The beginning of the tape features an episode of The $64,000 Question. Three returning players answer questions about Sherlock Holmes and the oceans in order to win money. The second half of the tape contains an episode of The Buick Berle Show. His special guests are Vic Damone, Jackie Cooper, Dagmar, and Denise Darcel who all express comedic dissatisfaction over the script for the show. Both programs are sure to draw a chuckle.
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Raw footage for the television show “The 90’s.” Onscreen personality Stoney Burke does pre-convention commentary at the Houston Astrodome during the Republican National Convention.
Documentary about a small, non-traveling circus in New York City called the Big Apple Circus. The circus features many human performers including acrobats, jugglers, tumblers, etc, but no animals. The performers talk about how much they love performing in the circus, especially this one. Movement and precision acrobatics help make this tape more than just a document about people, but more of a sensory portrait of the feel of a circus.
This episode of Image Union is a remake of Image Union #1. See http://mediaburn.org/video/image-union-episode-1/.
Mayoral ad spoofs in which the fictional Helen Lishman announces her superiority as a candidate for mayor. Some of the ads take place outside after the Blizzard of 1979. Tom Weinberg plays her catatonic husband, Marvin Lishman.
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Raw footage for the award-winning series The 90’s. A recording of a live performance of “Milly’s Orchid Show,” a variety show at the Park West in Chicago, starring Brigid Murphy. Murphy emcee’s the show in the character of Southern Belle Milly Mae Smithy for this live comedy / variety show. Performers/performances include: House-O-Matic, a teenage dance group; Lisa Kotin, who performs an instructional parody, “Spring Training: Miss America”; an unidentified, young teenage boy who sings a provocative R & B song, during which he strips off his shirt; comedian Emo Philips performs his typically eccentric stand-up act; the Texas Rubies, a female duo, perform a comedic rap and some country songs; and a performance by musician Jim Lauderdale. [The same footage is captured on another tape, but with a static camera.]
One episode of the television sitcom “The Honeymooners”, followed by a highlights montage. The episode centers on Ralph’s [Jackie Gleason] refusal to buy a TV set for his wife. He eventually agrees to co-purchase a TV with his neighbor and share the set between them. This, predictably, causes problems.
Episode of Image Union featuring music videos, live performances, and comedy segments by the band Cool Dreams.