Night Flight - New Sounds XVI
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English imports arrive on Night Flight's New Sounds. Videos include Blancmange's Zbigniew Rybczyński directed video for "Lose Your Love," Kate Bush classic "Cloudbusting," Paul Hardcastle and Big Audio Dynamite.
Best of New Wave Theatre
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A special program containing the ultimate highlights from the critically acclaimed nationally broadcast music/comedy cable program that literally revolutionized rock & roll television during its three year run. New Wave Theatre established its music guru host the late Peter Ivers as one of cable's top stars in America and as the voice and vision of the LA music renaissance, it put LA's bands on the national map with its own brand of anarchy, comedy and 'live taped' format.
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Drag
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“Female impersonator Divine portrays women from the sleazy to the sublime,” Pat Prescott says at the start of Night Flight’s “Take Off to Drag.” The episode is another timeless Night Flight classic that also features Joey Arias, David Bowie and more. It begins with scenes from 80s Canadian Drag star Craig Russell in clips from the film Too Outrageous! (1987), also featuring impersonations of Mae West and Barbara Streisand.
Night Flight - The Animal Show
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“Hello all you Night Owls, and welcome to Night Flight!” Tonight’s original episode finds us exploring the animal kingdom through a menagerie of short films, music video compilations and lost docu-comedies. Featuring experimental shorts like “Grinning Evil Death” an early 3D CGI project about an oversized cockroach, a video profile of Knoxville, TN’s The Judybats, and “Hush Hoggies Hush,” a film about Tom Johnson's remarkable talent of teaching his pigs to pray before they eat. (A Night Flight classic) Inquire within for one of the most eclectic hours to come out of the vault recently. “Remember,” Pat Prescott tells us, “we’re on until the cows come home.”
FleshEater: Revenge of the Living Dead
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A lo-fi gore epic directed by actor and cinematographer Bill Hinzman, star zombie in the classic Night of the Living Dead, FleshEater is a fitting tribute to Romero’s masterpiece that updates the setting to the late 1980s while piling on the gut munching, throat ripping, and limb tearing action! While assisting on a dig, a construction worker accidentally destroys the final resting place of a demonic zombie, rousting him from his unholy slumber, and reigniting his taste for human flesh.
Radio 1990 (4-17-84)
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Episode 268. An episode of Radio 1990 from 1984 featuring R.E.M, Rockwell and Marvin Gaye.
Larry Hankin: "Frogs Never Lie"
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A hapless hitchhiker (Larry Hankin) gets advice on his road technique from a fairytale frog.
Night Flight - Kiss Special (1983)
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Night Flight's iconic interview with Kiss from 1983. “Tonight, we introduce you to the men behind the masks with an exclusive interview as well as concert films from their Inner Sanctum and Japanese tours.” - Night Flight's season 2 host, Al Bandiero.
Beats and Rhymes
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A dance-off at a school.
Videoflashs
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A series of short images, often related to televisions.
Night Flight - 1990s Episode 17
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"Good Evening, ladies and gentlemen," 1990s syndication host Tom Juarez exclaims, "and welcome to Night Flight: a beacon of fun, fantasy, and pure entertainment..." What follows is a hand-picked rerun of some classic Night Flight segments including a Bruce Springsteen Video Profile and an hour of cult classics. "You may as well put on another cup of coffee, because no matter how sleepy you think you're feeling, you're going to want to stay up for tonight's wild ride." You bet!
Night Flight - TV 2000 (Episode 17)
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Welcome to TV 2000! Join your hosts Joie Gallo and Lisa Robinson for a tour of the hottest videos across the country, circa 1985. Tonight, we “belong to the city” with Eagle Glen Fry fresh off his debut acting role on Miami Vice, Talking Heads, Ready for the World, the ever languid casanova Bryan Ferry, and Run DMC in a preview section covering the Sheila E starring “Krush Groove.” Featuring all the original commercials in this completely uncut episode!
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Politics (1985)
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“Rock ’n’ Roll has always had a strong political perspective,” says Night Flight host Pat Prescott introducing a politically-charged "Take Off" episode from 1985. The quintessentially '80s video mix starts with a puppet caricature of Reagan from the British TV series "Spitting Image," leading into a compilation of music videos (with some definitely carrying a stronger political resonance than others.) Featuring Culture Club's "The War Song," Eurythmics' "Sex Crime" theme from the film 1984, the socially conscious montage of Bruce Cockburn's "If I Had A Rocket Launcher," and The Specials' (then known as Special AKA) anti-apartheid anthem "Free Nelson Mandela." Concluding the episode is a brief cooking segment featuring our beloved (and oft-mortally wounded) friend, Mr. Bill!
Night Flight - "Take Off" to Art in Music Videos
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"One of the sturdiest trends in rock videos," Pat Prescott says, "is the use of 'high art' to elevate down and dirty Rock 'n' Roll." Tonight's original episode of Night Flight from the archives is a "Take off" to Art in Music Videos! The episode highlights art and music collaborations like New Order and William Wegman (and the dog supermodel Fay Ray), Grace Jones's cadre of counter-culture luminaries in "I'm Not Perfect," Warhol's video for The Car's "Hello Again," and Roberto Longo's for The Golden Palominos (feat. Michael Stipe).
Night Flight - Van Halen Video Profile
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Good evening high-flying fans, and welcome to Night Flight. Tonight, we share another edition of our distinguished Video Profile series with Van Halen. Wherever you stand on Sammy Hagar v. Diamond Dave, you’ll love tonight’s special episode, with videos and concert footage from both. The group's winning combination of charismatic frontmen, Eddie’s phenomenal guitar playing and insanely epic live shows made them an essential act of the era. Dig in.
Night Flight - Horror Movies and New Sounds XXI
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It started in 1960 with Psycho, and ever since movie fans' appetite for blood and gore has grown by leaps and bounds. Today's movie slice, dice and spew geysers of blood. Featuring interviews with Nightmare on Elm Street star Robert Rusler, and House's William Katt with previews of Terrorvision, Critters, Nomads and more. On the B side of this episode is a classic cut of New Sounds featuring music videos from Lloyd Cole & the Commotions, Violent Femmes, Golden Palominos, and Public Image Ltd.
Tugging The Worm
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In this hand-drawn short, a bird-like creature is drawn into an astral dimension rife with violence, vice, and vehicular homicide, rendered on black in electric lime greens and acid yellows. Animator James Duesing writes, "'Tugging the Worm' is an animation which is made up of 3500 drawings... the completed piece took approximately four years and a lot of Prismacolors to complete."

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