Category: Television/Short Subject Reviews

The benefits and problems of telepathy.

Virtually a silent short film.  But quite interesting, I think.

For the positive and sentimental only. 

If you’re both, this is on the level of ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’.  Perfect for Christmas.

Dumb and Dumber and Dumberer.  About as light-hearted a deadly caper as you can get.

Shatner’s first episode…not bad.  And I love the take on “fate”.

One of my favorites.

Just as much a statement on morality and freedom as it is on perception.

Interesting.

As for the moral/religious/spiritual implications/insinuations/questions…well, if your faith (whatever it may or may not be) can’t handle this rather obvious treatment, it’s pretty weak.

Almost makes me wanna get some Old Glory insurance.

Creepy-sad.

A. Daemon.  Cute. 

Watch this after ‘Lo’ as a chaser, if you want to dispell the feeling.

Several interesting interpretations could be made.

Subtlety, paranoia, and mob mentality.  But crudely made.

Creepy…with a twist.

Horribly dated, of course…but interesting.

The danger of power in the hands of the petty and small-minded.

A kinder, gentler Leland Gaunt…he’s a walking karmadiction, so be careful.

Personally, I think he’s awesome.

Sometimes going “where no man has gone before” doesn’t yield excitement, thrills, and exotic, attractive consistently-human/oid females.  Sometimes it just yields disaster.  Creepy.

I hate Nazis as much as the next sane person, but I fail to see why a German naval officer sinking commercial vessels should feel any more guilt than a British or American naval officer doing the same.  And they did.  And since the war was far over by this point, I see no need for propaganda. 

As for afterlife ideas…it’s interesting but hardly profound, and anyone who would heed its message simply out of fear is a coward, not a wise man.

The “books” episode.

You have to wait a LONG time for the twist…but it’s a doozy.

Often-referenced since, and a classic in that right at least.

Somewhat interesting if obvious take on solitude and perception/reality.

I find it hard to believe he actually has a soul.
The Devil is a much more likeable character here, making it easy to enjoy this as humor instead of…well, something else.

Something creepy, for the first time, actually happens.

Not among the best, but notable for that.

Worthy of Note:
really old Armada
Jeff Berman – the sixth KITH
Hitler blanking a donkey
prostitute for dying kid
soup du jour
company sellout
buried alive

Grade: B-

Ending on a high note, at least.

Worthy of Note:
naked work
cable dependency guy
gazebo theft
toe energy tests

I’ve finally figured out why SNL picked McKinney from the Kids.  As bad as he was in the first season, he’s actually improved to the point where, near the end of the series, he’s still getting slightly better whereas everyone else seems to have pretty much flattened out/gotten bored.

Worthy of Note:
bad late-night clerk
lucky penny head wound
OLD high school crush
Mark’s Scotswoman

Worthy of Note:
licking
An Elk
soaking

Worthy of Note:
fat drunk hairy guy phone sex
Chickenlady masturbation
old people humpin
obsessed prankee

Worthy of Note:
relocation
nipples
penii
le Kevin

Worthy of Note:
this close and this close
very moderate power corrupting absolutely
nauseous detective
underwear opportunities
craws/fight guy
brilliant fuel film

Grade: B-

Worthy of Note:
stumps story
‘Deliverance’ fascination guy
hospital comfort guy

Worthy of Note:
God’s death
steel-toed boots
massive time lapses
dipping areas

Worthy of Note:
“new slave” propaganda film
poreef
really bad assassin

Worthy of Note:
intense interrogation
feelyat!
fish renting
the beard

The fact that sitting through all the episodes from the last listed one until this one has been so unbelievably dull that I exhaled for joy that thus begins the LAST season of KITH.

Worthy of Note:
call for Frank
touching Bellini
the value of art

Worthy of Note:
lobster licking
Ted’s church
really bad cop
one of those weekends(guys running around, chanting…)

Worthy of Note:
Anal-probing aliens
Dave’s letter
pot discovery

Worthy of Note:
Hecubus takes over the POUD
psychic delivery
great messages
Scott explains AIDS
hard-not-to-hit chamomile tea guy

Worthy of Note:
home car repair(I ACTUALLY laughed, for the first time in…a KITH while)
telepathic meeting
coke commentary

Worthy of Note:
Chickenlady life-cycle
slight file mixup
things-to-do guy meets bad holdup men

This review is twelve years too late, for most people…but if you don’t know what this is, watch it.

It’s a brilliantly twisted if slightly overrated little piece of animation that you’ll enjoy if, like Graham Chapman, you adore bad taste.

