Testy, Testy
In honor of our nation's dedication to End of Grade testing, we present an evening of odd films about tests and testing. Films include: You Bet Your Life, The Handtrap Test, the classic, Comparative Tests on a Human and a Chimpanzee Infant of Approximately the Same Age and more! Bring a friend and join us for these films and more. Door prizes! Suggested donation $5
7:30PM, Sunday, May 18th Tir Na Nog, 218 S. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27601
7:00PM, Thursday, May 22nd Center for Documentary Studies, 1317 W. Pettigrew Street, Durham, NC
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The Crazed Love of a Prehistoric Giant for a Ravishing Teenage Girl! Teenagers stumble upon a giant caveman (played by Richard Kiel, who later played Jaws in the Bond pictures) and havoc ensues! Show up early to get a good seat and see a short from the A/V Geeks archive. Stay after to play trivia for nifty prizes! Donations are graciously accepted.
The A/V Geeks work through their fear of clowns and circus peanuts by putting together some of their best films about circuses onto one DVD. Films include: Here Comes The Circus, Let's Go To The Circus, Circus Day In Our Town, A Circus Wakes Up, Circus Animals (excerpt), Circus Day (Revised) and more! DVD-R $15
The A/V Geeks pull from their vast archive of educational films to bring you a tribute to Dad—the man who provided the sperm, brought home the bacon and put up with your repeated rebellious attempts. Films include: I Just Don't Dig Him, Fears of Children, Schoolboy Father (an Afterschool Special featuring Rob Lowe, Dana Plato and Nancy McKeon) and more! DVD-R $15
Based on Reader's Digest articles, these films examine the main character's different body parts. This DVD-R features films about his stomach, eye, spine and lung. DVD-R $15.00
In the late 1960s, Walter Cronkite hosted this followup series to the popular "Twentieth Century," looking to science and how it would impact our lives in the next century. Films include: Can You Live To Be 100?, Mystery of Life, Deep Frontier and Surviving In Space. DVD-R $15
Films about rats and humans and how we really aren't that different after all. Films include Fourteen Rats And A Rat Catcher, Rats, Let's Have a Party, How Rodney the River Rat Made Money Grow and more. DVD-R $15
Witness the insanity of the films shown on the second Alamo-sponsored Extreme School Bus Adventure. Films featured - Bus Nut, Panic Factor, Ol' #23, Rescue Man and the much requested, infamous Death Zones. DVD-R $15
With the passing of pantomime auteur Marcel Marceau, the A/V Geeks have found some films that show his genius and, in contrast, films that demonstrate why mimes are so despised today. Films include: Guessing Game, The Box, Language Of The Heart, Affective Learning, Safe Play - Danger Places and more. DVD-R $15
I Spy the 1965 TV show was the first U.S. show that featured a lead black actor, Bill Cosby, and helped usher in a more racially diverse primetime. In the late 1960s, both lead actors were asked to do TV specials that addressed the problems of racism and racial identity. Bill Cosby hosts the fascinating Black History - Lost, Stolen Strayed and Robert Culp hosts Black and White - Uptight. DVD-R $15
NEW!! The fine folks at Fantoma have released the second boxed set of Educational Archives DVDs. Get 4 DVDs (Religion, Patriotism, More Sex & Drugs and Social Engineering 201) in a nifty box that looks like a locker! (Sorry, it's not metal. Saving scrap metal for the war effort) $45 
Learn about workplace safety, the insidious nature of office gossip, and how to fire someone without being shot. Films include: Down and Out, Barbers and Beauticians, You and Your Work, When You Grow Up, How To Keep A Job, Purely Coincidental, Hidden Grievance, All Togehter, Shake Hands with Danger, The Grapevine, Promotion By-pass, The Trouble with Women. Includes special classroom environment audio track. DVD $15
Discover how to fit in, keep clean, choose between right and wrong, and behave in the cafeteria. Films include: Lunchroom Manners, Soapy the Germ Fighter, Appreciating Our Parents, Why Doesn't Cathy Eat Breakfast?, Right or Wrong?, Personality and Emotions, Why Vandalism?, The Outsider, Manners in School, Shy Guy. Plus a bonus Filmstrip. DVD $15
Films about explosives and how they impact our everyday life. Films include:
Explosives - Tools for Progress, Don't Touch, Why of Army Missles, Postmark:
Terror and I Wasn't Scared. DVD-R $15