Past Shows

A/V Geeks Greatest Hits - 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.

AV Geeks Surprise Show - The AV Geeks brought several mystery reels of film and let the audience pick what was shown. Fun was had by all. Some films included a reel of public service announcements, films with puppets, films involving rhythmic exercises, some cartoons and a wonderfully shocking school bus safety film.

The A/V Geeks Sell Out- After years of hard, grueling and tedious labor, the A/V Geeks go 'IPO' and are immediately snatched up by the freshly mergered Time-Warner/Pepsico/Boeing conglomerate. But for all of this to happen, the Geeks had to watch a bunch of films on good salesmanship. Now you, too, can learn about the A/V Geeks secret strategy for success. Films on salesmanship included: The Cookie Kids, Sales Building Role, Trader Vic's Used Cars, Nothing But Lookers. Plus two 'sponsored' films (films sponsored by a company for product placement) I Have To Be Me and Good Morning, Mr Johnson.

All For The Greater Glory Of The State- A 16 mm educational film adventure where giant industries pat themselves on the back for being so important to the civilized world. Films included: Trees for Tomorrow, Workmanship Myth, Communism, Explosives: Tools for Progress, Glass--From The Old To The New Through Research and Workmanship Myth.

And A Puppet Shall Lead Them...- For some reason, somebody in charge felt that they could get their point across better if they used a puppet. Nevermind how distracting, ludicrous and somewhat creepy it all looks. Join the A/V Geeks for a night of 16mm films where the puppets know best. Films included: The Toymaker, Santa Claus and Punch and Judy, Parents: Who Needs Them? What Is A Family?

Anatomy of an Auto Accident Films about what happens when metal crunches into metal at a high speed. Caution - this show contains some twisted metal and twisted flesh. Films included: Traffic - Courtesy, What To Do After A Traffic Accident?, Crossroads Crash, Collision Rescue and Wheels of Tragedy.

As the Office Turns... Melodrama and madness in the office in the midst of an outright class war between management and the workers. Funnier than Dilbert because it seems so real! Films include: The Grapevine, Promotion Bypass, The Trouble with Women, The Trouble with Archie, Man on the Assembly Line.

As The Office Turns 2 The AV Geeks closely examined all the things that grow in an office culture. Films include: Office Safety - The Thrill Seekers, P.I.S.T., Who Did What To Whom?, Office Practice: Your Attitude, Your Image: Make It Work for You, Keeping a Job is Work and more!

Art with a Capital 'A' Films about art and artists. Films: Let's Paint with Watercolors, Adventures in Perception, Germany - Dada.

The Best of A/V Geeks (so far) - the audience, has spoken. They demanded to see their favorite 16mm films again and the A/V Geeks had no other recourse but to oblige. We're here to please after all. Films included: Pamela Wong's Birthday for Grandma, Louis James Hates School, Santa Claus and Punch & Judy, The Lottery, VD - Every 30 Seconds, Shake Hands With Danger and ABCs of Sex Education for Trainables.

Best of A/V Geeks 3 Another round of superlative school films from the A/V Geeks archive. Films include - More Dates for Kay, Teeth, The Lunatic, Purely Coincidental, Parent to Child About Sex and The Huntsman.

Beyond the Valley of the Huh?-the mystifying sequel to "Huh?" where the films leave you with more questions than answers. Films included: Why Does Cathy Not Eat Breakfast?, Time Piece, Fur Coat Club, Stalked.

Big Yellow Fellow - Films about the golden chariot of learning - the modern school bus and the perils found within. Films include: Bus Tripping, The Big Yellow Fellow, Ole 23, One Lousy Second and Ghost Rider.

Bikes Bikes Bikes A bike spells freedom to a kid, and fear to parents. These films try to get kids to be responsible - spoiling all the fun. Films included: Bicycle Safety, Bicycle Clown, One Got Fat, The Day the Bicycles Disappeared, African Odyssey: The Red Bicycle and The Bike.

Blackboard Bungle An evening of old school films about--interestingly enough--the hazards of going to school in the 1960s and 70s. Films include: Lunchroom Manners, Courtesy At School, How Quiet Helps at School, Our Obligation, And Then It Happened.

