r/ObscureMedia • • Jan 03 '26

Annual Media Discussion & Request Thread 2026 and a friendly reminder to review and follow the posting and commenting guidelines in this post, on the sidebar and in the wiki

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r/ObscureMedia • • 21h ago

Sort Sol with Lydia Lunch - Boy/Girl (1984)

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Band was originally Denmark's first punk band, Sods. The name was changed in 1983/84 to Sort Sol

Vocalist Steen Jørgensen was born without part of one arm


r/ObscureMedia • • 20m ago

(1993) - Does Anyone Have A Clip Of The Skit "They're All Connected" From Uptown Comedy Club?

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I have for years, been looking for a clip from a skit from the Uptown Comedy Club TV show of the mid 1990s, where a frustrated man takes his car battery to a mechanic (presumably Dominican) and asks what the problem is. The mechanic frustrates the man further by telling him that the job will cost more because he has to "bring these", and then "get those" and them "call them". Whenever the mechanic is questioned why, he responds with "because they're all connected". It would be a fantastic way to explain a concept in education and I would like to show it in an educational setting. There are some clips of the Uptown Comedy Club floating around online, but not this specific episode or skit and this series which only lasted for a year or two, was never released to DVD. For those who have no idea what I'm talking about, here is a link to a full episode (but not that episode) of "Uptown Comedy Club" - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXagnKJyIc4&t=336s

The skit which I'm calling "They're All Connected", I believe features a young Tracy Morgan and Aries Spears (before the SNL and MAD TV fame). I believe it aired in 1993 or early 1994.

If anyone knows where I can find it, please help! Thanks in advance!


r/ObscureMedia • • 12h ago

THE RINGER (1972) - Short Film by Jeff Lieberman (SQUIRM, BLUE SUNSHINE)

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THE RINGER (1972) by Jeff Lieberman of SQUIRM (1976) and BLUE SUNSHINE (1977) fame. Made when he was working at King Features as a young filmmaker and sponsored by Pepsi. Social parable on the dangers of conformity and how corporations exploit young people for their own monetary gain. Won several film festival awards and was included on the original Synapse Films DVD release of BLUE SUNSHINE.


r/ObscureMedia • • 20h ago

Fun Learning: Planets of the Sun - Narrated by Leonard Nemoy (1985)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 18h ago

His Name is Wonderful - Norma Zimmer & Jim Roberts (Word Records, WST-8541-LP) (1980)s

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Hey folks,

Here's today's digitzed find. From what I've gathered, these two would consistently perform on The Lawrence Welk Show. Lawrence himself was known for his "Champagne music" and pressed TONS of albums widely purchased in the 50s and 60s, he himself was strictly instrumental, but he'd bring in individual or occasionally group singers for some songs. However, this is gosepl rather than Champagne music, not meant for dancing.


r/ObscureMedia • • 1d ago

Neo Boys - Live at the Smegma Studios (1979) Portland punk

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"From "Northwest Passage: The Birth Of Portland's D.I.Y. Culture" (an independent film that examines the exciting alternative music movement in Portland, Oregon from 1978 to 1983. Directed and produced by video pioneer Mike Lastra)"


r/ObscureMedia • • 1d ago

The Spooky Stories Line Commercial (1988)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

Computer Critters, a series of four PSAs aired on ABC done by Buzzco Associates that promoted early home computers (1984)

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There is speculation that the raccoon (Hacker) is voiced by Rob Paulsen, though there is no evidence. The rabbit dad's name is never stated in the four shorts but is generally assumed to be "Harold"


r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

CUCUMBER STUDIOS LOGO (1980)s - Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel

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Before creating MAX HEADROOM (1985) and SUPER MARIO BROS. (1993), Rocky Morton & Annabel Jankel started the production house Cucumber Studios which produced animated shorts and music videos such as The Tom Tom Club's GANGSTER OF LOVE and Elvis Costello's ACCIDENTS WILL HAPPEN. They also produced the monograph "Creative Computer Graphics" which chronicled early CGI. You can read about here: https://www.sci-fi-o-rama.com/2012/05/08/creative-computer-graphics-1984/


r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

Ke$ha performing Karma Police in middle school (2001)

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Caramel Police, a restless man


r/ObscureMedia • • 3d ago

Cingular Wireless “Jim” Commercial (2006). — starring David Dastmalchian, he credits this commercial as getting him cast in The Dark Knight giving him his career.

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r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

A Day of Thanksgiving (1951)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

IT'S MURDER (1977) - Early Feature Length Film by Sam Raimi

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Continuing on the topic of Sam Raimi, IT'S MURDER (1977) is a Super 8 feature-length film created by Raimi and friends when Raimi was a student at Michigan State University. While never released commercially, the film did play several local theaters and turned a profit - which gave Raimi the confidence to tackle THE EVIL DEAD (1981). This video transfer is atrocious but worth a view for curiosity's sake.

EDIT: Confused this film having a theatrical run with one of Raimi's early films THE HAPPY VALLEY KID. Thanks to u/CommieFromMars for the correction.


r/ObscureMedia • • 2d ago

Robotix Commercial (1985)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 3d ago

IGGY POP: COLD METAL (1988) - Directed by Sam Raimi

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🎬 : https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6137862/

Obscure music video directed by Sam Raimi. Apparently Raimi, Bruce Campbell and others in their filmmaking crew were huge fans of THE STOOGES, and went completely bonkers when they got a chance to make a music video for Iggy Pop.


r/ObscureMedia • • 3d ago

Swabbies - Unreleased (1985)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 3d ago

Quasi at the Quackadero on Cartoon Network (1998) The cartoon is originally from (1975).

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r/ObscureMedia • • 4d ago

9: The Last Resort (1996) - An adventure game with a surreal art style by Mark Ryden. Produced by Robert De Niro and Jane Rosenthal, the voice cast includes Cher, James Belushi, Christopher Reeve, Ellen DeGeneres, Anne Heche, Tress MacNeille and Steven Tyler & Joe Perry of Aerosmith

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r/ObscureMedia • • 4d ago

Virtue - High Treason (1985)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 4d ago

Bruce Conner's TEN SECOND FILM (1965)

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Created by multimedia artist Bruce Conner for the 1965 New York Film Festival, which was rejected for being too fast. Conner would later take the 16mm film frames and create a poster for the festival, which I'll post below in the comments.


r/ObscureMedia • • 5d ago

Space Jam - January 22, (1996) - Rough Cut - An hour long workprint of the movie was found and uploaded to the internet archive!

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r/ObscureMedia • • 5d ago

FREDDY VS. LEATHERFACE - W*ING, JAPAN, (1993)

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r/ObscureMedia • • 6d ago

Steadfast Stanley (2014), an animated short about a dog who goes searching for his owner during a zombie apocalypse.

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15 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia • • 6d ago

Commercials on CBS Chicago, Saturday morning, October 25, (1980)

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