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SHADOEVISION
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ShadoeVision was an "Comedy
Experiment" that was created
and produced by Shadoe Stevens, and sold to HBO in 1986.
The team responsible for the Fred Rated television commercials -
Chuck Cirino, Dave Nichols, Michael Hill, Chris Culverhouse, and Ed
Freeman -
created cutting edge production design utilizing multi-media exploration,
and a complex, intricate, hyperactive editing style.
Many of the techniques implemented in this show
were later adopted by MTV and others.
"Imagine Monty Python's Flying Circus and the Hitchhiker's Guide
to the Galaxy, crashing intoa wall at 200 mile an hour,
the exact moment of impact held like a note for 60 minutes
of brain-in-the-Cuisinart futuristic comedy.
That's what Shadoevision feels like."
Spin Magazine
THE
STORY:
All television, all over the world, is suddenly interrupted by
someone who looks like a cross between Mark Twain
and Albert Einstein. Again and again he says cheerfully,
"This is NOT Mind Control. Think about it."
In the streets, panic ensues and Norman Jones
finds himself racing out of control, through doorways through other
dimensions,
and finally falling through the universe
and into the Jules Verne designed "WorldView Auditorium."
Plummeting into an open seat, he finds himself
in the middle of the talkshow broadcast of one, Djony Dakota.
Here he learns that his girlfriend, Faith Pate',
has been kidnapped, and is being held for ransom and some good times.
He also learns that, in his panic, in his haste,
he left an interdimensional doorway open.
Now, the fate of Faith, and the entire Universe,
hangs on whether Norman can change the future,
by closing the door to his past.
And the clock is ticking.
Do
you understand: LAUGH NOW, THINK LATER?
PSYCHIC INTOXICATION? BRAINWORMS?
Did you know that you have "Laughter Glands"
that periodically need to be squeezed?
IF
NONE OF THIS MAKES SENSE TO YOU, IT MAY ALREADY BE TOO LATE.
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