SLAPPY HOUR VARIETY SHOW

Lots of fun in store for Slappy Hour # 22. First we will feature El Donk - one of Madison's weirdest, most fun bands. Vintage films? Oh yeah. How about a Mr. Magoo cartoon? And, how about the ORIGINAL version of "WHERE THE WILD THINGS ARE?" Yes, Maurice Sendak animated a short film with his drawings from the book. We'l...l screen 'em both. And then, we'll feature the Gomers - one of Madison's weirdest, most fun bands. All starting at 6, all for $5? Really? Yeah!!Read More

Episode 21 of the Slappy Hour Variety Show feature's Madison's Favorite Low Czars rocking some of their Cheap Trick material whilst we project some silent Max Fliescher cartoons and a 40's Stag Film over them. Also screening: 1951 sports quiz, vintage Popeye (a silent and "Popeye The Robot, a color talkie) and Space G...host cartoons and commercials on 16mm. Plus the Gomers create a bizarre sonic stew... How can you resist the pull of this wonderful Variety Show? Anyone showing up in lingerie or underwear gets in free. See you Friday!
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Sunshine for the Blind! Benny Goodman! Gomers!
Episode 19 of the Slappy Hour Variety Show features Brian Daly's (DNA Studios) local super group "Sunshine For The Blind" as well as trippy cartoons, vintage commercials and those darn Gomers. We'll be featuring Busby Berkeley's crazy musical "Hollywood Hotel" with some in...credible Gene Krupa / Goodman / Lionel Hampton big band swing and all of the Berkeley extravagance we've come to expect. The musical numbers are huge. That plus another odd film from the 70's (Decibel Down) -- A little off the map, a little Slappy-licious! http://www.brightlightsfilm.com/64/64hollywoodhotel.html
Oh and just added: vintage ROGER RAMJET cartoon - the Pirate and the Watersucker episode! Silly Jay Ward comedy from the 70's... does anyone remember Roger ? http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0161186/Read More

Episode 16 of the Slappy Hour Variety Show features local super group "Little Red Wolf:" Combining elements of rock, bluegrass, alt-country and harmony-heavy swing vocals, members KELLY MAXWELL (vocals, guitar, harmonica), MEGHAN ROSE (vocals, guitar, accordion, piano), EMILY MILLS (vocals, percussion) and LAURA DETERT... (viola, bass, piano, glockenspiel) have created something entirely new and unique without forgetting their roots. Playing everything from up-tempo foot- stompers and straight-up rock, to soulful ballads and genre-bendingtunes, LRW will be kicking major ass on Friday. More:
http://www.myspace.com/littleredwolfband

Also throwing down is local throat singing sensation
DB PEDERSEN. DB recently released a CD of his
overtone vocal styles, can do amazing animal sounds
and will be doing something with one of the Gomers
- you really have to hear this guy to believe it. Loopy,
loop-filled outer space voice sounds; completely original.

And then, you get another dose of vintage cartoons and commercials on 16mm film. This week it's a pair of LITTLE LULU CARTOONS; produced in the mid-1940's, Little Lulu is a lovable character who
gets in all sorts of mischief. The neat thing about these cartoons is the massive amount of imagination and creativity they hold; check 'em out on the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0149933/
http://www.imdb.com/keyword/little-lulu/


Let's face it folks: episode 15 of the Slappy Hour Variety Show is chock full of old school variety show goodness!Read More

FLASH! Kliff Hopson, formerly with Honor Among Thieves, is BACK from Alaska this Friday at SHVS. The Thieves, The Gomers, Joe Soko, film, comedy, beer...ain't nothing but a par-tay. C'mon! Bring it! Two vintage cartoons - a Walter Lantz Willie Mouse episode (featuring THIEVING bad MICE) plus a Warner Brothers' Merry Me...lody called "Corny Concerto". Plus, the Gomers. We think this event is chock full of old school variety show goodness!Read More