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  • LAJ
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    • Jun 2001
    • 5567

    #1

    The 40-ish crowd... please help!!

    OK... so I was hanging out with some friends at a bbq this weekend and we got on the subject of obscure movies that haunted us when we were kids. NOT mainstream movies that you saw at the theatre, but rather the shit they showed you in elementary school or perhaps stuff you saw on TV after school specials. Being that I was about 9 years older than the next oldest person... everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I talked about some trippy movie that involved pancakes... can't for the life of me remember the title. There was also Shirley Jackson's "the lottery"... a personal fave of mine. Two others I can recall... one was where a classroom of kids were taught about racism and were separated by the color of their eyes in two groups... and another where some kid was on a bus and then he got off and collapsed in the snow and it was about his sickness and/or recovery. That's all I can remember about that one! I saw all of these in the 70s and if anyone else can look in their minds eye that perhaps shared these experiences and recall titles or any clues that can help me turn up a useful google search... please let me know!!
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  • GatorB
    The Demon & 12clicks
    • Oct 2001
    • 18208

    #2
    Originally posted by LAJ
    OK... so I was hanging out with some friends at a bbq this weekend and we got on the subject of obscure movies that haunted us when we were kids. NOT mainstream movies that you saw at the theatre, but rather the shit they showed you in elementary school or perhaps stuff you saw on TV after school specials. Being that I was about 9 years older than the next oldest person... everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I talked about some trippy movie that involved pancakes... can't for the life of me remember the title. There was also Shirley Jackson's "the lottery"... a personal fave of mine. Two others I can recall... one was where a classroom of kids were taught about racism and were separated by the color of their eyes in two groups... and another where some kid was on a bus and then he got off and collapsed in the snow and it was about his sickness and/or recovery. That's all I can remember about that one! I saw all of these in the 70s and if anyone else can look in their minds eye that perhaps shared these experiences and recall titles or any clues that can help me turn up a useful google search... please let me know!!
    Not sure I saw any of these, though I'm sure I did. Is the lottery one where they stone some woman to death and has a pre-famous Ed Begley Jr in it? Mostly I remember seeing a lot of Scott Baio after school specials.

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    • pornguy
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      • Mar 2003
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      • CDSmith
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        • May 2001
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        #4
        The only one of those I recognize without a doubt is The Lottery. The others, not so much.

        We were shown one in the 70's about kids playing on top of snowbanks, and what can happen. It showed two kids play-fighting on a 5 or 6 foot snowbank along a side street, they tumbled down and got nailed by a car. It was pretty chilling to a room full of 8 yr olds.
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        • LAJ
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          • Jun 2001
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          #5
          Originally posted by GatorB
          Not sure I saw any of these, though I'm sure I did. Is the lottery one where they stone some woman to death and has a pre-famous Ed Begley Jr in it?
          YES! The Lottery actually gave me nightmares...
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          • MichelleB
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            • Aug 2007
            • 1146

            #6
            I remember "My mom's having a baby", "Psst Hammerman's after you" and the one where the kid had a problem with wetting the bed. Give me a few I will think of some more.

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            • LAJ
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              • Jun 2001
              • 5567

              #7
              Originally posted by CDSmith
              The only one of those I recognize without a doubt is The Lottery. The others, not so much.

              We were shown one in the 70's about kids playing on top of snowbanks, and what can happen. It showed two kids play-fighting on a 5 or 6 foot snowbank along a side street, they tumbled down and got nailed by a car. It was pretty chilling to a room full of 8 yr olds.
              Oh man... I don't think I saw that one. That would have screwed me up (more.)
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              • CDSmith
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                • May 2001
                • 51460

                #8
                Originally posted by ARS Michelle
                "Psst Hammerman's after you"
                I remember that. Kid makes a wiseass comment to the school bully and then gets his face punched in for it.

                It had a good ending though, as I recall.
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                • KRosh
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                  • Nov 2001
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                  #9
                  Originally posted by LAJ
                  OK... so I was hanging out with some friends at a bbq this weekend and we got on the subject of obscure movies that haunted us when we were kids. NOT mainstream movies that you saw at the theatre, but rather the shit they showed you in elementary school or perhaps stuff you saw on TV after school specials. Being that I was about 9 years older than the next oldest person... everyone looked at me like I was crazy when I talked about some trippy movie that involved pancakes... can't for the life of me remember the title. There was also Shirley Jackson's "the lottery"... a personal fave of mine. Two others I can recall... one was where a classroom of kids were taught about racism and were separated by the color of their eyes in two groups... and another where some kid was on a bus and then he got off and collapsed in the snow and it was about his sickness and/or recovery. That's all I can remember about that one! I saw all of these in the 70s and if anyone else can look in their minds eye that perhaps shared these experiences and recall titles or any clues that can help me turn up a useful google search... please let me know!!
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                  • KRosh
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                    • Nov 2001
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                    #10
                    oh yeah and the Eye color one is called "a class divided"
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                    • LAJ
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                      • Jun 2001
                      • 5567

                      #11
                      Thanks KROSH... that just sent chills up my spine.

                      Getting quite a nice list here...

                      Michelle... thanks for the Hammerman one... I managed to pull up this page from it... http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/after74.html
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                      • Chio
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                        • Oct 2002
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                        #12
                        Originally posted by KRosh
                        oh yeah and the Eye color one is called "a class divided"
                        I'm not 40ish but I do remember this one.

