Mr. Piper (Pied Pipers House) Full Episode 1963 Lost Media Family Series Indecisive Prince/Fiji Garrett Gilchrist 2025-03-06 | "Indecisive Prince/Fiji/Ballerina." Mr. Piper is a 1963 Canadian children's TV series. The series was created by Martin Andrews and Allan Wargon, who was also the producer.Originally in color, this rare print is in black and white. (Lost media) This is the first ever full episode on the internet.The show's host was a large Canadian opera tenor Alan Crofoot, dressed as a Pied Piper with a flower in his hat. He would introduce four segments in each half-hour programme:Teletune/Tale Time - as a narrator of limited animation cartoons of fantasy stories (fairy tales)Port of Call - presenter of films about children and events in other landsBag of Tricks - Crofoot performs magic tricksAnimal Farm - Farmyard characters telling the story of the day in miniature barnyard sets, featuring Rupert the Rat, Bessie the Bunny, Kookie the Kitten, Harriet Hen, Freddie Frog, Calvin (Rac)Coon and Charlotte Cow.And: a joke with the parrot.It was originally shown by CBC Television and also became well known in the United Kingdom, where it was repeated on ITV throughout the 1960s and 1970s, often as part of school summer holiday programming. In May/June 1972, some Mr. Piper episodes were transmitted, dubbed into Italian, by the RAI-TV network.The series was never officially shown in the US, due to UK producers ITC deciding to make it a tax writeoff. They were having success with adventure series and Mr. Piper did not fit their plans. This was a great sadness to the producer and crew. The series aired worldwide but has become increasingly rare.Producer Allan Wargon wrote a blog / book about the experience before his passing. Actor Alan Crofoot committed suicide in 1979 after a bad drug interaction (heart medication and alcohol).While many of the fairy tale animations circulate via DVD bootlegs, this is the first full episode to hit the internet. One episode circulates as a bootleg DVD but I don't have it.Transfer by Tom Oszman (TCMediaNow). A seemingly full (or nearly full) collection of prints was found at an American TV station. However, they were decayed with vinegar syndrome and in bad shape, and to date no one has been brave enough to try to transfer them. This episode was in better shape, and was transferred. (There were maybe 15-18 half hours in total.)The travelogue and other segments may contain material which is dated and offensive by today's standards, although intended for a young audience at the time.This project has been awhile in coming, and I'm glad that we've been able to finally bring one full episode to the internet, even if the others are not available at this time.For more:archive. org/details/mr-piper-pied-pipers-house-1(If this version has frame rate issues at any point, the version at the above link won't.)
John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together Garrett Gilchrist 2024-12-06 | John Denver and the Muppets: A Christmas Together is a 1979 Christmas television special starring Jim Henson's Muppets and singer/songwriter John Denver. The special first aired December 5, 1979, on ABC. In the United Kingdom, it was shown on BBC1 on December 22, 1979 - only eight days after an episode of The Muppet Show featuring Denver had aired on ITV. The special has never been released in any standard home media video format and there are currently no plans to release it.The special is based on the record album of the same title, although much of the content is different.Highlights include:Denver and the Muppets sing "The Twelve Days of Christmas."Denver sings "The Pleasure of Your Company."Denver sings "It's In Every One Of Us."Kermit the Frog and Denver reminisce about past Christmases with their friends and families, and sing "The Christmas Wish."Miss Piggy confronts Denver in her dressing room about their presumably mutual attraction.Denver and Rowlf the Dog sing "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas."Denver plays a wooden soldier trying to stay in step with a line of marching soldiers, while singing "Camaraderie".Miss Piggy, as a doll named Fifi, sings "I Will Wait for You."The cast sings "The Peace Carol."Denver recites the story of Jesus' birth.The program concludes with Denver and the Muppets singing "Stille Nacht," and children in the audience join in for the English version, "Silent Night."Starring John Denverand Frank Ozwith Jerry Nelson, Richard Hunt, Dave Goelzand Jim HensonAlso Steve Whitmire, Kathryn Mullen, Robert Payne, Brian Muehl, Mike Davis, Cheryl Henson, Phillip Huber
Nintendo Game and Watch Commercial Advert 1983 Garrett Gilchrist 2024-11-09 | Nintendo Game and Watch Commercial Advert 1983
Atari Pitfall Commercial Advert 2600 VCS Garrett Gilchrist 2024-11-09 | Atari Pitfall Commercial Advert 2600 VCS
An Australian School Teacher At King Arthurs Court, Silly Season Cinema, 1982 ABC Garrett Gilchrist 2024-10-27 | An Australian School Teacher At King Arthur's Court,Silly Season Cinema 1982, ABC Australian Television.with Ron BlanchardSee also: Alexander Bunyip's BillabongSilly Season Cinema is a children's anthology TV series broadcast by the Australian ABC in 1982 (and repeated as late as 1989). Some episodes from The Alexander Bunyip Show were also repeated as part of the series, as written by Mike Meade and Ron Blanchard. Ron Blanchard and other Alexander Bunyip crew featured in the series.Materials from the series are held publicly at the National Archives of Australia. They are often listed as part of Alexander's Afternoon (Series 81 and 82). A partial episode list can be found by searching 1982 newspaper listings via TROVE.Partial episode listIn the Twinkling of an Island (Episode 1)Wiggles in Trouble (Episode 2)An Australian School Teacher At King Arthur's Court (Episode 3)Hold the Front Page (Episode 4)Alexander for the Senate (Episode 7)The Good, the Bad and the Bunyip (Episode 8)The Unfortunate Cookie (Episode 9)(Hi) Jackaroo (Episode 13)Famous Four (Episode 16)Alexander Superstar (Episode 19)Alexander Bunyip Meets Robin HoodAlex Goes CommercialThe Two RonsSpurt ThuddDingle and the DipThe Great Australian BiteThe FiftiesBluey Blanchard of the Foreign LegionRoomers Are Flying
Mego Time Out Toss Up 1980 Film Restoration Comparison, Nintendo Game and Watch Commercial Garrett Gilchrist 2024-07-09 | Mego Time Out Toss Up (1980) Nintendo Game and Watch Commercialgamehistory.org/mego-time-out-commercialarchive.org/details/mego-time-out-toss-up-1980-nintendo-game-and-watchThe first US commercial for a Nintendo video game.Color correction by Garrett Gilchrist to bring back the faded color. One damaged section with a girl smiling has been corrected. The color is inconsistent in some scenes.This 16mm film by DuRona Productions comes to the VGHF from game historian and Nintendo expert Chris Kohler, who stumbled across it in an online auction listing."Thanks to Buck Bito and Anne Marie Smatla at Movette for their expert digitization and restoration work."Chris offered up some background on what this “Mego” business is about:Before Nintendo of America was established, Nintendo did a licensing deal with Mego, where the popular toy company would release four early Game & Watch systems in the U.S. While the machines themselves were manufactured by Nintendo and are identical to the original Japanese models—the Nintendo logo is still embossed into the back—the printing on the front has the Mego logo and the new series branding, which was called “Time-Out.”Mego put out four “Time-Out” games—Toss-Up (originally called Ball), Exterminator (Vermin), Fireman Fireman (Fire), and Flag Man (Flagman). Mego ran television advertising for these games, which were probably the first TV ads for Nintendo products ever aired outside Japan!"One day while browsing eBay, I happened upon a film reel containing a TV commercial for Time-Out, the first game in the series. I reached a deal with the seller and handed the film over to the VGHF right after I got it. The box notes that the film is credited to “Lion Rock Ltd.,” which was a division of Mego. It is dated to June 25, 1980, just a couple of months after Nintendo of America was incorporated."
