The Videofreex

A new documentary profiles the late 1960s/early 1970s work of the Videofreex, a collective of journalists, filmmakers and actors based in New York.  Unlike today's iPhones (which fit in your pocket and shoot HD-broadcast quality video), the Videofreex used large, cumbersome reel-to-reel video machines (known as EIAJ format), which were black-and-white, low resolution, cost thousands of dollars, and were obviously far less technologically advanced than what we have today.  Plus, EIAJ could only make calls within your area code (kidding).
Here's an older documentary of their work:

SNL bloopers

An interesting compilation of SNL bloopers... the ones from the first 10 seasons are all from the air show, because they did not tape dress rehearsal back then.  So many genius moments lost!



And here's a compilation of just Phil Hartman bloopers... if you don't remember that many, it's because these ARE from dress rehearsal:

Bill Murray's tribute to Harold Ramis

Bill Murray and Harold Ramis (who passed away two years ago today) collaborated on many films, including Meatballs, Caddyshack, Stripes, Ghostbusters and Groundhog Day.  They apparently had a falling out after that last film, but Murray still gave a nice shoutout to his friend at the 2014 Oscars...

The birth of Atari's "Pong"

OK, maybe not officially, but it's still a fascinating look at early video games, when they were all just dot-and-dash variations on tennis.  With Ralph Baer (who would go on to create the Magnavox Odyssey game system) and Bill Harrison.

SNL: Screen Guild Awards

Whether you're bothered by #OscarsSoWhite or not, this is pretty great...

SNL40 x 360 = Celebrity Jeopardy

An interesting idea to post a 360-degree view of the stage at SNL40 during the Celebrity Jeopardy sketch.

SNL: Ben Kingsley/Justin Bieber

I missed posting this when it first aired... Justin Bieber and Ben Kingsley in "The Roommate."