Fractured Flickers
From the minds of Jay Ward and Bill Scott comes Fractured Flickers, an irreverent tribute to silent pictures. It used movie clips from the silent film era featuring old-time stars like Stan Laurel, Douglas Fairbanks, Harry Houdini, Harry Langdon, Ben Turpin and Lon Chaney and mixed in old newsreel footage with goofy plot lines. Then, using talented voice actors, the films ere edited and dubbed to create new, hilarious segments.
Our host explains what a "fractured flicker" is, introduces several wacky segments and interviews a coy Rose Marie.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Guest Annette Funicello confesses to Hans that she never watches the show. Recordings reveal how silent movie director Frederick Fig achieved his unforgettable results in "The Cut Away." A simple country dermatologist cures a man's dry skin in "Hands Across the Fee." Lon Cheney stars as Quasimodo in his first film comedy, "Dinky Dunstan, Boy Cheerleader." A preview of next week's episode of the "Adventures of Harry and Ozziet."
Segments include Buster Keaton running a moving company and a salute to Pasedena, California, and its Rose Bowl parade. Horton discusses his favorite movie, 1926's "Young April." That flicker is re-cut as "The Prince and the Poppa" with the king sending his dopey son in search of a rich baseball-playing heiress to marry.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Our host escapes a mob of "fans" to introduce wacky segments and interview Bullwinkle J. Moose.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Our host introduces "Jay Ward Prevues" and other wacky clips; and he hands over his entire paycheck to Anna Marie Alberghetti.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
"The Big Prize" contest promises prizes viewers never knew they wanted. A commercial advertises a school for "Lady Cops." Guest Pat Carroll joins Hans Conried to take calls from the show's strange viewers. The rules of "Fractured Flickers" scouting are detailed. The "Hollywood Low-Down" chronicles shenanigans on the set of Kentucky Feldman's newest movie. On "Saturday Night at the Sundae," hundreds of jerks compete in the soda jerking contest.
Segments include a profile of the typical "Fractured Flickers" viewer, a piece on 1920s bootlegging gangsters, and a Flicker's auction of merchandise they stole being held in Skid Row, California. Bob Newhart pickets on behalf of dead comedians who aren't being paid when the show uses clips of their films.
Two women claim to be the real Anne Marie Lesser on "To Yell the Truth." Consumers Bureau Report evaluates office furniture, hammers, eggs, split pea soup, and a Bullwinkle Moose costume. The "Fractured Flickers Guide To Income Tax Fun" assures viewers that the IRS staff is a sweet bunch. Conried and Ursula Andress talk to silent film star Theda Bara with a Ouija board. An idiot get his client in the papers, all right, by setting him up with a floozy in "Day of Destiny." Soused detective Reginald Tower of London reviews a famous case. Flicker's All-Pro football team of oddball gets profiled.
Take old movies, throw away the soundtrack, add your own voices and sound effects and BAM! You've got a comedy masterpiece. Each episode is a ridiculous conglomeration of jokes and mayhem.
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Hans Conried | Self - Host |
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Paul Frees | Various |
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June Foray | Jane |
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Stan Laurel | Sherman Oaks |
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Bill Scott | Sandwich Delivery Man |
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Rose Marie | Self |
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Harry Langdon | Lachs Dungelfinger |
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Roddy McDowall | Self |
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Bob Newhart | Self |
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Adolf Hitler | Self |
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Pat Carroll | Self |
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Ursula Andress | Self - Guest |
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Sebastian Cabot | Self |
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Cesar Romero | Self |
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Buster Keaton | |
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Edward Everett Horton | Self |
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Zsa Zsa Gabor | Self |
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Paul Lynde | Self |
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Ruta Lee | Self |
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Rod Serling | Self |
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Connie Stevens | Self |
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Barbara Eden | Self |
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Paula Prentiss | Self |
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Fabian | Self |
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Diana Dors | Self |
| Writer | Chris Hayward, George Atkins, Jim Critchfield, Bill Scott, Lloyd Turner, Allan Burns | |
| Producer | Bill Scott, Jay Ward, Ponsonby Britt | |
| Musician | Dennis Farnon, Fred Steiner | |
| Packaging | Keep Case |
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| Nr Discs | 3 |
| Screen Ratios | Fullscreen (4:3) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital Stereo [English] Stereo [English] |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | Aug 31, 2004 |
| Regions | Region 1 |