A/V Geeks

7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958)

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:27:00 -0500

Special effects Ray Harryhausen's Technicolor vision of the classic Sinbad tale shown in glorious Dynarama! This film has everything - an evil sorceror, a cyclop, a giant Roc bird, magic lamps, sword-wielding skeleton, etc. Show up early to get a good seat and see a film from the A/V Geeks archive. Stay after to play movie trivia for nifty prizes. FREE!

7pm, Friday, August 1st, NC Museum of Natural Sciences 11 W. Jones St., Raleigh, NC

S is for Sissy

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:15:00 -0500

What could be worse than to have a little boy become a sissy? These films try to "de-sissify" behavior considered that of a sissy - being clean, having good manners, etc. Films include - Soapy the Germ Fighter, Johnny Learns About Manners, Fears of Children and more! Bring some friends! Door prizes! Suggested donation $5 - all proceeds from this show will go towards helping former A/V Geek helper and all-around nice guy Cy Rawls with his mounting medical expenses.

7:30PM, Sunday, July 27th Tir Na Nog, 218 S. Blount St. Raleigh, NC 27601

8PM, Monday, August 25th Local 506 506 West Franklin St, Chapel Hill, NC

The Shoplifter (1964) Highway Safety Films

Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:02:00 -0500

Shows in detail techniques used by amateur and professional shoplifters and explains how alert employees can prevent thefts. While this film was made for retail employees, the film really is a how-to for potential shoplifters. The biggest hauls are made by women who can carry up to 25 pounds of meat, cigarettes, typewriters or shoe polishers under their dresses. If you are a store owner, its hard not to watch this without assuming that everyone is your store to steal from you...

This film is available on How To... How To DVD

Testy, Testy

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 12:03:00 -0500

A DVD for a test-obsessed nation including films meant for specific niche groups - TV engineers. Films include: You Bet Your Life, The Handtrap Test, SMPTE Color Tv Test Film #2, Your Study Skills - Taking Tests, Giving The Rorschach Test - Klopfer Method, the classic, Comparative Tests on a Human and a Chimpanzee Infant of Approximately the Same Age

How To.. How To..

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:19:00 -0500

In order to keep up their status as an edu-info- tain-gency, the A/V Geeks present an evening of films that show you how to do things. For example, How To Build an Igloo teaches us step-by-step how to build a shelter in the ice. With How to Get Cooperation we learn the fine art of twisting classmates' arms to cooperate. And The Shoplifter accidentally teaches you some nifty shoplifting tricks (circa 1964).

P is for Peace Officer

Fri, 06 Jun 2008 10:17:00 -0500

Training films made for one of the most stressful and dangerous jobs in a democracy - being a police officer. Films include: Disturbance Calls, Failure to Protect, Shotgun – Second Weapon and more!

C is for Circus

Mon, 14 Jan 2008 20:22:00 -0500

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!

Charles "Shake Hands With Danger" Oldfather in "The Day After"

Sat, 12 Jan 2008 12:59:00 -0500

Singer/narrator of very popular Centron/Caterpillar safety film Shake Hands With Danger makes a brief appearance in the ABC film "The Day After".

Tim and Eric's tribute to "Crash Bang Boom!"

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 22:13:00 -0500

I'm told by an insider at Adult Swim's Tim and Eric Awesome Show Great Job! that the following clip ("What Do You Call That?" is a tribute to "Crash! Bang! Boom!" (seen below):

Great Job!

An educational film featuring a chorus of voices introducing 11 percussion instruments including a groovy rock band. Very catchy/annoying film.

This film is available on the A/V Geeks Greatest Hits DVD-R

Daddy's Day

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:48:00 -0500

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!

I Am Joe's...

Sat, 17 Nov 2007 22:47:00 -0500

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.

Twenty-First Century

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:37:00 -0500

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.

Rats Rats Rats

Wed, 14 Nov 2007 13:35:00 -0500

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.