NY Nites #10
An ALL ROCK N ROLL edition of NY NITES featuring local rock n roll radio ads, the best NYC-set segments from the early 80s documentary series Real People, a documentary about a famous anti-war concert in the center of the city, a tribute to the great NYC singer and storyteller Jeffrey Lewis, plus Manhattan youth, punk chow, homosexual aardvarks in bathtubs of lukewarm jello, the Evil Dead and Meat Loaf!
The wildest city in the world gets even wilder at NITE! Filmmaker and nightlife guru Adam Baran (TRADE CENTER, CIRCUS OF BOOKS) curates an after-hours examination of the brilliance and beauty of New York, New York.
MHV #194 - THE WORLD’S DUMBEST GAME SHOW EVER
Game Show Network’s very short-lived 2003 original “Cram” is complicated and ridiculous: two duos are forced to stay awake 24+ hours (in plexiglass containers on Hollywood Blvd!) and memorize rando trivia, to beat the others the next day on some way-too-high-concept physical challenges involving said trivia. Huh…?
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT: FILM TBA
FILM TBA, new trailer forthcoming! In the meantime, check out this older one. ^^^
Hosted by Museum producer Jenny Nixon.
MHV #195 - TOM SNYDER, REGIS PHILBIN, & ED McMAHON '79
TRAILER TO COME
Three dudes, just kickin’ it. These three dudes just happen to be _________.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MUSICVIDEODROME #69
New trailer to come. In the meantime, check out this older one! ^^^
- - -
MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you monthly! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more.
Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.
About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.
Catch up on past episodes of Musicvideodrome on our Patreon.
MHV #193 - ALEX TREBEK SPEAKS
We comb through our fave Trebek talk show appearances and other bits. The iconic Trebek was, above all other things, a consummate broadcaster. His easy, professional personality and limitless repartee with average-Joe contestants continue to swell our hearts. Dude was a nationally recognized voice from the jump!
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MHV #192 - THICKE OF THE NIGHT
Infamous! Lethal! The lowest-rated show in the history of late-nite talk! This very-short-lived mid-‘80s challenger to “The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson”, hosted by very Canadian entertainer Alan Thicke (“Growing Pains”), contains multitudes of crackling weirdness and intrigue that would go on to influence future gens of TV talk.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MHV #191 - Sheryl Lee Ralph in “New Attitude”
Decades ahead of its time, this very-short-lived 1990 summer replacement series for ABC’s “TGIF” lineup starred Sheryl Lee Ralph, Ja’Net Dubois, and Morris Day! We’ll watch the full pilot and dream of what could’ve been if the show had lasted more than just a handful of episodes…
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
AFTERNOON DELIGHT: BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA (1992)
Join Jenny for another lazy Saturday afternoon film hang! AFTERNOON DELIGHT is back for April! This time around, we’ll be group-watching what is indisputably 1992’s gothiest, horniest movie: Francis Ford Coppola’s vampire-romance epic BRAM STOKER’S DRACULA. A stacked cast of greats—Anthony Hopkins, Gary Oldman, Winona Ryder, and Keanu Reeves in possibly his most endearingly goofy role ever—chew up the candlelit, gauzy-curtained scenery in this blood-soaked horror romp packed with an unforgettable score, eye-popping practical effects, and deeply sexy vibes. This is great re-watch for those who haven’t seen it in a while, and a Grade A mind-blower for the uninitiated!
The show will kick off with an original vamp-themed edit, and will be followed by a making-of featurette.
Hosted by Museum producer Jenny Nixon.
MUSICVIDEODROME #68
Sip on some pipin’ HOT CHOCOLATE! Celebrate the Spring with BIZ MARKIE! Wonder about weiners with SO GOOD!
- - -
MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you monthly! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more.
Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.
About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.
Catch up on past episodes of Musicvideodrome on our Patreon.
MHV #190 - Paul Verhoeven’s Ep of THE HITCHHIKER
Right before Paul Verhoeven made a huge Hollywood splash with ROBOCOP, he directed a randy, violent episode of the R-rated HBO anthology series “The Hitchhiker” in ‘86. Starring Peter Coyote, this ep bears a striking resemblance to De Palma’s BODY DOUBLE.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
SEX/DEATH: An Erotic Thriller 16mm Movie Marathon
Run Time: 720 min. Format: 16mm
35mm can be beautiful, but 16mm is *personal*. This six-feature marathon of Hollywood erotic thrillers is packed full of cheerfully promiscuous femme fatales, goofball fall guys and an avalanche of illicit oodling and canoodling. Made at the apex of the genre (’84-’94), these horny noir-ish contraptions come straight from the archives of Secret Sixteen: L.A.’s siqqest collection of this wondrous film format.
