TREF Theatre
 

To-nites film, for your viewing pleasure, is Yatta!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=j0WGly9xRgA

Dance the Yatta way!

OMG WTF is that?

Coming Attraction!
 

Coming to the NuArt Theatre next month ...

Tears of the Black Tiger

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ggRxlb0f_Y

Life is unfair!
 

A nice song with a sweet message:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=roG7SfjuAXQ

Where's Vincent Price?
 

Thriller Re-dux!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Ll8Qm8yDj-8

According to Wikipedia, theater-goers who did not get up and leave during this number were given door prizes.

I lasted about 12 seconds.

Psychodelicatessen!
 

And now for a short commercial break:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=6TRgokZLIwA

Twice on the pipe ...

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Vq36F96Joy8

And now to our main feature:

Awesome click from Korea. There are no sub-titles, but you won't need 'em for this sweet, sweet clip.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6-pWifbIMzM

Oooh, Jaws-y!

Saw a trailer for this recently, it's coming out in the US some time soon. I think I might actually want to see it.

A clip with Spanky & Petie

http://youtube.com/watch?v=9ZpuOGbFHBU

And another with Mr. Armstrong

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnRqYMTpXHc

Both were great. Haven't seen the Lil Rascals in ages, especially those when they were really young. He must've been 3!

One Ringy Dingy
 

Outtakes from the set of I Heart Huckabees

Ms. Tomlin has a bit of a potty mouth, so be careful if you are at work or in church when you view these clips.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LzqjimUs2RU

and

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Z-qOKF0jmg

KARATE!
 

Begs the question -- what if Orson Welles directed a karate film.

http://www.leenks.com/link68361.htm

Yeah, that one was impressive enough that I paid to see it a second time in theaters (and dragged Lani along). Even if they did have to slow the choreography down quite a bit.

Big thumbs up to the anonymous standicam operator.


For martial arts fun, both Ong Bak and The Protector are good entertainment.

Hey, hey its the ...
 

And now, two rarely seen short clips from America's favorite non-American band

http://www.videosift.com/video/The-B...Chiswick-House

Look into my eyes of brown ...
 

Yet another link to Japanese prank shows.

The scene with the old man and the boulder may be one of the funniest things I have ever seen with my eye-balls.*

http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1m...panese-tv-show



*my eye-balls, specifically the pupil portion, are a deep brown in color, hypnotic and alluring, they draw you into my world and seem to say to you, "I am your friend and I am not going to eat you."

Missed this before....I swear, this is my favorite period of theirs. They are all so freakin' cute. And such awesome outfits too. I'm kinda glad I wasn't a teen then, because I'd probably go insane. :D

Adorably Grindhousian Two-fer
 

To-day double feature is for the kids and the kids at heart (which, incidentally, I've read is now a treatable condition)

Our first feature is called, Duck Feeds Fish

http://www.chicker.com/Cutest-Duck-V...-videos52.html

and our second feature to-day is called, Otters: Sanrio Has Nothing On Them.

http://www.chicker.com/Otter-Love-videos43.html

This is totally the third time this video has been posted :p

Well, then a fourth could not hurt. So here, for your viewing pleasure are some animals doing funny things --


http://www.chicker.com/Cutest-Duck-V...-videos52.html



http://www.chicker.com/Otter-Love-videos43.html

0-0-0-0rlando!
 

For anybody who has ever been to Walt Disney World and stayed up late watching the hotel television, I present for your viewing pleasure, the Family Man!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=n3Hl6PrK46Q

I Am Going To Eat You!
 

Ok, we've had advertisments and wildlife films. Now its time for the coming attractions:

http://www.foxatomic.com/#player:AssetId=13486

Hehehehe ... hah?
 

The Landlord with Will Ferrell

http://funnyordie.com/v1/view_video....4c7d2583be6925

Exclusive to the Internet and Broadcast TV!
 

Polominoes!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dlBBz...related&search

You've been great. Goodnight!
 

Stand up comedy is tough. Stick with the clip and you'll see Jamie Foxx explain why.


Naughty Language Alert!Naughty Language Alert!Naughty Language Alert!


http://www.leenks.com/link71606.htm

I am going to have to put you on the Game Grid ...
 

Well, besides, a great 24 hour cinema, Tref Theatre also has a nice little arcade off to the side (opposite the concession stand). Its a little dirty, I suppose, and its true we haven't updated the games in twenty years, but the games are free and we don't frown upon kids hanging out all day.

Super Mario Bros.

http://leenks.com/link71567.htm

Tetris.

http://leenks.com/link71168.htm

Bridge Over the River Jordan!
 

Still hanging out in the arcade ...

http://www.arcadetemple.com/game/213...e-IQ-Test.html

Everybody must cross the River Jordan. Only 2 souls per raft; Papa can't be with Daughters without the Mama; the Mama can't be with Sons without the Papa; Thief can not be with anyone without Policeman; only Papa, Mama and Policeman can operate raft.

(To start the game push the big blue button)

The auction "they" do not want you to see!
 

This has nothing to do with anything, except I likee.

http://cgi.ebay.com/KEVIN-TRUDEAU-TW...QQcmdZViewItem

The eyes are the windows to our soul, but what of TV pitchman and convicted con artist Kevin Trudeau? Stare into his eyes. What do you see?*

It is true what "they" say -- that there is a bit of Kevin Trudeau in all of us. I decided to find out. These are my results.

* auction may be taken down if customer complains.

No, my brother, you've got to buy your own!
 

I remember this commercial from late nite UHF TV. Even if I was flipping stations I always stuck around for the last line.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=HKu78xJ6g1k

Dang, I thought dude was going in for the kiss.