Too Hot to Handle (1960) Color Restoration Comparison Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-23 | Too Hot to Handle (1960) Color Restoration ComparisonRare Jayne Mansfield film. Color restoration by Garrett Gilchrist. Film scan by Phil Clark.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
Mego Time Out Toss Up (1980) Nintendo Game and Watch Commercial Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-21 | Mego Time Out Toss Up (1980) Nintendo Game and Watch Commercialgamehistory.org/mego-time-out-commercialarchive.org/details/mego-time-out-toss-up-1980-nintendo-game-and-watchThe first US commercial for a Nintendo video game.Color correction by Garrett Gilchrist to bring back the faded color. One damaged section with a girl smiling has been corrected. The color is inconsistent in some scenes.This 16mm film by DuRona Productions comes to the VGHF from game historian and Nintendo expert Chris Kohler, who stumbled across it in an online auction listing."Thanks to Buck Bito and Anne Marie Smatla at Movette for their expert digitization and restoration work."Chris offered up some background on what this “Mego” business is about:Before Nintendo of America was established, Nintendo did a licensing deal with Mego, where the popular toy company would release four early Game & Watch systems in the U.S. While the machines themselves were manufactured by Nintendo and are identical to the original Japanese models—the Nintendo logo is still embossed into the back—the printing on the front has the Mego logo and the new series branding, which was called “Time-Out.”Mego put out four “Time-Out” games—Toss-Up (originally called Ball), Exterminator (Vermin), Fireman Fireman (Fire), and Flag Man (Flagman). Mego ran television advertising for these games, which were probably the first TV ads for Nintendo products ever aired outside Japan!"One day while browsing eBay, I happened upon a film reel containing a TV commercial for Time-Out, the first game in the series. I reached a deal with the seller and handed the film over to the VGHF right after I got it. The box notes that the film is credited to “Lion Rock Ltd.,” which was a division of Mego. It is dated to June 25, 1980, just a couple of months after Nintendo of America was incorporated."
Too Hot to Handle (1960) Trailer Jayne Mansfield Christopher Lee Movie Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-21 | In London's Soho, Johnny Solo (Leo Genn) runs the Pink Flamingo Club, with star attraction Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), who is cynical about everything but Johnny. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection, Midnight becomes afraid that Johnny will resort to murder. Visiting journalist Robert Jouvel (Carl Boehm) gets more of a story than he bargained for when he becomes captivated by Lilliane Decker (Danik Patisson), a mysterious dancer who guards her past. Johnny's darker side comes out as he hires underage dancer Ponytail (Barbara Windsor), catching the interest of a wealthy but sadistic club regular. As Ponytail walks into danger, backstage tensions rise between the dancing girls, including the acid-tongued Cynthia (Kai Fischer) and her roommate Maureen. Christopher Lee lurks around as Novak, Johnny's right hand man. Jayne Mansfield performs two songs.Video restoration by Garrett Gilchrist. 4K Cintel film scan by Phil Clark.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
Too Hot to Handle 1960 The Pink Flamingo Cut Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-19 | Too Hot to Handle (1960, UK)The Pink Flamingo Cut in Colour (HD version)AKA Playgirl After Dark (US), or La Blonde et les Nus de Soho (FR)with Jayne Mansfield (The Girl Can't Help It) as Midnight FranklinLeo Genn (Quo Vadis, Moby Dick) as Johnny SoloKarlheinz Böhm (Peeping Tom, Sissi) as Robert JouvelChristopher Lee (Dracula series) as NovakKai Fischer as CynthiaDanik Patisson as Lilliane DeckerBarbara Windsor (Carry On series) as Pony TailDirected by Terence Young (James Bond series)Crime/Drama/Musicalcw: partial nudity, violence, offensive and stereotypical cultural depictionsIn London's Soho, Johnny Solo (Leo Genn) runs the Pink Flamingo Club, with star attraction Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), who is cynical about everything but Johnny. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection, Midnight becomes afraid that Johnny will resort to murder. Visiting journalist Robert Jouvel (Carl Boehm) gets more of a story than he bargained for when he becomes captivated by Lilliane Decker (Danik Patisson), a mysterious dancer who guards her past. Johnny's darker side comes out as he hires underage dancer Ponytail (Barbara Windsor), catching the interest of a wealthy but sadistic club regular. As Ponytail walks into danger, backstage tensions rise between the dancing girls, including the acid-tongued Cynthia (Kai Fischer) and her roommate Maureen. Christopher Lee lurks around as Novak, Johnny's right hand man. Jayne Mansfield performs two songs.A 1960 film with Jayne Mansfield and Christopher Lee, from the director of the first James Bond films. Three versions are circulating, from the US, Germany and France, none of which resemble the intended UK version. None are in color and in English and uncensored. Well, until now.For this HD release, 37 minutes of film material (from the UK cuts) was scanned in 4K, and the rest of the film was upscaled. The color on these four half-reels had faded, but was restored as much as possible. These reels contain some uncensored material which has not previously been seen.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cutJayne Mansfield got in trouble with the censors for this film, and the American release was delayed until 1961 while they figured out what to do about it - which included hiring animators to paint clothing on her during the title song number. Even the European releases show signs of censor trouble, as the rare German and French versions are different. (The US version was released by a small company, Topaz, rather than MGM or Warners, and may be public domain.)It's easy to see what worried the censors. Although alternate takes were shot where the dancers wear more clothes, both versions have a lot of implied nudity for a 1960 film. There is also some violence (one scene in particular).Prior to this restoration, this film has not been available in color in English, and it is currently unclear what the original UK release was actually like, in terms of cuts and takes used. My goal was to present a coherent version in color in English. I like a challenge, and this film was very challenging, with four sources that all needed a lot of work to be useable.Two scenes toward the end are in German (subtitles available).
