4:20m Wattstax (1972)

Wattstax was a benefit concert organized by Stax Records to commemorate the seventh anniversary of the 1965 riots in the African-American community of Watts, Los Angeles.^[2][3] The concert took place at the Los Angeles Memorial Coliseum on August 20, 1972. The concert’s performers included all of Stax’s prominent artists at the time. The genres of the songs performed included soul, gospel, R&B, blues, funk, and jazz. Months after the festival, Stax released a double LP of the concert’s highlights titled Wattstax: The Living Word. The concert was filmed by David L. Wolper‘s film crew and was made into the 1973 film titled, Wattstax. The film was directed by Mel Stuart and nominated for a Golden Globe award for Best Documentary Film in 1974.

6pm Batman – Season 1 Episode 4 – The Penguins Jinx

6:25 The Simpsons – Season 1 Episode 11 – The Crepes Of Wrath

6.45 King Of The Hill – Season 5 Episode 18 – Trouble With Gribbles

7:10 South Park –Season 3 Episode 5 – Sexual Harrasment Panada

7:35 The Twilight Zone – Episode 102 – The Changing Of The Guard

8.00 Secret Life Of Machines – Series 3 Episode2 – The Lift

8:25 One Foot In The Grave – Series 3 Episode2 – Dreamland

8.55 Goodnight Sweetheart – Series 2 Episode 1 – Don’t Get Around Much Anymore

9.25 I Love Lucy –Season 2 Episode 2 The Saxophone

9.50 Twin Peaks – Season 2 Episode 20

10:45 Armchair Thriller (1978) – The Limbo Connection (Episodes 4-6)

After a bout of heavy drinking,…

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: The Warlord Of Saturn (Season 1, Episode 5)

Little John is returning to Sherwood Asteroid after a lucrative day of poaching for Rocket Robin on Prince John’s Royal Game Preserve when he is surrounded in his spaceship by the space battle fleet of the Warlord of Saturn.

4.25: Tom & Jerry #032 – The Invisible Mouse

Jerry uses vanishing cream to turn invisible and outsmart Tom.

4.32: Knightmare: Series 3, Episode 14

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – Adrift On An Endless Sea (Season 1, Episode 4)

As the tornado destroys the ship, the officers run away on the only lifeboat, and Esteban, Zia, Mendoza, Sancho, and Pedro find themselves stranded on a raft in the middle of the ocean.

5.22: The Changes: Witchcraft! – Episode 5

Nicky manages to rescue the village children from the bandits and track down her aunt, but her troubles are by no means over when the farm is visited by a witch-finder.

5.47: …

Saturday brings another of Sploff’s curated nights! Starting at 6pm, we will be treated to another round of PSAs, animation and film selections.

World’s End Girlfriend: We Are the Massacre music video 05:46
Genius Party 1 05:39
The Cautious Twins (staying safe in a town full of Saviles) 05:56
Holiday from Rules (it’s a sort of Lord of the Flies on a budget) 10:44
The World Walking the Plank Championships – features the Sheppey Zulus, I’m so sorry) 04:29
Red Sans Sea Forts 04:15
Wings of Honneamise (aka Royal Space Force) 1:57:41
Bad THings That Could Happen 05:08
Wisconsin Death Trip 1:14:51

This week’s films both involve Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder. Pryor wrote some of the material for the Mel Brooks film Blazing Saddles (1974) – he was supposed to play one of the main roles alongside Wilder, but was prevented from doing so for insurance reasons, being replaced by Cleavon Little. They do actually appear together in the second film, Stir Crazy (1980).

In the TV section, we have the last episode of Vic Reeves’ Big Night Out. This will be replaced the following week by The Smell of Reeves and Mortimer.

