CCCP-SCC
The Coalition for Cinema Conservation and Preservation – Southern California
Chapter

In conjunction with The Echo Park Film Center

Announces a one night only event – Friday October 30th 2009 at 8 PM

Uncanny My Ass: Penetrating the Performative Object

Join Hugo, Woody, Tammy, Conky, Chip, Marcy, and many others for a selection of
found and recovered video and cinema featuring ventriloquist dummies,
marionettes, sock-puppets, Resusci-Annie, crash test dummies, and anything else
we can scare up.

Featuring special live IN PERSON appearances by Los Angeles artist, musician &
filmmaker Marnie Weber (Party Boys, Spirit Girls) presenting her new short film
“The Sea of Silence” and David Liebe Hart and His Puppet Friends (Junior
Christian Science Bible Lesson Show; Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!)
performing songs from a new original musical detailing the history of LA’s
Pacific Electric Red Line!

The rest of the evening will be given over to a survey of ventriloquist dummies
(and related simulacra) in popular culture, including excerpts from classic
horror films “Dead of Night” and “Devil Doll” the “Conky” episode of Trailer
Park Boys, and classic ventriloquist routines including a rare puppeteer-free
video of Christian ventriloquy legend Little Marcy, and much more!

PLUS Legendary door prize raffles, Halloween refreshments, Surprise special
guests and MORE!

The Echo Park Film Center
1200 N. Alvarado St
Los Angeles, CA 90026
(the blue building at the corner of Alvarado and Sunset)
phone 213 484-8846
www.echoparkfilmcenter.org

Friday October 30th 2009 at 8 PM


Doug Harvey
1334 N. Benton Way
Los Angeles, CA. 90026

(213) 484-2194


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I have DVD copies of 2 shows one Archie and his Friends and one of Funtown and
to the best of my knowledge they are the only 2 shows that were able to be
saved.  Unfortunatly no halloween stuff and probably couldd not copy them for
you in time for this weekend  If you are still interested after that let me know
and I will see what I can do.
--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, saraphin <saraphinn@...> wrote:
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> Hi! There are a lot of videos on YouTube. But you might want to contact people
with the videotape. They may have them in their closet. If you do, get back to
me. I was a big fan of Archie and Friends.
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> Subject: [Archie and his Friends] Any hard copies of video available?
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there any tapes or discs making the rounds that I could get my hands on in 2
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Subject: [Archie and his Friends] Any hard copies of video available?
To: archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009, 8:09 PM


 




Hey y'all

I'm in the middle of curating a video night at a film center in LA on the theme
of ventriloquist dummies for Oct 30th and I realized UB&A was probably the first
ventriloquist act I ever saw, so I'd like to include him if possible - are there
any tapes or discs making the rounds that I could get my hands on in 2 weeks?
Especially any Halloween episodes!

Thanks for any help, and feel free to contact me offline at dghrvy@gmail. com
(or dghrvy@hotmail)

Doug Harvey


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Hi! There are a lot of videos on YouTube. But you might want to contact people
with the videotape. They may have them in their closet. If you do, get back to
me. I was a big fan of Archie and Friends.

Ang

--- On Fri, 10/16/09, Doug Harvey <dghrvy@...> wrote:

From: Doug Harvey <dghrvy@...>
Subject: [Archie and his Friends] Any hard copies of video available?
To: archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com
Date: Friday, October 16, 2009, 7:09 PM






 







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I'm in the middle of curating a video night at a film center in LA on the theme
of ventriloquist dummies for Oct 30th and I realized UB&A was probably the first
ventriloquist act I ever saw, so I'd like to include him if possible - are there
any tapes or discs making the rounds that I could get my hands on in 2 weeks?
Especially any Halloween episodes!



Thanks for any help, and feel free to contact me offline at dghrvy@gmail. com
(or dghrvy@hotmail)



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Hey y'all

I'm in the middle of curating a video night at a film center in LA on the theme
of ventriloquist dummies for Oct 30th and I realized UB&A was probably the first
ventriloquist act I ever saw, so I'd like to include him if possible - are there
any tapes or discs making the rounds that I could get my hands on in 2 weeks?
Especially any Halloween episodes!

Thanks for any help, and feel free to contact me offline at dghrvy@... (or
dghrvy@hotmail)

Doug Harvey


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I was actually on the show when I was 5 with my class. We sang to Ukranian songs
. I can't say I remember very much of it as it was 26 yrs ago but i do remember
it being fun.

Just for fun.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y4Pc42PKZ-M

Hi everyone

Just noticed that some recent posts did not get through, sorry about
that I have been dealing with some heath issues for the last month and
have not had the chance to check the group very much.

Please post them again and I will be sure to get them onto the group,
again im really sorry about the delay, will do my besto make sure it
wont happen again.

