hogTV. This Thursday. 6PM. IT’S ON.
Edit: In light of recent events, at around 7:10 PM I’ll be showing my Captain Tommy tribute video that I made earlier, followed by a minute’s silence.
For tonight’s film I’ll be showing The American Friend (1977), directed by Wim Wenders, an absolute master of German cinema (Paris, Texas / Alice in the Cities / Wings of Desire), second only to my namesake, Werner Herz-hog90.
It stars the one and only führer, Mr Bruno Ganz, to whom I give a friendly salute in kraut heaven.
It also co-stars everyone’s favourite American, Dennis Hopper, filmed during the early stages of his post-‘drugs-hell’ recovery phase.
The film features one of the best edited, high-tension ‘chase’ sequences ever recorded and about a quarter of it is in English, so that’s nice.
Besides the film, there’ll be the usual silly idents, interstitials & oddities that I’ve made, left-field American comedy, animation, unearthed goodies from the early days of Hollywoodland, squid-fishing in the Asia-Pacific, and some extremely stupid (but enjoyable) bullshit from the internet.
(Schedule subject to change)
18:00 – Eagleheart – S01E01 – Get Worse Soon
Chris Monsanto avenges his fallen partners.
18:10 – Xavier Renegade Angel – S01E01 – What Life D-D-Doth
When a town is infected with a mystery virus, Xavier must use his healing abilities to save the townsfolk.
18:25 – The New Soupy Sales Show – A random episode from my archive
18:50 – Review – S01E07 – Revenge; Getting Rich; Aching
19:15 – Dolly Daisy in Hearts and Flowers (1930)
A very unsettling, early stop-motion animation about a little boy wooing a little girl… madness ensues.
The original soundtrack is missing so I’ve added my own.
19:20 – Out of the Inkwell: Modelling (1921)
The Clown causes trouble for the Cartoonist, and a sculptor using the studio, when he escapes from his backdrop and hides in the wet clay of a bust.
With custom soundtrack.
19:25 – Tex Avery Animation Double Bill
Magical Maestro (1952) – Mysto the Magician swaps places with a conductor and plays tricks on the Great Poochini, a smug operatic singer.
One Cab’s Family (1952) – A young taxicab expresses interest in becoming a race car when he grows up, much to the consternation of his parents.
19:45 – Finding His Voice (1929)
A short animated instructional film on how the Western Electric sound-on-film recording system worked.
19:55 – The Night Court (1927)
A police raid on a night club results in the entire cast of the club’s floor show being hauled into court, where they must perform their routines for the judge.
20:05 – Newsreel & theatrical trailer
20:10 – Forty Boys and a Song (1941)
This short film focuses on the Robert Mitchell Choir School of Hollywood, which trains talented young boys in the musical arts.
20:20 – The American Friend [Der Amerikanische Freund] (1977)
Neo-noir film by Wim Wenders, adapted from the 1974 novel Ripley’s Game by Patricia Highsmith. The film features Dennis Hopper as career criminal Tom Ripley and Bruno Ganz as Jonathan Zimmermann, a terminally ill picture framer whom Ripley coerces into becoming an assassin.
22:30 – Fishing with John – S01E05 + S01E06 – Thailand with Dennis Hopper
John Lurie and Dennis Hopper go fishing for giant squid off the coast of Thailand and explore the city of Bangkok.
23:10 – The Dover Boys ReAnimated Collab!
A reanimated version of the 1942 Warner Bros. classic – The Dover Boys at Pimento University or The Rivals of Roquefort Hall, featuring dozens of talented animators (and some not so talented).
23:20 – YouTube animator JaimeR Showcase – Prank Time (2016) & You Lovely Lovers (2019)
23:30 – A cacophony of random shit from the internet
23:50 – The Fesh Pince of Blair (2011)
Probably the finest poop to emerge from YouTube’s anus.
(Thank you to madhair60 for reminding me this existed.)
00:10 – FIN
(I may have gone a bit overboard with the gifs this time.)