Blame Canada! Wonderfully wacky films from our scapegoated neighbor to the North. Films include: RCMP Musical Ride, Life Times Nine, Great Annual Bathtub Race, Everybody's Prejudiced and Hot Stuff!

BOOM! - 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.

Brats! Films about early brat development - First Friends, Frustrating Fours And Fascinating Fives, Self-Image Film, I Want,You Want and Just Joking

C is for Communism - Films that introduce us to the scourge that is communism. Films included - Russia at War, What is Communism? and Yankee Go Home.

CAFETERIA CHAOS! For this screening, the AV Geeks and Alamo Drafthouse teamed up with Austin Voices and rented the Austin's Maplewood Elementary School assembly hall and cafeteria. We presented a collection of shorts entitled CAFETERIA CHAOS, explaining the do's and don'ts of cafeteria behavior, Included in your ticket was a nutritious, well-balanced meal (with Salisbury steak, tater tots, corn, chocolate pudding and milk!) prepared by the Maplewood kitchen ladies, access to the PTA bake sale and more. Proceeds benefited Austin Voices. Films included: Lunchroom Manners, Food Doesn't Fly, School Lunchroom Manners, Lunchroom Goes Bananas, Lunch Money, Story of a Peanut Butter Sandwich, Lunchroom Ettiquette (2nd), Lunchroom Ettiquette, Lunch Trays.

Can You Beat the A-Bomb? Time to compare and contrast two films dealing with the survirability of an atomic attack - Peter Watkin's brilliant yet bleak film War Game and the hyper-optimistic US film You Can Beat the A-Bomb. To lighten up the evening, we showed Canada's take on nuclear war - the animated film Big Snit. This show marked the rare occasion when the AV Geeks showed two Oscar-winning films.

Cartoon Propaganda - Cartoons with agendas. Whether aimed at children or adults, these films were drawn with the inks of moral righteousness and social responsibility making them a laugh riot to our jaded, year 2000 sensibilities. Includes some obscure Disney cartoons. Films included: Cautious Twins, Two Hundred, How Animators See Us: Foibles, Three Faces of Stanley, Winged Scourge, Story of Menstruation, About Conception and Contraception, and a Clutch Cargo short.

Cinema VD: Sin, Sex and Sores- A pet project of A/V Geek, Skip Elsheimer who is compiling a history of VD films for a book on the subject. Films included: VD: Every 30 Seconds, VD Quiz: Getting the Answers Right (with Leonard Nimoy), Know For Sure and Disney's VD Attack Plan.

Clowns and Cavemen A night of some of our favorite films that feature clowns or cavemen. Films included - The Clowns, How the First Letter Was Written, Toothache of a Clown, Standing Up For Yourself, Pirro and the Alarm Clock, Drug Effects, Circus Day

Courtship and Safety: You're Playing With Fire- The first A/V Geek screening ever, it had three projectors going constantly. Films about dating and marriage were shown on one projector sandwiched between two projectors showing films about fire safety. Films included: Marriage: When's the Big Day?, Psychological Differences Between The Sexes, The Torch, Frying Pan Fire, Our Obligation, They Called It Fireproof, Hot Stuff, and Code 1001.

Could This Have Happened By Accident? - Evolution? Bah!! First Amendment?! Piddledly-poo! How can any scientists in their right mind look at the wonders of the universe and dismiss it all to the work of just random chance?! Here's a rare look at some science films made by the Christian Moody Science Institute that somehow snuck there way into North Carolina school systems. Could this have happened by accident? Films included: Mystery Of Time, Biography of A Bee, Wonder of Our Body, Carnivorous Plants

Courtesy Makes the World Go 'Round Films that spell out how good manners and civility. Films include - Everyday Courtesy, Exchanging Greetings and Introductions, Helping Johnny Remember, Social Courtesy, and By Jupiter.

