BALLYHOO: The Hollywood Sideshow (1996) is an early documentary on the world of exploitation cinema and its origins. Originally aired on American Movie Classics-- when it was still commercial-free and supported Hollywood's Golden Age-- what it lacks in high energy it makes up for in being an adequately informative introduction to anyone newly discovering this uniquely American genre of low budget filmmaking and the sensationalism used to promote it. Hosted by Frankie Avalon and featuring comments from John Waters, Roger Ebert, Peter Bogdanovich, Mamie Van Doren, and exploitation pioneer Dave Friedman, among others. Introduction by former AMC host, Nick Clooney. These videos were transferred from VHS which were recorded from broadcast over 10 years ago, so you may find the quality offered a couple of miles this side of inferior. But hey, what d'ya want fer nuthin'? ;-) Enjoy.
If you'd like to see more, you can watch parts 2 thru 7 via my YouTube channel
All of the inmates here at Celluloid Slammer are incarcerated for the same crime - love of movies! The good, bad, ugly - we don't use such mundane terminology.
Many of us honed our skills in working in video stores, and others have chosen - beyond all advice to the contrary - to work in "the biz" exposed by such hard-hitting exposes like "The Oscar" and "The Loved One."
Then there are those of us who grew up only to be disappointed that life didn't have parties like "Beyond the Valley of the Dolls," or took LSD only to find that it wasn't like Mimsy Farmer portrayed.
In any case, we all ended up here - the Slammer!
Hell, it cuts down on innumerable cc'd "Have you ever seen THIS?"emails to LA, Boston, NY, Wales, Montreal, North Carolina, Virginia - the Slammer's inmates aren't bothered by pesky maps. Or reality. Check yourself in!
Warden
Eclectic Ladyland
Screen Tests Every Tuesday
Stay Kleen
Inside & Out
Why I Oughtta........
Ommmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
T I T T I E S
...ah but so much MORE!
Like the fella once said...
...ain't that a kick in the head!
Chaplain
Random Radio Spots
Some of our favorites for you to enjoy.
Patron Saint
Harvey of Korman
Slammin' Design
Thanks to Glyph Jockey for fabulous revolving designs!
2 comments:
Scandy! Long time, no see - and you return with THIS - WOW!
Heyy! Yes, I loaded this into my hard drive months ago, but just got around to editing it down for YouTubing. Hope the inmates get a kick out of it!
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