4.00 Flouncer’s Music Show

TV Block

6.00 Cowboy Bebop – Session 3: Honky Tonk Women
6.25 Minder – S04E06 If Money be the Food of Love, Play On
7.15 Vic Reeves Big Night Out – S02E08
7.40 Alexei Sayle’s Stuff – S01E06
8.05 The Mark Thomas Comedy Product – S01E04 Tours of London
8.30 Peep Show – S05E02 Spin War

Pryor/Wilder Double Bill

9.00 Blazing Saddles (1974)
10.35 Stir Crazy (1980)

17:00 – Moon Cat And Co

17:15 – Round The Bend

17:35 – The Big Breakfast Paper Review

17:45 – The Sooty Show – The Return Of Super Dog

18:00 – Blue Peter – Review Of The Year 1973

18:30 – Billie Piper Hosting MTV Select

18:40 – Ask The Family

19:10 – Space Cadets – Episode 1

19:35 – Food And Drink (1994)

20:05 – The Clothes Show At Throton Park (1991)

20:35 – Blood On The Carpet – Walking With Disc Jockeys (2000)

21:20 – Carckerjack (1964)

22:00 – Pop Quiz (1983)

22:45 – Bads Lads Army – Series 2 Episode 1

23:30 -Eurotrash

24:00 – The Naked Jungle (Caution May Contain Nuts)

Times are complety Aprrox, and I know ive made mistakes, but enjoy it all anyway

4.00: Rocket Robin Hood: The Mystery Of The Crown Jewels (Season 1, Episode 4)

Robin stands trial for theft of the crown jewels while Little John and Friar Tuck race to find the real thief.

4.25: Tom & Jerry #031 – A Mouse In The House

Tom and Butch compete against each other to get Jerry before either one of them will be kicked out,

4.32: Knightmare: Series 3, Episode 13

4.57: The Mysterious Cities Of Gold – Heroes Again (Season 1, Episode 3)

The ship crosses the Strait of Magellan and reaches the Pacific, but a new, unexpected danger lurks ahead.

5.22: The Changes: Hostages! – Episode 4

The Sikhs, with Nicky’s help, are now trading with the local village; but the villagers remain very suspicious – until the arrival of a much more sinister group of strangers.

5.47: Futurama: A Head In The Polls (Season 2, Episode 7)

Bender becomes highly profitable after a mine disaster causes the market value of titanium to soar.…

5pm Monterey Pop Extras Part 2

6pm Batman – Season 1 Episode 3 – Fine Feathered Finks

6:25 The Simpsons – Season 1 Episode 10 – Homers Night Out

6.45 King Of The Hill – Season 5 Episode 17- Its Not Easy Being Green

7:10 South Park –Season 3 Episode 4 – Tweek Vs Craig

7:35 The Twilight Zone – Episode 101 -Cavender Is Coming

8.00 Secret Life Of Machines – Series 3 Episode 1 – The Fax Machine

8:25 One Foot In The Grave – Series 3 Episode 1 – Monday Morning Will Be Fine

8.55 Goodnight Sweetheart – Series 1 Episode 6 – In The Mood

9.25 I Love Lucy –Season 2 Episode 1 Job Switching

9.50 Twin Peaks – Season 2 Episode 19

10:45 Armchair Thriller (1978) – The Limbo Connection (Episodes 1-3)

After a bout of heavy drinking, Mark Omney cannot account for his movements over the last 12 hours. When he sobers up, he learns that his wife Clare, has had a car accident.

Director:

Robert Tronson

Writers:

Andrew Brown (deviser),…

I’ve decided to break the alphabetical ordering of my film selections this week and jump all the way from B and over to W, with the film Wild Tales. I figured that it might be nice to follow on from last week’s anthology film The Ballad of Buster Scruggs with another anthology film. Rest assured that though I may have temporarily broken the alphabetical ordering of my schedule, this week’s film still very much fits within my overall ‘Great Films Season’ theme.

The Evening’s Schedule

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5:00 GamesMaster (series 2, episode 25)

5:30 BoJack Horseman – ‘Our A-Story is a ‘D’ Story’ (series 1, episode 6)

6:00 Hello Ladies – ‘Long Beach’ (series 1, episode 6)

6:30 Face Off – ‘Switched And Hitched’ (series 1, episode 5)

7:15 Saxondale (series 2, episode 4)

7:45 Lexx – ‘Eating Pattern’ (series 1, episode 3 – Part 1)

8:30 Inside No. 9 – ‘The Trial of Elizabeth Gadge’ (series 2, episode 3)

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