Talk:Canned Film Festival

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[edit] Nice article

I was 11 in '86, but a big fan of Robot Monster and b-movies through Michael Medved's Golden Turkey Awards book. I stayed up and taped many CFF episodes, as well as the sci-fi themed Dr. Pepper commercials (if these tapes still exist, they are in storage along with hundreds of other VHS tapes). I added "Ski Fever" to the episodes list. I am certain about that one, it was a favorite of mine. I also added "Dog of Norway", although if someone knows better, by all means remove it. It may have just been a plot device; I remember Laraine and one of the male characters arguing whether the marque should advertise that film, or the fictitious "Sword of Yog", which they had enough letters to spell out and was thought to attract more patrons. These discussions may have taken place in an episode that actually showed a different movie. Another episode which I remember (the name of the film escapes me) that didn't seem to match any of the listed titles, was a black and white sci-fi movie that featured a Cat Woman on the Moon-type broad sterotype ensemble cast stranded on a tropical island which had monsters (like a real Iguana cheesily made to look giant) on it. Oh well.

Been looking for CFF clips on YouTube and have never found any. If anyone has the means, would appreciate seing some on there. Cheers. Keith: Scienceforlife@aol.com —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.147.147 (talk) 21:18, 29 December 2007 (UTC)

Your addition of "Ski Fever" is collaborated with a comment I saw on IMDB. My theory is that there were about 13 episodes of CFF, but I've never been able to find a complete nor official listing, so there could be more. The episode you saw with the Iguana might have been Untamed Women, as I believe it involved a tropical island with dinosaurs.

I was in my teens when I encountered CFF, and have two episodes on VHS. Unfortunately, they are missing a complete opening sequence, as I must have set the timer on the VCR too late (makes me appreciate TiVo). If ever I get some digital recording equipment in the future, I may consider putting them on YouTube if it doesn't violate any copyright rules.

I believe the B movie experts at Bad Movie Planet are planning a full blown tribute webpage for CFF at some point in the future, and maybe we'll be able to see a collection of episodes put together there. - Doc cromwell (talk) 02:38, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

I did some digging and discovered that "Dog of Norway" was actually a hoax film, and removed it from the episode list. See The Golden Turkey Awards. If you heard Laraine mentioning it in an episode of CFF, then it was a very clever insertion of an obscure "non B movie" by the show writers! - Doc cromwell (talk) 17:24, 1 January 2008 (UTC)

Thanks for the feedback Doc. Hah! Dog of Norway, that's great. As my original comment above stated, it was the Golden Turkey Awards that stimulated my interest in CFF type material, so it all has come full circle for me with your research complimenting my memory of the show. Come to think of it, I do remember the photo in the book of Harry and Michael with a Norwegian Elkhound... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.164.147.147 (talk) 18:55, 26 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Episode List Update

Found a more thorough episode list at TVGuide.com, although it contained a few typos (Canned Film Festival was mentioned twice as it's own episode among the featured movies). However, it contained 2 additional features that was collaborated in comments on IMDB, and have added them to the list. Removing TVGuide.com's typos, that leaves a total of 15 episodes, and have written as such in the infobox. Anyone able to find additional episodes with supporting evidence, by all means, please add them. - Doc cromwell (talk) 18:24, 6 January 2008 (UTC)