Jayne Mansfield sings You Were Made For Me HD Uncensored Version Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-18 | Parodying Marilyn Monroe in Too Hot to Handle (1960, UK)Noah's Ark was made of pitch, to keep it on the seaJoan of Arc was Maid of Orleans, but baby you were made for meStarry skies were made for love, and love is made for freeSome say I was made to measure, but baby you were made for meDarby and Joan were made for each otherPorgy was made for BessSomeone was made for Whistler's motherTo each his own I guessEvery dove must seek its nest, and every lock its keyEvery love is made for someone, and baby you were made for meKisses were made to sample, but love is made to lastLet's follow the example, of all the famous lovers of the pastI tell you trulyJack and Jill went up the hill, to see what they could seeIf those two kids can reach the summit, then baby so can you and meRomeo met Juliet beneath her balconyIf you want to play the lover, then baby just discover meMan and Maid were made for each other, since Adam was made for Eve(Go man go!)Some may run from one to another, but this I do believe, eventuallyEvery dove must seek its nest, and every lock it's keyEvery love is made for someone, and baby you were made for meBaby you were made for me, ooh!In London's Soho, Johnny Solo (Leo Genn) runs the Pink Flamingo Club, with star attraction Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), who is cynical about everything but Johnny. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection, Midnight becomes afraid that Johnny will resort to murder. Visiting journalist Robert Jouvel (Carl Boehm) gets more of a story than he bargained for when he becomes captivated by Lilliane Decker (Danik Patisson), a mysterious dancer who guards her past. Johnny's darker side comes out as he hires underage dancer Ponytail (Barbara Windsor), catching the interest of a wealthy but sadistic club regular. As Ponytail walks into danger, backstage tensions rise between the dancing girls, including the acid-tongued Cynthia (Kai Fischer) and her roommate Maureen. Christopher Lee lurks around as Novak, Johnny's right hand man. Jayne Mansfield performs two songs.This film was heavily censored in the US and has never had a video release in color, in English and relatively uncut. Until now, in this new video restoration by Garrett Gilchrist. 4K Cintel film scan by Phil Clark.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
Jayne Mansfield sings Too Hot to Handle HD Uncensored Version Garrett Gilchrist 2024-06-18 | Too Hot to Handle (1960, UK)Hot, hot, much too hot to handleThe lady's a dishToo hot to handleHer every wish must be obeyedYou'll have to learn how to live in the sun with no sign of shadeBecause the lady's much too much, too hot to handleThe lady is hotToo hot to handleThe lady does not act like a prudeJust try a kiss in the dark and you'll think you've been barbequedBecause the lady's much too much, too hot to handleThe lady is muchToo hot to handleHer tenderest toucha tropical thrillUnless you think you can live like a steak on a silver grillWell then, the lady's much too much, too hot to handleNow, teachers and scholars, professors and mysticshave all of them studied her vital statisticsPresidents, ministers leaders of nations have broken off talks to discuss her gyrationsHere's the decision they got toToo much, much too hot to handle The signal is redAs Shakespeare once saidGee what a dameSo here's your chance to behave like a moth round a candle flameBecause the lady's much too much, too hot to handleThe lady's a trapMuch too much, too hot to handleSo don't be a sapTake my adviceKeep well away or expect to be burnt as a sacrificeBecause the lady's much too much, too hot to handleToo hot to handleIn London's Soho, Johnny Solo (Leo Genn) runs the Pink Flamingo Club, with star attraction Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), who is cynical about everything but Johnny. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection, Midnight becomes afraid that Johnny will resort to murder. Visiting journalist Robert Jouvel (Carl Boehm) gets more of a story than he bargained for when he becomes captivated by Lilliane Decker (Danik Patisson), a mysterious dancer who guards her past. Johnny's darker side comes out as he hires underage dancer Ponytail (Barbara Windsor), catching the interest of a wealthy but sadistic club regular. As Ponytail walks into danger, backstage tensions rise between the dancing girls, including the acid-tongued Cynthia (Kai Fischer) and her roommate Maureen. Christopher Lee lurks around as Novak, Johnny's right hand man. Jayne Mansfield performs two songs.This film was heavily censored in the US and has never had a video release in color, in English and relatively uncut. Until now, in this new video restoration by Garrett Gilchrist. 4K Cintel film scan by Phil Clark.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
Too Hot to Handle [Jayne Mansfield] Censorship Comparison [1960] Garrett Gilchrist 2024-03-29 | Too Hot to Handle [Jayne Mansfield] Censorship Comparison [1960]While released uncensored in France, Jayne Mansfield's 1960 film Too Hot to Handle ran into lots of trouble with the censors elsewhere, and has not been issued on home video (or at all) in its original color UK cut.It was considered unreleasable in the US, and clothing was animated on top of Jayne in the title song (where she wears see-through nylon). The film was then dumped to a smaller distributor, Topaz. Frame enlargements and cuts to the audience were also used to censor Jayne's appearance.The black and white "US" version is the common one today (and may be public domain in the US). The German release resembles the US cut but in color without the censorship. The French cut matches the original intent, with wide shots used instead of closeups, and an uncensored ending. The trailers use a different take of the ending.See the Pink Flamingo Cut for more:archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
Too Hot to Handle (1960) Pink Flamingo Cut Trailer Garrett Gilchrist 2024-03-12 | Too Hot to Handle (1960, UK)In London's Soho, Johnny Solo (Leo Genn) runs the Pink Flamingo Club, with star attraction Midnight Franklin (Jayne Mansfield), who is cynical about everything but Johnny. When Johnny starts getting threats and demands for protection, Midnight becomes afraid that Johnny will resort to murder. Visiting journalist Robert Jouvel (Carl Boehm) gets more of a story than he bargained for when he becomes captivated by Lilliane Decker (Danik Patisson), a mysterious dancer who guards her past. Johnny's darker side comes out as he hires underage dancer Ponytail (Barbara Windsor), catching the interest of a wealthy but sadistic club regular. As Ponytail walks into danger, backstage tensions rise between the dancing girls, including the acid-tongued Cynthia (Kai Fischer) and her roommate Maureen. Christopher Lee lurks around as Novak, Johnny's right hand man. Jayne Mansfield performs two songs.This film was heavily censored in the US and has never had a video release in color, in English and relatively uncut. Until now, in this new video restoration by Garrett Gilchrist. 4K Cintel film scan by Phil Clark.archive.org/details/too-hot-to-handle-1960-the-pink-flamingo-cut
The Muppets: Space Quest / Our Turning World Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-19 | Sequence from "Muppet Madness" (1989) that was recorded to work with two entirely different soundtracks.archive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision - Remastered VHS to MP4/DVD Library (Muppets, Sesame Street, Disney) Seven games
Muppet Songs Everything Was Wonderful / Everything Was Terrible Muppet Madness Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-19 | It is so over/ we are so backMuppet Songs "Everything Was Wonderful / Everything Was Terrible"both versions from Muppet Madness 1989archive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision - Remastered VHS to MP4/DVD Library (Muppets, Sesame Street, Disney) Seven games
Muppets Out of Context #35 Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-18 | Muppets Out of Context #35Muppet Madnessarchive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision
Muppet Songs Were Gonna Go Far / Were Gonna Go Broke Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-18 | It is so over/ we are so backMuppet Songs "We're Gonna Go Far / We're Gonna Go Broke"both versionsMuppet Studios Presents: You're the Directorarchive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision - Remastered VHS to MP4/DVD Library (Muppets, Sesame Street, Disney) Seven games
Muppets out of context #36 Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-18 | Muppets out of context #36You're the Directorarchive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision
Oscar says the Grouch says R Garrett Gilchrist 2024-02-18 | Oscar says the Grouch says RSesame Streetarchive.org/details/@tygerbugView-Master Interactive Vision
The Rutles Restoration Comparison Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-19 | archive.org/details/the-rutles-remonstered