Bill Bixby Understands
 

Oingo Boingo on the Gong Show.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=vTRd1a5MVMw

(That's Danny Elfman playing trombone)

And his brother Richard in the rocket ship.

Great post!

Totie Fever!
 

Totie Fields makes fun of Gene Simmons of Kiss on the Mike Douglas Show.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=u3B590zDEcE




Bonus

Daltry sez YAHHHH!
 

NAZI ROBOT WARS!!
 

Holy mackerel! Best action movie of the summah?



Warning: Serious action style robot-fu!


http://news.filefront.com/world-war-ii-with-mechs/

That's the spice!
 

Bruce Campbell sings Duran Duran for a deodorant stick!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=Yg6bZSM48vU

ilikeit -- butwhatdoesitmean?
 

Nic Cage in a Japanese commercial

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oHwhQ...ml%3Fpk%3D2283

Dick & Jane learn a valuable lesson about greed, slugs & idol worship.
 

RABBIT by Run Wrake


Warning: demented animated film! Warning: demented animated film! Warning: demented animated film!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=A4Yf-7Z_6PE

Wow. Demented and awesome. :snap:

At least the casualties remained low ...
 

The Civil War in 4 Minutes:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e06jNDhYo2I

Wow, that is an interesting way to visualize it. Those casualty numbers roll over at a rate I can't comprehend.

You need not watch it all to get the point ...
 

Disney Characters Explain Copyright Protection

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJn_j...DCJn%5FjC4FNDo

New McCartney Video!
 

Dance To-nite by Paul McCartney

http://youtube.com/watch?v=xTNXrkBSp_o

The 2007 Three-Minute Masterpiece winners
 

... with links to the films. A few are worth checking out and a few are worth chucking out. "Under the Noodle" is, how you say in your country, crazy in the coco-nut.

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/htm...pieces230.html

Coming Attractions
 

Sicko Trailer:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=joaAf...o%2Dtrailer%2F

What'll you bid for a 37 year old fake cactus?
 

Cactus responsible for removing Carol Clevelands bra up for sale (with clip)


http://www.chortle.co.uk/news/2007/0...this_cactus%25

A short documentary film
 

Working Ferrari model. Over 15 years in the works, and the most detailed model on planet earth.

http://steelturman.typepad.com/thest...all_world.html

Charles Nelson Reilly R.I.P
 

When Charles Nelson Reilly got to Heaven, Jimi Hendrix said, you can jam on guitar with me but first you must play the blank

http://youtube.com/watch?v=eCM-58J_3Ig

To Sgt. Robert Trefcer & all the others who served ...
 

HAPPY MEMORIAL DAY!

WWII IN COLOUR!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=2XECmZMetPk

Not actually a clip ...
 

One hundred and one years (and one day ago) in San Francisco ...

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedi...ruin_edit2.jpg

Snap, Crackle, Pop & Mitch
 

1939 commercial for Rice Krispies!

http://youtube.com/watch?v=qON0XCz3_DE

I am the Lizard King and I am having trouble getting accepted into a good university.
 

Jim Morrison of The Doors appearing in a scholastic film circa 1963.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rK1mWxjmfPg

Big Wednesday, Thursday and some of Friday
 

I think I can do this ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AlPqL7IUT6M

Doesn't anybody knock anymore?
 

Mom catches son ... in this sex ed clip from the 1970s.


Safe for work. Safe for work. Safe for work. Safe for work. Safe for work. More of less.

http://www.devilducky.com/media/62316/

The Mack Daddy of the 1930s
 

Sir Charles Chaplin's only known appearance in a French rap video (by J-Five)

http://youtube.com/watch?v=aJQT84FFOD0

Son, every time I start getting one of these feelings, I feel for the latch in the door handle and LOCK IT !!

The ratio of people to cake is too big.
 

The classic film Office Space was first a cartoon by Mike Judge.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7wKx...Doffers%2Ehtml

Death of a Grocer
 

Sesame Street says good-bye to Mr. Hooper

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UoIv2XqfDxI

The Un-tamed West Recreated with Hanna Barbera Characters
 

Frontier Village says Good-bye

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0q0KjOkIfKA

R.I.P. Mr. Wizard
 

Charlie Brown is about to start ...
 

The Pavlovian Call of Cinema
 

This means the movie is about to start.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=5sWoiCIlVwY

New COEN brothers movie!
 

No Country for Old Men

http://www.worstpreviews.com/trailer.php?id=887&item=2

Turn On, Tune In, Zip Up.
 

Ken Nordine narrates

http://youtube.com/watch?v=e3gFCSKMo...elated&search=



Bea Arthur & Rock Hudson and sing, Everybody To-day Is Turning On.

With the classic line, "For some its dust, for some its weed, for some its acid, for some its speed ..."


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3VbSfQ3nAM

Happy 65th Birthday Paul McCartney!
 

Me?
 

Ihop took 'regular' pancakes & blew them out international style!
 

The last great Beatle-related single ...
 

The Traveling Wilburys Box Set released on Rhino!

Handle Me With Care

Cheech & Chong's 1975 Animated Short, Basketball Jones
 

Warning:Adult Themes Warning: Adult Themes

Cast:
Cheech Marin - Tyrone Shoelaces (voice)
Darlene Love - Cheerleader (voice)
Michelle Phillips - Cheerleader (voice)
Ronnie Spector - Cheerleader (voice)
George Harrison - lead guitar
Klaus Voorman - bass
Jim Karsten - drums
Jim Keltner - percussion
Carole King - electric piano
Nicky Hopkins - piano
Tom Scott - saxophone
Billy Preston - organ

Klaus Voorman?? Wow. (and yes, I know who that is.) For something so ridiculous, I'm surprised they got all that talent on board.

