Now for something slightly different... 3D glasses for television.
The big network have occasionally used the 3D gimmick during the season finales in May. I know that's pretty obvious, but that's about all I can tell you.
Here's a pair for Fox-O-Rama, and according to the glasses not only were some FOX shows in 3D but also Aroma-Vision. Anyone reading this know anything about the FOX Aroma-Vision?
Also there's printing on the back of these glasses advertising Married... With Children and Revenge of the Nerds IV.
American Broadcasting Company, better known as ABC, has 3D glasses sponsored by Wendy's New Fresh Stuffed Pitas.
Lastly but not leastly, the National Broadcasting Company and Barq's brings you a very special 3D episode of 3rd Rock From The Sun
Here's the 3D glasses for Spy Kids 3D: Game Over. It was odd to use the red & blue 3D style of glasses for a 2003 movie, but I guess the RealD 3D system wasn't ready yet. The upside was they didn't charge you $2 for the glasses.
Speaking of charging for a pair of 3D glasses, here's a free pair generic cardboard polarized 3D glasses from the 1980's. I wonder if they would work as well as the newfangled plastic glasses they ask $2 for?
And finally, I found another pair of Hondo 3D glasses, but this time with awesome American Indian graphics.
Continuing my series on 3D glasses here are the glasses for Comin' At Ya! which was a cheap spaghetti western from 1981 that kicked off a brief 3D movie fad...
Yeah I know, those glasses are not very impressive.
A pair of 3D glasses for a television broadcast of Hondo have much better graphics...
Now that's how you design a proper pair of 3D glasses for a western movie. Simulated wood grain, shotguns on the side, the star's image smack dab in the middle, and all in full-color.
Now here's something fun. If you happen to have a pair of red & blue 3D glasses (like the Hondo glasses above) you can watch the opening credits to Comin' At Ya! in 3D through the magic of YouTube. The effect is acually not too bad. Don't get me wrong, it's not great, but it's not too bad.
In at the last minute, and continuing my current excruciatingly exhausting schedule of one post per month I present to you Friday the 13 Part III 3D glasses...
More and more movies today are being presented in that newfangled digital 3D, but I don't need to tell you that 3D movies are nothing new. Over the years and without really trying too hard, I've managed to amass a fairly large collection of 3D glasses. Hopefully, if I don't start slacking (I make no promises) , I'll post more of my collection throughout the summer - maybe even once a week!
The 3D glasses above were not the glasses used for the 1982 film. These are the glasses for the souvenir 3D poster. The graphics on theses glasses are gory fun, and show Jason doing his thing.
Personal virtual acquaintance and quite possibly the politest blogger around, Kirk, over at Secret Fun Blog spent the month of April posting a different cheapo practical joke novelty thingy each day. Kirk is a novelty collector with an encyclopedic knowledge of such things - in fact he wrote a book about it. Well Kirk's posts inspired me to take a look at what novelties I may have stashed away.
I still have a handful novelties I collected over my misspent youth, but only one miraculously still had the box it came in. So please enjoy the retro graphic goodness of the Twinkling Eyes...
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There's something extra strange about the pair of Twinkling Eyes I own. The lenticular eyes in my pair are in backwards. Check it out again...
And now compare it to the only other picture of Twinkling Eyes I can find on the Internet...
You see the eyes are backwards. I had noticed this years ago, but since I didn't have any other Twinkling Eyes to compare it too I thought the eyes were intentionally backwards for extra goofiness.
Like that super valuable stamp of the upside-down airplane, I wonder if my Twinkling Eyes glasses would sell for a bundle at auction.
If you owned this stamp you'd be rich.
Maybe I need to talk to Kirk about some sort of appraisal.
Do they even make television Easter specials anymore?
When I was a child there was always some sort of Rankin/Bass animated network special to look forward to watching. Shows like Here Comes Peter Cottontail which attempted to explain just who the heck this mysterious Easter Bunny was...
It was in the spirit of those holiday specials that I created this late 80's promo for the local community access channel.
Yes it's another blast from my past! Just like my Channel 12 Christmas promo, I share with you now another one of my first video creations - the Channel 12 Easter promo...
People seemed to like this promo a lot more than I expected. Even back in the day I thought it was terribly, terribly crude. I don't know, but maybe people always enjoy an underdog story no matter how crudely it's told.
Hey Howie, here's some personally made fan art just for you.
Do you know about LuxuriaMusic? You should! I've had it listed over on the right ever since I started this blog as a "Cool Thing To Click," but if you don't it's basically a retro music internet radio station.
But more importantly it's the home of a really fun, weird and cool show called Intoxica hosted by Howie Pyro that's on every Tuesday at midnight Eastern (9pm Pacific). But you don't have to wait at all to listen to Intoxica, just click on a show over on the right and give it a listen right now damn it.
Intoxica is a combination of obscure early 60's rock, R&B, jazzy surf music, weird commercials for crazy old movies and stuff, and a lot more. If this moronic blog of mine had a soundtrack it would sound a lot like Intoxica.
If you like holiday music Howie does Halloween and Christmas shows with the strangest holiday music you've heard. It's stuff way, way beyond Monster Mash or Grandma Got Run Over By A Reindeer.
Intoxica is also available on iTunes for free download, so just search for Intoxica in the podcast section. All his shows are super great.
I hope I haven't over sold the Intoxica show. But seriously, you'll be a better person for listening to it, or at least a cooler person (well cooler in my book).
Now in the spirit of Intoxica I present something that's unique, cool and very stupid all at the same time - the Sixfinger! This one is dedicated to you Howie...
Also there's printing on the back of these glasses advertising Married... With Children and Revenge of the Nerds IV.
American Broadcasting Company, better known as ABC, has 3D glasses sponsored by Wendy's New Fresh Stuffed Pitas.