The Rutles Love Life (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-12 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.I did not consult any existing edits for these.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Love LifePastiche of "All You Need Is Love" (from the Our World broadcast). Note that the Beatles performance only exists in black and white, and was colorized for Anthology.As with "Piggy In the Middle," this is mostly covered in the 1978 film, except one verse is cut, and some of the extended outro. (The verse they left in is almost identical, except there's an instrumental break where Ron Nasty would be singing.) Every cut is a dissolve here, so inserting new material is trickier than usual, and is confined to those sections.The 1978 videotape plays at its intended 60 frames per second here. While I like the authentically sicky look of the video, I've corrected it back to something more normal here. Each camera is giving very different output so that's preserved at least.There is a little bit of B-roll on film in the 1978 intro and in "The Rutles 2," just enough to fill the gap. This includes shots of the cameras and crew, a wide shot of everyone, and what might be half of the deleted verse, filmed off a video monitor. (Either that, or an alternate take.) Any visible lip sync on the film is just "Love Life, Love Life," so it was tricky to put these shots in a plausible place. A couple of brief shots are used twice. The short section of 2001 DVD Rutles footage is contrast reduced and color boosted. Some Rutles 2 film is also color boosted.The ending to this clip presented the biggest problem, as we dissolve to footage of David Frost, before our version of the song is actually over.Footage from The David Frost Show originally aired on Jul 7, 1969, as its premiere episode, and David is actually reacting to The Rolling Stones. The picture quality of this clip is poor, and I found another copy which is worse, but which results in a better combined picture. EBSynth and Photoshop were used to match the quality of the two sources at the beginning and end of the clip, to extend it beyond what appears in The Rutles, without an apparent change in quality. Additionally I've used Neatvideo noise reduction and PFClean dirt removal to improve the shot somewhat. Video noise was also painted out using Photoshop.This left the problem of the "final" shot of the song dissolving to David Frost, especially since the shot is very short. This presented a special effects challenge, as I wanted to remove or reduce the dissolve as much as possible, preserving as much of the Rutles shot as I could. Difference-matting the Rutles shot with an alternate copy of David Frost's outro, and then color correcting this to counteract the fade, looked strange but reduced David Frost in the image somewhat.EBSynth and Photoshop were then used to create and populate cleaner keyframes across the sequence. This defrosted the image further and kept colors consistent across the fade. Rife was also used to fake some additional motion under the fade.The result was a somewhat smeary, painted-looking video, but one in which David Frost is much less obvious. I then crossfaded to a repeated shot of Carinthia West, and another of the band. The result looks like there is some camera flicker or crosstalk during the fade, but is mostly invisible otherwise.(It may be worth noting that the Python boys, and many of their comedian contemporaries, started out as writers on David Frost's shows. He is mercilessly parodied by Eric in Monty Python's Flying Circus, as someone too famous to relate to other people, with a long list of unappreciated writers supporting him.)
The Rutles Ouch! (Alternate Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-11 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Ouch!Parody of "Help!" (song and film)As with "I Must Be In Love," this is covered in its entirety in the 1978 film, so I've reproduced that accurately here (with one added shot). I've also provided an alternate video of Rutles 2 footage, although this was only enough to cover half the song, which then goes into other territory.This can be considered the alternate video from "The Rutles Number Twos."It's a bit of a dumping ground for color footage not used elsewhere, from roughly this era of Rutlemania. Some of the hotel room footage was also used in "With a Girl Like You," albeit not in color. One shot of Ron Nasty doing hands at the camera has been painstakingly colorized with EBSynth and Photoshop. Some of the crowd footage is from the 1978 film.The 1978 film footage is from the 2001 DVD and is riddled with dropped frames, which I have made no effort to correct here. I have reduced contrast and boosted the color, and removed some interlacing errors.I have restored many frames in Photoshop here, to remove glue damage during editing in the 1978 film. I stopped at the song's halfway point.The Rutles 2 footage is mostly cropped to widescreen, unfortunately, and is IVTCed and deinterlaced as necessary.As elsewhere I've undone fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.I do not know who the actress is in the segment, although there are credits for "Eunice" and "Debbie Waterson."
The Rutles Ouch! (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-11 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Ouch!Parody of "Help!" (song and film)As with "I Must Be In Love," this is covered in its entirety in the 1978 film, so I've reproduced that accurately here (with one added shot). I've also provided an alternate video of Rutles 2 footage, although this was only enough to cover half the song, which then goes into other territory.This can be considered the alternate video from "The Rutles Number Twos."It's a bit of a dumping ground for color footage not used elsewhere, from roughly this era of Rutlemania. Some of the hotel room footage was also used in "With a Girl Like You," albeit not in color. One shot of Ron Nasty doing hands at the camera has been painstakingly colorized with EBSynth and Photoshop. Some of the crowd footage is from the 1978 film.The 1978 film footage is from the 2001 DVD and is riddled with dropped frames, which I have made no effort to correct here. I have reduced contrast and boosted the color, and removed some interlacing errors.I have restored many frames in Photoshop here, to remove glue damage during editing in the 1978 film. I stopped at the song's halfway point.The Rutles 2 footage is mostly cropped to widescreen, unfortunately, and is IVTCed and deinterlaced as necessary.As elsewhere I've undone fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.I do not know who the actress is in the segment, although there are credits for "Eunice" and "Debbie Waterson."
The Rutles Hold My Hand (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-11 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.I did not consult any existing edits for these.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Hold My HandPastiche of "All My Loving" etc.The 1978 videotape plays at its intended 60 frames per second here. The 1978 film covers the song in full. I extended it by a couple of frames for sync reasons.The Ed Sullivan footage is from Feb. 9, 1964, and is the only section I've restored. I thought I could find a better copy of it, but the copy I found was worse- down a generation in both audio and video. Even so, I've used it to extend the intro. (It's even worse when briefly used in "The Beatles Anthology.")EBSynth and Photoshop were used to match the quality of the two sources for awhile at the point where it switches, without an immediate change in quality. Video noise and dropouts were painted out using Photoshop and PFClean, and a caption was removed using the other source. Neatvideo noise reduction was also used.A different voice says "the Rutles" in the film. This is done obviously enough to be part of the joke. Nonetheless, as an experiment, I've tried to use more of Ed Sullivan's voice in this edit and make it a little less awkward.
The Rutles I Must Be In Love (Alternate Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-11 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.I did not consult any existing edits for these.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________I Must Be In LoveParody of "A Hard Day's Night" (film)Unless we count a section of "Good Times Roll," this is the first Rutles song as performed on Rutland Weekend Television. Neil Innes had written a song which sounded Beatley, for an unrelated hospital sketch. A parody of "A Hard Day's Night" sounded cheap to film, so they did so. This also aired on Saturday Night Live, and generated demand for the full-length film (which was produced by Lorne Michaels).I considered including footage from that version here, but decided against it. David Battley plays the "George" role and the frame rate is different. Some footage is "useable" but the edit would have been a mess.I have included two edits here. One is from the 1978 film with an extra intro. The other is an alternate edit done for the "Rutles Number Twos" release.There is almost enough additional footage in "Rutles 2" to fill up the length of the song. This has unfortunately been cropped to widescreen. I've IVTCed it, deinterlaced and removed effects as much as possible. Syncing the performance footage to the song left some gaps, which were filled with some footage from the 1978 film, to try to make the performance coherent, and Rife slowdown to add frames in places (like "I feel bad" and "close my eyes," which is also noise reduced via Neat Video to make this less obvious). A couple of shots are repeated.The intro to the 1978 film also features a long uncut shot starting with "I feel rich." The film here is in somewhat rough shape, with blue print damage. PFClean was used to remove dirt. 17 frames are also missing from the 2001 Rhino DVD and have been carefully recreated using Rife.The 2001 DVD has not been contrast reduced here, as it would be for color sections. I don't think frames are dropped during the 1978 edit of this song, thankfully, which is unusual on the 2001 disc.As elsewhere I've undone fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.