Animated Short from the Electric Company
 

Flower by Carmen D'Avino

Happy 81st Birthday Mel Brooks
 

Animated short by Mel Brooks -- The Critic

"Slim knew his big sack would be hard to handle ..."
 

And now our feature presentation

10 Bike Riders. 9 Blocks. Who Will Survive?

One Got Fat from 1963

15 minute bike safety film narrated by Edward Everett Horton

The most unsafe part is when they ride bikes wearing full face masks. I love Horton's voice.

Weep! Weep, I tell you!
 

A commercial from the good folks at Thai Insurance -- "Here at Thai Insurance, we want you to feel a tremendous sense of guilt and remorse. In fact, if you don't break down & cry, we haven't done our jobs ... Thai Insurance."

To weep, click here

or, here

but not here

Thank God for kittenmonkeychicken videos. Thailand is depressing!

The folks at Thai Insurance have nothing on these kids ...
 

Japanese television and Minna no uta (Everyone's Songs) presents Koneko to Keito (Kittens and Yarn) from 1992

Click here for complete and total submersion into the otherworldly realm of the cute and adorable.

Cat croons to the cat on the moon, click here

KAWAIIIIIIIIiiiiiiiiiii !!!! :D

HBA!
 

The visual quality is OK, the sound is poor and the soundtrack does everything it can to avoid hitting an actual melody, but ... it is also a rare slice of psychedelic bi-centennial Americana

Happy Birthday America!

200 by the United States Information Agency circa 1976

Its so nice to be insane, no one asks you to explain ...
 

Animated short by Fine Arts Films -- Angie Baby by Helen Reddy


Hey doesn't one of those buildings in the cartoon resemble a ...

This family has a jar of Vaseline Petroleum Jelly in every room!
 

Vaseline Petroleum Jelly ad from 1975

The Wind has changed.
 

The German Ministry of the Environment presents, The Wind

The story of Leonel Herrera
 

Titled, Death Penalty.

I remember reading about this story in the paper. The evidence on LH was much stronger then the film reveals, though, innocent or guilty, its message hits pretty hard.

And she said ...
 

Boys Do Fall In Love by Robin Gibb from 1984

Thank you !!! I love it ! :snap: (Visual Mojo cos I must spread it around before....)

Bill, Mark & Brett!
 

Just like the Beatles, each brothers had his own special 'thing' he brought to the show:
Brett - was the silly one
Mark - was the slightly less silly one
Bill - was the slightly less silly but more silly then Brett one

Back in the days when opening credits were nearly three minutes long ...

The Hudson Brothers Razzle Dazzle Show!

A program about stuff.
 

From NBC, Hot Dog, from 1970

Starring, Woody Allen, Jonathan Winters & Jo Anne Worley

70's kids shows were insane. I only say this because I don't remember much of anything prior to 1980.

RINGO!
 

Ringo Starr sings the Richard Starkey penned tune, La De Da from 1998

With a little help from Barbara Bach, The Hudson Brothers (!) and Paul McCartney.

Jim Croce Lives!
 

My parents saw Jim Croce when he opened for Woody Allen at the Circle Star in Redwood City, CA. What a show that must have been.

I've Got A Name, live from 1973

Jim Croce and Maury Muehleisen (and unidentified piano player)

... And we never ate it again.
 

SPACE FOOD STICKS!

It's what the astronauts e't!

Website dedicated to the Space Stick

"...Either put on these glasses or start eating that trash can."
 

To see South Park & John Carpenter's They Live! duke it out, click here

Warning: Adult themes! Warning: Adult themes!

Robert Goulet means love
 

From 1966, the opening credits from The Daydreamer by Rankin-Bass

What a cast! Can anyone vouch for this one? Might be worth a rental.

Charlie Says ...
 

Good & Plenty Commercial from the late 1960s

And to read about the aphrodisiac qualities of Good & Plenty, click here

"Humans do have a very well-endowed olfactory system and it's through this system that pheromones are likely processed," says Charles Wysocki, PhD, a neuroscientist at the Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia. Your nose, he explains, "is an interstate highway to your brain, specifically the parts of the brain that regulate mood, emotions, and reproduction." That makes it, at least unofficially, a sex organ.

... Alan Hirsch, MD, neurological director of the Smell and Taste Treatment and Research Foundation in Chicago, found that many patients who had lost their sense of smell also lost interest in sex. That piqued his curiosity about the power of scents to boost desire.

To see what, if any, aromas could provoke a sexual response, he asked a group of 30 women to sit in a lab, attached to a device that measures vaginal blood flow, and sniff 30 different odors, ranging from licorice (a folkloric aphrodisiac) to cheese pizza ...

... the combined aromas of cucumber and Good & Plenty candy (which is licorice scented) and the scent of baby powder tied for first place (a 13% increase in vaginal blood flow). Pumpkin pie plus lavender followed, with an 11% increase.

Hamana-hamana-hamana-hamana
 

From 1968, Jackie Gleason takes LSD in the Otto Preminger film, Skidoo.

The Egyptian theater on Hollywood had a showing of this film last week along with Who Is Harry Nilsson? Unfortunately, it was not a double feature in the general sense of the word, in that we would have had to leave the theatre and pay a second time for Skidoo. We opted not too, though I had seen Skidoo before back in SF, along with an afterward by Preminger's son.

Cast
Jackie Gleason, Carol Channing, Cesar Romero, Frankie Avalon, Peter Lawford, Burgess Meredith, George Raft, Richard Kiel, Arnold Stang, Frank Gorshin, Mickey Rooney, Slim Pickens, Stacy King, newcomers John Phillip Law, Alexandra Hay, Donyale Luna and Austin Pendleton & Groucho Marx

Score by Harry Nilsson

Darn it! I would have so been there. Were there any special guests for the Nilsson flick, or was it just the movie? Truly an underappreciated talent, that man.

