Some of you may have noticed we had some down time at the end of 2011. That was indeed negligent of me to let it happen. I’m investigating solutions to prevent it from happening again now, from the mild and inoffensive to the more severe that may entail another day or two of downtime.

By way of apology, here are some stupid sound clips to sneak onto friends’ (ok, acquaintances’) playlists.   What, why are you looking at me like that?

Century 21.1 Calling! [ 0:15 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Good old fruit [ 0:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Solid! [ 0:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Everybody knows [ 0:02 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

When you put it that way... [ 0:04 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Maybe a new feature, maybe another thing I quickly lose interest in. Here’s some audio clips from the movies we cap here.

Sound advice [ 0:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What? [ 0:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

What's for breakfast? [ 0:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

A good question [ 0:03 ] Play Now | Play in Popup | Download

Here’s some info on the new grabs that will be showing up in the coming week. On the ephemeral front, we’ve got two classic Bell Science films courtesy of the AV Geeks archive. Both films are hosted by Dr. Frank Baxter, who you may know better as the odd gesturing fellow from the start of Mole People (MST 803). The first one is The Alphabet Conspiracy which features Hans Conried as the Mad Hatter and animation by Friz Freleng. (The first half of this film already ran in the wee hours of this morning).

The second one is Gateways to the Mind, with animation by Chuck Jones. It also features 10 seconds of clown footage so disturbing that every time I tried to save it to send to YouTube, my editor crashed. [Update 1/4/8: I was finally able to upload it. Do not view with your eyes open.] Since these each weighed in at around 50 minutes to begin with and produced so many grabs they’d have run for at least twice that, I’ve actually split them up into two parts each, that will run separately. But I’ve also added both films to the catalog, so you can request showings in their entirety via the links above.

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Sid Davis, the man responsible for many of the great films in the social guidance genre, passed away last month. Giving his films a special showing here just so we can mock them seems sort of the wrong way to show our respects, but certainly his contributions here make his passing worth noting.

Some of Mr. Davis’ IS staples include:

• Alchohol is Dynamite
• Dangerous Stranger
• Keep off the Grass
• Skateboard Sense
• The Terrible Truth

Cappers and mstie fan movies, seems like a perfect combo, but with one or two exceptions, most of them haven’t gotten too far. Seems like the power of wiki and youtube might be a new route to make one. So, I’ve decided to try and start another one – check it out here. You can view the movie below then add your riffs.