The Rutles I Must Be In Love (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-07 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________I Must Be In LoveParody of "A Hard Day's Night" (film)Unless we count a section of "Good Times Roll," this is the first Rutles song as performed on Rutland Weekend Television. Neil Innes had written a song which sounded Beatley, for an unrelated hospital sketch. A parody of "A Hard Day's Night" sounded cheap to film, so they did so. This also aired on Saturday Night Live, and generated demand for the full-length film (which was produced by Lorne Michaels).I considered including footage from that version here, but decided against it. David Battley plays the "George" role and the frame rate is different. Some footage is "useable" but the edit would have been a mess.I have included two edits here. One is from the 1978 film with an extra intro. The other is an alternate edit done for the "Rutles Number Twos" release.There is almost enough additional footage in "Rutles 2" to fill up the length of the song. This has unfortunately been cropped to widescreen. I've IVTCed it, deinterlaced and removed effects as much as possible. Syncing the performance footage to the song left some gaps, which were filled with some footage from the 1978 film, to try to make the performance coherent, and Rife slowdown to add frames in places (like "I feel bad" and "close my eyes," which is also noise reduced via Neat Video to make this less obvious). A couple of shots are repeated.The intro to the 1978 film also features a long uncut shot starting with "I feel rich." The film here is in somewhat rough shape, with blue print damage. PFClean was used to remove dirt. 17 frames are also missing from the 2001 Rhino DVD and have been carefully recreated using Rife.The 2001 DVD has not been contrast reduced here, as it would be for color sections. I don't think frames are dropped during the 1978 edit of this song, thankfully, which is unusual on the 2001 disc.
The Rutles Piggy In the Middle (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-06 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Piggy In the MiddleParody of "I Am the Walrus" and the film "Magical Mystery Tour." Lead Rutle Neil Innes was actually in "Magical Mystery Tour," as the piano player during "Death Cab For Cutie," but is only seen clearly in outtakes.This song is covered very well in the 1978 Rutles film, although that version cuts enough that about a minute of B-roll can be added here. (The "Walky Talky Man" verse is missing.) The 2001 DVD has been color boosted and contrast reduced as per usual. There are dropped frames throughout that I haven't fixed. A shot from the opening montage appears, and one of an "aged" Ron Nasty."Rutles 2" footage is used otherwise, IVTCed. This has mostly been cropped to "widescreen," unfortunately. I've undone fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.Some "Rutles 2" footage was used in the video for Good Times Roll, and is not repeated here.
The Rutles Number One (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-06 | The Rutles Remonsteredarchive.org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutlesNumber OnePastiche of "Twist and Shout."This is very well covered with performance footage, although the performance footage is actually very brief during this section in the original 1978 film, as aired.For the 2001 Rhino DVD, previously-deleted sections were added, involving a child version of The Rutles, and Leggy Mountbatten (Terence Bayler) starting a fight in the recording booth. A middle-eight section also appears in the film's opening montage (and always did). This footage has been color boosted and contrast reduced.In the Rutles 2, some additional footage turns up, including more of the child Rutles, and more onstage material. This was IVTCed as per usual. Some of this footage was repeated to fill the time in a coherent way.About 50 seconds of B-roll was needed, mostly from The Rutles 2. There was a lot to choose from and a few shots were shortened to fit. The second shot of Barry is slowed down, as it was very brief. I've undone fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.The first shot of Dirk is colorized using Photoshop and EBSynth, for no reason.
The Rutles Between Us (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-12-06 | The Rutles RemonsteredEdits by Garrett Gilchrist.Remastered music videos from the 1978 film "The Rutles In All You Need Is Cash" and related materials.The Rutles were created by Eric Idle and Neil Innes (Dirk McQuickly and Ron Nasty). Gary Weis directed with music by Neil Innes. With Rikki Fataar (Stig O'Hara), John Halsey (Barry Wom), Ollie Halsall (Leppo). Musical arrangements by John Altman.For more:archive.org/details/@ocpmovie?query=rutles________Between UsRemastered. Pretty simple edit. About a third of the song is performed onscreen in The Rutles 1978 film. The 2001 DVD is color boosted and contrast reduced here. While the DVD has a lot of issues with dropped frames, this does not appear to have affected the performance footage. I've left dropped frames elsewhere as-is.There is no further performance footage in The Rutles 2 (2005), but there is some further footage of the band catching a train, and Carinthia West failing to catch the train. This has been inverse telecined, and cut in places for redundancy. Penelope Tree, wife of Stig O'Hara (Rikki Fataar) also appears. Further footage of Arthur Sultan (Henry Woolf) would have been included if the video went on longer.________
The Rutles Plenty of Time (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-19 | archive,org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/Peter Jackson presents the last ever Rutles song?Appearing on the 1976 Grimms album "Sleepers," and the 1979 "Innes Book of Records" TV series (produced by John Altman).There is some debate over whether "Plenty of Time" can be considered a Rutles song. Neil Innes didn't think so, but a demo was recorded during 1977 rehearsal sessions for the Rutles film, and it's not hard to imagine this being produced with a Rutles twist, although it never was.This video will not settle that debate. This was a simple edit, but it took a long time to decide what exactly to do here. Most of this is from The Innes Book of Records, with Neil Innes in Cabaret mode. Footage from "The Rutles" and "Rutles 2" of Dirk McQuickly (Eric Idle) and Martini (Bianca Jagger) was judged to be the best match for the video. Dirk has similar clothing and hair, and it tells its own little story."Rutles" and "Innes Book" footage appear at different aspect ratios, which I haven't corrected to maintain picture quality, but could be corrected in an upscale. Both are running at 25fps to match "Innes Book.""Rutles" (2001 DVD) footage has dropped frames and stuttering which was not corrected here. "Rutles" footage was color boosted and contrast reduced. "Rutles 2" footage is IVTCed, also undoing a fade to white (around 2:58) while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction. Other footage is not corrected here, including the splice at 3:02. If this was performance footage I would have corrected it.The audio is a new mix based on the "Innes Book" version, sourced from VHS I believe (this has not been issued on CD). I considered the Grimms "Sleepers" as well, since it's been on CD and has male backing vocals which give it a more "Rutles" feel. However, the instrumentation is clearer on "Innes Book." MVSep was used to separate vocals and instrumental for both versions, and the Grimms vocals were sped up to 104 and 102.5 percent (verses and chorus respectively), and edited to match the Innes Book version. I placed the "Innes Book" vocals in the left channel and the Grimms vocals in the right. This made the verses sound strange, but was deemed acceptable for the backing vocals in the choruses. Otherwise the Innes Book vocals were used throughout. Izotope RX8 spectral noise reduction was used for the instrumental.
