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Creator:

Chris Hayward
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Seasons:

1 full episode list

Release Date:

1963 (USA) more

Genre:

Comedy more

Plot:

Take old movies, throw away any soundtracks, and add your own voices and sound effects to create comedy masterpieces.

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A brief flicker of brilliance. more (18 total)


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Hans Conried ... Host / ... (26 episodes, 1963-1964)
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Additional Details

Runtime:

30 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1 more

Sound Mix:

Mono


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This was the only live action show produced by Jay Ward. more


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A brief flicker of brilliance., 31 July 2000
Author: roarshock from Oregon USA

Of all the Jay Ward productions this was FAR AND AWAY MY FAVORITE!!! Rocky and Dudley and George and all were great, but this is the show that every week would set me off laughing. The voice-overs had a wild free-wheeling style that felt like spontaneous jokes flowing out of their heads -- though of course they were scripted to match the wonderful visuals. These were either a brilliant re-editing of a single movie, or a fantastic hybrid of dozens of them, reassembled to tell an entirely new story. That sort of work requires a prodigious visual memory and a great sense of humor. And Hans Conried was the perfect cherry topping it all off.

Now despite what the cranky Mr. Vogel says below, this show introduced me to silent movies, the same way I first learned classical symphonic music through Warner Bros. cartoons. The distinctive look of the early film stock, cinematography, and acting is now so closely associated with the pleasure centers of my brain that whereas most people can now barely tolerate black and white anymore, I don't even need the incidental music and can sit in pure silence for hours just treating my eyes to silent movies. Thanks to Jay Ward, I like flickers, even unfractured.

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