Doctor! Is there nothing I can take?
 

Many were offered up, including, Mickey Dolenz, but in the end only the director was present. Still, the film was great. Definitely, worth seeing, though, as yet, the film does not have an American distributer.

To see the trailer for Who Is Harry Nilsson?, click here

Thanks for that! Sounds like a must see, along with the new Scott Walker documentary, 30 Century Man.

In Xanadu, did Kubla Khan a stately pleasure dome decree...
 

From 1980, ELO's, Don't Walk Away, from Xanadu.
Animated sequence supervised by Don Bluth

Animation by Sally Cruikshank -- Oingo Boingo's "Don't go in the Basement."

I'm more partial to Face Like A Frog myself.

Thanks to Sally Cruikshank herself, an even better copy of the entire "Face Like A Frog" is available at brightcove.

Popular & Weird Science - Select Scenes from the "Popular Science" color and historic Retro Cinema Series cut to Oingo Boingo's classic "Weird Science."

The evolution of a clip
 

Aspiring singer/songwriter Tay Zonday's Chocolate Rain

700,000 views later ...

(though it has to be asked -- how many of those 700,000 actually made it all the way through the clip?)

... McDonalds, Chocolate Rain

There were a few others as well, but you can find those on your own ... if so inclined.

Elameno P
 

Short film by David Lynch, The Alphabet, from 1968

The way out is the way through
 

Our Feature Presentation

12 min film by Carey Burtt, How To Become A Cult Leader


Warning! Adult Themes. Warning! Adult Themes. Warning! Adult Themes. Warning! Adult Themes.

The toy that never was
 

From The Black Hole Collection, Radio-controlled Vincent, from Walt Disney & Mego Toys, circa 1979


When you need a job done, call a robot!

Carrying on with the Black Hole grooviness...

Fan created trailer for The Black Hole

Someplace between Bing Crosby and Mitch Hedberg there lies ... the Sugar Bear
 

Super Sugar Crisp commercial by Jay Ward, circa 1969

Bing Bang Boing Commercial

Jay Ward is my main man

Sugar Bear always seemed a more pleasant, laid back counter point to the frenetic activity of the Trix rabbit and the smarty-pants attitude of Toucan Sam, even though he always fought. By the time I grew out of my Saturday morning cartoon vigils, they had downgraded him from "out-fighting" to "out-smarting". I guess they wanted to restrict violence to the cartoons themselves...

Here's a frightening bit of 80s cereal commercial/video/crappery

"Where's the Cap'n?" by the Crunch Bunch Kids

New David Cronenberg Film!
 

Eastern Promises with Viggo Mortensen & Naomi Watts

Another winner, Tref! Thanks for keeping this thread awesome.

Mr. Rusk, you're not wearing your tie.
 

Thanks!

Trailer from the 1972 Alfred Hitchcock film, FRENZY!

Happy Birthday Elliot Smith 1969-2003
 

Elliot Smith on The Conan O'Brien Show circa 2000, singing, Son of Sam

Happy Birthday Lucille Ball 1911-1989
 

Lucy & Harpo, circa 1955, from I Love Lucy

Lee Hazelwood R.I.P.
 

From 1968, Lee Hazlewood & Siw Malmkvist perform, Summer Wine, on the
Swedish TV special, Love & Other Crimes.

Two will enter. Two will leave.
 

To see the trailer for filmmaker Seth Gordon's, The King of Kong: A Fistful of Quarters, click here

The movie of the year?

"Pigs must have been here!"
 

And now, Our Feature Presentation

From 1977, The Absent Minded Waiter, written and performed by Steve Martin and directed by Carl Gottlieb.

Wow! Steve Martin, with a semblance of color in his hair. I haven't seen this one in years. Thank you, Mssr. Tref.:cheers:

R.I.P. Merv
 

"I don't know, I've always loved to kill. I really enjoy it."

From 1983, Merv Griffin as the Elevator Killer in The Man with Two Brains.

Written by Steve Martin, directed by Carl Reiner & with Sissy Spacek as the voice of Anne Uumellmahaye

New Woody Allen Movie!
 

"Family is family. Blood is blood."

To see the trailer for Woody Allen's, Cassandra's Dream, click here

Starring Hayley Atwell, Colin Farrell, Ewan McGregor & Tom Wilkinson

Original Music by Phillip Glass

Why a duck?
 

From 1930, 16 seconds of the Marx Brothers in glorious 2 strip Techni-colour from Animal Crackers. Directed by Victor Heerman and starring Groucho, Chico, Harpo*, Zeppo & Margaret Dumont.

*in bathrobe & sans wig

Scene from the new the Todd Haynes film
 

Dylan meets Ginsberg in Todd Haynes, I'm Not There.

Cate Blanchett as Bob Dylan & David Cross as Allen Ginsberg

Whoa, Cate as Dylan! Interesting project. Looks like the director is respected in actor's circles.

Greatest album of all time?
 

Joni Mitchell, from a 1971 BBC special, singing, California, from her album, Blue.

Goober, you can't handle the truth!
 

From 1967, Jack Nicholson as Marvin Jenkins in "Aunt Bee, the Juror" from The Andy Griffith Show.

Every story has a beginning ...
 

From 1974, Burgess Meredith narrates the origin-myth of the Freakies Tree.
With characters created by Jackie End.

But no Freakies theme song - that's what made them the best

Tastes like chicken ... and death
 

Horror movie? Advertisment for food? Or, both?

From glorious Soviet-era Estonia, circa 1980s, Kanahakkliha!