The Rutles Its Looking Good (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-19 | archive org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/It's Looking GoodPastiche of "I'm Looking Through You."For whatever reason, the song is sped up by 104.46 percent in the 1978 film, compared to what is heard on the CD. (Also true of "I Must Be In Love.") Rather than try to fix this, I've sped up the audio to match.For an edit that's basically taken from the existing film(s), this was unusually difficult to recreate. The 2001 DVD has serious frame rate problems, often repeating or skipping frames throughout. This is partly triggered by onscreen captions, and is especially true in this sequence. I used Rife to interpolate a 50% speed version, and used this to patch probably hundreds of missing frames here, on a frame by frame basis. There's some guesswork here."The Rutles 2" has alternate footage for the first verse, and I've added a repeat of the first verse toward the end of the song to make use of this footage in full.
The Rutles Living In Hope (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-18 | archive org/details/the-rutles-remonsteredDrummer Barry Wom takes the lead in the Rutles equivalent of a Ringo Starr song like "Act Naturally."This was a little bit awkward to edit, due to how simple the editing is in the 1978 film, and how fragmentary the "Rutles 2" material is.In the 1978 film, one shot covers a verse and chorus of the song, with closeups of Dirk and Stig. One shot also covers the entire wedding, in the style of a silent-film comedy. "The Rutles 2" outtakes show parts of an alternate take of the wedding, which is almost identical, but does not show it in full. As per usual, the "Rutles 2" material is slightly higher quality, and has a different look than the 1978 movie footage. Using it meant that I had to cut back and forth quite a bit, and put closeups and inserts inbetween to make it work. So it's a much choppier edit than what the original film presents.This is compounded by how "Rutles 2" presents additional footage from the song itself. As a joke of sorts, the footage is cut to fit the 1997 song "Easy Listening." Barry is shown singing as little as possible, since this wouldn't match, and we hold on B-roll of the other members of the band. (This leads into 2002 Eric Idle doing schtick about "Why Don't We Do It In The Road?" while ignoring the subtler joke the song is actually doing.) I've synced Barry's singing and drumming back up, as best I could. Most of it is from the chorus "Living in Hope." Repeating Dirk and Stig's closeups (cleaned up to remove dirt and glue) ties this together as a more complete vrsion of the chorus. It's still a bit fragmentary. In some cases footage is repeated or slowed down to fill short gaps. This doesn't work especially well, partly because Barry is drumming onscreen, which limits what can be done.As usual, Rutles 2 footage is IVTCed and deinterlaced to catch stray frames. As usual, Rutles (1978) movie footage is color boosted and its contrast reduced (from the 2001 DVD). A few closeups of wedding guests appear in The Rutles 2 in other contexts. These are not used here. Captions are removed from shots of the band and their teenage admirers, using Photoshop, Rife, etc. Captions could not be successfully removed from shots of Barry and Stig early on. Some dirt and glue is removed in Photoshop.The 2001 DVD has serious frame rate problems, often repeating or skipping frames throughout. This does not occur during this sequence thankfully, and I think the only shot affected here is one of Barry walking with his "bride," which I haven't bothered to fix at this point.
The Rutles Blue Suede Schubert (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | archive org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/Parody of Chuck Berry's "Roll Over Beethoven," referencing the unfinished work of Franz Schubert. (And the Carl Perkins song Blue Suede Shoes, also recorded by Elvis Presley.)This was cut from the film. Portions of this appeared as a DVD deleted scene (2001) and in "The Rutles 2." (It was also performed by Neil Innes on The Innes Book of Records.) There's not a ton of footage here, so I've cut a verse.Remastered. Invisible effects include caption removal, short scene extensions and interpolation, dirt painted out, and undoing fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.
The Rutles Good Times Roll (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | archive,org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/Parody of "Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds." A shorter version of this was performed on Rutland Weekend Television in 1975, predating the Rutles film, and probably referencing the breakup of the Beatles. The first 42 seconds of video, apart from one shot of Dirk, are from the 1978 Rutles film, including old stock footage about tea, shots of hippies, and The Rutles in "Sgt. Rutter" garb drinking tea. (2001 DVD footage, color boosted.)Additional footage of the Sgt. Rutter band, and a few shots from "Tragical History Tour," are from The Rutles 2, deinterlaced carefully. Shots which had a psychedelic color effect applied are color-corrected, noise reduced, and a slow motion effect removed. They are still slightly psychedelic, but this fits my remit to present footage in its original form as much as possible. As with other scenes, this also involved undoing fades to black or white, while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction. The wide shot of the band standing has simply been reversed to extend the footage. Graphics of the Rutles albums are preesnt in "The Rutles 2" and were not removable.Piano footage is from Rutland Weekend Television. Most of the chorus was performed, and half of a verse, which isn't much footage. I've repeated the video for the chorus several times, retimed with two short interpolated scene extensions to loop seamlessly (done in Photoshop and Rife). Photoshop fills out the sides of the frame, and removes edge fizzing from the chromakeyed microphone. RemoveBG is used to separate Ron Nasty from the background, and allows five additional Ron Nasties to be inserted, some with a Mesh Warp filter applied to change their shape. A chroma delay is applied in After Effects, separating the RGB channels of the image. A Colorama effect is also added for psychedelic colors, along with a sunburst animation (as matte) and Pinwheel dissolve.
The Rutles With A Girl Like You (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | archive,org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/(Parody of "If I Fell")An embarrassment of riches here, since both "The Rutles" and "The Rutles 2" present most of this song, mainly cutting a solo and repeated refrain toward the end. With the previous songs there is very limited performance footage, but in this case there's so much that some had to be cut, especially in the early part of the song. There is also about five minutes of B-roll available between the two films, almost none of it needed here, covering the Royal Command performance and hotel room shenanigans.I wanted to show as much as possible of Eric Idle as Dirk McQuickly (vocals by Ollie Halsall) here, parodying Paul McCartney. I prioritized "Rutles 2" footage since it's less familiar. This does mean that some film footage of Dirk is not used, and that Barry's drums lose sync at 1:14, as the band footage has been moved from its original context (to show more of Dirk).The "Rutles 2" footage is mostly video footage filmed off of a hotel-room television. Dirk has a different haircut here, which might be why it wasn't used. Only one shot of Nasty was actually used in the 1978 film in closeup. (The television is seen in the background of other shots.) The footage has a blue tint in "Rutles 2" which I've kept, and applied a fake blue tint to that one shot of Nasty. Hotel-room shots are turned black and white for consistency.A relatively easy edit, as IVTC, deinterlacing, etc. was already done. A fade to white is undone (1:07), while correcting blocky images as much as possible via EBSynth, Photoshop, and Neatvideo noise reduction.Rife was used to slow down some sections, to extend certain shots slightly and make the timing of the edit work. Extra frames were also edited in as needed. Dirk's closeup at 1:08 is retimed a bit for lip sync purposes, and Dirk's last closeup was also extended at the beginning.
