The 40-ish crowd... Please help!!

[LAJ]

OK... so I was hanging out with some friends at a bbq this weekend and we got on the subject of obscure movies that haunted us when we were kids. NOT mainstream movies that you saw at the theatre, but rather the shit they showed you in elementary school or perhaps stuff you saw on TV after school specials. Being that I was about 9 years older than the next oldest person... everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I talked about some trippy movie that involved pancakes... can't for the life of me remember the title. There was also Shirley Jackson's "the lottery"... a personal fave of mine. Two others I can recall... one was where a classroom of kids were taught about racism and were separated by the color of their eyes in two groups... and another where some kid was on a bus and then he got off and collapsed in the snow and it was about his sickness and/or recovery. That's all I can remember about that one! I saw all of these in the 70s and if anyone else can look in their minds eye that perhaps shared these experiences and recall titles or any clues that can help me turn up a useful google search... please let me know!!

[2MuchMark]

Hi LAJ,

I'm an old coot like you and I watched all kinds of stuff in the 70's too (Land of the Lost is still my favorite). Unfortunately though I can't recall any shows or movies like the ones you are descibing. Have you tried imdb.com ?

Mark

[miz_wright]

The one about the eye colour, I think I remember - it was a "very special" sort of thing about how totalitarian regimes rise to power (the one I have in my brain from childhood was, anyhow) and it was meant as a claassroom assignment to show how Hitler managed to make some ppl feel all awesome and special for characteristics over which they had no control?

[Toby]

I'm 47, but none of the film topics are ringing any bells here either. Then again, I grew up in a small town that was a decade or three behind the rest of the world.

[gonzo]

Kevin Mitnick's stalker that used to be on here looks like Sigmund from Sigmund and the Sea Monsters... does that count?

And I KNOW you know who Im talking about.

[LAJ]

You guys kill me... lol...

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by 2MuchMark

Hi LAJ,

I'm an old coot like you and I watched all kinds of stuff in the 70's too (Land of the Lost is still my favorite). Unfortunately though I can't recall any shows or movies like the ones you are descibing. Have you tried imdb.com ?

Mark

Save chakka!
Watch out for sleezstak

[2MuchMark]

Originally Posted by EmporerEJ

Save chakka!
Watch out for sleezstak

Yeah! It was a kids show for sure but it had lots of mind-bending sci-fi. Alternative universes, Time Travel, weather control, . closed-loop worlds, and of course, dinosaurs. I miss it.

[Rcourt64]

The only wacky thing i remember seeing in these times was a series called "Faces of death"

But this lottery is the first I've heard it.
Heres the clip for those who aren't familiar:

The lottery (part2 of 2)

[bluemoney]

I’m in the “47 Club” also.

I remember an animated film back in the late 60’s contrasting life in the U.S and Russia. It featured two characters, John Q. Public & John Q. Publikoff. This was at the height of the Cold War of course.

At that time all “educational” films shown by the State of Georgia started off showing the Georgia state seal while Dixie was playing over it.

[EmporerEJ]

Originally Posted by Rcourt64

The only wacky thing i remember seeing in these times was a series called "Faces of death"

But this lottery is the first I've heard it.
Heres the clip for those who aren't familiar:

The lottery (part2 of 2)

One of the most popular video rentals I had in my store. (Serial number 5046, I still remember, and I'm Not Rain Man-1057, yea, 1057)
I had to buy three of those (In the days of maybe 2-3 of a new release in a store)

Then there was faces of death 2, and 3
Then some copycats came out and the last popular one was "death faces 4"

[MisterE]

I think of great 70's flicks like Network the great Sidney Lumet prophecy about TV. The idea of giving time to broadcasting a terror group's activities was such dark satire.

It came to pass in many ways. Reality TV and shiite.

Another of my favorites is The Presidents Analyst, a film they would never make today. This film threatens us with the notion of all control (Cold War) going to TFC - The Phone Company. Damn, they hit this one out of the park too.

Watch these and thank LA J for the thread!