Ernest Pintoff

The Critic

Ernest Pintoff

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks is an old man watching abstract animations.

Flebus

Ernest Pintoff, Gene Deitch

The gregarious Flebus, whom everyone likes, grows desperate when he meets the one person who can't stand him.

St. Helens

Ernest Pintoff

Art Carney, David Huffman

Centers on the events leading up to the cataclysmic 1980 eruption of Mount St. Helens in Washington, with the story beginning on the day volcanic activity started on March 20, 1980, and ending on the day of the eruption, May 18, 1980.

Who Killed Mary Whats'ername?

Ernest Pintoff

Red Buttons, Sylvia Miles

A prostitute is murdered on the streets of a tough, low-income neighborhood. A diabetic retired boxer who knew her is appalled by the lack of interest shown in the case by the police or anybody else in the neighborhood, and decides to investigate the case himself.

The Interview

Ernest Pintoff

Henry Jacobs, Woodrow Leafer

Animated interview of a freaky musician.

The Violinist

Ernest Pintoff

Carl Reiner

Oscar-nominated animated short from 1959. Harry is a violinist who loves to play, but without feeling. When he is told that he plays terribly he tries to change how he plays, learning a very important lesson.

Harvey Middleman, Fireman

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Eugene Troobnick, Hermione Gingold

Harvey Middleman (Eugene Troobnick), a New York fireman, lives a very ordinary life with his wife (Arlene Golonka) and children. After he rescues a beautiful girl (Patricia Harty) from a fire, he fancies himself to be in love with her, leaving his wife and seeking help, in the process, from a nutty Psychiatrist (Hermione Gingold).

Blade

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John Marley, Jon Cypher

A homicide detective goes after a woman-hating serial killer, who uses knives to murder his victims.

Human Feelings

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Nancy Walker, Billy Crystal

A pilot movie dealing with the day-to-day workings of God herself, here threatening to destroy Las Vegas if six righteous people cannot be found there in seven days, and it's all up to an eager-to-please young angel, a frustrated clerk-typist in the heavenly music department, to try to hold off the devastation while disguised as a mortal.

Dynamite Chicken

Ernest Pintoff

Richard Pryor, Ace Trucking Company

A collection of subversive comedy sketches and routines relating to the peace movement.

Lunch Wagon

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Rosanne Katon, Pamela Jean Bryant

Three women start a lunch wagon business but run into stiff resistance from a competitor.

Jaguar Lives!

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Joe Lewis, Christopher Lee

The world's newest kung fu legend, Joe Lewis, takes on evil gangsters and saves the world.

Blues Pattern

John Whitney Sr., Ernest Pintoff

This Is Marshall McLuhan: The Medium Is The Massage

Guy Fraumeni, Ernest Pintoff

Edward Binns, Marshall McLuhan

Investigates the central ideas of Marshall McLuhan using pictorial techniques and including his own comments. Examines the reaction of others to his views and points out that his interest is the impact of electronic technology on the contemporary world.

Fight On For Old

Ernest Pintoff

Insert from "The Boing Boing Show" written by Mel Leven and directed by Ernest Pintoff.