The Rutles Goose Step Mama (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | Goose Step MamaDisclaimer: We oppose fascism in all its forms. These are two unrelated jokes: about the band getting its start in Hamburg, Germany, and about fans' negative reaction to one woman's influence on the band.(Also called Goose Steppin' Mama, which is the first line of the song. Pastiche of early Beatles footage at the Cavern Liverpool, such as Some Other Guy.)This might be controversial.I was a little short on footage for this, because the first part of the song is covered well ("under cover charge" has two available takes), then the rest isn't covered at all ... But multiple takes were available for the end of a verse ("Oh yeah/All right/Woo" etc.) so I couldn't simply cut the song short. I did cut the first occurrence of the middle eight (Ein Zwei Drei Vier).That left almost no film footage for the back half of the song. I made a possibly controversial decision to use later footage of Ron Nasty's wife Chastity Hilton-Brown (Gwen Taylor) here. The song appears to reference a German spy, as a joke about the band getting their start in Hamburg, Germany. "Chastity" references someone who is controversial among Beatles fans, and the film leaned into that with her costume here.About 30 seconds in, there's a slightly anachronistic shot of a girl with a Rutlemania-era Nasty badge on her jacket."Rutles 2" footage was given priority in both cases, as it's less familiar and presented in better quality. This was deinterlaced/inverse telecined in VirtualDub and captions removed in Photoshop (with autofill). Some individual frames were corrected in Photoshop, and stray interlaced frames fixed. Some footage is also reversed and/or reused for time."Rutles 1" footage was color corrected, with color added or removed, and contrast reduced. It's still blurrier than the "Rutles 2" material. The 2001 DVD appears to have missing frames throughout, and I've very carefully gone through the black and white footage and generated new frames to cover the missing material. I did not do this with the color material.
The Rutles Get Up and Go (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | archive,org/details/the-rutles-remonstered/Pastiche of "Get Back." Very close to the original, and was left off the original soundtrack LP to avoid a lawsuit. A lawsuit still occurred. This was shot twice, at the beginning and end of production (note the clapperboards here), as there was an issue with some of the footage. Eric's beard is fake in the August footage.This was a fairly straightforward edit. "The Rutles" (1978) covers almost the entire song with one later verse cut ("Cruising down the highway"). This was color boosted with contrast lowered."The Rutles 2" has footage of about one verse, with Eric's original beard, shots of clapperboards and setup (for both shoots), and an additional shot of the band being arrested. I'm prioritizing "Rutles 2" footage to give it a more appropriate context, so that is used for three shots in the first verse, with the Rutles 1 footage cut. "Rutles 2" footage also covers the missing verse, and the repeated chorus allows some footage to be shuffled around without losing much. (This does mean that the police show up halfway through, but don't reoccur til the end.)"Rutles 2" footage was IVTCed and deinterlaced as needed, with a couple brief sections slowed down to fill time. New sound editing was done for the intro and arrest, especially the additional arrest shot from "Rutles 2." Eric Idle recorded some new voiceover for that film, which was remixed here to be more subtle in the mix.
The Rutles Cheese and Onions (Music Video) Garrett Gilchrist 2023-11-17 | Cheese and OnionsFrom "Yellow Submarine Sandwich." (The song predates the Rutles film slightly, as a general John Lennon pastiche, but is produced to parody "A Day In the Life.") The "Rutles 2" version of this is a different transfer and more colorful, but is not shown in full. I've added color to the 2001 DVD and warped it to match the Rutles 2 version, editing the two together as much as possible. All shots are stabilized and reframed, with captions removed, and white dirt removed throughout. Many individual frames are cleaned up in Photoshop, and scenes rematted to match between sources. Some scenes are shortened slightly, to allow time for one live-action clip of Ron Nasty. Eric Idle's (AI-separated) vocals from the film (as Nasty, Dirk and Barry) are added at the very end.
Sam And Friends (Jim Henson Muppets) Last Episode Reconstruction I Come For to Sing Garrett Gilchrist 2023-09-27 | Sam And Friends (Jim Henson Muppets) Last Episode Reconstruction"I Come For to Sing" / " A Horse Named Bill"Sam and Friends was Jim Henson's first television series, a five-minute show that aired twice daily on WRC-TV, the NBC affiliate in Washington, D.C. from May 9, 1955 to December 15, 1961.This is a reconstruction of the last episode, and a related episode, using available and similar materials.According to the Jim Henson Company Archives, very few of the original shorts have survived over the years. In the days before videotape, shows would have to be deliberately recorded on kinescope by pointing a film camera at a video monitor. Jim Henson "rarely bothered to record his programs, unless he was trying out a new technique or wanted to review a particular aspect of his performance." While video footage for the series is limited, the archives possess over 400 audio recordings of the show between 1958 and 1961.Final Episode(December 15, 1961) Harry acknowledges a countdown that has been seen on this week's opening titles. Kermit confirms this means the show is coming to an end. The two play and sing one final advertisement for Esskay Meats, before Kermit lip-syncs to a Bob Gibson recording of "I Come For to Sing." He then discusses the end of the series with Harry -- who blows up all the scenery and equipment since they won't need it anymore.While the complete audio of this episode exists, video of just Kermit and Harry's Esskay song survives.A Horse Named Bill(March 15, 1960) Kermit lipsynchs and plays the banjo to a Bob Gibson recording of "A Horse Named Bill". This sketch is sometimes called "Loona" (referencing the singer's object of affection, Luna) when featured in exhibits.(A fan video of "I Come For to Sing" by Richard Gomez is used. So is a fan video of the Sam & Friends title artwork by "I Like Baja Blast." You'll hear excerpts from a Smithsonian podcast interview with Craig Shemin, who wrote a book about Sam & Friends. A performance of "Visual Thinking" on the Mike Douglas Show in 1966 is also used, and a clip from the Sam & Friends episode Weather Warehouse - from September 29, 1961.)Text:Kermit, there's something I've been meaning to ask you. Day before yesterday, on the opening of the show, there was a sign that said X-3.Yeah.And yesterday it said X-2.Uh huh.And today it says X-1.Right.Well, what does it mean?That refers to the number of Sam & Friends shows left.I don't understand. This is X-1, so that means --There's only one show left.Only one show?Right - this one. So play the piano for the commercial.Harry, while you're there, introduce my last song, will you?Last song?Yeah.(Ahem) Here's Kermit to sing his last song.Goodbye friends! Thank you for staying with us! Tune in for Gene Archer on Monday - if we didn't blow up his --Sam and Friendscreated byJim Henson and Jane Nebelwith Bob Payne and Jerry Juhl“I Come For to Sing”(Bob Gibson)Puppet Performerand Puppet BuilderRichard GomezEdit by Garrett Gilchristjim henson, sam and friends, muppets, kermit the frog, muppet, i come for to sing, bob gibson, a horse named bill
Muppets Miss Piggy Lift The One You Love 1982 Muppet Songs Garrett Gilchrist 2021-11-20 | Muppets Miss Piggy Lift The One You Love 1982 Muppet Songs