> 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
> having a ball

I know what you mean, it was especially funny when they cut back from
a close up of Archie, or whoever trying to catch Bob moving his mouth.

Thanks for this group, I have such fond memories of Bob and the show;
rushing home at noon for Kraft Dinner and Archie and His Friends
followed by Yogi Bear.

Trish








--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, Marty Goldstein
<martybrat1@...> wrote:
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> From Wikipedia:
>
>   "Paper Tiger" in 1965 was her last Top 30 hit. In the late 60s,
she went back to country music and released the album This Is Sue
Thompson Country in 1969.
>
> poorsoul9 <larryrob@...> wrote:
>           Hi everyone!
>
> In retrospect, the thing I liked most about the show was that the
> humor worked on two levels. The first level, of course, was directed
> at the young viewer. But if you watched carefully, you could pick up
> on the fact that 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
> having a ball. As kid's shows go, this one was pretty low-budget.
> Robbie the Robot was essentially a few cardboard boxes artfully put
> together, while Marvin Mouse was your classic sock puppet. But that
> didn't stop the crew from trying to 'put one over' on Uncle Bob
> whenever they had a chance. One episode, I remember seeing short
> clips from 'McHale's Navy' interspersed into the show on a sporadic
> basis, forcing Uncle Bob to explain who that strange person was. For
> example, a Japanese officer on the bridge of a sub became
> the 'mailman.' Of course, Bob would try to get back at the crew.
> After one obviously unplanned interruption with McHale's Navy
> footage, Uncle Bob referred to the mysterious person who had just
> been seen onscreen as the 'producer.'
>
> Another classic involved a crew member who would sneak up behind
> Uncle Bob and Archie and place his right hand on Archie's right
> shoulder, giving the impression that that was Uncle Bob's right hand,
> which of course was never on display. Seeing Archie's eyes rotate
> from the mysterious hand on his shoulder to Uncle Bob and back again
> had me rolling with laughter.
>
> My kids wonder why I used to watch this stuff. But when there were
> only 2 or 3 channels available, just about everyone you knew would
> see the same things on tv and be able to relate. Sadly, in today's
> era of '57 channels & nothing on,' this type of shared experience is
> becoming all too rare.
>
> One question. When the characters sang, it was generally lip-
> synching to records, such as Marvin singing 'Winchester Cathedral.'
> Does anyone know who the artist was that sang 'Paper Tiger' for
> Petite? (I could swear that was a 33-rpm record played at 45-rpm).
>
> Thanks!
>
> poorsoul9
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--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <capt_ot@...> wrote:
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> Anyone know the year this was issued?
>
> I'm guessing it was sometime in the 1960s.  Any help would be
appreciated!
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Most likely 1966 or 1967
Phil

--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Rob" <capt_ot@...> wrote:
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> Anyone know the year this was issued?
>
> I'm guessing it was sometime in the 1960s.  Any help would be
appreciated!
>

Hi, we have the album , but there is no date noted anywhere on it.
Sorry.
Larry

Anyone know the year this was issued?

I'm guessing it was sometime in the 1960s.  Any help would be appreciated!

I remember it...it stuck in my mind for a long long time.

...Bert


On 4/2/08, kneepal <kneepal@...> wrote:
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>   Back when we were enjoying Archie et all on t.v., there was a film that
> was played at school occasionally (my school was Luxton, and we saw it
> there a number of times.) It was something like, ten kids start off to
> walk home and only one makes it, the nine breaking cardinal rules of
> walking home from school. One kid I remember takes his sled down a
> hill and it shoots out on to the road and he gets killed by a car,
> another walks on the ice that breaks, etc. I think in fact this film
> was even played on the show, or I've imagined that. Does anyone else
> remember this film? I would really like to see it again, if anyone has
> a line on it.
> Thanks,
> Carolyn
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--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "poorsoul9" <larryrob@...>
wrote:
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> One question.  When the characters sang, it was generally lip-
> synching to records, such as Marvin singing 'Winchester Cathedral.'
> Does anyone know who the artist was that sang 'Paper Tiger' for
> Petite?  (I could swear that was a 33-rpm record played at 45-rpm).
>
> Thanks!
>
> poorsoul9
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The artist was Sue Thompson. She also recorded "True Confession" and
"Tadpole," both of which Petite also sang. In fact, I remember that
"True Confession" was the second song I ever heard Petite sing, "Paper
Tiger" being the first.

From Wikipedia:

   "Paper Tiger" in 1965 was her last Top 30 hit. In the late 60s, she went back
to country music and released the album This Is Sue Thompson Country in 1969.

poorsoul9 <larryrob@...> wrote:
           Hi everyone!

