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Boris Karloff: The Man Behind The Monster [1h40m] is a 2021 documentary biography about the British actor who embodied so many monsters across his prolific career on screen and stage.
Getting a little more LOST
Over a year ago, YouTuber Billiam posted the second of his examinations of the television series LOST, and we discussed it here. Well, we now have the third [and not final] installment LOST Was Insane During The Writers' Strike which at a tight 3h30m summarizes the eight episodes that were aired around the 2007 WGA strike. Billiam promises the final installment will come shortly.
Spooky atmospheres for every mood
Haunted Forest is the most creepy of what is offered here, with an hour of creaking forest limbs and unexplained noises in a misty forest. Haunted Cemetery Ambience is two hours of a light drizzle, lingering background thunder, some rustling and murmurings and other transient "what's that" noises. Spooky Halloween Fireplace with Rain on Windows Sound is, at eight hours, the least scary and most cozy, with comforting candlelit pumpkins and fireplace crackling backed with rain upon windowpanes.
Monster Madness
A four part documentary about horror film up through the Eighties: Monster Madness Part One: The Golden Age Of Horror Film [1h17m] Part Two: Mutants, Space Invaders, and Drive-Ins [1h32m] Part Three: The Gothic Revival Of Horror [1h22m] Part Four: The Counterculture To Blockbusters [1h2m] I'm hard-pressed to think of a more comprehensive look at these early eras of this genre of cinema.
I'm going to need to get some quarters
Top 10 Arcades Games Every Year From 1980-1989 (100 Games) [25m] offers without commentary a list of each of the 100 games, showing gameplay and those delicious sound effects. Right away I was struck by "oh yeah, I'd forgotten about that one!"
It's 106 miles to Chicago, we have half a pack of cigarettes...
...it's dark, and we're wearing sunglasses. The Stories Behind The Making Of The Blues Brothers [55m] is a 1998 documentary about the 1980 film that defined an era and the likes of which will likely never be made again.
Beato + Saliers = Great Interview
Rick Beato sat down with the Emily Saliers half of Indigo Girls for a conversation about her decades of making and recording music: In the Room with Indigo Girls’ Emily Saliers [50m]. It's a free-wheeling talk that I, as a long-time IG fan, felt was revelatory and insightful. And there's a lot of joy happening here, too! Includes solo performance of song Look Long.
Now there are going to be complaints about this convention, but...
YouTube's Swell Entertainment [YouTube video page link] attends events. But she doesn't go to create glamour Instagram moments, she goes to review the actual experience of attending the event. An interesting comparison/contrast are her videos lunacy at the furry convention [33m] and Anime Expo feels unsafe [37m]. But it's not just conventions, here is i snuck into Renee Rapp's listening party [20m]. I think she's great, and doing a thing nobody else is doing, and doing it with an attitude I enjoy.
Japanese Precision Walking Competition Group Action 2011
集団行動 group action 2011年 Japanese Precision Walking Competition [14m] I won't even pretend to understand much of what is going on here. The introduction is long, and the real action begins around 1m42s. There's a grace and skill and wit on display here, and if you're around for the very end, they execute some maneuvers that even to my amateur eye look VERY amazing, as if they hadn't done enough before.
Let your body move to the music
Serving as a tour for both her mammoth Like A Prayer album and her Dick Tracy/I'm Breathless project, Madonna's 1990 Blond Ambition Tour ended in Nice, France on August 5 [1h53m]. It's like a Broadway Musical Tone Poem, with gigantic set pieces, a loose storyline across a 4-act structure, and some of the best concert performances and pop choreography ever put before an audience. [more inside]
There Is No Game
If you don't want any spoilers at all, here's the Steam link for There Is No Game: Wrong Dimension [$13]. This Guardian review has mild spoilers, and Wikipedia has even more spoilers. But I found real delight in watching these two nerds at Animators VS Gamers do a full play through [3h43m]. Their joy was infectious, and I solved some puzzles before they did which made me feel smart.
The franchise has always managed to balance CGI with real stunts
The 20 Year Evolution of Fast and Furious Car Chases [1h11m, CineFix/IGN] was released before Fast X, but there's still plenty of material there. If you like this kind of thing, you'll like this.
Playing with video games
YouTuber Any Austin has a quirky approach to his presenting, and to his subject matter. My favorite I've seen is Snow! (this is about video games) [16m30s]. He also explores "unexpected and odd places" in several games, including Star Wars: Battlefront 2 (2005) [14m], Skyrim [14m], even Mario Kart 8 [13m]. Here's the first part of a series on breath holding for different characters [13m]. One of his unemployment surveys of video game towns [Castle Town, Twilight Princess, 18m]. His YouTube page lists many more.
