooh Ahhhhhhh. I'm an absolute sucker for this kind of thing.



I actually had this on VHS for a while until some guy who slept on my couch for a month took it. In revenge, I got it on DVD when it came out.

I have no idea whose couch he's sleeping on now.



And here is the famous "The Cabinet of Jan Svankmajer". You may ask who Jan Svankmajer is, but that's another post.

Nightmare Cafe (1992)

Yep, we're all about short-lived series over here. Nightmare Cafe is just one of them.

I'v echecked to see if you can get this on DVD, and it looks like it came out once but has since gone out of print. No luck renting that, then! However, if you can stand to watch them in 5-minute bursts, it's on YouTube. I'm not posting links; I'm just letting you know it's out there.

What's really remarkable about the show, besides its short run of five+pilot, is the amazing amount of talent that worked on the show. Having gone through a couple episodes, I don't know why it was cancelled.

Now, a story!

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This happened to a friend of mine who was working a convention. She was in the middle of breaking down her booth when she saw Robert Englund walking by and mentioned to him that she'd seen Nightmare Cafe and enjoyed it very much. He put his arm around her and offered to buy her a drink. She had to turn him down because she was breaking down her booth.

IF YOU CAN BELIEVE THAT.

Tattooed Teenage Alien Fighters From Beverly Hills

This is my new favorite show. The levels of WTF are off the charts.

For more information head over to Network Awesome

Happy 20th Nicktoons!

Celebrate 20 years with a look at the pilots that made NICKTOONS!

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DOUG
Created by Jim Jinkins
(1991-94)


RUGRATS
Created by Arlene Klasky, Gabor Csupo and Paul Germain
(1991-2004)


REN & STIMPY
Created by John Kricfalusi
(1991-1998)


BONUS: REJECTED NICKTOON PILOT!
"THUNDER LIZARDS"
Created by Joey Ahlbum & Marc Catapano

For more interesting reading...
The Birth of Nicktoons (ToonZone Forum)
The Initial Reaction To Nicktoons In 1991

Happy 20th Birthday Liquid TV!

CAUTION: This post is graphically, artistically and embeddably intensive!

A sample of what got most of us rather pumped up for art school!

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From the future director of THE SIMPSONS and KING OF THE HILL...


From the creator of Courage The Cowardly Dog...


From the animator behind those trippy RICHARD LINKLETTER films...



From the tree-hugging hippie behind FERN GULLY...


From the weirdo behind ROCKO'S MODERN LIFE...


From the guy who did Beavis & Butt-Head, King of the Hill Office Space and something else I forgot...




Hmmm, quite an early one for the Oscar-winning director of "Ryan"...














Probably the one reason why anyone out there remembers this show at all...

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