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 35mm Ultra HD Garrett Gilchrist 2021-10-30 | Transferred from 35mm film in UHD by Helge Bernhardt and restored by Garrett Gilchrist.Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, a publishing arm of ITT, and released theatrically by 20th Century Fox.Directed by Richard Williamsarchive.org/details/raggedyannandy1977hdEditing notes: The reels were transferred by Helge Bernhardt using a Blackmagic Cintel Gen2. This eliminated most black dirt from the transfer, leaving mainly white emulsion scratches as "snow."Phoenix digital dirt removal processes were then run on the first four minutes of Reel One by Helge Bernhardt, up to and including the opening credits. This was very effective and I hoped we would do more of this, but other projects got in the way.The transfer, as expected, gets dirtier at the beginning and end of reels, and one or two minutes of footage was isolated around reel changes for further work, much of it done by hand in Photoshop by Garrett Gilchrist, including the removal of reel markers, splices, and heavy damage around the actual reel changes.Hundreds of frames were cleaned by hand, with sixteen minutes of the film originally targeted for cleanup, and then the entirety of Reel One and the closing credits for a total of thirty minutes.Automatic work was also done via PFClean. However, PFClean was unable to handle changes on "ones" (including special effects like the flickering when the Captain sings 'You're My Friend'). Phoenix would almost certainly have done a better job with this material. Garrett analyzed the automatic PFClean work frame by frame, to remove sections with faster movement where the line work would be damaged.Garrett then did further work frame by frame in Photoshop, which took several months of by-hand restoration work, and occasionally shot stabilization in After Effects.Reel One was considered the most problematic. We have scanned about four different prints of reel one, and all are dirty and missing some footage. While I was impressed by our "A-Print" Reel One scan, an alternate Reel One scan was also done by Helge, with thanks to someone who does not want to be credited.While the previous scan was darker and bluer, this scan was brighter, more contrasty and more yellow, losing some highlight detail and clarity. It was also a much dirtier scan. FemBoyFilms handled Phoenix digital dirt removal processes on this version of Reel One, in full. The cleaned-up result was good, but since this scan is considered lower quality, it is only used briefly in this edit. It's used for the 20th Century Fox logo (with heavy cleanup by Garrett Gilchrist), briefly as Marcella shakes the snowglobe, and as Marcella closes the roof of her dollhouse. It is also used for color during the live action segments in the first two minutes of the film, for richer yellow and green tones.Sound used here is from the prints as scanned. It is possible that previous scans of this film are superior in that regard, but that's a matter of taste and hard to pin down. (That would include the retail VHS, the KA scan, the PD Rag Doll Blu Ray/35mm leak ... I forget which we used on the 2007 DVD.)Investigations into the copyright status of this film revealed that the necessary paperwork is now lost or unavailable. A large company like Disney, which owns FOX now, or Paramount, which owns CBS now, could probably paper over those gaps to release the film. Smaller companies we've spoken to couldn't figure it out. ITT, which produced the film, was heavily associated with the US government. It was something of a scandal at the time. So some have argued that the film could be considered in the public domain, saying it would at least partially belong to the people of the US, save the various licenses (Gruelle family and Joe Raposo).I don't know whether I would personally take the risk and argue that, but that is certainly an argument that someone could make.Production services with thanks to Tim Finn and Jonathan Baylis.
Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure 1977 35mm Restoration Comparison by Garrett Gilchrist Garrett Gilchrist 2021-10-30 | Transferred from 35mm film in UHD by Helge Bernhardt and restored by Garrett Gilchrist.Raggedy Ann & Andy: A Musical Adventure is a 1977 American live-action/animated musical fantasy film directed by Richard Williams, produced by the Bobbs-Merrill Company, a publishing arm of ITT, and released theatrically by 20th Century Fox.Directed by Richard WilliamsEditing notes: The reels were transferred by Helge Bernhardt using a Blackmagic Cintel Gen2. This eliminated most black dirt from the transfer, leaving mainly white emulsion scratches as "snow."Phoenix digital dirt removal processes were then run on the first four minutes of Reel One by Helge Bernhardt, up to and including the opening credits. This was very effective and I hoped we would do more of this, but other projects got in the way.The transfer, as expected, gets dirtier at the beginning and end of reels, and one or two minutes of footage was isolated around reel changes for further work, much of it done by hand in Photoshop by Garrett Gilchrist, including the removal of reel markers, splices, and heavy damage around the actual reel changes.Hundreds of frames were cleaned by hand, with sixteen minutes of the film originally targeted for cleanup, and then the entirety of Reel One and the closing credits.Automatic work was also done via PFClean. However, PFClean was unable to handle changes on "ones" (including special effects like the flickering when the Captain sings 'You're My Friend'). Phoenix would almost certainly have done a better job with this material. Garrett analyzed the automatic PFClean work frame by frame, to remove sections with faster movement where the line work would be damaged.Garrett then did further work frame by frame in Photoshop, and occasionally shot stabilization in After Effects.Reel One was considered the most problematic. We have scanned about four different prints of reel one, and all are dirty and missing some footage. While I was impressed by our "A-Print" Reel One scan, an alternate Reel One scan was also done by Helge, with thanks to someone who does not want to be credited.While the previous scan was darker and bluer, this scan was brighter, more contrasty and more yellow, losing some highlight detail and clarity. It was also a much dirtier scan. FemBoyFilms handled Phoenix digital dirt removal processes on this version of Reel One, in full. The cleaned-up result was good, but since this scan is considered lower quality, it is only used briefly in this edit. It's used for the 20th Century Fox logo (with heavy cleanup by Garrett Gilchrist), briefly as Marcella shakes the snowglobe, and as Marcella closes the roof of her dollhouse. It is also used for color during the live action segments in the first two minutes of the film, for richer yellow and green tones.Sound used here is from the prints as scanned. It is possible that previous scans of this film are superior in that regard, but that's a matter of taste and hard to pin down. (That would include the retail VHS, the KA scan, the PD Rag Doll Blu Ray/35mm leak ... I forget which we used on the 2007 DVD.)Investigations into the copyright status of this film revealed that the necessary paperwork is now lost or unavailable. A large company like Disney, which owns FOX now, or Paramount, which owns CBS now, could probably paper over those gaps to release the film. Smaller companies we've spoken to couldn't figure it out. ITT, which produced the film, was heavily associated with the US government. It was something of a scandal at the time. So some have argued that the film could be considered in the public domain, saying it would at least partially belong to the people of the US, save the various licenses (Gruelle family and Joe Raposo).I don't know whether I would personally take the risk and argue that, but that is certainly an argument that someone could make.Production services with thanks to Tim Finn and Jonathan Baylis.
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God Help Us! (USC TrojanVision Sitcom) Season 2, 2003 Garrett Gilchrist 2021-10-18 | God Help Us! Season 2, 2003VHS rip, with additional (higher quality) MiniDV footage. USC TrojanVision sitcom production. Aired locally in Los Angeles.This is the three-episode Season 2 from 2003 in its entirety. This sitcom replaced the previous sitcom Common Ground (1997, 1999-2001) in 2002. In this year's episodes Abby Williams and Eric Pargac have replaced Robyn Cohen and Zachary Hyland. Eddie Lynch replaces Gregg Strouse for one episode. Mark Hefti would replace Eric Pargac the next year.withMatt TroyerAbby WilliamsEric PargacKate DanleyGregg Strouse (or Eddie Lynch)A University of Southern California Sitcom produced by the classes CNTV 484 & 435.With a pastor and his lawyer wife, their colleagues & brother, moral choices, chaos & hilarity ensue.Garrett Gilchrist shot and edited the six opening and closing title sequences for this year's episodes (and was involved with building the sets), on MiniDV and Digital8.archive.org/details/god-help-us-season-2These are included at the above link, plus some clips from Season 1, and some raw footage from Season 2 episode 2. Raw footage from the title sequence shoot is also provided in full.
Michael Palin Tom Snyder Interview (Monty Python, Hemingways Chair) Garrett Gilchrist 2021-07-26 | Michael Palin Tom Snyder Interview (Monty Python, Hemingway's Chair)
