Scott Hutchins wonders: > I was wondering if anyone could give me the titles of some really inept > documentaries I saw in middle school health classes that were so inept > they were funny. One was on the Heimlich maneuver, and it would cut away > from the choking person to some people who would deliver this "Look, he's > turned blue!" line, after which it would cut back to the person in > day-glow makeup like a smurf! > > The other was on wounds, and it had this woman in a business suit talking > to the audience in a pale blue room. The first story had a guy singing > and chopping pepperoni. When he tossed it in the air to cut it, he sliced > not his hand but his inner elbow! My class laughed so hysterically we > were not allowed to see the second part, which a friend informed me had > two guys hunting. One thought he shot a rabbit, but then heard his friend > scream, so he threw his gun as far away as he could. When he loads his > companion onto the truck, he throws his companion's gun as far away as he > can. The other class was in hysterics as well, but not so bad that it had > to be turned off. > > I'd love to see these again, and I'm sure I could find them through > interlibrary loan if I knew the titles. > I don't have the titles, but you might try to find them through Rick Prelinger's "Ephemeral Films" collections. For information, go to: gopher://gopher.well.sf.ca.us:70/11/Art/Experimental.Film.and.Video/secret.cent ury Don Larsson ---------------------- Donald Larsson, Mankato State U (MN) [log in to unmask] ---- Online resources for film/TV studies may be found at ScreenSite http://www.tcf.ua.edu/screensite