Papa Nez Lives!
 

From 1979, the Michael Nesmith and Bill Dear directed music video, Cruisin
(Otherwise known as 'Lucy & Ramona and Sunset Sam')

The same video but with commentary by Nez.

This calls for Super Suction Drawing Power!
 

From 1966, the opening credits to Hanna & Barbera's Frankenstein Jr and the Impossibles

With Paul Frees and Ted Cassidy

Cyber sex
 

From 1983, a deleted seduction scene from Disney's Tron. Directed by Steven Lisberger.
With Bruce Boxleitner & Cindy Morgan

"That's about all they had to eat ... but they did all right."
 

From 1970, Elvis presley singing, Polk Salad Annie, live in Vegas.

From the film, That's the Way It Is! directed by Denis Sanders.

The Beatles on "prostitutes and lesbians"
 

Press conference from August of 1966

Go McCartney! :D

From one of the great musical comedies of all time ...
 

"When We Build a Little Home" from the 1933 "lost" film, Roman Scandals.

Directed by Frank Tuttle.

Starring Eddie Cantor, Gloria Stuart & Ruth Etting

(with uncredited appearances by Lucille Ball, Paulette Goddard & Billy Barty)

987 Polaroids
 

Process Enacted -- a short film by Jordan Greenhalgh

I'm going to have to put you on the home entertainment game grid.
 

From 1983, ABC-TV's, Automan!

Created by Glen A. Larson

Cast:
Desi Arnaz Jr.
Robert Lansing
Gerald S. O'Loughlin
Heather McNair
and Chuck Wagner as Tron! Automan!

News ... On the March!
 

From August 7, 1974, French high wire artist, Philippe Petit gained immortality for his illegal walk between the Twin Towers in New York City.







New Yorker cover from Sept 11, 2006

Finally got to see these - the Polariod thing is incredible! And Automan is...well....terrible. :D

Futurama Is Here (blow it out your ear)
 

The third best cartoon in television history returns with Bender's Big Score

With special appearances by:
Sarah Silverman
Mark Hamill
Tom Kenny
Coolio
& Al Gore as Al Gore

I'm a hippie, too ... A hippie with money!
 

From 1974, Andy Griffith as Sam Farragut -- one of the best (if not slightly forgotten) villians from 1970s TV, in Pray for the Wildcats

Also starring

William Shatner
Angie Dickinson
Robert Reed
Marjoe Gortner
Lorraine Gary
& Henry Fonda, as The President

For those who might have missed this film, think of it as a chance to see Captain Kirk hanging out with Mike Brady. (Shatner's riding outfit is only a communicator away from bring the same one he wore on Star Trek.)

Tref sez, check it out (if you can find it)

From the good folks at Bestbrains and the Gizmonic Institute
 

And now,

Our Feature Presentation

Max the Hero -- a 12 minute and 44 second long animated comedy short written and voiced by MST3K's Mike Nelson, Bill Corbett & Kevin Murphy

Produced and directed by Mike Salva

Ozzy encourages you to rock!
 

Jake E. Lee Shreds

Its the hand-clapping that really puts this one over the top.

Drive, Mickey said.
 

From 1955 a Nash Rambler Commercial not starring Mickey, Minnie, Morty & Ferdie.

Take special note that the Mickey doppelganger's children ride un-bridled. Ahh the innocent days before Ralph Nader.

Heh, that was a pretty good ad - I would have wanted a Rambler back then.

Live a little, drive a Rambler

You think that notMickey drove his Rambler to his new job at Dinseyland?

Help!
 

And now Our Feature Presentation!

From 1965, Jim Henson's 8 minute and 49 second short film Time Piece.

Written, produced, directed, & featuring Jim Henson

With Frank Oz as the messenger boy

Music by Don Sebesky

That was great! Good find! I'd never seen that before! :snap:

And now for something completely different

Jerome Kern did the music and Fred & Ginger the dancing directed by George Stevens from the film Swing Time.

And still magical

Star Turk!
 

From 1973, Turist Ömer Uzay Yolunda, the Turkish version of the series, Star Trek. Directed by Hulki Saner and starring Cemil Sahbaz as Kaptan Kirk.

Cast Includes

Erol Amac as Mr. Spak
Ferdi Merter as Doktor McCoy
and Sadri Alisik as Turist Ömer

... but the Devil is in my car no more!
 

My favorite new, slightly old, band ...

Luke Steele, alias, The Sleepy Jackson, singing, The Devil Was In My Yard

Mi hanno rubato l'orologio!
 

From 1964, the Alrugo film corp presents, Italian Spiderman!

"Shut your mouth Pussycat and get me a macciato, pronto!"

Happy Birthday Woody Allen!
 

From 2002, Woody Allen appears at the Oscars for the first time.

From 2007, the trailer from Woody Allen's new film, Cassandra's Dream.

From IFC, Henry Rollins on Woody Allen

Oh my ...
 

From 1962, "All Alone in the World" from Mister Magoo's Christmas Carol. With Marie Matthews as the young Scrooge

Song composed by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne

Also with
Jim Backus as Ebenezer Scrooge/Mr. Magoo
Morey Amsterdam & Paul Frees

4 to 6 weeks for delivery meant you would have it in time for Easter!
 

Circa 1970s, a television ad for Disneyland Records' Christmas LP.

Three LP's for one price of only $10.98. Cassette or 8-track tape for only $13.98! ***


*** Compact disc orders may take an additional 572 weeks for delivery!

I'm not sure I like surprises ...
 

From 1989, Pickle Surprise by Tom Rubnitz.

Featuring:
Sister Dimension, The “Lady” Bunny, RuPaul, David Dalrymple, Lahoma Van Zandt & Maria Ayala

"Where's the pickle?"