And please, if you haven’t seen it yet, DO NOT google or wiki it first.
Just watch it. Then do your research afterwards. You know, like you should for everything you watch. Takes a bit of the fun out of something if you read a complete plot summary before deciding if it’s worth your time or not.

Grade: A-

7/8/13: Brilliant skewering of rampant consumerism. And How! Grade: A

8/25/16: Further advice: If you haven’t seen it, watch the ORIGINAL version first. THEN, if you like it (or if you’ve seen the original before and liked it), watch the recently released version with special text commentary by Hertzfeldt. In that order. At worst you’ll find most of the commentary boring, but you should find at least one inspirational quote from Hertzfeldt. Grade: A

Cheers:

Pick A Con, Any Con: A
Thanksgiving Orphans: A
Endless Slumper: A-
Homicidal Ham: A-
Everyone Imitates Art: A-
Cliff’s Rocky Moment: A-
King Of The Hill: A-
Someday My Prince Will Come: A-
Diane’s Nightmare: A-
Show Down (Part 2): A-
Young Doctor Weinstein: A-
Suspicion: A-
Any Friend Of Diane’s: A-

Peter Cook & Dudley Moore – The Frog And Peach: A-

Fawlty Towers:

Basil The Rat: A
The Kipper And The Corpse: A
The Germans: A-
The Anniversary: A-

Don Hertzfeldt – Rejected: A

Looney Tunes/Merrie Melodies:

Hair-Raising Hare: A
Racketeer Rabbit: A-
Ali Baba Bunny: A-
Duck Amuck: A-
Little Red Riding Rabbit: A-
Broom-Stick Bunny: A-

Monty Python’s Flying Circus:

The Buzz Aldrin Show: A+
Spam: A+
The Money Programme: A+
Man’s Crisis Of Identity In The Latter Half Of The Twentieth Century: A+
Face The Press: A
Blood, Devastation, Death, War And Horror: A
A Book At Bedtime: A
It’s A Living: A
Full Frontal Nudity: A
The Spanish Inquisition: A-
Deja Vu: A-
How Not To Be Seen: A-
It’s The Arts: A-
How To Recognize Different Types Of Trees From Quite A Long Way Away: A-
Untitled: A-
Dennis Moore: A-
The Attila The Hun Show: A-
Live From The Grill-O-Mat: A-
How To Recognize Different Parts Of The Body: A-
The War Against Pornography: A-

MST3K: See Separate Entry

The Ren & Stimpy Show:

Ren’s Toothache/Rubber Nipple Salesman: A
Stimpy’s Big Day/The Big Shot: A

Sedibluebird – Braveheart, Main Theme & Making Plans/Gathering The Clans: A-

Juliet Stroud – Snookles: A-

The Three Stooges:

An Ache In Every Stake: A
You Nazty Spy!: A
Dizzy Doctors: A
Even As IOU: A
A Plumbing We Will Go: A-
Hoi Polloi: A-
Movie Maniacs: A-
In The Sweet Pie And Pie: A-
Men In Black: A-

Dan Trachtenberg – Portal: No Escape: A-

From Beyond (Michael Granberry Version): A-

Last Updated: 8/13/23

Worthy of Note:
almost pardoned
Pit of Ultimate Darkness (w/reverb)
bad graphs vs. salt-eyes
Mrs. Robinson

Worthy of Note:
persistent alley fights
Cyril St. John, escapist
‘Fit To Be Tied’
old guy/37 year old virgin
and, most importantly:

The beginning of season 4 isn’t as good as the beginning of season 3, which wasn’t as good as the beginning of season 2.  And two episodes in and they seem to be out of ideas…again.  (skip 69).

Worthy of Note:
touching cameraman tribute
loveless dog relationship
amateur cabbie surgeon
large poisonous spider on face

Worthy of Note:
Problems in the POPD
Da-RILL flashback
complicated story
Scott’s 100th waiter

Worthy of Note:
Mavisville God Show
Darcy Pennell
7 arthouse vaginas
Flying pigs

Worthy of Note:
Scott’s lookalikes
clearly un-insane person
garbage
random Bellini

Worthy of Note:
phone games
Scott’s dress-up
disturbingly helpful partygoer
lust/disgust
SHIRLING!

Worthy of Note:
slipped-my-mind guy
Bruce’s advice
inadvertent Swaztika scar

Worthy of Note:
irresistible dead body
impostor Scott
Murray
bad navigator/bad captain