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World’s Most Dangerous Sport (1955)

Posted by Pete Berg on Thursday, February 9th, 2012 at 9:51 am

Filmed in Bavaria, Germany. Skiers are towed by cars and motorcycles travelling at great speed. I love the kitschy old-fashioned ’50s style of this video. (Thanks Sean Brogan)


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Arrival of a Train at La Ciotat (The Lumière Brothers, 1895)

Posted by Pete Berg on Sunday, January 29th, 2012 at 5:01 pm

I saw this in a film studies class a few years ago, and stumbled across it on YouTube again today. It’s mostly remarkable because it’s so old. “An essential piece of cinema history, the Lumière brothers’ 50-second film is an unedited shot of a locomotive pulling into a provincial French station. It’s often credited as the first movie exhibited for a paying audience; several spectators reportedly dove for cover, convinced the train would break through the screen. Even at this early date, the impact of cinema was enormous.”


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The Strange Origin of the CBS Eye

Posted by Jim Cartwright on Monday, September 26th, 2011 at 10:01 am


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Dolph Lundgren teaches you how to live up to your MAXIMUM POTENTIAL

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, June 28th, 2011 at 7:37 pm

He is the only man alive who can wear sunblock on his lips AND STILL look macho


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J. Robert Oppenheimer on the Atomic Bomb

Posted by Pete Berg on Saturday, June 25th, 2011 at 8:18 am

The “father of the atomic bomb,” scientist J. Robert Oppenheimer, talks about the moral quandary of inventing weapons of mass destruction…


Category: Enlightening/Intellectual, Vintage	No Comments »

Walt Disney explains the MultiPlane Camera

Posted by Pete Berg on Wednesday, June 1st, 2011 at 7:53 am

Filmed in 1957. Best part: “I was moving it the wrong way dick.”


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Ronald Reagan punches a lady in the face

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, May 27th, 2011 at 1:04 pm

That’s one for The Gipper.


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Take a stop-motion trip to 1983 New York City

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, March 25th, 2011 at 6:42 am

In just under six minutes, you can take a (mostly) stop-motion trip to 1983 New York City in this short film called “N.Y.C. (No York City)” by Rick Liss.


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St. Patty’s Day Traditional Lepruchaun Video

Posted by Nate Brown on Thursday, March 17th, 2011 at 11:12 am

Happy St. Patrick’s Day. I want the gold!!!


Category: Comedy, Culture / World, Freaks, Local TV, Memes, Morons, News / Politics, Unintentional Comedy, Vintage	No Comments »

Addams Family Pinball: Promo for the greatest pinball machine ever made

Posted by Pete Berg on Friday, March 11th, 2011 at 11:17 am

This is a promo video for the 1992 Bally Pinball “The Addams Family.” I never realized that pinball machines were so complicated and intricate…this video was fascinating to me. Like revealing a whole new subculture I didn’t know existed.


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ABC’s new spring lineup is looking pretty good…

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, February 21st, 2011 at 12:23 am

TV doesn’t get much better than this. (Thanks Jesse)


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Today Show January 1994…What is the Internet?!

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, February 1st, 2011 at 12:23 pm

Gumbels just don’t understand…


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President Lyndon B. Johnson buys pants

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 12:02 pm

“In 1964, Lyndon Johnson needed pants, so he called the Haggar clothing company and asked for some. The call was recorded (like all White House calls at the time), and has since become the stuff of legend.”

Put This On: LBJ Buys Pants from Put This On on Vimeo.


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Stewardess

Posted by Pete Berg on Tuesday, January 18th, 2011 at 4:15 am


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1956 Footage Of Housewife’s Acid Trip

Posted by Pete Berg on Monday, January 17th, 2011 at 2:50 pm

Here’s some rare footage of an experimental LSD session from a television program, circa 1956, about mental health issues.


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