The Making of MTV-SubGenius

In 1991, MTV commissioned Rev. Ivan Stang to make a commercial for Church of the SubGenius for their "Art Break" series of shorts. Various friends documented the shoot, and Stang edited that footage into a souvenir for the cast and crew. It starts with the complete commercial. Mark Mothersbaugh of DEVO did the music and the miniatures and masks were created by the late St. Joe Riley.

SubGenius Foundation, Inc.
Director: Rev. Ivan Stang

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Film & Animation

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• SubGenius
• Ivan Stang
• Church of the SubGenius
• J. R. Bob Dobbs
• DEVO
• Slack
• Bob Dobbs
• sex
• UFO
• religion
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• doomsday
• X-Day
• animation
• comedy
• Hour of Slack
• Mark Mothersbaugh
• Joe Riley
• Making of
• MTV
• Douglass Smith

[immisterb1957]

I'm glad to have been a part of this production. Praise BOB!

[revstevodevo]

Awesome!

[trapadoored]

I wish there was more of Joe Riley stuff available-someone uploaded a bunch of Hypnotic Eye episodes online but they haven't uploaded the entire series yet.

[thatDonOguy]

Shades of behind the scenes footage of MST3K

[SilverArse]

I met and got yackering with RevMagdalen online in the virtual worlds. When it occoured to me that I had quit my job so I didn't have to appear stupid to be liked by neonate bosses. I slacked off for real, just like it said I should in that commercial which I hadn't seen in many years. I have slacked off for a year and a half now. PS there was a show on UK channel 4, 20-25 years ago called 'The shape of things to come' where I first learned of SubGenius. Any clips of this in the archive?

[devolve42]

I've always thought Rev. Stang wouldn't be near as effective at cult-leadin' if he didn't have that fancy Texas ack-sint.

[AtheistPanic]

This RULES!!!!! Another short duration personal savior I can temporary believe in, until I find something else. PRAISE "BOB"!!!!