5 Funniest VHS Clips from Found Footage Festival
Get ready for a night of riotous laughter when Found Footage Festival hosts Joe Pickett and Nick Prueher bring their new “Cherished Gems” to the Frank Banko Alehouse Cinemas Nov. 8, 8 p.m. With appearances including Montreal’s Just For Laughs Festival, the New York Comedy Festival, and the Impakt Festival in the Netherlands, Found Footage Festival is a one-of-a-kind event that showcases hilarious (an hilariously awkward) footage from videos that were found at garage sales, thrift stores, warehouses and dumpsters across the country. Ahead of their show, check out our staff’s picks of the five funniest videotaped obscurities from Found Footage Festival.
5. Fun with Ventriloquism
This 1992 clip of Liz Seggen comes from a series of different how to videos the Found Footage gang uncovered at a Goodwill in Atlantic City. We offer our apologies to any I-talians who may find this ventriloquism tutorial a little offensive. You may bark, squawk or “nyeah” to show your disdain.
4. Video Dating
Before Tinder it was really hard out there for lonely men to meet women with extremely high verbal skills who like rollerblading, bubble baths and viking costumes. This 1987 video comes from the collection of comedian David Cross.
3. Total Self Defense
Found Footage Festival hails this crazy video as having one of the greatest intros committed to VHS. While we wouldn’t want to run into host John McSweeney in a dark alley, we’re also hoping no real harm has come to his patient assistant Paul.
2. Magical Rainbow Sponge
This a classic. Host Dee Greunig really brings the magic of rainbow sponge art alive as she wiggles, twists and squeezes with pure joy and ecstasy.
1. Muscle Motion Chippendales Exercise Video
More practical than CrossFit, this 1988 Chippendales exercise video will get you in shape with strategic thrusting and bouncing.
