mediafunhouse

Host and producer of the long-running cult Manhattan cable access show "Media Funhouse."

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Greetings to the Twitterverse! The Funhouse is now in this digital realm, promoting its wares and commenting on various topics related to the program. For instance, this week... an episode saluting the blissfully crazed acting of one Mr. Udo Kier! More details to come...

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Celebrate America's b-day by watching an old American director's late-career meller about Vegas! Richard Brooks' gambling saga FEVER PITCH (1985) is the subject of tonight's episode of Media Funhouse. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: a salute to the work of English monologist Daniel Kitson, via clips from one of his finest shows. The Funhouse airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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@BobbiVO Thanks much!

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: a celebration of the comedy-musical shorts of Curt McDowell (the cult filmmaker who gave us THUNDERCRACK!). Media Funhouse airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here for live stream at that time: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: A tribute to Glenda Jackson, via a discussion of STEVIE (1978). Her performance is superb and the film, although available, isn't as well known as it should be. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: part two of my in-depth interview with recently departed German filmmaking legend Alexander Kluge (the "godfather of the New German Cinema"). The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: part one of my interview with recently departed filmmaker Alexander Kluge. In this part we discuss his early years and how he set up the New German Cinema. The show airs late Sat 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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A tribute to the visionary Nicolas Roeg tonight on Media Funhouse. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. This episode moves through his first decade of filmmaking, crafting memorable images and exploring memory through brilliant editing. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: a tribute to underseen-in-the-U.S. German visionary filmmaker Werner Schroeter, via a discussion of and scenes from the 2012 doc MONDO LUX. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Exploitation director Doris Wishman was a shining light of incompetence. Tonight on Media Funhouse I discuss/show scenes from EACH TIME I KILL, her "last film" (assembled after her death by competent people). The show airs late Sat @ 1:00 a.m. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight on Media Funhouse: a discussion of, and scenes from, Paul Bartel's 1993 comedy SHELF LIFE, about three siblings living in a fallout shelter. (One vision of a potential U.S. future...) The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Another one of those sacred "so bad it's good" titles on Media Funhouse tonight. DANGEROUS MEN is an incoherent crime thriller that follows several plotlines and is at its best when it makes no sense at all. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. Click link: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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The wild imagery of underground legend Mike Kuchar is front and center this week on Media Funhouse. The third part of my interview focuses on his video work, plus his work as a d.p. for Rosa von Praunheim. The show airs late Sat @1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Curious films are a mainstay of Media Funhouse; thus, the half-a-rock-opera CATCH MY SOUL ('74) has to be discussed. It's a messy update of OTHELLO dir. by "Number 6" himself, TV icon Patrick McGoohan. The show airs late Sat @ 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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Tonight it's part 2 of my in-depth interview with Mike Kuchar, punctuated by great film and video clips, on Media Funhouse. The show airs late Sat/early Sun at 1:00 a.m. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03iDE

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A visit to the strange planet known as the Sixties, on Media Funhouse! The show airs late Sat @ 1:00 a.m. EST. The film discussed and excerpted tonight is the underground CLEOPATRA (1970) by Michel Auder, starring a group of Warhol superstars.
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@BobbiVO Not in a theater, sadly; no distribution deal was done. There are copies floating around the "underside" of the Internet, though....

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The "old dark house" genre goes perverse tonight on Media Funhouse with a tribute to Curt McDowell. Excerpts from his masterwork THUNDERCRACK! scripted by the great George Kuchar, plus other McDowell material. We air late Sat @ 1:00 a.m. ET. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03Qtc

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The return of Beat Takeshi tonight on Media Funhouse! The show airs late Sat @1:00 a.m. EST. Tonight it's Part 1 of two about KUBI (2023), Beat's return to filmmaking. It's a samurai epic, told in Kurosawa fashion, but with several Beat quirks. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03Qtc

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Mike Kuchar (right) is my guest tonight on Media Funhouse. I pick up where we left off in 2009, discussing in detail the groundbreaking, imaginative work done by he and his brother George. Part 1 of 3. The show airs late Sat at 1:00 a.m. EST. Click here: https://t.co/D6Ccu03Qtc