Tuesday, July 28, 2009

WHITE PEOPLE, HAVING FUN

Who needs the 'comedy' part of a comedy tape when all you really need is the audience reactions?

While in the process of making this I met up with found footage junkie/Cinefile employee who I will call Bret (because that is his name). We were discussing various projects, and he mentioned he had already done exactly what I was trying to do- only more involved and set to a fantastic music video. So check it out, cause it rules! Also, if you live in or around the LA area you simply must visit Cinefile. It is the opinion of this ghoul that it's simply the greatest video store that ever existed.
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20 comments:

  1. scottwadJuly 28, 2009 at 10:18 AM

    I do um.

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  2. GizzmonicJuly 28, 2009 at 11:38 AM

    Hey, I dunno if any of your contributors live in or around Houston, TX, but the best video store I've seen is Audio/Video Plus on Waugh. It has a whole room dedicated to Laserdisc, in 2009. Pretty much every single video tape ever, from tutorials on your new IBM/PC to that Supervan dreck you featured earlier...dunno how it's still open, maybe for money laundering purposes. Anyway, check it out if you're in Houston.

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  3. Kirk D.July 28, 2009 at 12:14 PM

    Unless I'm mistaken that comedian is Ken Davis. I'm ashamed to say I've seen him by happenstance more than once. No wait, I mean proud. Yes, seeing him was quite cool of me.

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  4. UnknownJuly 28, 2009 at 12:16 PM

    I'm in Houston... I might check it out if they have a decent DVD collection?

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  5. Alex DeatonJuly 28, 2009 at 1:31 PM

    1:25 to 1:29 on the first video. On the right, with the goatee. I do believe we have found a child molester.

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  6. GizzmonicJuly 28, 2009 at 4:26 PM

    John, they don't have many DVDs. It's all VHS, Laserdisc, and even Betamax. Even if you don't rent anything you should stop in, I swear it's the closest thing to traveling backwards in time I've ever experienced.

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  7. AaronJuly 28, 2009 at 10:02 PM

    I assume that title is a Wonder Showzen reference?

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4Gfnke34LQw

    God, I miss it.

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  8. RenzoJuly 29, 2009 at 8:01 AM

    the first video is a MASTERPIECE

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  9. Future SchlockJuly 29, 2009 at 10:34 AM

    Gizzmonic-

    Audio/Video Plus sounds right up our alley. The more a video store seems like a front, the more Terrible the selection in our experience. We are currently in the planning stages of an EIT Texas road trip (more details to come) so we'll have to look it up! Thanks!

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  10. Paul CrikJuly 29, 2009 at 4:07 PM

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  11. Paul CrikJuly 29, 2009 at 4:09 PM

    Both of these are brilliant.
    With or without music. Funny and in a distant way suggests the tragedy of the human condition.

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  12. pesyaJuly 29, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    that is so funny! i've followed post punk junk in its heyday and now i follow your blog, everything is linked!

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  13. immisceoJuly 30, 2009 at 7:46 AM

    @Kirk D. - thanks for the info on who the comedian was. It gave me horrible flashbacks of Mark Lowry who I also saw by happenstance as a child. Yes... Happenstance...

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  14. FrankJuly 30, 2009 at 7:46 PM

    the audience for that "comedy" show had more sweaters per square foot than the average LL Bean catalog, amiright?

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  15. AnonymousAugust 5, 2009 at 12:48 PM

    This has to be one of best documented archives of sweater/turtleneck fashion ensembles I've ever seen.

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  16. AnonymousSeptember 13, 2009 at 4:28 PM

    It is gone cause violation terms :(

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  17. CharlieOctober 13, 2009 at 11:47 PM

    I would love to see that first video again some day. :(

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  18. Brandon WestonDecember 27, 2009 at 9:27 PM

    i'd like to see the first vid too :( i'm really sad now

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  19. cole d'arcMarch 17, 2010 at 2:36 AM

    so many ugly sweaters...omigod i'm blind!!

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  20. AnonymousSeptember 21, 2010 at 4:42 AM

    I saw Borat in there!

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