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
Films aimed towards solving the problems faced by today's (well, really, yesterday's) modern housewife. A fascinating and insulting look at the 1950s and 1960s housewife. Films include: Goodbye to Garbage,Home is What You Make it, 
A collection of patriotic films and Cold War classics. Revel in the American way of life, get a glimpse at vintage Homeland Security and learn what you can do for your country in such films as: Despotism, Great Rights, Day of Thanksgiving, Patriotism (with Bob Crane!), Duck & Cover, You Can Change the World, 200, Getting Ready Emotionally, In Our Hands: How We Got What We Have, Freedom Comes High, Red Nightmare, Pledge of Allegiance. DVD $15
Some films from the AV Geeks archive that have really
catchy/annoying songs. Great to singalong! Films include: Fun With Lines,
Crash Bang Boom, Malakapaladoo Skip Two, Drugs Are Like That, Shake Hands with
Danger, Telezonia and VD is for Everybody. DVD-R $15
Educational films that answer some of the nagging questions you might have. Questions like: Answering The Child's Why, Why Not Try?,Why We Use Money?, Why Not Snack?, Sanitation - Why All The Fuss?, Why Explore Space?, Why 55? and Why'd the Beetle Cross The Road? DVD-R $15