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401 results found
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Lil' Dan'l Boom
An unsold cartoon pilot from Sam Singer, who has been dubbed the "Ed Wood of animation". Lots of background pans with no animation, cycles, and overall bad pacing.
Watch at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-O1UXvSRmj4
More info at https://cartoonresearch.com/index.php/lost-and-found-sam-singers-little-danl-boom-1959/
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Short film collection
I just wanted to let you know about Fran Blanche (https://www.youtube.com/c/FranBlanche). She produces high quality transfers of her reel-to-reel short film collection which you can see on her YouTube channel. If you're on the lookout for more shorts, she might be a good source for material.
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Captain America (15 part serial)
Let me set the Stage. It’s the mid 1940’s, WWII is raging, and there’s this publication group called Timely Comics. It’s still decades away before they adopt a more “Marvel-ous” name, but for now they have this new character they call Captain America who they think will make waves. Timely wants to make a serial for Cap, Republic has made tons of serials, what could go wrong?
Hilariously, Republic threw out literally everything about Captain America for the serial. Sure he mostly has his costume, but this is not Steve Rogers the super soldier fighting the Nazis with the help…
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Dream Bunny in Dreamland
An absolute fever dream of a rejected TV pilot. Creepy dolls, bad acting, weird costumes, it's no wonder it failed
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Atomic Tests in Nevade - ST. George Utah
Fascinating yet government-sponsored short about early atomic testing in Nevada and its effects on the citizens of St. George, Utah.
Link to short:
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Boys Beware
I wonder when you will Riff Boys beware. I saw that you covered a fair amount of shorts so I wondered if you'd cover this infamous short. I wonder if the reason it didn't get covered is its controversial subject matter ( Equating homosexuality with pedophilia). Though I would wonder if you'd blast it for it's attitude. I would slam the thing for its bigoted, homophobic views.
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Electrojuice
In 1991, someone decided it would be a good idea to make an "educational film" about the dangers of electricity using a Beetlejuice knockoff as the villain (and kind of the teacher as well). This so-bad-it's-good short is roughly a half-hour and is ripe for Rifftrax treatment.
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Caught Mapping.
1940s movie about Cartography by Chevrolet. A "Jam Handy" production. I kid you not. That's the last slide.
8 and one half minutes of too-fast animation, terrible road conditions, watching people drive around in 1940s Batman's car all to make maps that only have a passing connection to reality.
Also, you can find it in its entirety here: https://www.planetizen.com/node/57278
John
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1999 house of tomorrow
This short presented by the philco ford corporation gives a decidedly dark vision of a futuristic house in the year 1999ad where the computer is in charge of the entire household. It features mandatory exercise and body scans, and the home teaching program telling 8 yr old billy he flunked. It features a young Wink Martindale and is pure nightmare fuel.
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Valentines Massacre (2006)
When Detective Valentine finds out his daughter Heather has been kidnapped, he may have bit off more than he can chew when the investigation leads him into the clutches of a crazy Chef. Made in Wisconsin and played at 2 horror film festivals. Similar to lyncon Colony and fungicide but only 25 minutes long.
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A Body to Die For: The Aaron Henry Story
A half hour episode from the 90's HBO 'Lifestories' series, enjoyed (and adored) by countless students in health class.
Sit back and relax as Ben Affleck takes you through the journey of star football player to roid-raging meat man.
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Traveling vacations short
This short from the 50s is about a man who ruins a ladies painting at the beach, then stalks her , accidentally destroys her fathers car and tows them in their travel trailer all over the country. The girl hates him the entire time. It’s done in that “ain’t it neat” 50s style. And it is ripe for destruction.
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"Gung Ho" by Steve French
It's an Australian take on "Tom and Jerry", with certain twists on the formula.
- The mouse only goes out because his wife is bickering about cheese.
- It's slapstick with a disabled cat.
- The ending is fairly harmonious with both bonding over a bottle of "*** catnip".
The movie is distributed as part of the Kaboodle series by the Australian Children's Television Foundation. A copy of that segment can be found here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g7LZMbEyiZw4 votes -
Old Country Buffet Training Video
This job training video describes how meat carvers can make conversation with guests at Old Country Buffet.
19 votes -
The Spirit of Christmas (1953, short from Bell Telephone)
This half-hour short was produced by Bell Telephone for the Philadelphia area (near me, as it turns out--our local PBS affiliate WHYY usually runs it even today). Except for a bit of live-action, it is performed mostly by marionettes.
The first half of this half-hour short (after an intro by some Bell executives, and a short prologue showing Clement Clarke Moore getting the inspiration for his new poem) is a dramatization of "A Visit From St. Nicholas", or, as we know it, "Twas The Night Before Christmas." This does have its charming moments--the miniature sets are quite lovely and detailed--but…
12 votes -
Delta preflight videos from over the years.
Riff on the preflight instructions that Delta or other airlines have produced over the years.
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Target...Austin, Texas (1960)
The folks at Rifftrax haven't riffed a civil defense short in a while. This ultra-low budget one was filmed in Austin, Texas for a local TV station. In spite of the grim subject matter, there's enough weirdness to riff over, like the extremely cramped fallout shelter in one family's home, the secretary who freaks out during the bombing (and turns into an extra from CARNIVAL OF SOULS), and (most especially) the idiot who disobeys all orders, and essentially winds up as compost. The full short can be found here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bCQePqXEwwA .
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2 votes
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The Adventures of Teddy Ruxpin Live Action
live action version of the old 1980's cartoon.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OtASI_blv_012 votes -
Speedy Cutover service
The cheesy 70s music, the suspense from a heist movie...what is it? A bond film? No its the speedy cutover team, switching from old technology to new. Watch the action as the specially sharpened cutters slice through cables at breakneck pace. Watch the supervisor wipe sweat from his brow in suspence. Will they cut all the cables correctly? Will any emergency calls not be able to go through? Find out!
4 votes
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