Slog - Comments on Two Items from Cinematical, Two Items From My Childhood (or Youthier Youth) http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro From Cinematical comes news of two possible releases: On DVD: Disney is "strongly considering" releasing the notorious Brer Rabbit/Tar Baby tale Song of the South, featuring Uncle Remus, a happy story-telling slave (or worse, a happy, post-Civil War, voluntary virtual slave). I know I saw either Song of the South (which was rereleased in theaters in 1986) or, possibly, the expurgated Brer Rabbit and the Wonderful Tar Baby (released on video in the '90s) as a kid--I'm pretty sure I saw the original, actually, and I definitely had a record or tape of the soundtrack. In some ways, I'm almost... Copyright 2008 Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:18:31 -0800 Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:08:48 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Andrew Wright The Peacock Brothers saga needs closure, dammit.

]]> Andrew Wright http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685369 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685369 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:34:42 -0800 Comment by MvB The stand-alones were top-notch. These days I'm reminded of those interminable alien-hunting detours, sadly, by the "explanatory" flounderings on Lost.

]]> MvB http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685382 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685382 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:48:12 -0800 Comment by elswinger I think Song of the South should be released on DVD, but not marketed as a film for children, but for its historical importance, and it should include documentaries/debates from historians of both film and race.

Warner Brothers is going to do something similar with the racist cartoons from their past.

]]> elswinger http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685383 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685383 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:48:24 -0800 Comment by JTR Flukeman was awesomely gross, but the El Chupacabra episode was the best - combining actual Mexican folk legend, freaky space rain, and familial horror. More burning pee from the sky that makes mold that turns you into an alien-looking dude!

]]> JTR http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685384 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685384 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 16:48:50 -0800 Comment by Cascadian The alien episodes were around from the beginning, with several in the first season, but the strength of the show was always the stand-alone episodes.

For a brief glorious time in about the fourth season, I actually thought they could make a connection between the main arc and the other episodes, but instead the show jumped the shark big time as it became clear Chris Carter was making it up as he went along.

The best episode of all, though, was "Jose Chung's 'From Outer Space'". Alex Trebek as a man in black!

]]> Cascadian http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685394 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685394 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:03:17 -0800 Comment by annie @5: The alien episodes were there in the first season, but the through-line alien conspiracy storyline was not.

]]> annie http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685399 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685399 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 17:09:28 -0800 Comment by amazonmidwife My favorite X Files episode had Peter Boyle in "Clyde Bruckman's Final Repose".

]]> amazonmidwife http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685467 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685467 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:08:29 -0800 Comment by Brandon H Guess my mom was way ahead of you. I had never even heard of such a movie, and I am kinda glad I didn't. I did hear Zipity do dah a few times on the Disney Channel though when I was really little but never knew where it came from.

]]> Brandon H http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685479 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685479 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 19:47:24 -0800 Comment by Kristi Yes, the stand-alone episodes were the best and the old fans will love a movie with a supernatural "monster of the week" mystery. It doesn't have to be about aliens. If they bring some humor into it, like Bad Blood (the vampire episode), Jose Chung, Clyde Bruckman, Small Potatoes, etc, then it'll be golden. I'd like to see Morgan/Wong on the writing credits, thanks.

]]> Kristi http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685514 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685514 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 21:24:34 -0800 Comment by Simon My grandparents had a VCR cassette of Song of the South. Could never get that song out of my head. Also, I have a Disney CD with the song on it.

Still listen to it for my childhood nostalgia.

]]> Simon http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685541 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685541 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 22:36:49 -0800 Comment by Above the Radar Simon+SongOftheSouth=Racist
(try to disprove it)

]]> Above the Radar http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685572 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685572 Arts Wed, 28 Mar 2007 23:51:49 -0800 Comment by Joe I know I saw it as a kid, probably on TV's "Wide World of Disney" sometime in the early 70s. But the racial subtext didn't leave much impression in my northern home, where the holy trinity --according to my mother -- was Louis Armstrong, Martin Luther King, and Muhammad Ali.

]]> Joe http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685587 Arts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:51:31 -0800 Comment by Mickymse That (banned for several years from re-runs) episode with the in-breeding family is still more frightening than some of the horror films released to theatres today...

]]> Mickymse http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685637 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685637 Arts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 08:18:43 -0800 Comment by Faux Show I actually still have the "Song of the South" album along with many other Disney albums. I got them all in 78 when i was 4. oh the memories

]]> Faux Show http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685661 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685661 Arts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 09:25:27 -0800 Comment by Hickey I fully agree with the stand-aloners: some of those episodes were the best written and wryest in humore. The Jose Chung episode (better known as the Frickin' Aliens) is still one of the dryest comedy episodes of any show. Also, Jesse Ventura as a MIB is great. And Alex Trebeck. I'd take it over their first movie any day.

And the Peacock's episode (Home) is still banned from daytime showings, they can only show it after 9 and then only with a viewer's discretion warning 24 hours in advance. America's not keen on rampant incest, I guess.

]]> Hickey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685703 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685703 Arts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 10:19:26 -0800 Comment by monkey As racist as my grandparents were I'm surprised I've never see Song/South but like everyone else I do remember Zippity Do Da... but more from Blazing Saddles than anything else.

]]> monkey http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685739 http://slog.thestranger.com/2007/03/two_items_from_cinematical_two_items_fro#c685739 Arts Thu, 29 Mar 2007 11:08:48 -0800