"That's the surprise!"

OMG that was great!!!! All those drugs in the late 80s were apparently really really colorful :P

Homer & JR exist now only in our hearts.
 

From 1984, Miller's Outpost wishes you a Merry Christmas!

Dr. House shakes it like a Polaroid picture.
 

From 1986, Hugh Laurie in a commercial for Polaroid cameras.

Four wishes
 

From 1991, Steve Martin's Christmas Wish on SNL

My first thought, after "Oh yeah, I hate experimental film" was DAMN! Jimmy boy was a hottie when he was younger!

Okay Tref, you like Hugh Laurie? Here's the first way I ever saw Hugh Laurie:

http://youtube.com/watch?v=0uKLhFm4P8E

House is a great show, there is no argument there, but this is the best show on free TV!

30 Years Ago Christmas Morning ...
 

Charles Chaplin passed away.

I'll raise a glass to you that morning, my friend. God bless you.

Wow, missed this before - amazing piece! :snap: Damn, was he talented.

Raise the Titanic!
 

The greatest TV show of all time returns as Cinematic Titanic.

Featuring the original Satellite of Love crew, Joel Hodgson, Trace Beaulieu, J. Elvis Weinstein, TV's Frank, & Mary Jo Pehl.

Monkees Schmonkees
 

From 1976, Micky Dolenz & Davey Jones on the British TV series Our Show performing, "Gotta Get Up" by Nilsson.

I just put in a request to Netflix that they carry these. Everyone else do the same!!! ;)

New Romero Film Feb 15!
 

Coming attraction for George A. Romero's Diary of the Dead.

With special voice appearances by Quentin Tarantino, Guillermo del Toro, Simon Pegg, Stephen King & Wes Craven as "newsreaders"

A woman pilot?!
 

From 1962, Colormation explores the world of sexism, space exploration and spacemen who walk like they've crapped their pants in this creepy Screen Test by Leon H. Maurer

To learn more about Mr. Maurer click here

To see who Mr. Maurer is distantly related to, click here

Meet Woody Allen
 

From 1967, Woody Allen interviewed by the CBC television show The Way It Is.

Yesterday, I didn't even know this clip existed, to-day I think it may be the holy grail of Woody interviews.

Did Led Zeppelin steal from The Beatles?
 

Willie Dixon has nothing on this version of Stairway to Heaven by the Fab Four.

Abraham Lincoln has something he wants to put in you!
 

... at the Gay Bar, by the Electric Six

To read more about said band, click here

Have an accident?
 

No, thank you, I've all ready had five ... From the good folks at Prevent-it.ca

The Last Lecture ...
 

Dr. Randy Pausch on Oprah delivers an abbreviated version of his last lecture at Carnegie Melon.

The actual last lecture (much, much longer) from Sept 18, 2007

Jeez-Louise!

I had just got to the bit in the first one where slips and falls, when my phone, on a shelf near my head, started ringing.

I nearly peed my pants.

And I don't think I'll go back and watch the rest of them.

Kentucky Fried Onion
 

The Onion Movie goes straight to DVD.

No release date as yet ...

Kentucky Fried indeed! I can't believe they actually put a martial arts spoof in the middle.

Finally a detective that Barnaby Jones could take in a fight ...
 

From 1971 the opening credits of the Quinn Martin production, Cannon, starring William Conrad.

Pay special attention to the curious multi-shot of the back of William Conrad's head at 41 sec. Was it random? Symbolic of something deeper? A joke? Only Quinn Martin knows for sure.

P.S. Can anybody freeze that shot for my screen-saver?

If I may, I present to you, The Cat of 1000 Faces!

Pay close attention at 40 seconds.

Good-bye to Richard Widmark
 

From 1947, Richard Widmark as Tommy Udo in Kiss of Death. Directed by Henry Hathaway.

The One and Only Bob Wilkins
 

From circa 1974, the opening credits to KTVU San Francisco's Creature Features with host Bob Wilkins.

To learn more about Bob Wilkins, click here

To read a letter from Sally Wilkins, click here


Photo of Bob in his natural habitat

You are all, each one of you, not my father!
 

From 2008, multimedia artist Paul Slocum's You’re Not My Father featuring Candice Cameron and Dave Coulier and a bevy of Craigslist hired actors.

The Greatest Fight Scene -- Ever!
 

From 2004, Stephen Chow's Kung Fu Hustle and the Fight of the Three Heroes.

From 1968, Terry Gilliam's Storytime.

From that guy from the Hawaiian episode of the Brady Bunch
 

From 2002, Shock the Monkey as interpreted by Don Ho.

(Ignore the video and just listen to the song)

I watched the video, in spite of your suggestion to ignore it. Jack Lord as Steve McGarrett on Hawaii 5-0 was one of my very first crushes, along with Glen Campbell and Joe Namath.

Re-union Tour?
 

Have you ever discovered a great new band only to learn they are not a new band and, in fact, they have all ready broken up? Sigh.

Meet The Delgados



From 2002, All You Need Is Hate

If'n you like it, try

(from the same album) Comin' In From the Cold.

Tref - I feel your pain. The Knife, our discovery last fall, is on a 3 year hiatus. Lord knows if they'll ever come back...

Yo!
 

From 2008, Yo Gabba Gabba's DJ Lance from Nick Jr.



I want that hat. And I would so wear that jumpsuit.

Chucky-baby!
 

Circa 1978, Gene, Gene the Dancing Machine, dances to Count Basie's "Jumpin' at the Woodside" on the late, great, Gong Show.

How Authentic!
 

Model-turned-designer Abigail Lorick discusses the authenticity of Gossip Girl with three Upper East Side high school girls. For Vanity Fair, directed by Jessica Flint.