CPR Beats A Stopping Heart- An A/V Geeks Edu-Drama presentation involving CPR, lightning and marching bands. With this show, the A/V Geeks edited little snippets from the collection and mixes them together to create a pseudo-narrative about bringing life to something that Providence has struck dead. Films excerpted from various McCormick marching band films (The Challenge, etc.), CPR films, films about the respiratory and circulatory systems and films about storms and lightning.

Creepy Christian Cinema Churches have been using film to spread their message since the early 20th century. Of the thousands of films made for churches and synagogues, the A/V Geeks picked some of the strangest and creepiest Christian films. Films included Youth Suicide Fantasy: Does Their Music Make Them Do It?, Stalked, He Restoreth My Soul and Included Out.

Crotch Rocket Capers Short films about motorcycles and the people who ride them. Films include - Not So Easy (featuring Peter Fonda and Evel Knievel), Vicious Cycles, Popsicle, Motorcycle Safety and Courtesy in Traffic and Beginning Motorcycle Rider Course: Unit 2 (Motorcycle Instrumentation).

DECLASSIFIED! The AV Geeks pay homage to the granddaddy of school films - the military training film.Includes films: Why Me?, Know Your Aircraft, Very Special Man and Pvt. Snafu cartoons.

Drinky Drink Shown at Houston's greatest microbrewery, Saint Arnold Brewing Company, for a screening of films about our love of alcohol and its positive and negative effects. Titles included Alcohol is Dynamite, A Case for Beer, Alco Beat, Curious Habits of Man, An Ounce of Prevention, and Nightmare. Plus PSAs and commercials about the delights and evils of alcohol!

THE END OF CIVILIZATION AS YOU KNOW IT! A view of our immediate future as predicted through Biblical and technological prophecy. Shown in Dynamic Muddl-O-Rama, mixed and matched by the A/V Geeks. See the film that made A/V Geek Skip run from the theater in tears... Films were: The Late Great Planet Earth, 1999 A.D. and Future Shock.

EXTREME SCHOOL BUS ADVENTURE! The AV Geeks and Alamo Drafthouse drove a big school bus around Austin with a 16mm projector in the back and a bunch of beer in the front. Along the way, out bus driver drove to three school bus accident sites in Austin. With all the beer and the poor suspension of the bus, everybody had to pee halfway through the show. We stopped at a What-A-Burger. Films included: Bus Nut, Schmoadle Nightmare, Big Yellow Fellow, Ridin' Cool To School, Ghost Rider, and finally, And Then It Happened.

Fat Albert: Man or Messiah- While trying to provide a positive message for urban youth, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids low production values and grotesque characters leaves us more bewildered than nostalgic. Films included: A bunch of Fat Albert cartoons and Bill Cosby in Black History: Lost, Stolen, Or Strayed

Fat Of The Land - In the first kitchen-grease-powered road movie, five young women toured the nation, stopping at greasy spoons requesting leftover fryer fat to fuel their vehicle. Through interviews and chance encounters, the video sardonically critiqued the stranglehold petroleum has on our economy while investigating a fuel for the future--vegetable oil. This was a very timely film given the recent rise in gas prices and provided us with a way to localize our energy resources. The ultimate in D-I-Y. Buy this great documentary video directly from one of the filmmakers for $30 postage paid. Send a check or money order to Sarah Lewison 3883 Miramar St. Apt. F La Jolla, CA 92037-1313.

Featuring An All-Star Cast - An evening of educational films featuring celebrities - either before they were famous or as a PR move after their careers slumped. Films include: Bookkeeping and You (with 'Bewitched' star Dick York), Is That A Happy Hippopotamus? (with 'That's Incredible' host John Davidson), Learn Not To Burn (with Dick Van Dyke), First Aid Action (with Burt Reynolds), Chickenomics (with the Famous San Diego Chicken) and A Different Approach (featuring an all-star cast).

Festival Rodan- In response to the North Carolina Museum of Art's Festival Rodin, A/V Geeks for a tribute to our favorite flying reptile Rodan. Choice bits from his Tokyo-wrecking films (including some with Godzilla), some information about flying dinosaurs, interviews with the men who gave life to the rubber suit monsters and maybe, something about that French sculptor guy with a similar name. Films included: Rodan, Rodin, Pterodactyls Alive?, scenes from Godzilla vs. Monster Zero and an excellent inteview by Doug Stone with the two men who played Godzilla.

