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Goldilocks and the three bears in 3d
I had this nightmare of a children's movie as a kid. It is definitely a trip. I think it, along with your guy's humor, would make a great Rifftrax short. Please consider.
19 votes -
The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967) AKA Santa Visits the Magic Land of Mother Goose
Santa Visits the Magic Land of Mother Goose
The Magic Land of Mother Goose (1967)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TfxB00ikzk
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0061936/?ref_=nm_flmg_dr_179 votes -
Instant French
In keeping with the wackiness of shorts like Phoebe, this gives us a look at the strangeness of 1960s Canada culture. Bilingualism, mistresses, corporate intrigue, black & white film, plus an animated logo to take on Coronet and ACI. What could go wrong?
20+ minutes of pure madness to start your day right in our topsy turvy world today.
6 votes -
Any old 80s fast-food training video you can get the rights to
There's a lot of great cheesy 80s fast-food training videos out there, like for Wendy's and McDonald's. It's a riff goldmine.
4 votes -
Benji's Very Own Christmas Story
A man in Switzerland who claims to be St. Nicholas takes a girl through a door marked "Verboten" into Santa's workshop.
Here, we learn about Santa's changing roles in different countries via costume changes and a song or two. We also get to see the elf children (with discolored pointed putty on their noses) wearing politically-questionable cultural attire in an ironic effort toward unification. Watch out for those rice hats! How could you turn down a Christmas short that takes creative cues from 1959's Santa Claus??Also, the girl happens to be holding the dog named Benji in her arms…
4 votes -
Siberia Invites You To Visit: 19??
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ET3P3UJXl00
This short film tries to sell westerners on visiting Sibera. A place with an inland beach, villiages with museums, a college, the siberian tiger, Donald Duck intellectual property theft, and so much more.
The short tries its hardest, but Siberia doesn't come across all that much more interesting than Milwaukee. Milwaukee if it were stretched to cover 5,000 miles, at that. The short even ends with a woman dancing to a generic lounge act while a bartender pours a giant bottle of booze.
Siberia invites you: a magical land where the sea air is pungent, the summers are hot…
3 votes -
shotgun or sidearm
Shotgun or Sidearm?
1976 Sid Davis Police Training Film; When Should Cops Use Shotguns?
Cheesy 70's era police training video with plenty of bad acting.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kYTzNlGLHEo
@11:12 - "Did he say three meal suspects? I think he pulled over the Hamburglar."
1 vote -
The Christmas Tree- Animated Christmas Abomination
1991 animated christmas movie. An all around bad movie- bad animation, bad voice characters, etc. Orphans, mean caretaker, and the Orphans best friend is a tree. YES a tree. Some how the children seem to live really close to santa claus. Its been called the Room version of Christmas Special bad.
338 votes -
Dick Tracy Serials
http://dicktracy.info/on-film/cliffhanger-serials/
These serials start in 1937, starring our friend from Jungle Goddess, Ralph Byrd (Aka Bob Simpson, the racist murderer). Since you riffed Ancient Batman...it behooves you (whatever behooves means) to take on one of these 15 episode serials!7 votes -
Paddle To The Sea
28 minute short I had to watch in elementary school.
A boy carves a canoe out of wood and sends it on it's greatly improbable way to the ocean.
Along the way, the canoe meets people and has adventures.
The canoe does.
Yes.
Really18 votes -
"This Is Coffee" - An instructional short about how you're making coffee wrong.
An alternate title for this short could be "Go to Hell French Press"
At first, this 12 minute short celebrates the diverse styles of coffee and the many ways to enjoy it.
But then it insists that there's only the one Coffee Brewing Institute approved method to make a cup of coffee using one of three types of coffee pots. Anything else doesn't count as coffee.
24 votes -
Catweazle
I'm an American/Dutch dual citizen, living in Holland for ten years and the US west coast for fifty years before that.
My Dutch husband called one of our kitties "Catweazle" this evening, and I asked him what on earth he was talking about. It turns out that "Catweazle" was a British-made children's show from the early '70s that he watched on TV as a small child.
I watched Season 1, Episode 1 of "Catweazle" (oh, I never get tired of typing that name!) on YouTube, and it was fifteen minutes of riff-worthy delight.
I had never heard of this show…
10 votes -
Raggedy Ann and Andy (1941)
This Fleischer cartoon gives "Fun in Balloonland" a run for its money in the sheer insanity department. There's a character with a pair of scissors for a head, and Ann and Andy are SEWN TOGETHER at the end.
7 votes -
Private Snafu or A Few Quick Facts (1942-1946)
Series of animated shorts used to educate WWII soldiers on many touchy, difficult subjects. PVT Snafu being voiced by the legendary Mel Blanc.
One has to be wary to not pick the shorts with obvious racist depictions of the Japanese army/navy/etc.... One episode was written by Dr. Seus.
https://web.archive.org/web/20161225201615/http://www.imdb.com/character/ch0034915/
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BlbGPQydXZs22 votes -
DragonStrike
It's a 30 minute video tape that came with a board game back in the 80s. It's really cheesy and perfect.
9 votes -
School's Out
what do kids do during the summer holidays? this film attempts to explain this, the answer an awful lot
1. a gun fight in the middle of the street
2. a child riding a dog into battle
3. a police man escorts a young boy around a gym
4. a demonstration of old live saving methods
15 votes -
Depending On Weather
Adverse weather conditions are a hazard for the unprepared driver. Motoring writer and race driver, David Mckay, gives his check-list for reliable motoring with safety during extreme weather. (NFSA Films)
1. thrill as what is meant to be a joyful drive gets a man muddy
2. marvel at adverse weather
3. enjoy the process of changing a tire
8 votes -
Crystals 1958 Alan Holden - Bell Laboratories
I ran across this short on youtube. A teacher at Bell Laboratories talks about the Physics of Crystals and their Cleavage. It's perfect Riff material!
4 votes -
Operation: Deep Freeze
Or, a history of my dating life.
Just kidding, it's a short from the '50s about Antarctica! Starring some overly adorable penguins.
9 votes -
Manager On The Case (1989)
Made by Film Australia 1989. An outline of how rehabilitation programs are administered in Commonwealth Agencies with specific reference to the role of the case manager. (NFSA Films)
1. it has a young Russell Crowe, which should be reason enough
2. it has some funky late 80s tunes
3. learn about the bureaucracy of the public service
4. random teleportation
12 votes
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