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Produced in
1963 for TV syndication via Desilu, Fractured Flickers was an
irreverent tribute to silent pictures and the special creation of
Jay Ward and Bill Scott, the comic genius behind Rocky & Bullwinkle
and many other TV cartoon characters. Using silent film clips
featuring great old stars like Douglas Fairbanks, Stan Laurel,
Houdini, Harry Langdon, Lon Chaney and Ben Turpin, and mixing in old
newsreel footage with some zany plot lines, each episode became an
entertaining conglomeration of comedy and mayhem. (If you're a fan
of movies like What's Up Tiger Lily? or Kung Pow: Enter the Fist
then you'll be in complete laugh-out-loud stitches by the end of
this series!) Each show also featured a special Guest Star
interview, with the likes of Fabian, Rose Marie, Connie Stevens, Rod
Serling, Bullwinkle J. Moose, Barbara Eden, Bob Denver, Ursula
Andress, Bob Newhart and many more making an appearance. The series
was also blessed with a great staff of writers, with lots of comedy
experience - The Rocky & Bullwinkle Show, Get Smart and Mary Tyler
Moore - to name just a few. Our special collection contains the
entire series of 26 half-hour episodes on 3 dual layer DVDs. |