Food: It's What for Dinner - Featured 16mm educational films that deal with food and food preparation. Delightful, delicious and good for you too! Or is it? Films included: Why Eat Our Vegetables, Keeping Food Safe To Eat, Tasting Party, Short Order Cookery, Pride on Parade, Outbreak of Salmonella Infection and The Art of Cake Decorating with Norman Wilton.

Film A Commie For Mommie - Films about the Communists and their threat to the American way of life. Films include: Communism, Russian Life Today, Leisure Time USSR, Crisis In Cuba, and The Red Sell.

Get A Job! - Films that your guidance counselor would show you in high school. A special vocational aptitude test (the WIFVAB) was given to the audience at the beginning of the show, and the results were ready at the end of the show. Films included: Is A Sales Career For You?, Job Interview: Three Young Men, Louis James Hates School, Textile Industry Careers, and Your Job: Fitting In.

Guinea Pigs To The Moon- A 16 mm educational film look back at the wonders of the Space Race and what a monumental pain in the ass it was to be an astronaut. Films included: First Men Into Space, Disney's Man And The Moon, Our Class Explores The Moon, Surviving In Space, and Way Stations In Space.

Guns Guns Guns Films about guns, hunting and how kids can't get enough of them. Films include: Hunting, Handling Firearms, Sweet Sunday Gone, Guns: Be Safe Not Sorry and more!

H is for Hippie - A look back to birth of a stereotype. Films from those turbulent sixties included: Hippie Temptation (Part One), Marijuana

Hot and Cold Running War - Films that helped us live day to day inspite of the constant threat of nuclear annihilation: Communism, Mission Sonic Boom, Fallout: When and How To Protect Yourself, Nuclear War: A Guide To Armageddon and Duck and Cover.

How To Be An A/V Geek.- Do you have what it takes? Learn the secret joys and public anguish of being an "A/V Geek" firsthand. Held in conjunction with the Fourth Annual Documentary Film and Video Happening, hosted by the Center for Documentary Studies and the Duke Film & Video Program.

The How To Show - In order to maintain their tax status as an "Infotainer For Hire", the A/V Geeks fulfill their informational film quota with this purely educational film show. Learn how to mow a lawn, operate a restaurant dishwasher, survive being held hostage and more!! Films included Mowing Lesson for Charlie, Mr. Dish Machine Operator, Juggling Lesson, Sudden Birth and Surviving Hostage Situations.

How To... Two A/V Geeks again prove that they are "edutainers" with this show of instructional school films. You'll learn something at this show. Films include - Making Change, How To Catch A Cold, How to Develop Interest, Clock Talk, How To Survive In Your Kitchen and Listen Well, Learn Well.

Huh?- Whoever made these films had a point to make. They wrote a script, involved dozens of people and spent lots of money. So, why is it that these films don’t make any sense? Films included: Easy Way Out, Appy's Adventures, Curious Habits of Man, Day the Milk Was Turned Off, Punctuation: Colon, Semicolon, & Question Marks

In The Line Of Duty- Cops have it rough and these films prove it. The A/V Geeks pull out all the gore for this show. Not for the squeamish. Films included: Booked for Safekeeping, Wheels of Tragedy, The Policeman and Sudden Birth.

India Cabaret- The A/V Geeks go semi-legit by not going for the cheap laughs and showing an amazing documentary about strippers in India. This is the second documentary made by the now famous Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay, Kama Sutra) One can tell a lot about a society based on how they treat their strippers.

Ins & Outs of Inside/Out Episodes from the brilliant educational TV series that explored the emotional and moral dilemmas that kids faced in the mid-1970s. Films include: Breakup, Someone Special, Getting Even, Strong Feelings, But Names Will Never Hurt, I Dare You.