If your priorities don't feel completely out of whack, (or you don't feel robbed of the first five minutes you might have wasted) there is a Part 2.

Harvey
 

From 1969, Tim Conway as the dentist and Harvey Korman as the guy who can not keep a straight face, from the Carol Burnett Show.

Return of MST3K 2.0
 

Cinematic Titanic returns with Doomsday Machine

(From the director of another MST3K favorite, Catalina Caper & starring the late, almost great, Bobby Van.)

Ooh, another one.

And HOLY CRAP, check this out:Horribly, we are busy that weekend. Triple booked. Cancelled other stuff already. God Damn It!!!

How about a nice Hawaiian Punch?
 

Slow Motion Punches by Action Figure

The Genius of George
 

From Screenplay, Inc., The Fantasy Film Worlds of George Pal

Happy (Belated) 75th Birthday Gene Wilder!
 

From 1971, the creepiest two minutes ever in a childen's movie (completely excised when shown on the Family Channel) The Boat Ride Scene from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.

OMG, I hated that scene as a kid :)

I loved the boat ride scene! I was always hoping for something like that at Disneyland!

My friend Fred
 

15 seconds of Fred Belford

They could have called him Clive, or so, they didn't call him him Joe
 

They called him, Mo, Mo, Mo ...

From 1977, Mo, the great lost song by George Harrison, given to Warner Bros President Mo Ostin as a birthday present.


"Mo's sweet kisses"

New Guy Ritchie film
 

The trailer from the GR film, RocknRolla. Opens October 31.

I'm Iron Man!
 

Who is on 60 Minutes to-night?

That was damn funny

Danny isn't here, Mrs. Torrance.
 

Channel 4 promotes Kubrick Season


Channel 4 has painstakingly recreated the set of Stanley Kubrick horror film The Shining, complete with look-a-likes of the crew and cast members including Shelley Duvall, for a TV ad to promote a More 4 season of the director's films.

The 65-second promotional spot has been filmed as a one-take tracking shot through the recreation of The Shining set.

Viewers get Kubrick's point of view as he walks through the set, ending up in his director's chair as the crew prepare to shoot the famous scene of Danny Torrance, the son of Duvall and Jack Nicholson's characters, riding round and round the deserted corridors of the Overlook Hotel.

The promo, filmed as a single tracking shot with a cast of 55 actors, was meticulously researched to "remain as faithful as possible to the period in which it was shot and the culture of the British studio in the late 1970s".

Kubrick part two
 

Here is an interesting follow up to the above article on Kubrick -- plus there are a lot of nice photos and additional links.

Stanley Kubrick: a props odyssey

War-ravaged weapons from 'Full Metal Jacket', eerie papers from 'The Shining', Tom Cruise's driving licence from 'Eyes Wide Shut' … As the Stanley Kubrick archive - all 900 boxes of it - is opened up for the first time, Chris Hastings provides a guide to some of the objects that made movie history.


To read the article, click here

New Coen Brothers Movie!
 

Burn After Reading - Release date September 12

What a cast! I've heard the title but didn't know what the book was about. Kinda funny they kept the title for a movie. Do they mean to burn the poster after reading it?

New Terminator Movie!
 

but where's Arnold?

Coming Summer of 2009, Terminator Salvation, starring Christian Bale

Ah, teaser trailers, always filled with hope. :)

Baby Fish Mouth
 

The Pictionary scene from When Harry Met Sally (1989)

Here is the new Arnold

SEDAGIVE?!
 

Wilder, Feldman and Garr in Young Frankentsein (1974)

New Woody Allen Movie!
 

Tom Waits and a Tape Loop
 

From 1990, 4:35 seconds of a 74 minute piece by Gavin Bryars, Jesusbloodneverfailedmeyet

I love this piece. To anyone else who enjoys this, I recommend Bryars' "The Sinking of the Titanic".

To-night on Fox: When Golfers Attack Astronauts!
 

Dirty Harry: The Retirement Years
 

Gran Torino directed by Clint Eastwood

Am I missing something? Why is it named after a car? :confused:

VANDAMME!
 

Jean Claude Van Damme is back as Jean Claude Van Damme in JCVD

Turkey Lurkey Time
 

From Act 1 of the 1968 Broadway musical, Promises, Promises, Turkey Lurkey Time, performed at the Tony Awards for that same year. Music by Burt Bacharach and lyrics by Hal David. Head-whipping choreography by Michael Bennett.

Analysis of and obsession over same, by Seth Rudetsky.

2008 Spirit Award Nominee Alex Rivera* talks with FPS about his first feature, Sleep Dealer, a sci-fi thriller, set in the near future of Mexico. Also, about 9 minutes in, scenes from Natasha Arthy's Fighter, which focuses on a young girl's struggle between her love of kung fu** and her traditional Muslim family.




*Alex Rivera is the son of my mother's cousin

**For the LoT fans of the martial arts

Jam Tomorrow!
 

From 1985, Carol Channing in the Emmy nominated, made for TV version of Alice in Wonderland.

Midnight with My Morning Jacket
 

The machines aren't going to like that !

Sir George Martin Kidnapped!
 

A nice day for a wedding ... or is it?
 

You are not a bear!
 

From 1967, the animated film adaptation of Frank Tashlin's book, The Bear That Wasn't. Directed by Chuck Jones.

Free prize inside!
 

"All of the riches that shine will turn sour ..."
 

From 1983, XTC's Wonderland

"There is a time and a place for everything, Kato ..."
 

"... And this is it!"

The two funniest flying karate kicks in the history of film.

From 1975, Peter Sellers as Insp. Jacques Clouseau in the The Return of the Pink Panther.

