Prince Planet with Steve Hart (Local Chicago TV, 1974)

The reasons for having kept that odd recording tucked away in an attic!

FUNSHINE SATURDAY SNEAK PEAK (ABC-TV, 1974)

How to induce vomiting in kittens

Maybe I would enjoy this more on some nip.

Winds of Change (1979)

A buddy and I were joking about the women's only screenings of Wonder Woman and the story of Actaeon came up; only in our version, Diana throws popcorn at him.

Anyhow, he's a re-cut and re-dubbed version of the anime Metamorphoses, narrated (or riffed--depending on your point of view) by Sir Peter Ustinov. Actaeon's story is first.

Gods, I had forgotten how bad the music was.

A Day with Bill Cosby (1971)

Brought to you my MATTEL!

A Political Cartoon (1974)

Fun little film to watch on your lunch break.

Yes, that is Mel Blanc doing the voice for Bugs.

Dental Flossophy

Oh, the stuff I'm finding on these drives is nuts. There's a DVD rip of this fun little 'toon. I figure, we just finished a big eating holiday here in the States, and there's a Peanuts movie coming out, so let's get this one up.

Oh, and here's that sweet jazz:

Freedom River (1971)

Dang, that's older than me. Some things never change.

Oh, hey, Louis Roth Clothes. They make some very nice suits.

The World's Your Stage (1974)

How they made those pointless commercials at your local station...

Con-trov-ersy!

Oh, man, an old film about the Brits getting shots. I love how they say controversy.

Warning! There's breast-feeding and naked babies! And there's more where that came from. As your doctor, I suggest you watch these films about horrible infectious diseases and the easy way to prevent them from ruining your lives.

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Looks like putting a kid on a leash is nothing new.



Dogs kinda whoop anyway.



It's more bleak when it's in black and white.



Meh. The Americans don't really put on a good show, do they?



I take it back. Polio is scary as hell.



Drama! And a killer doll. It's so sad.



Oh yay! A cartoon. That makes it so much better. (here's parts 2 and 3)

Gods. Tetanus. That's a 14th century way to go.

The Castle of Cagliostro: EXPLAINED!

If only Carl Macek could see this!

Shinbone Alley (1971)

Here, enjoy this while it's up. John David Wilson directed it and there's not much he didn't do.

Because, ya know, Vincent Price

Featuring the vocal sylings of Casey Kasem, Conan O'Brian, and VINCENT PRICE.

Yeah, OK. I know it's not Conan. It's Danny Kaye. But still....

Navajo Coyote Tales

No different from today!

Eleven - Twelve - Thirteen

Happy 13-13-13, everyone! I have a special treat for you.

What's really great about this is, you can see that each number had a theme. 2 was the amusement park. 3 was the circus. 5 was transportation. So on.

Pinball Number Count was originally produced in 1976 by Imagination, Inc. in San Francisco, California for the Children's Television Workshop. It made its debut on Sesame Street in 1977. It was composed by Walt Kraemer and arranged by Ed Bogas. It features all four Pointer Sisters.

So, just how great is this piece?

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Check it out! In 3-D even. That's great.



Not sure about this, but it's got some exploded views.



Meh.



Awesomesauce! It's got that creepy-ass typewriter. He always gave me the heebie-jeebies.

Actually, quick story: I gave Joe over at The Church a CD once and it had this version on it. When I pointed it out, he said, "Thank you! Oh my god. If I had been driving and this had come on, I would have crashed the car."



A valiant, if not misdirected effort.



Hey, looking good. Let me know when it's done.



Yeah, OK. So everyone's using this one to learn, eh?



Oh hey! I know this one. Venetian Snares is pretty cool.



Not sure what's going on here.



Wally gave us that remix of I like to Sing-a, so he's OK.



OK. I'm out. Good night, everyone.

Amicus Productions

You know how much blood is in this movie? It will surprise you.

Amicus productions put out several horror anthology flicks, and we've got the last weekend of Horvent (my name for the Advent for Halloween) coming up. Maybe you'll have a party. Here are some movies I can suggest.

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I have no idea why the trailer is in black-and-white; the movie isn't.



Anything with David Warner in it is good. Except Time After Time.



See that little dance Christopher Lee does when the hand grabs him? I did that once. A gecko had run up my pant-leg.



BURGESS FREAKIN' MEREDITH. Nothing more need be said.



I like ending on Vincent Price. Sadly, this movie also features musical numbers and they're very 80s. BUT! Go about 3:00 in on this clip:



Seamless....

"That's the ego of Dick Williams"

Sadly, this will be playing nowhere near me. If it is near you, you should go check it out.

Know why?

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(2, 3)

This is Richard Williams. If you want to know anything about animation, this is the guy you turn to.



No, really. He'll teach you what he knows.



Back in the 80s, before the "masterpiece" was completed, there was this documentary. There are six parts and it's well worth it.



Here are over a hundred of those commercials he made, and hated, that paid his bills.



And here is the closest you'll see of the movie he wanted to make. Don't rent it, as you'll get the Miramax version and it's just awful. There's some rough spots here, but it's much stronger when two characters are silent.

Phase IV (1974)

Trippy visuals aside, there's a lot in this trailer that didn't make it to the final film.

Phase IV is a movie that someone told me about years ago, when he was on an ant interest-binge. The plot he gave me was nothing like what I actually saw, so I assumed that either it had been a long time since he'd seen it, or he thought I never would.

Years later, I used to listen to the insane "Cultural Pollution" mixes on ISRN.ORG (now defunct), and one involved a lot of the music from Phase IV. I didn't know it at the time, but I did enjoy it. It wasn't until I was on my own interest-binge—Saul Bass—that I discovered this very, very strange movie.

I'm also very sad that Mr. Bass, a gifted visual artist, did not get to do the poster for his own film. Something about that seems very, very wrong.

The jury's still out if it's a good film with really bad parts, or a bad flick with really good parts. Let's take a look at it.

Network (1976)

This is the closest I want to get to a political post on the site.

The Great Silence 1976

Puppets, enforced silence, this is why the 70s sucked.