Flipside Memphis - John Pickle Madness

When the first Indie Memphis Film Festival was held in 1998, there were nine short films. Five of them were by John Pickle. The actor and filmmaker was, by that time, already a local legend for Pickle TV, a cable-access television show that harkened back to classic counterculture television comedy such as Monty Pythons Flying Circus and SCTV. Pickle and his band of merry pranksters created bona fide screen anarchy. Sometimes it would be tightly produced, high-concept sketch comedy filled with strange and surreal characters, most of whom were created by Pickle himself. Other times, they would simply destroy a car with sledgehammers and firearms for your viewing pleasure.

Pickle has since become known as Memphis Peter Sellers, the go-to character actor who can do any accent and get a laugh with any material. He starred in the 2006 film The Importance of Being Russell as the titular mad redneck genius whose garage invention threatens the very fabric of space-time. But who better to introduce the legend that is John Pickle than John Pickle himself?

CREDITS
special thanks to
John Pickle
Pickle TV
Music
"The Shocker (Oh' Sarge)"
performed by Oracle and the Mountain

Flipside Memphis
Produced by Live From Memphis ( http://www.livefrommemphis.com ) and
the Memphis Convention & Visitors Bureau ( http://www.memphistravel.com )
produced and directed by Sarah Fleming ( http://www.livefrommemphis.com/sarah ) and Christopher Reyes ( http://www.livefrommemphis.com/christopher )
additional videography and editing by Brad Phelan ( http://www.livefrommemphis.com/brad ) and Eric Swartz ( http://www.livefrommemphis.com/eric )
additional location audio by Chad White
production assistance by Shelly Gillette
Animation titles and graphic design by Alex Harrison

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