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                        • GatorB
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                          • Oct 2001
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                          #13
                          Originally posted by LAJ
                          Thanks KROSH... that just sent chills up my spine.

                          Getting quite a nice list here...

                          Michelle... thanks for the Hammerman one... I managed to pull up this page from it... http://www.tvdvdreviews.com/after74.html
                          By the way you're exactly 1 month older than me.

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                          • LAJ
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                            • Jun 2001
                            • 5567

                            #14
                            Originally posted by Chio
                            I'm not 40ish but I do remember this one.
                            Yeah.. I just read that they showed that film and the teached conducted the exercise for several years after.
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                            • SykkBoy2
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                              • Feb 2001
                              • 19969

                              #15
                              Originally posted by ARS Michelle
                              I remember "My mom's having a baby", "Psst Hammerman's after you" and the one where the kid had a problem with wetting the bed. Give me a few I will think of some more.
                              The bed wetting one was pretty rough....I remember he became a successful track star because he always had to run home to pull in the sheets his mother would hang out the window...
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                              • webair
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                                • Feb 2002
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                                #16
                                ok theres this flick called burnt offerings that scared the shit out of me!

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                                • ~zombiegirl~
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                                  #17
                                  all of these movies sound traumatising. Just reading this thread is making me old.

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                                  • SykkBoy2
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                                    • Feb 2001
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                                    #18
                                    Originally posted by webair
                                    ok theres this flick called burnt offerings that scared the shit out of me!

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                                    hell yeah, that movie was scary as hell...the chauffer spooked me out big time
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                                    • Vendzilla
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                                      • Mar 2004
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                                      #19
                                      Originally posted by SykkBoy2
                                      The bed wetting one was pretty rough....I remember he became a successful track star because he always had to run home to pull in the sheets his mother would hang out the window...
                                      OK, that one I remember
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                                      • Rochard
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                                        • Dec 2001
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                                        #20
                                        I've never heard of any of these movies.......
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                                        • LAJ
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                                          • Jun 2001
                                          • 5567

                                          #21
                                          Originally posted by ~zombiegirl~
                                          all of these movies sound traumatising. Just reading this thread is making me old.
                                          Well... that was what the 70s was all about. Apocalyptic shit everywhere lol... "entertainment" often reflects the times. Thankfully my recollection of much of it is hazy due to my youth at the time. I would imagine being a teenager or older during that time would have seemed kinda hopeless.
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                                          • viki
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                                            #22
                                            I haven't seen any of those movies, but we did read The Lottery (it's a short story, too) and it freaked out a good portion of the class.

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                                            • Topher49er
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                                              #23
                                              Originally posted by ARS Michelle
                                              I remember "My mom's having a baby", "Psst Hammerman's after you" and the one where the kid had a problem with wetting the bed. Give me a few I will think of some more.
                                              aren't you kinda young to know about these?

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                                              • ADL Colin
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                                                • Feb 2001
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                                                #24
                                                Originally posted by LAJ
                                                y movie that involved pancakes... can't for the life of me remember the title. There was also Shirley Jackson's "the lottery"... a personal fave of mine.
                                                That's a GREAT story. 100% better than the movie.


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                                                • ADL Colin
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                                                  #25
                                                  Originally posted by LAJ
                                                  Well... that was what the 70s was all about. Apocalyptic shit everywhere lol... "entertainment" often reflects the times.
                                                  All those books like "Late, Great Planet Earth" sold millions of copies too.


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                                                  • SykkBoy2
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                                                    • Feb 2001
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                                                    #26
                                                    Originally posted by ADL Colin
                                                    All those books like "Late, Great Planet Earth" sold millions of copies too.
                                                    yup, and the movie scared the shit out of me...probably a lot to do with Orson Welles' voice too...
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                                                    • Domain Diva
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                                                      • Oct 2007
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                                                      #27
                                                      sorry LAJ would love to help but Im totally out of the zone on this subject

                                                      watched 2 old movies if they count

                                                      midnight express and a old black and white one called the pawnbroker

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                                                      • LAJ
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                                                        • Jun 2001
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                                                        #28
                                                        Originally posted by Claire.XXXBiz TV
                                                        sorry LAJ would love to help but Im totally out of the zone on this subject

                                                        watched 2 old movies if they count

                                                        midnight express and a old black and white one called the pawnbroker

                                                        Midnight Express is def. a quotable classic but def. not the stuff after school specials are made of lol...
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                                                        • baddog
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                                                          • Apr 2001
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                                                          #29
                                                          Originally posted by LAJ
                                                          Midnight Express is def. a quotable classic but def. not the stuff after school specials are made of lol...

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                                                          • MichelleB
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                                                            • Aug 2007
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                                                            #30
                                                            Here I found this hope it helps
                                                            http://www.tv.com/the-abc-afterschoo...=tabs;episodes

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                                                            • MattO
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                                                              • Feb 2003
                                                              • 10861

                                                              #31
                                                              Looks like you were sick from school the day they played "THE BOY WHO LOST HIS ENTER KEY"

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                                                                #32
                                                                I vaguely remember the Crawling Eye and The Blob.
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                                                                  #33
                                                                  I just remember Island of the Blue Dolphins

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                                                                  • ADL Colin
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                                                                    #34
                                                                    Originally posted by SykkBoy2
                                                                    yup, and the movie scared the shit out of me...probably a lot to do with Orson Welles' voice too...
                                                                    yeah me too. and remember the 70s style music in the background when they showed john having visions on patmos. has the world ended yet?
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