Guest Curators, Leah Churner and Nic Rapold

TV PARTY:

A PANORAMA OF PUBLIC ACCESS

TELEVISION IN NEW YORK CITY

February 11-20, 2011

Guest curators, Leah Churner and Nic Rapold

PHONES, CHEAP & OUT OF CONTROL #2

Sunday, February 13, 2011: 3:00 pm.

Live TV + viewer call-ins = magic, or something like it. Long before CNN’s Larry King Live, public access programs invited audiences to talk back and join the show. This medley of “interactive television” excerpts is packed with punkish put-downs, left-field expertise, and Warholian dead air. Plus teenage comediennes, free medical advice and Vampire Video Reviews. This program is a 50-minute “channel-surf” of the following shows and more:

The Live! Show

Producer: Jaime Davidovich

From the 1983 Whitney Biennial episode.

The Vole Show

Producer: William Hohauser
1983. Puppet bedlam with host Hohauser, a menagerie including Rapid T. Rabbit, and off-camera hecklers.

Inter-Active Cable

Producer: James Chladek

1983. Chladek and callers discuss the cable industry, the economic recession and the colorizing of Laurel & Hardy.

The Amazing Dr. D Show

Host: Dr. Estyne Delrio-Diaz, Channeling Behavioral Psychologist

1996. Where self-help meets Santeria.

The Weather Report

Producer: Clinton Freeman

1995. The world (and the media) according to Clinton Freeman.

The Florence Morrison Show

Producer: Florence Morrison

2001. Host and former opera singer Morrison conducts sit-down interviews.

Rapid T. Rabbit and Friends

Producer: Richard Concepcion

2005 interview with guest Snuffles, host of The Wild Record Collection.

SHINDIG #2

Sunday, February 13, 2011: 5:00 pm

Calling all big boppers and vinyl connoisseurs! This irresistible musical showcase celebrates The Scott and Gary Show, the legendarily loud anti-MTV after-school bandstand, and Wild Record Collection, your weekly deep-cut DJ set—hosted by Snuffles the Bear and his dancing zoo revue. Introduced by Ron and Tony, the hosts of Wild Record Collection, with Scott and Gary in attendance!

Scott & Gary Show

Producers: Scott Lewis and Gary Winter

Clips from 1983-1989. The Underground American Bandstand featuring the Beastie Boys, Ben Vaughn & Aldo Jones, Shockabilly and comedy sketches by Lewis and Winter. Plus: The world’s first 3-D public-access episode?

The Wild Record Collection

Producers: Ron and Tony Arena

A full episode from November 2008 with Devo, The Hondells, The Majors, Laugh-In and more.

Museum of the Moving Image is grateful for the generous support of numerous corporations, foundations, and individuals. The Museum is housed in a building owned by the City of New York and receives significant support from the following public agencies: the New York City Department of Cultural Affairs; New York City Economic Development Corporation; New York State Council on the Arts; Institute of Museum and Library Services; National Endowment for the Humanities; National Endowment for the Arts; Natural Heritage Trust (administered by the New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation).