American Way, Guerrilla TV, NHPRC, Outside Agitators, Performance, Roots of Video
…ot of one of the actors mopping the floor of the stage during the production. A fellow cast member can be heard singing and playing guitar in the background. 01:53 Cut to footage from inside Sing Sing Prison. The cast members are seen stepping in and out of prison cells. The cast rehearses the night before the performance. A cast member talks about the inspiration for the play. He comments on the subject of prison violence. This lasts for several… Continue reading →
American Way, Chicago, Studs Terkel
…his home town in Oklahoma, which was one of the first oil boom towns. 5:08 Seeger, Hellerman, and Arlo Guthrie sing “Oklahoma Hills.” 7:38 Studs reads Guthrie’s reminiscences of how he got out West and how he began to play guitar. 8:51 Seeger and Collins sing a song about rambling down a long dusty road. 11:56 Audio recording of Guthrie talking about a severe dust storm. 16:20 Arlo Guthrie sings song about the dust storm that h… Continue reading →
Chicago, Communities, Tom Palazzolo, Viewers Choice
…e described as “a crutch”). 8:55 At a music revue event, one woman announces her request, “to sing ‘Hello Dolly’”, and then commences to do so. A montage of men and women dancing, celebrating, entering the picnic, and speaking together is over-layed. 10:20 The man in the blue shirt hands out individual plates for a group game, joking “whoever wins takes me home with them”. Women throw their paper plates… Continue reading →
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…at’s inside.” The “orange” hatches into a large purple monster. 1:19 Nick at Nite bump using stop-motion pixilation techniques. 1:30 “We’ll Be Right Back” intro/theme song. The “World’s Fastest Talker” (played by John Moschitta) introduces the program, which largely involves rapidly rattling off a long list of well-known slogans. 3:22 First segment, “Wacky World of Products”… Continue reading →
…he upper half of their bodies perform. 3:11 Muriel Cigars ad. Two animated Muriel cigars, one female, one male, sing a duet. Poor sound quality. 4:11 Kool cigarette ad. Opens with animated skating penguin, then cuts to a shot of a clear stream flowing through a snow bank. A woman sings and a man’s voice over cuts in describing Kool cigarettes as “as cool and as clean as a breath of fresh air.” Camera cuts to man smoking a cigare… Continue reading →
Chicago, Image Union, Roots of Video, Studs Terkel, Viewers Choice
…an’t have a Serbian wedding without music. It’s such a big part of the wedding. There are songs you sing when the bride comes out of the church. There are songs you sing when they come out of the church.” 6:46 Cut to religious ceremony of the wedding inside church. A priest holds a crown. The bride and groom kiss the crown. It is placed on the bride’s head and the people attending begin to sing. Church bells ring and they… Continue reading →
…. Musicians play percussion and string instruments while performers come to the stage and wooden dance floor to sing traditional songs and dance. 10:55 “Night Spot.” At Phyllis’ Musical Inn (1800 W Division St), small upcoming bands play in a relaxed, dive bar setting with minimal stage production. 12:57 “Really Big Show.” In the style of Ed Sullivan’s “Really Big Shew,” Lounge Ax (2438 N Lincoln) h… Continue reading →
0:00 Slate. 0:18 Image Union opening. 1:12 Heavy-set older women in sequined dresses dance and sing about Diet Vimto soda. 1:36 Artsy black and white shots of a vampire turning into a bat. “Our season is off the ground.” Missouri Repertory Theatre. 2:06 A mother holds and kisses her new born as “Rock-a-bye Baby” plays. Disturbing footage of teens in awful situations intercut. Truckee Meadows Hospital. 3:07 Adopt an elepha… Continue reading →