Scene one (kick begins at 1:58)
Scene two (kick begins at 0:59)

Carousel: A Cinema 21:9 Production
 

Carousel by Adam Berg for Phillips new Cinema Proportion TV. A short film done in a sort of 3-D style. Like on Bewitched, when Samantha would stop time to figure out a problem.

About three minutes in length, but you'll probably be tempted to stick with it 'til then end. But remember, its on a loop so don't stick with it for too long.

Wow, that 3D one is amazing. Totally seamless.

Makes my newest TrefTheatre offering pale in comparison, but it's still fun to watch.

Red Light. Green Light.
 

Don't get in that car! Disturbing Strokes.

New Woody Allen movie
 

Whatever Works with the great Larry David

New Disney animated feature
 

The Princess and the Frog with Terrence Howard, Keith David & Oprah Winfrey. Release date - December 11, 2009

Hope for the future ...
 

"Make Someone Happy" by Jimmy Durante

You gotta love this kid.

Meanwhile, 155,000 views later ...
 

The Play him/her off cat? Oh yeh, Tref we saw that one a long time ago. Where you been brother?

Sublime
 

I can't stop watching the clip! I watched a few of the other keyboard cat variations but the fainting lady at the beach is still the best. At 0:25 I laugh -- each time. I sick. Help!

Please provide link to the fainting lady :)

Love this meme.

It is the post directly above CM's Stalin clip, but here it is again.

Doh! Thanks, I'm an idiot :)

Cancelled!
 

Oh, bother, my favorite show on tv -- the best show on tv -- was cancelled.

Here are the opening credits even Hitchcock himself would have appreciated.

"Laugh it up, wall!"
 

I hate L.A.

NOT FOR EVERYBODY (BUT FUNNY)

Terminator: Salvation The Ride HD - clip from Robb Alvey, including some people you may know at the end.

Who? :p

The Simpsons Voices Live
 

hey, thats the 1-800-dentist lady, isnt it?

Coming Soon
 

Toy Story 3 coming in June 18, 2010

Best excuse ever for not showing up to work
 

:eek:

Fear not, old boy, Dana is all right. Here is the uncut clip.

Here they are ...
 

The Beatles Rock Band official commercial

To see the video and read more, click here

The great Stephen Chow
 

From one of my favorite all time movies, "dance of the axe gang" from Kung Fu Hustle.

New Michael Moore trailer
 

Also check out their follow up single, "Hey, beans are pretty good, too!"
 

From 1944, the Ross Sisters sing the praises of potato salad (and presumably calisthenics) in Broadway Rhythm.

Why everybody should have a vampire as a friend
 

From 2008, The pool scene from the German high school vampire film, Let the Right One In.

Warning! This is a scene from a horror film and contains some suggested Jaws-style violence.

OMG!!!! EVERYONE should look at this one - especially those who want to see a girl give herself a piggyback !!! :eek: :cheers: :snap:

Oh, and don't let the potato salad thing fool ya folks !:D

The best new pop song is now the best new animated video ...
 

From 2009, "My Old Ways" by Dr. Dog and Isobel Knowles

"How about the door ..."
 

Still brilliant at age 54, Jerry Lewis in a scene from his 1980 movie, Hardly Working.

Cool new band
 

Those Darlin's sing "Wild One"

Let her have it!
 

The greatest commercial ever made?


From New Orleans, Frankie and Johnny's Furniture: See the Special Man!

Special Man anecdote:

"F&J was always a big part of my life before the storm; I lived just
a few blocks away and would often see the Special Man coming up the
street in his big black cowboy hat with about 12 huge cigars weighing
down his pocket. By coincidence, my phone number was one digit off from
Frankie & Johnnie’s, and since their commercials ran all night I’d often get angry or drunken misdialed calls on my answering machine from people looking for the Special Man or telling me off for running so many commercials. My favorite was the
soused Uptown-sounding lady who left a long gin-fueled message: “I just
wanted to tell you that your dahncing is ridiculous. I taught dahhhnce for years. And you are ridiculous.”

New Weird Al
 

From Internet Leaks, Weird Al takes on Disney and the Jungle Cruise ride in Skipper Dan

Hit just a little too close to home. Now I'm depressed.

I debated putting the clip here because of the song's tone. If I could make a career out of being a conductor on the Disneyland train, I would do it -- and be quite happy. Obviously Dan thinks otherwise.

Likewise, if I could afford to work at the park, I would.

If I.... oh, hell.

Chitty Chitty WTF?

Thank you?

From 1964, Peter and Gordon perform "A World Without Love"

Why yes, you did see a dancing Hello Kitty nun.

Dutch website crashes
 

Click here but don't touch!

Beautiful.

Warning! This clip from a 1970s game show for kids is disturbing, even for 1970s

I couldn't watch the whole thing. Scary.

That was wretched.

On the plus side, there was a link to this

Oh, that was horrible to see.

After watching the video I had to go here to reboot my brain.

Thank you! :)

That host makes me long for the innocent stylings of Richard Dawson.

If forced to choose among the three links posted here, I would have to go with Japanese game show contestants getting a mallet to the balls as the most normal and wholesome of the lot.

(Pic related)

I missed this the first time through - gotta book mark this for when I need a pick-me-up!

From 1965, Tijuana Taxi, by Herb Alpert and the Tijuana Brass.

Nightmare Fuel - Los Simpsons (Live Action)

Is it possible that a one minute & forty-eight second horror film can still be
one second too long? This one definitely is, but its a great 1:47

Bedfellows


(Pic Unrelated)

I see your point. It would have been perfect without that last 1-2 seconds. They had me at 1:32 for sure.

Interesting social experiment done for a Domestic Violence PSA