Among Three Stooges fanatics, “They Stooge to Conga” is notorious for a few seconds of roughhouse involving a climbing spike and Moe’s head. But that’s just a one of too many brilliantly surreal moments that occur in this deliriously insane short film.
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Available from Cleopatra Records on 01/17/2025
A live show recorded in 2006 at the warehouse in Houston.
Now available on VOD and Digital from Film Movement
A bit of a misnomer, these are the first three in a series that, if IMDB is to be believed, has a ton of entries.
Now available from Arrow Video
The film starts with Detective John Spartan causing all kinds of mayhem while chasing a criminal. Due to this, he is imprisoned in a Cryo facility only to be awakened early in 2030 when criminal Simon Phoenix escapes. Soon, he finds out that the world has been sanitized, and Taco Bell has won the fast-food wars (or Pizza Hut for those not in the US).
BOOTLEG FILES 891: “Computability: How to Make the Most of Your Home Computer” (1984 educational home video starring Steve Allen and Jayne Meadows).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube and Internet Archive.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: Only available on VHS.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: Woefully outdated production with no reissue value.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
Forty years ago, many Americans were spending the holidays getting acquainted with a remarkable gift: their first home computer. But for those at the dawn of the digital age who only knew about computers from science-fiction films, the machines posed a complex challenge.
In 1983, comedian and talk show host Steve Allen teamed with his wife, actress Jayne Meadows, on a record album called “Everything You Wanted to Know About Home Computers,” which provided a pleasant introduction to how home computers work and how people can get these machines to work for them. The record, which was produced by Casablanca/Polygram Records, received a Grammy Award nomination and it inspired the creative talent involved to adapt the material into an educational video with an accompanying glossary.
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Now available on disc from Anchor Bay
An ex-lawman is hired to find a rich kid who may have been kidnapped in Mexico.
I opened my Die Hard review with an apology to Bruce Willis for my unwavering belief that the film itself is a Christmas movie. That time comes once again. If Bruce didn’t think Die Hard was a holiday flick, then I can’t imagine he’d think any differently about 1990’s Die Hard 2. However, just like the original, we find our setting taking place during the holiday season, complete with decorations, music, and a snow storm. The movie even wraps up just as the first did, with “Let It Snow” playing over the credits. I’m sorry, Bruce, but this is another holiday action-thriller, and that’s all there is to it.