In a time where cops are cloned and people are fighting for justice, a group of people find themselves in their compound wondering about their situation and what to do.
Tag Archives: Comedy
Mesopotamia, TX (short) (2025)
The Bootleg Files: Spook to Me
BOOTLEG FILES 895: “Spook to Me” (1945 comedy short starring Andy Clyde and Dudley Dickerson).
LAST SEEN: On the Internet Archive.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: None.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Not likely.
If any star of Hollywood’s Golden Age was in need of a revived public interest, it would be Andy Clyde. With a career spanning from the Mack Sennett silent comedies to the 1960s sitcoms, Clyde was a welcome presence both as a star and a supporting character – usually playing a doddering, slightly cranky but mostly endearing elderly chap.
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A Legend (aka Chuan shuo) (2024)
Available 01/21/2025 from Well Go USA
An archeologist and his team go looking for a legend.
Cheerleaders’ Wild Weekend (aka The Great American Girl Robbery) (1979) [MVD Special Edition]
Now available from MVD
A group of cheerleaders from different schools sees their bus heading to a state competition taken by a group of men who hold them ransom.
The Bootleg Files: Chu Chu and the Philly Flash
BOOTLEG FILES 892: “Chu Chu and the Philly Flash” (1981 comedy feature starring Alan Arkin and Carol Burnett).
LAST SEEN: On YouTube.
AMERICAN HOME VIDEO: Only available on VHS.
REASON FOR BOOTLEG STATUS: It fell through the cracks.
CHANCES OF SEEING A COMMERCIAL DVD RELEASE: Nope.
While viewing this 1981 comedy film, a nagging thought kept cycling through my mind: Did anyone during the creation of this work genuinely believe they were making a funny movie? Granted, there is a surplus number of unfunny comedy films – but “Chu Chu and the Philly Flash” is such an astonishing misfire that it could inspire an academic consideration of how not to make a comedy film.
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Crust (2024)
Now available on disc from Anchor Bay
A child-star turned laundromat owner is going through depression when suddenly his childhood series is being revised, a beautiful woman shows interest, and a sock pile comes to life.