Join Secret Sixteen founder Mike Williamson, Josh Miller (Friday Night Frights), and Bret Berg (Museum of Home Video) for a 12-hour blast of Gothic duplicity, white-collar criminality, and the pleasure/danger principle. Titles aren’t revealed until they unspool onscreen — you’ll thrill to amorous jazz, smoky backlit groping, peeping toms, trigger-happy cops, glass block walls, sex with the boss’s wife, housewives living double lives, stoopid husband moves, cuckoo clergy, over-confident Lolitas and delusions of a happy life with a white picket fence.
Please note that this screening is not eligible for Brain Dead Studios membership discounts, and tickets must be purchased separately.
MHV #189 - JAN HOOKS on SNL
Gone too soon. One of the strongest performers to have ever graced SNL, Jan Hooks fearlessly inhabited her characters in ways few of her contemporaries have matched. The “Bette Davis video will and testament” sketch alone is Emmy-worthy! Let’s celebrate Jan tonight.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
SPARKS Rarities LIVE at WHAMMY!
Ninety minutes of fantastic live clips and TV curios from one of the best bands ever.
Sparks are an ultimate group to obsess over. Each of their ever-changing eras contains a great number of earworms. Tonight we’ll see scorching performances from their mid-‘70s sophisticated UK glam, their late-‘70s electronic bliss with Giorgio Moroder and their early-‘80s upbeat New Wave jangles. All-time bangers from LPs “Kimono My House”, “No. 1 Song In Heaven” and “Angst In My Pants” are in the mix.
Hosted by Museum of Home Video VJ Bret Berg. See the weekly Tuesday livestream at museumofhomevideo.com
Digital projection, 90 min
7:30 doors
8pm screening
MHV #188 - GAME SHOW GALLERY: Hollywood Squares April Fool’s 2003
It's the 20th Anniversary of the wildest prank in game show history. “Hollywood Squares” reboot exec producer Henry Winkler pulls a heavy one on host Tom Bergeron, having hired actors to play dueling contestants who escalate their psychodrama in front of the crew. Celebrity guests Penn & Teller, MC Hammer, and Mario Cantone watch in horror as things melt down!
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MHV #187 - eXistenZ Group Watch!
Cronenberg’s most prophetic sci-fi nightmare—from a career filled with them! Let’s do a 25th Anniversary group watch of this squishy, unnerving VR world starring Jude Law and Jennifer Jason Leigh.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MUSICVIDEODROME #67
WHO’S IN DA HOUSE? You guessed it — it’s JESUS CHRIST! ALSO: You’ll enjoyz the BEASTIE BOYS, style tips from a FASHION ICON & a SPOTLITE on SAY SHE SHE!
- - -
MUSICVIDEODROME: A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you twice a month! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more.
Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.
About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.
Catch up on past episodes of Musicvideodrome on our Patreon.
MHV #186 - Best of IN LIVING COLOR, Season 2
Another colossal megamix of the big, beautiful ball of sketch comedy nonsense starring Jim Carrey, David Alan Grier, Tommy Davidson, Damon Wayans, Kim Wayans, and a lot more Wayans-es. We’re eventually working our way through the whole five-season show!
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
Afternoon Delight: CARRIE (1976)
Join Jenny for an early afternoon screening of Brian De Palma’s CARRIE (1976), a film that a bunch of people in our chat recently (and shockingly!) admitted they’d never seen! To remedy that egregious oversight, we’ll screen this all-timer about the titular telekinetic teen along with a specially curated pre-show reel. Pop some corn and park that ass on the couch, won’t you?
MHV #185 - QUEER COMMERCIALS
See how far we’ve come! Tonight we dive into 50 years’ worth of LGBT representation in TV commercials…the cheeky, the dramatic, the silly, and the heartfelt. We originally put this presentation together for a friend’s ad agency; said friend Sean Carnage stops by to co-host.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
RING, RING Live in MPLS!
(DCP, 100m) edited and hosted by Bret Berg. Museum of Home Video is a weekly found-footage live stream that revels in the pandemonium of online archives, YouTube rabbit holes, and bygone media. For this special IRL show, the Trylon is flying out MHV’s Bret Berg to present two brand-new edits: Ring, Ring: a Doorbell Cam Fantasia and Museum of Home Video’s Guide to Infomercials. Painstakingly (and hysterically) edited, these two pieces work together in a way that illuminates our modern surveillance state and relationship to consumerist culture. Highlighting an ocean of creepy and bizarre human behavior, you’ll see the very best of porch thieves, patio punks, door-to-door doorbell lickers, and late-night infomercials.
RING, RING Live in MPLS!