The Learning Channel
I'm going to post these in the order that Billiam posted them, but I think, for an old like me, they should really be watched in reverse order because that's chronological rather than working backward from modern outrage to historical corruption. Anyway: 1: TLC'S Biggest Lies [26m] 2: The TLC Iceberg [44m] 3: When TLC Killed “The Learning Channel” [29m]. I remember The Learning Channel, and 3 was like being reminded of watching my favorite pub burning down.
It's counter-intuitive, but too much Disney might be killing Disney
YouTuber Poseidon Entertainment, who spends a lot of time examining dead amusement park rides and has been more increasingly critiquing amusement parks, has a thesis: Disney Brand Fatigue Is Damaging Its Parks [35m]. His experience looking back at things that have ceased to be gives him some insight into how modern attraction development might be creating a future trap for Disney. It's an interesting perspective that maybe Iger needs to listen to.
More of these games should have ended with the monkey hugging the dog
YouTuber oddheader recruited his wife Mrs. odd to review and rank nearly 60 Barbie video games. I played Every Barbie game. HELP ME. (Ft. Mrs Odd) [1h16m] presents them in low-to-high ranking, so it jumps around in time, but grows in quality as it goes on. It's a fascinating and insightful look through the prism that is current rampant Barbie commentary. It's also much less pink than you're expecting.
Jay Leno on Neal Brennan's The Blocks
Neal Brennan's interesting, introspective podcast The Blocks recently had Jay Leno as a guest [1h23m]. Brennan's podcast is focussed around discussing what the guests feel are things that have blocked them, held them back. I found this to be full of insights about Jay Leno that ran really counter to my assumed attitudes toward him, and I appreciated it.
Rick Rubin interviews Trent Reznor
Music Master Rick Rubin interviewed NIN creator Trent Reznor for his podcast Tetragrammaton. [2h10m, audio only] Nine Inch Nails is Rubin's favorite band. Reznor shares a lot, reflecting on his life and career from where he is now. It's a bit like Marc Maron only more about music and much more gentle.
Margariforest Cafeville
ICYMI, last year, YouTubers Eddy Burback and Ted Nivision took a road trip. They each issued a report: I ate at every Rainforest Cafe in the Country [Eddy, 36m], I Drove to Every Rainforest Cafe in North America [Ted, 30m]. Well, they've done it again! I ate at every Margaritaville in the Country [Eddy, 58m], I Drove to Every Margaritaville in the USA [Ted, 46m]. Madness comes in many forms, but chain restaurants are often involved. [more inside]
Cyndi Lauper Live In Budokan 1986
After releasing her second album and before officially launching the True Colors tour, Cyndi Lauper played eight dates in Japan, five of them at the famed Budokan. Four nights there, three nights in other cities, she then returned for a fifth night, which was filmed for Japanese television. Cyndi Lauper Live In Budokan 1986 [1h9m] is everything you want -- jangly late Eighties synths, classic songs, and Cyndi's undeniable vocal prowess.
Trevor Noah in conversation with Reid Hoffman about AI
One of the more thoughtful people on the planet, Trevor Noah has been thinking pretty deeply about AI and social media and other parts of our lives today. He spoke with Reid Hoffman, creator of LinkedIn, and his podcast co-host Aria Finger to share his thoughts [52m], and they're as surprisingly deep and insightful as you might expect from Noah. It wouldn't fit in the title, but I wanted to call this "Social media shouldn't be held accountable for what is posted on it, but what is pushed by it". That's a tiny bit of what Trevor thinks.
Bounce Bounce Bounce
Perhaps you only know Bridget Everett from her HBO series Somebody Somewhere, a quiet meditative piece about small town life. Maybe this is the Bridget you want to have in your head always. If that's the case, be sure NOT to watch her 2015 cabaret special Bridget Everett: Gynecological Wonder [47m], a completely raunchy musical journey that you won't want to share with your parents. Songs about fellatio and on-stage costume changes and so much more!
The B-52s, The US Festival, 1982
In 1982, the first version of The Us Festival [Wikipedia] happened, attracting a then-ridiculous-sounding 400,000 people in attendance across a three-day weekend. One of the acts on the first day, New Wave Day, was The B-52s. Thanks to the miraculous infusion of cash and technology from Steve Wozniak, who organized the festival we have The B-52s At The Us Festival [1h], the entire set, with pretty good video quality and great sound!
The part of 60s music that wasn't Laurel Canyon
Greenwich Village: Music that Defined A Generation [1h32m] is a 2012 documentary that looks at the part of the 60s folk and subsequent rock revolution that wasn't based in California. Guthrie, Seeger, Dylan, Baez.. and that's just the beginning. A really great look at a fascinating era of music that shaped what we all listen to now.