Kids & Kritters W.C. Fields once said, "Anyone who hates children and animals can't be all bad." The AV Geeks present a night of school films where the producers seem to share that same sentiment with films featuring children interacting with animals. Films include: Goldilocks and the Three Bears, Frances and her Rabbit, Kitty Cleans Up, Skipper Learns A Lesson, Lost Puppy, Safety with Animals and Ro-Revus Talks About Worms

MEAT! - Films about how meat gets from the pasture to your dinner plate. Films include: Food for America, National BBQ Month, Where Does Meat Come From?, Meat- From Range to Market, Meat Cookery, Pride on Parade, and This is Life.

The Modern Housewife 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, Packing a Suitcase, Joy of Living with Fragrance, Home is What You Make it, Soft as a Cloud and Freeze-In.

Milk & Cookies Films about milk, the dairy industry and cookies and how important they are to our health and our great nation.Films include: Wholly Cow, The Cookie Kid, Place Values, Girls are Better than Ever, More Life in Living, As Others See Us. We provided milk and the audience brought a variety of cookies (Oreos, snickerdoodles, chocolate chip cookies, etc.)

The Mouse Forgets... What mouse are we talking about? How about that tiny mouse that started as a small animation studio and has grown into an unstoppable media goliath. While they've been releasing some of their less entertaining/more ephemeral films on DVD, they've left some out. Shorts like: Water: Friend or Enemy, The Human Body, VD Attack Plan, Story of Menstruation, Insects As Carriers of Disease and White Wilderness - Lemmings.

Museum Goes Boom In honor of the fireworks of the 4th of July, the AV Geeks pull from their vast educational film collection, films that go BOOM!! Crash, Bang, Boom - A hip film about percussion. Duck & Cover - This film is a nostalgic look back to the Cold War when an animated turtle tells school children how to survive a nuclear attack. Explosives: Tool of Progress - Explosives may seem like loud nuisances, but they are quite important to the progress of our country. Blasting Caps: Don't Touch - It may seem like fun blowing up your friend's bike with these little devices, but we learn that they are not all fun and games. 200 - A delightfully psychedelic and patriotic cartoon made for our nation's bicentennial.

Night of the TV Trailer A collection of 30 second TV ads for mid-1970s theatrical feature films. Trailers included - Halloween, Saturday Night Fever, The Fog, Battlestar Galactica, Over the Edge, Deathsport and many many more (over 100!)

Night of the TV Trailer 2 - A collection of 30 second TV ads for mid-1970s theatrical feature films. Trailers include - Meatballs, Swap Meet, Sacred Knives of Vengence, Walking Tall, Death Race 2000, High Ballin' and so many more!

1950 In conjunction with ManBites Dog's production of the play Tomorrowland, the A/V Geeks presented films that were made in 1950. Films included: Appreciating Our Parents, Ways to Better Conversation, Day of Thanksgiving, Why Budget?, Fun That Builds Good Health

Noisy Is As Noisy Does- In conjunction with Lump’s QUIET! noise device exhibit, the A/V Geeks present an evening of films about sound and noise.

Oh Boy, Babies!- The A/V Geeks will be moving their August film show to Durham to entertain and educate that town about teen pregnancy. Let’s take a look back at the 16mm educational films of the 70s that tried to stigmatize students into celibacy and failed miserably. Funny and insightful with a pinch of pathos. Films included: Oh Boy! Babies!, Me a Teen Father and I'm 17, I'm Pregnant and I Don't Know What to Do.

Oh, Nurse!- A 16 mm educational film excursion into the zany world of nursing. Lots of fake injuries, pain and bedpans!! Films included: Pain and Its Alleviation, The Inner World of Aphasia, Shelter, and Visiting Nurse.

Oops!- A spectacle of carelessness, clumsiness and injury. And yes, it is funny when it happens to someone else. Films included: Danger Is Your Companion, Down and Out, Careers In Emergency Medicine and Anyone At All.

Oops! On The Clock- The A/V Geeks just acquired a bunch of safety films from North Carolina's Division of Mines and Quarries!  Get ready for carelessness, stupidity and some nifty fake gore.  Worker's compensation, here we come... Films included: Down and Out, Office Safety: The Thrill Seekers, Shake Hands with Danger.