(DCP, 100m) edited and hosted by Bret Berg. Museum of Home Video is a weekly found-footage live stream that revels in the pandemonium of online archives, YouTube rabbit holes, and bygone media. For this special IRL show, the Trylon is flying out MHV’s Bret Berg to present two brand-new edits: Ring, Ring: a Doorbell Cam Fantasia and Museum of Home Video’s Guide to Infomercials. Painstakingly (and hysterically) edited, these two pieces work together in a way that illuminates our modern surveillance state and relationship to consumerist culture. Highlighting an ocean of creepy and bizarre human behavior, you’ll see the very best of porch thieves, patio punks, door-to-door doorbell lickers, and late-night infomercials.
RING, RING Live in MPLS!
(DCP, 100m) edited and hosted by Bret Berg. Museum of Home Video is a weekly found-footage live stream that revels in the pandemonium of online archives, YouTube rabbit holes, and bygone media. For this special IRL show, the Trylon is flying out MHV’s Bret Berg to present two brand-new edits: Ring, Ring: a Doorbell Cam Fantasia and Museum of Home Video’s Guide to Infomercials. Painstakingly (and hysterically) edited, these two pieces work together in a way that illuminates our modern surveillance state and relationship to consumerist culture. Highlighting an ocean of creepy and bizarre human behavior, you’ll see the very best of porch thieves, patio punks, door-to-door doorbell lickers, and late-night infomercials.
MHV #184 - Game Show Gallery: FANDANGO '84
At the dawn of The Nashville Network stood this tongue-in-cheek game show pitting contestants against each other over who knew the most about Hank, Waylon, Tammy, and Dolly. Complete with a sentient talking jukebox!
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MHV #183 - Jonathan Waller & “Hello Nashville”
Edited by longtime Museum viewer Jonathan Waller, “Hello Nashville” is a city symphony inspired by a childhood awash with local news bumpers, station IDs, and fast-food jingles. This fantastic nesting-doll edit is full of TV network good cheer, bonkers ads, and a haunting earworm of a theme song…
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MUSICVIDEODROME #66
A joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you twice a month! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more.
Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.
About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.
Catch up on past episodes of Musicvideodrome on our Patreon.
MHV #182 - GRAMMYS 1990
An all-time monster mash of the era’s celebs (Ozzy! Macca! Bolton! Shandling!), and the one where Millii Vanilli won for Best New Artist. We outdid ourselves with the edit, which features several live performances chopped up and blenderized to become brand-new “songs”.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
NY Nites #9
NEW TRAILER TO COME - UNTIL THEN, WATCH THIS ONE! ^^^
The wildest city in the world gets even wilder at NITE! Filmmaker and nightlife guru Adam Baran (TRADE CENTER, CIRCUS OF BOOKS) curates an after-hours examination of the brilliance and beauty of New York, New York.
MHV #181 - A Tribute to BERNIE MAC
Simply put, Bernie was one of our fave performers ever. Gone way too soon, Bernie revolutionized comedy for the new millennium in his utterly fearless style before passing in 2008 at the age of 50. Tonight we treat ourselves to a buffet of Bernie: stand-up, sitcoms, movies, and interviews.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
MUSICVIDEODROME #65
Our very own in-house dreamboat IVOR returns to our screens and hearts with an all-new episode of MUSICVIDEODROME, and he’s set to dazzle us with an extra-special spotlight on the great DEERHOOF!
MUSICVIDEODROME is a joyous and frenetic stumble through the archives of music television, coming at you twice a month! Forgotten live performances, modern and classic music videos, outrageous interviews & more.
Hosted by the International Voice of Reason.
About IVOR: IVOR, a 20-year veteran of weirdo free-form radio, is survived by his two tuxedo cats and a giant pile of rug yarn.
Catch up on past episodes of Musicvideodrome on our Patreon.
MHV #180 - ALF on "Hollywood Squares"
Two TV tastes that taste great together! The quip-heavy, celeb-centric, levity-forward "Hollywood Squares" was the absolute perfect platform for our star '80s alien to best unleash comedy havoc. Not even NBC chief Brandon Tartikoff (here also a guest Square!) could tame the unleashed beast that is ALF.
ALL TIMES ARE PACIFIC
Catch up on past episodes of Museum of Home Video on our Patreon.
SHOW RESCHEDULED
Our apologies, but the internet hasn’t been set up in our new studio yet, as our provider had to postpone installation thanks to the heavy rains Los Angeles is currently experiencing. So we’ve bumped all our usual Tuesday night shows by one week—which means there will be NO SHOW on Tuesday, Feb 6. We’ll see you next Tuesday as usual! Check the site calendar for a full lineup.