Thrifting the Past
Malakapalakadoo, Skip Two
This lovely gem is brought to us by the AV Geeks. We highly recommend checking out their archives, which are assembled from old news reels, presentations on schoolroom lunch manners, and sex education reels. Most of their archive can be viewed at the Internet Archive. In the past, this archive has been used by artists like Negativland and People Like Us to great effect. And because most of it was never designed for mass marketing, it's all under the Creative Commons. So get to work and start mixing up some video! You can expect us to be hard at work doing the same, with the Platypussy Friendship DVD finally coming to light this summer!
It's wonderful to know that the Internet will help people share these gems for time immortal. However, it seems to lose a little bit of luster when not presented by a crusty gym coach with a speech impediment. But with a little makeup and wardrobe, I'm sure you could bootleg the magic yourself.

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