The Looney's Hack Show & other video/audio works

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2005

The Looney's Hack Show: Episode 3.5 (Television) (14 minutes) This half-completed episode was finally assembled from source material collected over years. It includes several skits available separately (Fast Food's Biggest Mistakes, Cows & Plantlife, Burglary Bonanza) but also includes several link skits that aren't available separately. And one PSA that is completely freaking real, that really shouldn't be.

• lhs4.avi: AVI media (92 MB) with DivX 5 codec.

Burglary Bonanza (3 minutes) is a riff on Supermarket Sweep.

• burglary.avi: AVI media (22 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• burglary.html: Web page (7.6 KB)

The Rug (36 seconds) is a promotion for the full-length Rug movie, which was never finished.

• rug-mpg4.avi: AVI media (7.7 MB) with DivX 5 codec.

Random Silliness: Outtakes & Other Bizarre Stuff (11 minutes). Outtakes from over the years, interspersed with general strangeness of our group.

• outtakes-mpg4.avi: AVI media (144 MB) with DivX 5 codec.

2003

Fast Food's Biggest Mistakes (2 minutes). Inserts for Bob & Tom were finally taped and combined with Burton Palmer's bits from 10 years prior to finally complete this skit. Though additional Mistakes scripts were written, only #1 was produced. The series of skits was destined for a "food" episode that was never to happen. It was eventually combined with a handful of other skits to form the half-completed television episode (#4).

• ffbm1.avi: AVI media (31 MB) with Cinepak codec.
• ffbm1.mov: QuickTime video (27 MB)
• ffbm1.txt: Text file (1.5 KB)

Hoberton Telephone infomercial was written and videotaping started (though shots of Perette as Cherry Aimless appears in the open credits to episode 3.5), but cast coordination proved entirely too unreliable to finish production, and the project was abandoned.

Perette's Neon Genesis Evangelion Music Video (40 seconds). The piece is Background Music II from the same series.

• angel-4-dinner.avi: AVI media (9.6 MB) with Cinepak codec.
• angel-4-dinner.mov: QuickTime video (8.4 MB)

1998

Cows and Plantlife (4 minutes).

• cowplant.avi: AVI media (10 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• cowplant.rm: RealMedia media (1.2 MB)
• cowplant.txt: Text file (5.1 KB)

1992 - 1996

The Looney's Hack Show: Food, Driving, and Televison episodes were planned and several skits were written. A few were produced, so as production stalled in 1992 they were used to fill in gaps left by skits in Money that weren't completed.

Skit	Year	Author	Episode
Object detector	2002	Matt Lecher	unassigned
Iron Bachelor	2002	Matt Lecher	unassigned
Real World of Driving	2002	Perette and Kage	Driving
Road rage: a primer	2002	Perette	Driving
A driving refresher for the experienced driver	1995	Perette, Jan, and Kage	Driving
Production coup	1994	Kage	Food (intro)
Dimas advert, a parody if Midas commercials from 1994	1994	Perette	Food
Twin X Peaks Files	1994	Perette	Television
Eating disorders skit	1994	Perette	Food
Handy-man cooking	1994	Perette	Food
Heinekey Discount Muffs, a parody of 90's muffler commercials	1994	Perette	Food
The Pukes	1993	Derrick	Food
Pukes intro	1993	Brock	Food (intro)
Vomit contest	1993	Brock	Food
Pukes outro	1993	Brock	Food (outro)
Mating Ritual of the Catholic	?	discussed	unassigned
Food episode schedule	1992	N/A	Food
Control children's behaviour-modification medication	1992	Derrick	unassigned
NASA cooking intro	1992	Perette	Food
Gregorian chant preservation society	1992	Kage	Food
Mission: Improbable	1990	Derrick	Television

1992

The Looney's Hack Show: Episode 3 (Money) (26 minutes)

• lhs3.avi: AVI media (177 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• lhs3.txt: Text file (1.1 KB)
• lhs3-v1-credits.txt: Text file (1.8 KB)

Episode 3 featured these skits, in additon to segues:

• Money Grubbers (4.5 minutes) explains how to make money during the Christmas Season. It features the song We Luv Xmas (2 minutes) with music by Kevin Brayton and the vocal "talents" of Tammie Moxham, Peter Barella, Jordan Grandits, and probably a couple other people.
  • grubbers.avi: AVI media (29 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • grubbers.txt: Text file (3.6 KB)
  • we-luv-xmas.mp3: MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (1.8 MB) encoded at 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo.
  • we-luv-xmas.txt: Text file (402 Bytes)
  • we-luv-xmas-instrumental.mp3: MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (1.8 MB) encoded at 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo.
• Bank Robber: Is the robber or the bank dumber?
  • robber.avi: AVI media (31 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • robber.txt: Text file (3.8 KB)
• Encyclopedia Titanica
  • titanica.avi: AVI media (13 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • titanica.txt: Text file (2.1 KB)
• Frendz is an advert for a friendly service.
  • frendz.avi: AVI media (14 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • frendz.txt: Text file (2.5 KB)
• Gut Gusher 3000 advertisement for a home weight-loss kit.
  • gutgusher.avi: AVI media (10 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • gutgusher.txt: Text file (1.8 KB)

