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Holy Crap! SKIDOO’s On Your TV Tonight!
Hey, everyone. ”Moriarty” here.
I don’t normally post here on the Coax side of things... at least not since the last time Herc administered a savage beating to me for trying... but I’ll take my chances today. This news is worth it.
When I was just reading various stories around the web, I stumbled across the news over at CHUD.com that SKIDOO is playing tonight on Turner Classic Movies.
If this news doesn’t excite you, it may be because you’ve never heard of SKIDOO. And chances are you’ve never seen it, since it’s never been released on video, allegedly at the wishes of Otto Preminger, the film’s director. This is one of those legendary freakshows of a movie that is famous primarily for being unseen. You often hear people talk about bizarre films, and it’s become a total cliché by now to describe a movie as “THE PARENT TRAP on acid,” as an example. Well, SKIDDO is actually “SKIDOO on acid,” and I don’t mean that metaphorically. This is a no-shit acid movie, inspired largely by Preminger’s experiments with the drug during the period. At the time, acid was so much a part of pop culture that it was inevitable you’d get a few major filmmakers trying to deal with it. However, the film was roundly rejected by audiences and critics alike at the time, and Preminger eventually considered it a major mistake.
I’m so excited to finally get a chance to see it, and since I haven’t, I’m not going to pretend I know what the fuck it’s about. Here’s some of the synopsis from the Turner Classic Movies site, where they’ve got a pretty great piece about the film:
A retired mobster named Tony (Jackie Gleason) is called upon by his former Mafia boss (Groucho Marx, simply referred to as “God”) to make one last hit. His one time friend Blue Chips Packard (Mickey Rooney) was sitting pretty in solitary confinement in Alcatraz after being busted, but has since become an informer against his old gang. Tony is instructed to sneak into the jail and eliminate Packer.
Meanwhile, Tony’s teenage daughter Darlene is in dubious company herself, hanging out with members of San Francisco’s hippie community. She starts dating a tuned-out long hair (John Phillip Law) and espouses the ideals of peace and love. Tony’s wife Flo (Carol Channing), the more sympathetic of the couple, feels for her daughter and invites the whole psychedelic clan back to their house to live. Tony is none too happy about this new crowd, yet befriends a hippie in the clink known as "The Professor" (Austin Pendleton, the unsung hero of the film). He turns Tony onto acid accidentally one day, and during his trip, Tony begins to understand the pitfalls of his violent past. He decides to “make love, not war” against ol’ Blue Chips.
2 a.m. ET Saturday / 11 p.m. PT Friday. TCM.
Meanwhile, Tony’s teenage daughter Darlene is in dubious company herself, hanging out with members of San Francisco’s hippie community. She starts dating a tuned-out long hair (John Phillip Law) and espouses the ideals of peace and love. Tony’s wife Flo (Carol Channing), the more sympathetic of the couple, feels for her daughter and invites the whole psychedelic clan back to their house to live. Tony is none too happy about this new crowd, yet befriends a hippie in the clink known as "The Professor" (Austin Pendleton, the unsung hero of the film). He turns Tony onto acid accidentally one day, and during his trip, Tony begins to understand the pitfalls of his violent past. He decides to “make love, not war” against ol’ Blue Chips.
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No wonder you never post on Coax, Drew, you don't know to provide all the info!
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WTF? Okay, I'm in.
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Set to record (even though I'll be up)
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This was announced back in October when TCM announced their Jan. schedule. What a scoop!
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Holy cow, this is weird.
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someone tape it! i'm in canada!
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someone bit torrent the muthafucka - wanted to see this for years
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contact me at impalergeneral@yahoo.com
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alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film.post-1960
I think there is a copy there now. It's a trippy movie. Also it's posted in pieces on youtube. do a search in google, then click "video" and you'll find it there as well.... I normally wouldn't post where you could find a movie but hey, this one isn't available anywhere else. -
alt.binaries.multimedia.vintage-film.post-1960
I think there is a copy there now. It's a trippy movie. Also it's posted in pieces on youtube. do a search in google, then click "video" and you'll find it there as well.... I normally wouldn't post where you could find a movie but hey, this one isn't available anywhere else. -
I'll be all over it tomorrow morning.
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Penn State Film School never taught us about this. The TIVO is ready.
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Reportedly, Groucho also dropped acid a week or two before production as "research."
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Harry Nilsson sings the entire credit crawl at the end of the film.
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According to IMDB we'll also see Slim Pickens, Frank Gorsham (Riddler), Cesear Romero (Joker), Burgess Meridith (Penguin), Peter Lawford, Richard Keil (Jaws from 007), and Frankie Avalon. This is amazing.
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11:00pm PST. We often get a different feed so nice to see.
From the sounds of it it's a record and fast forward kind of flik.
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No, not bored, just sleepy. But I'm up, I'm up. Roll tape.
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To Big Bird without actually putting on the fucking beak. This is bizarre.
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Try THE MANIPULATOR (aka BJ LANG PRESENTS), also starring teh Rooney.
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"to the moon...." i enjoyed it, even though i hate hippies. these weren't the phish listening, electric car type...these were real hippies spouting crap. the imdb has it at a super low rating, but it was still kinda fun in a goofy kinda way. it was nice to see some actors playing against type. what caught my attention when i was flipping the channels was Pretzie from Hercules in New York... haha..
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...floating around instead of that horrendous bootleg that looks like someone shit on the celluloid and then broke the focus.
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check this out:
http://christiandivine.com/skidooandyou.htm
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http://christiandivine.com/skidooandyou.htm
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Mark Evanier has been alerting (warning?) everyone about "Skidoo" on his blog for weeks - if not months - now. Thanks to him, my DVR contains this movie. I'll be sure to either thank or blame him after I watch it. www.newsfromme.com
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I too was warned by Mark Evanier abut this and I FORGOT TO TIVO IT. DAGNABBIT! I even have the soundtrack, I MUST see this film! Anyone willing to help a poor unfortunate soul?
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...I sent him the link for the screening, but he did not get it I guess. And here you can see the intro:
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They've got an evening of mid '70s Sellers Pink Panthers, Death Race 2000, and Rollerball (The Caan version) in glorious widescreen this month. This channel always delivers.
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and Steve Martin's Pennies From Heaven on early Sunday morning...
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All ya gotta do is look for it...
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Jan 05, 2008 8:47:13 PM CST
I am gonna have to get some friends together and watch this film
by islander
Maybe record a commentary and put it on the dvd I am going to make.
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...Carol Channing was in Frankie Avalon's lovenest and stripped down to her bra and started go-go dancing, shaking her sub-A cup old lady titties.
Even the promise of The Great One on an acid freakout wasn't enough to keep me from clawing my eyes out.
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piece of shit movie this turned out to be.
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