Our Friend, the Factory Films about how big industy is what makes this country great! Fans of assembly line "porn" (gratuitous footage of industrial assembly line footage) were in heaven. Films included - People Who Work In Factories, Story of the Automated Egg, Main Street USA - The ARMCO Steel Story, 1958 Brussels World's Fair and From the Ground Up.

P is for Prisoner - Films made for potential prisoners. Three Days In County Jail (distributed by Disney for high school students to teach them what it is like to be in jail. Narrated by Greg Morris) , Surviving Hostage Situations (made for upper management of multi-national corporations on what to do if they are kidnapped by radical terrorists) and Escape! (made for Army soldiers on how to escape when in a prisoner of war camp).

People of the Documentary - films that reveal the biases of the ethnographic documentary. Included People of the Congo, the infuriating Moody Institute of Science film Primitive Man in the Modern World and Luis Bunel's Land Without Bread.

Power Behind The Nation - Films about the oil and coal industries and its impact on our nation.Films include - Power Behind the Nation, 24 Hours of Progress, Destination Earth, Crossroads USA and Coal Miner.

Proud, Patriotic and Paranoid Films that show the roots of our proud, patriotic paranoia. Films included: Are You Ready for Service - To Defend a Nation, Are You Ready for Service - Why You?, What You Should Know About Biological Warfare, What to Do in a Gas Attack and Our Cities Must Fight

Rules, Rules, Rules- A desperate attempt to hedge off the tide of anarchy and chaos. Watch kid's free spirits crushed under the weight of society's rules and manners. Films included: Rules, Laws and You, Rules To View A Zoo By, Beginning Responsibility - Lunchroom Manners, Beginning Responsibility- Being On Time and Your Junior High Days.

SCIENCE! Films where some of the funniest experiments are also the most frightening. Films include - Mobile Lab - Any Questions?, Squeak the Squirrel, Living in a Reversed World, Stanley Milgram's infamous obedience experiments!

Schoolhouse Shock- Is a school just a place for learning or is it a constant drain on our tax dollars? Or is it an antiquated death trap? Or maybe it's haunted? Join us for an evening of films dealing with school buildings and how to make students, parents and civic leaders feel guilty about their use and abuse. Films included: Beginning Responsibility: Doing Things For Ourselves In School, Electric Heating Goes To School , Taking Care of Your School Building and Our Obligations.

Sell Sell Sell Films that illustrate the subtley of good salesmanship while trying to make a buck or two. Films included - Who Killed the Sale?, Tough Customer, Goodwill Ambassadors, Kirby Sales Pitch Film (featuring Don Ameche), Atlantic Imperial Gasoline Promo Film and The Butcher, the Baker and the Ice Cream Maker.

'70s Schlock featuring "Free To Be You and Me..." An evening of post-hippy dippy, "feel good about yourself" nonsense that led one of the most selfish generations in the 20th century. Films included - Free To Be... You and Me, Guidance for the Seventies - Self-Esteem, I Have To Be Me.

Small Furry Animals And The Sins Of Man- Who said that animals can’t sin?!? A look into a world where dogs are bigots, lemmings commit suicide and rats perform heinous crimes against nature. These films come from a school system near you for your entertainment. All you have to do is figure out what the lesson was supposed to be.. Films included: Hoppy the Bunny, Frank and his Dog, Skipper Learns a Lesson, Disney’s White Wilderness: Lemmings (excerpt), Ratapolis (excerpt) and Squeak the Squirrel.

Social Engineering 101- The fine art of "fitting in" as carefully illustrated by 16mm educational films.How can I be popular? Why is my family shunned? What can I do to fit in? Funny, awkward and sometimes downright insulting... Films included: Getting Along with Others, Are You Popular?, Mirror Mirror, Shy Guy, Psychological Differences Between the Sexes and Social Acceptability.

