Favorite Esoteric Old Media? - And other interesting finds

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It recently occurred to me that, while Newgrounds is basically ancient history on the internet, there were some fascinatingly hilarious things that seem to have been forgotten about. So what are some of your old, dumb, random videos that you enjoyed as a kid, and maybe as an adult? I'll start.

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After witnessing a bizarre increase in poorly produced fan films based on the popular Halo franchise back in 2005, Dan Rowe and I took it upon ourselves to p...
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This animation was released circa 2005, I believe. I remember watching it quite a few times on Newgrounds, and despite the lolrandum humor of it, it still makes me laugh. The sad part is that it barely got any attention over the years, so I wanted to share it with all of you.

Post your shit below, I'm curious to see what else we can dig up.

ETA: Any media at all is welcome, that includes films, vidya (flash/CD/whatever), posters, toys, etc.
 
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I had a Dutch penpal long ago who introduced me to Ome Henk who is some kind of comedy character. He did a parody of the Barbie Girl song and even though I could never understand the words it always made me laugh.
 
Is this just esoteric old internet media, or can we also include weird and old obscure movies and TV?

If so, I've got a weird PBS documentary from the early 80's about the old gang culture and street life of Uptown Chicago at the time.

The old Boomer and Generation X'er gang culture in the North Side of Chicago was very weird and very fascinating in a morbid sort of way. The fact that said culture completely died out and just up and out vanished without a trace by the early 2000's makes it even more eerily interesting.


You've got rednecks, oblivious Boomer hillbillies, some guy in a silly cowboy hat just rambling about God, White metalhead teenagers and twelve-year old skinhead boys with Nazi T-shirts hanging out and unironically being chill and friendly with black gangbangers.

It feels like a pre-internet version of one of those /pol/ meetups just from this highlight reel alone. The full-length documentary is even more weird and eerie.
 
There's a channel on Youtube called Oddity Archive, which explores weird media ephemera and older media equipment:

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Diving into the great audiovisual landfill...
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His documentary on the Scanimate device is particularly interesting if you're of a certain age when that kind of thing was plastered all over your TV:


Can this thread include films you used to watch on old timey projectors in school? If so, I nominate Winter of the Witch, which I think every kid who went to school between the years of 1969 and 1982 was made to watch at some point in their lives :


The Selfish Giant was also ubiquitous on school film projectors, as I recall. Everytime the teacher would switch the lights off, I remember hoping that we would get to watch a moving projector film. More often, though, we'd have to watch one of those lame, boring filmstrips full of still pictures that were advanced everytime the audio beeped. Borrrrring.
 
idk why I can't quote the above post, but +1 Oddity Archive. Although if you just want the ephemera without Benny Boy's schtick, he has a second channel called ArchiveAnnex.
 
There was a documentary called "So Wrong They're Right" featuring a bunch of 90s hipsters that collected 8 track tapes and would wax intellectual about the format. There were some real characters that they interviewed and it was a funny look at an outdated format. Just like (video) cassettes and vinyl records making a comeback, it's an interesting watch about weirdos that like outdated formats or dead technology.
Another favorite of mine is TV Carnage. Tons of crappy public television and crappy b-movies edited into a a mixtape and made by (former?) friend of Gavin McInnes and Vice Magazine, Derrick Beckels. Influential in the whole retro VHS aesthetic Tim and Eric and others would go on to replicate.
 
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Another favorite of mine is TV Carnage. Tons of crappy public television and crappy b-movies edited into a a mixtape and made by (former?) friend of Gavin McInnes and Vice Magazine, Derrick Beckels. Influential in the whole retro VHS aesthetic Tim and Eric and others would go on to replicate.
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Oh man, TV Carnage had some amazing videos back in the day. It’s great to see all of the other artists and collectors who were inspired by him. My favorite group, Everything is Terrible, drew a lot of inspiration from him.

In the same vein, the artist Crazy Dave Tapes also makes montages and edits of found footage. His edits have a frantic pace to them, and he sources all kinds of material.

https://youtu.be/PGNt14j8GOg
 
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