In retrospect, the thing I liked most about the show was that the
humor worked on two levels. The first level, of course, was directed
at the young viewer. But if you watched carefully, you could pick up
on the fact that 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
having a ball. As kid's shows go, this one was pretty low-budget.
Robbie the Robot was essentially a few cardboard boxes artfully put
together, while Marvin Mouse was your classic sock puppet. But that
didn't stop the crew from trying to 'put one over' on Uncle Bob
whenever they had a chance. One episode, I remember seeing short
clips from 'McHale's Navy' interspersed into the show on a sporadic
basis, forcing Uncle Bob to explain who that strange person was. For
example, a Japanese officer on the bridge of a sub became
the 'mailman.' Of course, Bob would try to get back at the crew.
After one obviously unplanned interruption with McHale's Navy
footage, Uncle Bob referred to the mysterious person who had just
been seen onscreen as the 'producer.'

Another classic involved a crew member who would sneak up behind
Uncle Bob and Archie and place his right hand on Archie's right
shoulder, giving the impression that that was Uncle Bob's right hand,
which of course was never on display. Seeing Archie's eyes rotate
from the mysterious hand on his shoulder to Uncle Bob and back again
had me rolling with laughter.

My kids wonder why I used to watch this stuff. But when there were
only 2 or 3 channels available, just about everyone you knew would
see the same things on tv and be able to relate. Sadly, in today's
era of '57 channels & nothing on,' this type of shared experience is
becoming all too rare.

One question. When the characters sang, it was generally lip-
synching to records, such as Marvin singing 'Winchester Cathedral.'
Does anyone know who the artist was that sang 'Paper Tiger' for
Petite? (I could swear that was a 33-rpm record played at 45-rpm).

Thanks!

poorsoul9






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Back when we were enjoying Archie et all on t.v., there was a film that
was played at school occasionally (my school was Luxton, and we saw it
there a number of times.)  It was something like, ten kids start off to
walk home and only one makes it, the nine breaking cardinal rules of
walking home from school.  One kid I remember takes his sled down a
hill and it shoots out on to the road and he gets killed by a car,
another walks on the ice that breaks, etc.  I think in fact this film
was even played on the show, or I've imagined that.  Does anyone else
remember this film?  I would really like to see it again, if anyone has
a line on it.
Thanks,
Carolyn

Hi everyone!

In retrospect, the thing I liked most about the show was that the
humor worked on two levels.  The first level, of course, was directed
at the young viewer.  But if you watched carefully, you could pick up
on the fact that 'Uncle Bob,' and especially the crew members, were
having a ball.  As kid's shows go, this one was pretty low-budget.
Robbie the Robot was essentially a few cardboard boxes artfully put
together, while Marvin Mouse was your classic sock puppet.  But that
didn't stop the crew from trying to 'put one over' on Uncle Bob
whenever they had a chance.  One episode, I remember seeing short
clips from 'McHale's Navy' interspersed into the show on a sporadic
basis, forcing Uncle Bob to explain who that strange person was.  For
example, a Japanese officer on the bridge of a sub became
the 'mailman.'  Of course, Bob would try to get back at the crew.
After one obviously unplanned interruption with McHale's Navy
footage, Uncle Bob referred to the mysterious person who had just
been seen onscreen as the 'producer.'

Another classic involved a crew member who would sneak up behind
Uncle Bob and Archie and place his right hand on Archie's right
shoulder, giving the impression that that was Uncle Bob's right hand,
which of course was never on display.  Seeing Archie's eyes rotate
from the mysterious hand on his shoulder to Uncle Bob and back again
had me rolling with laughter.

My kids wonder why I used to watch this stuff.  But when there were
only 2 or 3 channels available, just about everyone you knew would
see the same things on tv and be able to relate.  Sadly, in today's
era of '57 channels & nothing on,' this type of shared experience is
becoming all too rare.

One question.  When the characters sang, it was generally lip-
synching to records, such as Marvin singing 'Winchester Cathedral.'
Does anyone know who the artist was that sang 'Paper Tiger' for
Petite?  (I could swear that was a 33-rpm record played at 45-rpm).

Thanks!

poorsoul9

Remember Marvin's encounter with the talking Bugs Bunny doll?

It happened on the Saturday show. Marvin was in his clock. He pulled the
string on the doll's voice player; or rather he held it while an
off-camera stagehand pulled down the doll. The first thing the doll said
was, "Ehhh, what's up, doc?" It said this two more times, then Marvin
grabbed it by the ears, I think, and banged it against the front of the
clock, screaming, "Say something else!!!" Then he "pulled" the string
again. This time Bugs said, "Now take it easy!" He repeated this twice
more before Marvin again banged him against the clock and screamed, "Say
something else!!!" Bugs then said, "I'm sleepy." Marvin, thoroughly fed
up, said, "Go to sleep!" and dropped Bugs. He then picked up that toy
trumpet of his and played "Cabaret" -- or rather mimed playing to the
Tijuana Brass's recording of the tune. At least that's how I remember
all of this. Maybe the first thing Bugs actually said was, "Hi, I'm Bugs
Bunny..."



