fun on mars

I made this film when I went to the San Francisco Art Institute, after graduating from Smith a semester early. It was my reaction to California. "Sweeping the Clouds Away" is sung by Charles "Buddy" Rodgers, who was Mary Pickford's husband. huh? who? The doctored photo was of an astronaut on the moon-- I thought he looked like a duck and made him one. From 1971... yikes! (uploaded by request!)

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[GaryW48]

Sally, thank YOU for allowing this and other videos to be on YouTube. I am not sure, but I always thought the male singer on the video was Rudy Vallee when he was doing his radio show on NBC back in the 1930's. Anyway, the reason why I remember Fun On Mars being on Nickelodeon was that I worked there for awhile at thier transmission uplink in Buffalo, NY. It was used as a filler between programs as back in 80-81 Nickelodeon never ran commercial advertising; but had the mime doing the ID's too.

[laughingsal]

@GaryW48 interesting about Nickelodeon- and the mime! It was Buddy Rogers singing but sounds as if you know that.

[GaryW48]

I remember this!!! It was seen on the original Nickelodeon Childrens Channel back around 1980-1981. Thank you so very much for having made this video over 30+ years ago.

[laughingsal]

@GaryW48 thanks for remembering!

[StormsongK]

Just discovered the other piece of music in this film...Duke Ellington's "The Mooche". Stumbled across it in John Barry's soundtrack from "The Cotton Club". "I know this!" I thought. Then I realized I preferred the up-tempo (probably sped up) version that starts this off.

Thanks again, Sally, for indelibly etching this in my memories.

[laughingsal]

@StormsongK looking back on it now it was kind of brazen of me to speed up Duke Ellington's "The Mooche" . Thanks for the comment!

[GaryW48]

@xagcx Nickelodeon 1980-81.

[wallofvideo]

i see the influence of busby berkeley @0:06-0:13, 3:15-3:23, &4:09-4:14

[trog1212]

@trog1212 Answering half of my own question: "Plato - The Allegory of the Cave"

[trog1212]

@steveasat2 Thanks! I've since found 3 out of 4 on YouTube, but not the last one (I searched "Kick Me" as suggested below).

I thought of a couple more seventies or early eighties shorts, thought I'd see if it rang a bell with you or anyone else:

> The story of Prometheus

> A primitive man is kept captive in a cave, and the only sights he ever knows or sees, are shadow puppets performed by his captor(s).

These were both more on the "educational" side, I guess, but I thought I'd ask! :)