1991

The Looney's Hack Show: Episode 2 (Dead Things) (26 minutes)

• lhs2.avi: AVI media (174 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• lhs2.txt: Text file (2.1 KB)
• lhs2-v1-schedule.txt: Text file (918 Bytes)

Episode 2 included the following skits, with some additional segues:

• 19.95 Advert (2 minutes). A commercial poking fun at the fact that most mail-order things advertized on TV in the early 90s were 19.95.
  • 19.95-advert.avi: AVI media (23 MB) with Cinepak codec.
  • 19.95-advert.mov: QuickTime video (23 MB)
  • 19.95-advert.txt: Text file (1.8 KB)
• Wetfus Drywall Chat is our parody of the Dryfus Chalk Talk advertisements that were popular on Comedy Central during the early MST3K days.
  • chernobyl.avi: AVI media (8.6 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • chernobyl.txt: Text file (889 Bytes)
• The Professors' Book to Home Cures (1 minute), a parody of the much-overadvertized Doctors' Book of Home Remedies from that era.
  • professors-book.avi: AVI media (13 MB) with Cinepak codec.
  • professors-book.mov: QuickTime video (15 MB)
  • professors-book.txt: Text file (1.5 KB)
• Roadkill (4 minutes), a parody of Cops. This version is cut slightly to improve pacing versus the one in the episode.
  • roadkill.avi: AVI media (60 MB) with Cinepak codec.
  • roadkill.mov: QuickTime video (54 MB)
  • roadkill.txt: Text file (3.5 KB)
• Spatula Review (6 minutes).
  • spatula.avi: AVI media (42 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
  • spatula.txt: Text file (4.4 KB)
• Snuff Laundry Detergent was written by Perette for the Dead Things episode, but it was never produced.
  • snuff-detergent.txt: Text file (1.2 KB)
• Additional episode 2 scripts:
  • Seance
  • Get Rich Cwick on Public Access

The Looney's Hack Show: Episode 1 (Bricks) (25 minutes)

• lhs1.avi: AVI media (170 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• lhs1.txt: Text file (1.8 KB)

The episode included links and the following skits:

• The Brick Chatline advertisement (45 seconds) was written after watching way too much USA Up All Night (I miss Rhonda, keeper of the sizzle kiss).
  • brickchat.avi: AVI media (7.1 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• Tape Hiss Generator (2.5 minutes) is an advertisement for a device that every connoisseur of audio distortion will enjoy.
  • tapehiss.avi: AVI media (18 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• Slopwhite Training Video #2715 explains procedures for and importance of dealing with vandalism in your store.
  • vandalism.avi: AVI media (18 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• Frankenbar Mint Brick Offer advertisement (1.7 minutes).
  • ritbrick.avi: AVI media (12 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• Bagel Boy condom advertisement (1 minute).
  • bagelboy.avi: AVI media (7.3 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• Additional episode 1 scripts:
  • 13:00 News
  • 101 Things to do with a Busted RMO-3

VMS Song (4 minutes / 5 minutes). A news report to music explaining about the proliferation of VMS upon the RIT campus. Unfortunately, the tape this was ripped from has deteriorated some over the years, so the sound is a little muffled. The song was produced 16 January 1990, with a lip-synched video produced in 1992 for Episode 3 of The Looney's Hack Show.

• vms.avi: AVI media (34 MB) with DivX 5 codec.
• vms.txt: Text file (5.7 KB)
• vms-foreclosure.txt: Text file (881 Bytes)
• vms-just-say-no.txt: Text file (1.6 KB)
• vms-song.mp3: MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (4.4 MB) encoded at 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo.
• vms-song-long.mp3: MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (5.1 MB) encoded at 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo.

• Music & audio engineer: Tab Bennedum & Kevin Brayton.
• VMS addict & UNIX user: Kit ..?
• News anchors: (Mary) Tina Driskell, (Larry) Peter Barella
• Story reporter (Harry) & concerned parent: Jan Nedelka
• RIT official: Kevin Brayton
• VEA Agent: Jayce Olshefsky
• Weather reporter: Vince ..?

1989

Remake of the Daleks (15 minutes). The 1998 remaster of the first Red Brick Production - a Doctor Who episode done as a silent film. There are technical issues with the production, especially the lighting. And, even for a silent film, the acting is really bad. It does, however, include plenty of cool music.

• remake.avi: AVI media (101 MB) with DivX 5 codec.

We talked of a sequel, and even wrote part of a script for True Genesis of the Daleks.

Not ours

Do It Yourself (3 minutes) is from an album that is no longer available for sale. Do It Yourself is written and sung by Bill Sutton.

• mainframe.mp3: MPEG-1 layer 3 audio (3.0 MB) encoded at 128 kbit/s, 44100 Hz joint-stereo.

Brenda's Switcher video - a parody of Apple's switcher advertisements.

• switch.mov: QuickTime video (4.3 MB)