The Exhausting World of Making a Caddicarus Video
YouTube videos can be really well produced, with a lot of shots and custom video footage and various tricks and things to make the entire product more thrilling to view. But what exactly does making one of these things actually entail? Well, YouTuber Caddicarus created The Exhausting World of Making a Caddicarus Video [1h2m] in which he uses all these great techniques to make a video about creating all these great techniques. I've spent enough time watching videos and wondering "could I do that?" that this was a really great all-in-one roll-up of what this one creator does for his videos.
How painful it was for my parents to see me in a doctor's mask.
Vacation Baby [1h2m] is Hari Kondabolu's most recent hour of stand up comedy, from earlier this year. It's about having a new baby during a pandemic. being Asian in America, and a lot of other stuff.
Ten Minute Nostalgia Hits
YouTuber @TheManInMeOfficial has created a series of videos summarizing "Iconic Albums" released each month during different decades. I don't know what the criteria are, but I have to say, the selections are indeed iconic. Each video runs 11m. Most Iconic Album Released Every Month Of The '60s. The 70s. The 80s. The 90s.
Getting to know Julia
Despite the countless series I've seen her in, or the variety of profiles I've read about her across the decades, I've never really felt like I had any peg on Julia Louis-Dreyfus as a person. But she sat down for a 2-hour conversation with Pete Holmes for his podcast You Made It Weird, and across the first half-hour you can watch Pete peel away her defenses and by the end a more fully rounded portrait of her emerged. I really enjoyed this, much more than I expected going in.
Neil Diamond Phil Donahue 1993
Neil Diamond had just released a new album in the second half of 1993 when he appeared on the Phil Donahue Show [46m]. I feel like this is peak early Nineties daytime television.
There's nothing stopping you from going to the lobby til this blows over
Here He Is... The One, The Only... Groucho is a 60 minute biographic documentary about Julias Marx, who with his brothers helped revive vaudeville and reshape American entertainment for most of the last century.
I didn't want to snark out anymore
Guy Raz's beardy stubble talks to Jason Sudeikis' beardy stubble about Sudeikis' career [1h12m], from his early years playing basketball and doing Second City in Vegas and through into developing Ted Lasso. You can see Jason transform between minutes 35 and 38 as they move into taking about Lasso, and his investment in the conversation makes the second half come alive. [more inside]
waydowntown
One of those weird cinema encounters that was possible back 20 or so years ago. Some random movie channel, back when those existed and were exciting. My encounter was waydowntown [Wikipedia], a movie set in Calgary where four office workers have a bet about who can live within the network of buildings and skywalks the longest without going outside. Echoes of Office Space, but much more dark and existentialI didn't know if I'd ever find it again, but I did. Here is waydowntown, from 2000. [1h23m, CW shades of suicide, self-harm, existential dread] It's not to everyone's taste, but it left an impression on me.
Kyle Kinane's comments can cause cackling
Seemingly a very recent comedy special, Kyle Kinane showcases his own brand of intelligent, observant, insightful, occasionally irascible (or is that irritating?) comedy in Kyle Kinane - Shocks & Struts [1h]. It's a special that plays nicely within modern boundaries of comedy while occasionally bumping up against them in an unexpected, I think good, way.
That time Mark Twain and the The President raised a son together
From Matt Baume comes the story of The First Gay TV Movie: The Battle Over "That Certain Summer" [27m], a 1972 made-for-television movie starring Martin Sheen and Hal Holbrook as a gay couple struggling with the ramifications of trying to bring Holbrook's son from his marriage into their lives. Developed by the team who had created the recently successful Columbo, it made it onto television just a few years after the Stonewall Revolution.
Revisiting a favorite from long ago
Ever since we first discussed this in 2011, I keep coming back to it regularly. Oração - A Banda Mais Bonita da Cidade is a six minute long tracking shot through a house full of musical people making music in variously combinations before they all join for a joyous conclusion. Syracuse.com provides a bit more background information. I just love it so much
None of these were on my 2023 bingo card
YouTube decided, weirdly, to throw new music at me today. Even weirder is who these new songs are from, all from albums forthcoming this year. Yes has a new song, Cut From The Stars, truly the Ship Of Theseus of rock bands. Also, Extreme seem to be back with a mind-numbing Nuno guitar solo in Rise. And, on the far end of the spectrum, Winger (of all bands) offers up Proud Desperado.
Where does your food actually come from?
In a video post that veers dangerously close to actual journalism, YouTuber Eddy "Rainforest Cafe" Burback delves into The Deceptive World Of Ghost Kitchens [40m]. Beginning with something that seems like a normal-for-him food stunt, he uncovers a shady world of deceptive practices and safety violations of all sorts. It's good fun and surprisingly informative.