Social Engineering 201 - The long awaited followup to the most evil mental hygiene extravaganza Social Engineering 101. Not only did this show continue with films that dealt with fitting in as an exact science, we also got to see what causes upset feelings (like anger and fear) and what can happen if they aren't dealt with properly. Films included: Getting Angry, What to Do About Upset Feelings, Attitude and Health, The Outsider, Belonging to the Group, and Fears of Children.

Social Engineering 301 A return of one of the most popular and most insidious genres in school films - the mental hygiene film. Films include - What to Do on a Date, Understandng Others, Courtesy for Beginners, Don't Be Afraid and Courtesy for Beginners.

Some Of Your Bits Ain't Nice- You may think that personal hygiene is just that - personal, Well we’ve got two words for you - body odor. Nothing disrupts the finely tuned hum of our public education machine than a stinky, greasy kid. Join us for an evening of 16mm films about combing your hair, washing behind your ears and talking with soap. Films included: Let's Be Neat and Clean, Keeping Neat and Clean, Care of Skin, Soapy The Germ Fighter, Some Of Your Bits Ain't Nice, Personal Hygiene for Boys, Personal Health for Girls, and Clean is Kleen (with Fat Albert).

Son of Those Naughty Boys - More films about alienated, angst-filled juvenile delinquents. Amazing. Films included: Who Cares?, Right or Wrong, Why Vandalism?, Merry-Go-Round Horse, The Huntsman

The Sound of Centron The AV Geeks honored JIM STRINGER, the soundtrack composer and frequent actor of many classic Centron educational films. The show featured many popular films such as the shoplifting classic, Caught In A Rip-Off, the hip VD film The Lunatic, the gorey but catchy industrial safety film Shake Hands with Danger and the slapstick office gem Office Safety: The Thrill Seekers. Jim was in attendance and talked about the films and his work with Centron company.

Strings Attached! What better way to get your message across than to use marionettes! It's not creepy - honest! These films feature marionettes selling you products and teaching you how to use the telephone. Films include: Pirro and the Blackboard, Party Lines, Adventures in Telezonia, When Your Clothing Burns and Pirro and the Thermometer.

Super Sugar-Coated Saturday - The A/V Geeks attempted to recreate a Saturday morning cartoon viewing complete with sugary cereal and toy commercials. Those that showed up in pajamas and got a special prize - A/V Geeks Little Crispy Film Reels cereal! Videos included: a crappy Bozo cartoon, a Private Snafu cartoon, a Popeye cartoon, a Superman cartoon, a couple of Schoolhouse Rock shorts, a Herculoids episode and a Fat Albert cartoon Dope Is For Dopes.

Teeth Are A Good Thing To Have - Zany Dental Hygiene films. A/V Geek Skip revealed yet another one of his fetishes - teeth. Excellent, yet odd, films about good dental care. At the end, plaque candy aka plaque dislosing tablets were disturbed to the audience. Films included: Please Take Care of Your Teeth, A Beaver's Tale, Munchers: A Fable, Teeth Are To Keep, Teeth, Teeth Are Good Things To Have and The Haunted Mouth.

Televised Teen Traumas Afterschool Specials featuring Scott Baio, Rob Lowe, Dana Plato, Val Kilmer and other future celebrities behaving very badly. Films included: Stoned, Schoolboy Father and One Too Many.

Terror of the TV Spots A night of great, cheezy movie trailers, commercials and public service announcements from the 1970s that you might remember seeing. Some of the trailers included - Over the Edge, Battlestar Galactica, Star Crash, Halloween, The Exorcist, The Omen, Manitou, Alice Doesn't Live Here Anymore, Squeeze Play, Incoming Freshmen, Seniors, The Villian, Foxes, Bad News Bears,

30 Second Dreamland Films from the 70s that attempted to teach us about commercials and marketing - Fraud By Mail, Seeing Through Commercials, Why You Buy?, The Thirty Second Dream and Soopergoop. Sponsored by Northwest Training Institute.

Those Naughty Animals Films from the A/V Geeks archive where animals do bad things - smoking, bigotry and suicide - just like people! Films included: Hoppy the Bunny, Monkey Tale, Can Animals Think?, Primates, Skipper Learns a Lesson, Disney’s White Wilderness: Lemmings (excerpt) and Squeak the Squirrel.

