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Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Hazo posted:

I'm watching a rerun of the "The Days of Our Years" short and had kind of an interesting realization.

I work in infrastructure and environmental protection (specifically, underground utilities), and the message from this 1955 PSA is fundamentally the exact same message STILL being repeated when it comes to horrific accidents used as examples for safety standards or negligence thereof.

I actually just today got back from a typical industry conference, where inevitably there will be a keynote speaker who was almost killed/permanently disfigured by a gas or buried powerline accident, and was jarred to hear so many of the same themes in a 70-year-old Union Pacific safety video.

Even the exact same verbiage is used ("it only took one second," "he'd done this a thousand times before," "it would be okay just this time," "he can never take back that moment," "if he had only just...," )

as in stories by Cliff Meidl (a former olympian who jackhammered into an unmarked power line, fell into the hole, was pinned down by the jackhammer, and electrocuted to the point where his knees literally exploded)

or Brandon Schroeder (a journeyman electrican who was taught that OSHA requirements were flexible and was in a hurry for a project and skipped getting the right protective gear while restarting an electrical main, and accidentally dropped a live cable into a circuit box, causing an arc flash explosion that destroyed his hand, burned more than 60% of his body, and blinded his coworker).

I just thought it was really fascinating how the cheesy scare video point is exactly the same as presentations today because we are horribly habitually lazy and negligent in the construction industry.

edit: I'm a moron for making a semi-heavy seriouspost on the night of the public Gizmoplex premiere! Oh well

I also love the other railroad safety short they did, "Last Clear Chance" which focuses on public safety around railroads. "Can you identify this bucket full of your brother?"

# ¿ May 7, 2022 04:11

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# ¿ May 10, 2024 12:15

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Hazo posted:

I found a rare and weird re-caption:

Before flushing them Beyond Atlantis, Bonesy says, "I wonder what Emily smells like." Ardy shuts him down by saying "Oh Bonesy, don't go there."

The captions say, "Oh, maybe later, buddy"

Maybe Joel thought it was too creepy?

Munchie still had a plot. I'm trying hard to think of a movie that had the same amount of flailing despair as Manos and I really can't. Catalina Caper maybe?

Red Zone Cuba

# ¿ Dec 3, 2022 16:35

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Everybody's having fun and smoking!
And the dogs are eating too!

# ¿ Dec 4, 2022 04:53

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Narsham posted:

I�ve rarely seen The Creeping Terror mentioned in these conversations, and it is horrendous: Voice over instead of dialogue, monster that�s a carpet the cast have to actively crawl into in order to be �eaten,� so deadly dull one of the host segments is just them listening to the incidental music.

Oh yeah that's an excellent choice, an unpleasant little film all around. Bobby ... Bobby ... Bobby!!!

# ¿ Dec 4, 2022 17:08

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

verbal enema posted:

SARGASM

WEED OF DECEIT

# ¿ Jan 30, 2023 06:16

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Sydney Bottocks posted:

Why, this terror isn't creeping, it's moving along quite briskly!

I SAID DR BRADFORD ARRIVED

# ¿ Feb 9, 2023 03:05

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Failson posted:

My tires are filled with water.

WHAT?

# ¿ Feb 10, 2023 00:46

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Dungeon Ecology posted:

oh OH: Schtemlo!

He's Lawrence of Pasadena

# ¿ Feb 10, 2023 03:36

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

You said bowling ball earlier, what was that about?

# ¿ Feb 15, 2023 04:24

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

I brought my Drake posted:

AWOL esoterica forum superstar Gutter Phoenix introduced me to an author who interviewed folks like Ray Dennis Steckler and Ted V. Mikels: https://www.researchpubs.com/shop/p/incredibly-strange-films Now back in stock, according to the publisher's website. Totally worth 25 bucks.

Sydney Bottocks posted:

If it's anything like the J.G. Ballard book they did that I had years ago (and subsequently lost during a move), I'd highly recommend it.

yeah it's really good!

# ¿ Feb 23, 2023 22:52

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Sydney Bottocks posted:

The tender touch of Coleman Francis.

Night train, to drop the jeep offfff

# ¿ Feb 27, 2023 00:24

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Sash! posted:

I've always wanted more lyrics to this version

Everybody's having fun and smoking ...
And the dogs are eating too!

# ¿ Feb 28, 2023 03:59

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Marines, we are leaving ... :smith:

# ¿ Mar 12, 2023 22:37

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Bootleg Trunks posted:

I love the Yelling Channel

Tonight, on Old Lady Gets Killed!

# ¿ Apr 2, 2023 05:05

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Mister Kingdom posted:

Hey, they shot this with a 3mm camera!

I said you're not supposed to eat 'em!

# ¿ Apr 2, 2023 05:05

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

A Pack of Kobolds posted:

Chili peppers burn my gut

You magnificent son of a bitch!

# ¿ Apr 3, 2023 00:21

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

apropos of nothing sometimes HITLER'S DEATH CAR will pop into my head, I can't even remember what it's from

# ¿ Apr 3, 2023 00:22

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Funky Valentine posted:

I think that's one of the stock riffs they break out whenever they see a vaguely 40s looking car.

it makes me giggle regardless

# ¿ Apr 3, 2023 00:33

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Rock and roll martian ...

# ¿ Apr 3, 2023 02:32

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Merlin's Shop and Sidehackers are both top tier imo

Today at 4 on Power Magazine

# ¿ Apr 3, 2023 02:35

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

DMorbid posted:

A Day at the Fair, one of my favorite shorts:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aEY9uRknRRc

oh hell yeah

"What's this?" "EVIL!"

# ¿ Apr 4, 2023 00:41

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Maxwell Lord posted:

It's very much of a piece with most mainstream centrist "political satire" of the day- everyone agreed that taxes sucked and the deficit is scary and "gridlock" is a bad thing, the whole joke is that it's hitting on familiar "those clowns in congress" beats.

The Mike/CC years got into a lot of weirdly focused stuff like that, like having an entire segment making fun of Love, American Style or the "Turn your Crank to Frank" bit which was just because a lot of radio stations were going country.

There's this real clear and tight energy I really enjoy from the early Mike seasons. I'm a Joel partisan and some of the later sci-fi channel episodes are all timers, but that midseries stretch is just perfect for picking a random episode to watch. Howzabout shining my steak over here?!?

# ¿ Apr 5, 2023 01:27

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

A Pack of Kobolds posted:

I love that there was a bit of overlap with Mike hosting before Trace left. Laserblast is a perfect episode imo

Red Zone Cuba is such an awful nothing movie and such a riveting episode for me

# ¿ Apr 5, 2023 03:57

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Morter posted:

Something about the way Mike says 'Go Packers...' at the end of that episode that gives me a bit of goosebumps.

Just realized I love the very final riffs of a lot of episodes, especially the winsome fadeouts. Like the end of Angel's Revenge, "Get down, boogie oogie oogie, get down ..."

# ¿ Apr 14, 2023 02:35

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

Hamlet will return in: Thunderball

# ¿ Apr 14, 2023 02:36

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

"I'm an icky elf!"

# ¿ Apr 15, 2023 04:40

Dr. Jerrold Coe: Feb 6, 2021; Is it me?

I Am Fowl posted:

I just rewatched Pod People and I feel like the kid is at least partly responsible for all those murders. If he hadn't stolen that egg, the alien mom wouldn't have gone wandering and killing. His uncle would still be alive, along with Trumpy's mom! God, that kid sucks.

"It's called evil, kid."

# ¿ Apr 18, 2023 02:32