Old Man Yells At Self
Sometimes it's hard to fully comprehend what you're witnessing. Aired in the middle of the night earlier this year on TCM, in accord with some arcane agreement, we get The Dick Tracy Special: Dick Zooms In [27m20s], which features Ben Mankiewicz, Leonard Maltin, Dick Tracy, and eventually Warren Beatty discussing the 1990 film Dick Tracy, which was directed by, written by, and starred Beatty. For a bit of background, there's more inside. [more inside]
How A24 Cinematically Highlights the Asian American Experience
New YouTuber HupahZ, whom I believe to be Asian and tried to research but got nowhere, has some insights into Asian American cinema, and specifically three A24 films. He explores how The Farewell, Minari, and Everything Everywhere All At Once are each a glimpse into the prism that is being Asian American. I really enjoyed this a lot. How A24 Cinematically Highlights the Asian American Experience [30m]
How to dismantle an everything bagel
In celebration of little indie film Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving 11 Oscar nominations, YouTube queer media analyst and commentator James Somerton takes his usual deep dive into the movie. The Queer Nihilism Of Joy (31m) is a journey through confusion and nihilism and into joy. Queer joy.
Flower Wonderland! It's Like A Candy Store!
An intergenerational family business ends up being the last of its kind, but still keeps chugging along somehow. How The Last Artificial Flower Factory In NYC Handcrafts Designs For Celebrities [13m, Insider Business "Still Standing" series]
Art can be a training ground for experiencing emotions
In Every Zelda Is The Darkest Zelda, Jacob Geller explores, discusses, and spoils a truckload of Zelda games and also the Animorphs books. While diving into the darkness, Geller finds a message of light. A good video for any gamer contemplating the setting and conflict in their experiences.
They're long videos, but it's a pretty long book
Night Mind on YouTube brings us his exploration of one of the most labyrinthine novels, Mark Z Danielewski's House Of Leaves. In three parts: Secrets In Sound [1h39m], Labyrinth In Letters [1h37m], and Rest In Roots [1h46m]. It's a great round-up of the book if you've read the work. If you haven't it's full of spoilers but leaves SO much unexplored that you might be driven to crack the book yourself. It's a difficult book to describe, but this comes pretty close. [more inside]
Michaelsoft Binbows
An obscure ages-old internet photo sparks an investigation that leads to a giddy, joyful conclusion. Nick Robinson takes us on a journey as we learn that "MICHAELSOFT BINBOWS' isn't what you think it is. [35m] Features use of Google Earth VR which is the only thing that's made me want VR so far.
Six people who loved to watch television, but didn't like what they saw
The SCTV Guide To Showbiz [1h58m] is a fan-created 2021 documentary that covers the entire history of SCTV, from before it happened until after it ended. Witness a bunch of beloved comedians when they were puppies! Marvel at their chutzpah! Delight in whatever it is they do! Note: This is not a clip show of favorites. It's a history of SCTV told by SCTV with SCTV lore included. Enjoy!
QI XL Series 9 Episode 00 -- Making QI
Originally broadcast in September of 2011, Making QI is an hour-long look at the beloved show. From its genesis to behind the scenes to favorite moments to lots of interviews and insights, this is a delightful look at a series which continues to continue even today.
Fastball
Fastball [1h27m] is a documentary about that blink of an eye showdown between batter and pitcher. How fast is fast? What is it like throwing or facing a big league fastball? This 2016 documentary by Jonathan Hock is a history of baseball through this lens.
Live through all of Infinity (Blade) in just 40 minutes!
The Best Mobile Game You Can't Play looks at Infinity Blade, which was originally released for iPhone 3GS (on Unreal 3!) in 2010. The video covers all three videogames and the two interstitial novels. It's quite a journey for the hero and their bloodline, forward and backward through time across generations. And a fascinating look at a very well developed game and story that is now basically lost.
What else are you going to do with your weekend?
There are people out there who have never watched LOST, who have LOST once, and who have LOST way too many times. YouTube's Billiam falls into the third camp, and he's bringing us recap episodes of the series. These aren't normal recaps, these get into the entire web of interconnections and intrigue and even the details of the production of the show, and give you the most complete picture of the series you might ever find. Season one is covered in LOST Was Weird: A Show No One Wanted To Make [3h], and seasons two and three in LOST: TV'S GREATEST MESS [6h20m]. I assume the remaining three seasons will be covered over the next year or two. 9 hours of YouTube recap is way shorter than three seasons! [more inside]
The progress we've made and the fight we are still fighting
Rupert Everett's Shades Of Gay (2017) [46m] explores the changes in UK society after the decriminalization of homosexuality in 1967. Looking at the oppression of the past and the freedom of today and what has been gained and lost. Out In The Open (2013) [1h28m] begins with outdated myths and stereotypes about LGBTQ people, and moves through them using interviews and testimonials into encouragement, truth, light and joy. I wish I'd seen this when I was a bullied 14 year old.