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when I was in junior high I remember a full-on infomercial about some weird sex cult thing called The [something] Orgy. We were living in a fairly conservative area, so it was kind of crazy that there was a full-on not-quite-(but maybe it was I dont remember)-nude humping session of mtv polyamory show rejects going on in some gross venue. It wasn't locally produced so I assume they paid for random public access spots? Damon Zex was a classic of the era that I didn't see until youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FN2HMg30hiQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yV955ri7js https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=acOTsLoJBdc
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thats too bad. it breaks my heart to see things change so gradually. i preferred, back in my day, when everything eas totally extreme and badass and in your face coming at you like a dang locomotive. youd be tryin to work a crossword puzzle and someone throws a rubiks cube at your friggin teeth. gently caress that. im gonna get on board with whatever. cause lifes like a rubiks cube, you never know how the gently caress to get all the colors lined up. what a crock of crap.
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Jan 17, 2016 08:20
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public access got replaced by weirdos with cameras and youtube videos like this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bUWOGyjloQw
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Jan 17, 2016 08:50
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If I recall correctly, Public Access came about because people were worried that everything was going to be nationalized by the cable companies (even networks had local news and events back then) so part of the deal was a channel that allowed for local stuff. My town/region was really small, population-wise (around 50,000 people) The local access channel was in the cable TV offices. They had a couple of rooms devoted to broadcasting local stuff. Basically the rooms had chairs and tables and a camera or two. You could actually sign up for time and broadcast just about anything. The two towns in our region would show city council meetings. There was usually a show made by local public services about fire safety, or how to deal with a broken fire hydrant or water main. The high schools would show football games or concerts by the band. But the absolute best stuff was the "local talent" These folks were amazing. There were two little old ladies who would teach you how to knit. The show consisted of them telling you how to do the stitch, then working on a project. They would then forget there was a camera, and would sit there knitting and gossiping like it was their living room. They said some of the most amazing stuff, talking about operations that friends had recently had, or who had died, or what they bought at the grocery store yesterday. Local preachers would give sermons, boy scout / girl scout groups would do crafts of some sort. Garage bands would perform. There was one guy whose house backed up against the railroad tracks and would videotape every train that went by. Then he played the tape with commentary. He began to recognize patterns to the engines and when they would show up and would comment if he was expecting number 2243 and saw 874 instead. He'd tell you how many cars there were and what types and would estimate the total length and weight of the train. There was a guy who saw himself as Bob Ross and would do a "How to paint" show once a month. He was a terrible artist and his paintings always looked like they were done by a spastic chimpanzee who suffered from arthritis and was using rocks as paint brushes. But every month he'd do another one. So basically, Public Access was Outpatient Night for the cable company, and all these people are now posting on youtube.
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Jan 17, 2016 09:14
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I.C. posted:Around here you just had to show up to the studio and take the classes. yup. i got my access revoked in my hometown because i called the station manager a dick once. it was good poo poo. he wouldn't let us air any of the things we had taped anyway
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Jan 17, 2016 09:21
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One of my teachers in film school bragged he had his own tv show and it ended up being some terrible cable access sketch comedy show. I never took that class (or school in general) seriously again after that.
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Jan 17, 2016 09:22
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The Chris Gethard show was on public access but he got his show on regular cable and I stopped watching
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Jan 17, 2016 10:14
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Austin public access was the poo poo. The Show With No Name, a compendium of strange, rare, and funny videos, was like youtube before youtube. The Reel Deal was a great movie review program. And there was stuff like Shut Up and Drink, strange late night quasi-porn, etc. For a while there were a couple guys who played porn vids and gave them the MST3K commentary treatment. And lots of music shows, plus Alex Jones before he made it big.
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Jan 17, 2016 10:31
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Jesus Christ posted:Gorgeous George? I had a thread about him a few days ago, including links to several videos. Each video has a link in the youtube description for an archive of georgeous george poo poo.
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Sotogrande posted:What is wrong with you? What's your problem? see, this is what i'm talking about. I don't even know where phillidelphia is but goddamn that bit would have destroyed me.
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