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That's telecine

--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "jeffdidham2003"
<jeff@...> wrote:
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> Wow!  Yes I remember that one. I think I may have blocked it out as it
>  scared me in to being safe!
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> Jeff
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> --- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "strumpetwindsock"
> <strumpetwindsock@> wrote:
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> > Anyone remember that creepy safety video that they played on Archie
> > and his Friends at least once a year (I definitley saw it four or five
> > times)?
> > It was filmed in really stark black and white, and was about a bunch
> > of school kids. One by one they all die because they were doing
> > something unsafe - one plays out on the river and falls through the
> > ice - another one is playing on a snowbank and falls in front of a
> > car. I think it may have even been shot in Winnipeg because of the
> > river ice part.
> > Finally there is just one kid left, who presumably has learned to
> > follow  safety rules.
> >
> > Scared the hell out of me!
> >
>

Anyone remember that creepy safety video that they played on Archie
and his Friends at least once a year?

===

Oh ya - I'm still haunted by that thing. Particularly the kid floating
down the river (or ditch, or whatever it was). They would show that to
us in school too. I'd love to see it again, for old times sake.
Preferably with a new death metal soundtrack.

Stu
CKUW's Mud Puddle Radio
95.9 FM
Saturday mornings at 9AM

I remember that very well, and have even tried looking for it on
archive.org as a longshot (they have lots of old safety films). I was
unsuccessful.
It was definitely filmed in Winnipeg around 1950 or so. I remember
seeing it in school, along with the Red River Flood film "City in
Siege." http://www.nfb.ca/collection/films/fiche/?id=11412
They were kind of similar in their dark, serious, sombre, high-contrast
black and white tone.

But yeah, the kids died walking home from school in the winter, one by
one. One by bumpershining, one by falling through the ice, one by
sliding down a snowbank in front of a car. I seem to remember it being
called "My Gang," but I could be mistaken.

I'd love to find a copy of it. I'll be sure to post here if I ever do.

Wow!  Yes I remember that one. I think I may have blocked it out as it
  scared me in to being safe!

Telusiny ccu vtr.

Jeff



--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "strumpetwindsock"
<strumpetwindsock@...> wrote:
>
> Anyone remember that creepy safety video that they played on Archie
> and his Friends at least once a year (I definitley saw it four or five
> times)?
> It was filmed in really stark black and white, and was about a bunch
> of school kids. One by one they all die because they were doing
> something unsafe - one plays out on the river and falls through the
> ice - another one is playing on a snowbank and falls in front of a
> car. I think it may have even been shot in Winnipeg because of the
> river ice part.
> Finally there is just one kid left, who presumably has learned to
> follow  safety rules.
>
> Scared the hell out of me!
>

Anyone remember that creepy safety video that they played on Archie
and his Friends at least once a year (I definitley saw it four or five
times)?
It was filmed in really stark black and white, and was about a bunch
of school kids. One by one they all die because they were doing
something unsafe - one plays out on the river and falls through the
ice - another one is playing on a snowbank and falls in front of a
car. I think it may have even been shot in Winnipeg because of the
river ice part.
Finally there is just one kid left, who presumably has learned to
follow  safety rules.

Scared the hell out of me!

THANK YOU! WOW!
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Does anybody have a picture of Robby the Robot?

--- In archieandhisfriends@yahoogroups.com, "Glenn" <cyberlynx66@...>
wrote:
>
> I happen to have an old LP (my god...makes me sound old) of Archie
and
> his Friends.I tried before to post the pics of it here, but wasn't
able
> to. Also I would like to have made the songs available online for all
> to hear. But not sure how to get an LP onto the computer. Any help
> would be great.
>Uncle Bob rocks!  You must be forty something...you know a kid back
when his show was on the air...Check out Foobles the clown for a great
Uncle Bob tribute.  (on You tube)

Awesome find Doug thanks for adding the link.
I dont think I have enough space to put all the songs in the files
section but it is definitly worth downloading from rapid share for a
listen.  i was quite surprised to hear Bob doing the character voces
fora lot of the songs rather than just using a sped up record, not to
take anything away from the crew that worked on the songs of course.

I happen to have an old LP (my god...makes me sound old) of Archie and
his Friends.I tried before to post the pics of it here, but wasn't able
to. Also I would like to have made the songs available online for all
to hear. But not sure how to get an LP onto the computer. Any help
would be great.

Hey y'all

Joined up to share this vinyl rip of Doggy in the Window LP  I came across on
blogspot.

http://wayoutjunk.blogspot.com/2007/07/archie-presents-petite-in-doggie-in.html