Those Naughty Atoms Films from the A/V Geeks archive where atomic energy has the potential to do some bad things. Films included: Our Friend the Atom, A is for Atom, Operation Ivy,

Those Naughty Boys- What are little boys made of? Fidgety hands, evil minds and little legs that will run away if given the chance. Films included: Trick or Treat, Cheating, Other People's Property, The Bike, and The Game.

Those Naughty Commies - More films about Communism and it's threat to the American way of life. Includes the films - Make Mine Freedom, How To Lose What We Have, Red Nightmare and more.

Those Naughty Drugs - Just in case that you forgot that drugs are bad, here are some films to remind you. Included the films - Case Study: Amphetamines, Drug Attack, Marijuana: Great Escape, Drugs Are Like That and Drugs and the Nervous System.

Those Naughty Germs -Films about our microscopic friends who make our lives so miserable. Films included - Joan Avoids A Cold (2nd ed), Getting Sick And Getting Well, Cell Wars, Communicable Diseases: They Just Get Around, and VD Questions and Answers.

Those Naughty Girls- Why should boys have all the fun of breaking laws and physically and mentally abusing friends, family and neighbors? Here's a bunch of educational films where the girls are made of more spice than sugar... Films included: Science Laboratory Safety, Part 2, That's Stealing, Fur Coat Club, All My Tomorrows, Never A Bride and The Grapevine.

Trouble With Women - Then and NOW Laugh and be shocked at the gender roles in these school films from the A/V Geeks film archive. Films include Trouble with Women, More Dates for Kay, Are You Popular? (2nd ed), Psychological Differences Between The Sexes, Never a Bride, and Disney's Story of Menstruation

Troubled Teens Teenagers are always getting into trouble - whether its hanging out with the wrong crowd, dating, drinking or body odor. Films included - Name Unknown, Going Steady, Getting Along With Parents, Body Care and Grooming and Any Boy, USA.

Very Special Film Show- A 16 mm educational film look at "mental retardation" - a dated term but a very real issue. See how the "normal" people deal with the "retarded" as workers, neighbors, and how they’re taught about the "birds and the bees." Funny, offensive and enlightening all at the same time. Films included: Selling One Guy Named Larry, ABCs of Sex Education for Trainables, and Coming Home.

We Are Driven Films about the automobile - how they are made, how we drive them and adore them. Films include: What Made Sammy Speed, Stop Driving Us Crazy!, Trader Vic's Used Cars, The Mustang and Ballet Robotique.

What Next, Officer? Fascinating films by police officers for police officers. Films include - Officer Survival, Shoot/Don't Shoot I and It's Your Move, Sergeant.

When Computers Were Young... - Films about the awkward beginnings of computers and how they were going to change our lives. Films included - Thinking Machines (1959), Basic Computer Terms (1976) Disney's Ethics In The Computer Age (1984), Hackers (1985).

Why Why Why? 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?

Without A Leg To Stand On- Three films about people with physical handicaps. Steadfast Tin Soldier - the classic Hans Christian Anderson fairy tale. Gravity Is My Enemy - a quadriplegic artist talks about his work and his life. Boy On A Skateboard - a young boy with no legs copes with his life in a mill town. Three very different films with similar themes about being handicapped and destiny. One of the more quasi-serious A/V Geek shows…

Young NASA Amazing films from when NASA was wide-eyed and innocent racing towards the moon. Films included: America in Space - First Five Years, Project Apollo, Apollo 8, Flight of Apollo 15, Spaceborne, Apollo 12

Your Government: Friend or Foe? - Classic postwar films about the government and how we have to be wary of its power. Films include - Despotism, How To Lose What We Have, Powers of Congress, Among Your Souvenirs and It's Your America.

Youth Suicide Fantasy Does Their Music Make Them Do It? A 1980s Christian investigative report linking rock music and suicide. Lots of criticism of Boy George, AC/DC, Mick Jagger, transvestites, drugs, sex, satanism, etc. Many great moments, especially their description of the time they tried to shut down a Prince concert