Liquid Television on Internet Archive
December 4, 2017 1:29 AM Subscribe
Liquid Television in its entirety is available on Internet Archive for streaming or download. For those unfamiliar, it was a three season animation anthology series shown on MTV in the early 90s.
This post was deleted for the following reason: Dang, looks like this isn't so much "archives released to the public" as it is "some rando scraped and uploaded a bunch of content" in this case, which yeah probably we should steer around as front page post much as I dig the spirit of the thing. -- cortex
Oh boy is right! Winter Steele! Frog Baseball! Invisible Hands! Æon Flux! All that great stuff!
Christmas has come early this year!
posted by valkane at 2:33 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
Christmas has come early this year!
posted by valkane at 2:33 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
Was shown in a late slot on BBC2 in the UK ... perfect post-pub mindfuckery.
posted by GallonOfAlan at 4:01 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by GallonOfAlan at 4:01 AM on December 4, 2017
Grape jam, man, that's the best part!
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 4:02 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Ice Cream Socialist at 4:02 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh HELL YES. Love me some Liquid Television. Where's my bong?
posted by zardoz at 4:08 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by zardoz at 4:08 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
S01E03 segment 04: Snookles (by Juliet Stroud) (mp4) is about 02:00 in.
posted by mikelieman at 4:27 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by mikelieman at 4:27 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
My high school media arts teacher showed us the series in its entirety on a movie theater sized screen. It was a weird few weeks, with all of us dazedly wandering through our classes for the rest of the day, trying not to think about the fly in Aeon Flux.
posted by metasarah at 4:36 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by metasarah at 4:36 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
Yaaaaaay! (Kermit arms) The Universe provides! Now give me the complete Sifl and Olly! And a complete archive of MTV Europe from '91 to '97 that just plays on a loop so I can pretend I'm still a teenager.
posted by Molesome at 4:41 AM on December 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by Molesome at 4:41 AM on December 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
"Hey, Everybody! It's me: The Champ!"
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:04 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by AlonzoMosleyFBI at 5:04 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
This post has hit the jugular of a very specific cohort! Hit me again!
posted by grumpybear69 at 5:27 AM on December 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
posted by grumpybear69 at 5:27 AM on December 4, 2017 [5 favorites]
Not honey bunny?
posted by vrakatar at 5:36 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by vrakatar at 5:36 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
So much LSD and Weed was consumed by me during those hours. This will be fun to re-watch.
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:53 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Annika Cicada at 5:53 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Oh yes. Yes yes.
Aeon Flux for sure. That one show about the racecar driver? With telekinesis? I would program our VCR to record this.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 6:52 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
Aeon Flux for sure. That one show about the racecar driver? With telekinesis? I would program our VCR to record this.
posted by spikeleemajortomdickandharryconnickjrmints at 6:52 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
Sweet! Now where did I put that acid?
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 7:06 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
posted by Cat Pie Hurts at 7:06 AM on December 4, 2017 [3 favorites]
spikeleemajoretc: The Running Man. "Race car" doesn't begin to cover it, but that thing's haunted me for decades.
posted by LionIndex at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by LionIndex at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
This is a lovely early Christmas gift to Humanity. Jac Mac And Rad Boy FTW.
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Jessica Savitch's Coke Spoon at 7:18 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
I feel like I'm watching archives from another country, maybe one of those Soviet satellites. Hard to believe this stuff was sandwiched between Whitesnake videos.
FYI Mike Judge's "Office Space" short is in episode 202 at about 10:00.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:31 AM on December 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
FYI Mike Judge's "Office Space" short is in episode 202 at about 10:00.
posted by RobotVoodooPower at 7:31 AM on December 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
Excellent!
posted by Liquidwolf at 7:43 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by Liquidwolf at 7:43 AM on December 4, 2017
***traps fly with eyelashes***
posted by Fizz at 8:00 AM on December 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
posted by Fizz at 8:00 AM on December 4, 2017 [7 favorites]
This is excellent. I only caught bits of this when I happened to stay up late back in the day. Actually watching it like a real show instead of tripping across it and feeling like it was something I shouldn't be seeing will be interesting.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:01 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 8:01 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
My first thought was that fly as well. [shudders] My second thought -- does this mean Dead at 21 will be coming next?
posted by Mchelly at 8:59 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Mchelly at 8:59 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
OMG does it have Invisible Hands by Richard Sala? Because Invisible Hands by Richard Sala is the best thing that has ever existed on television!
posted by edheil at 9:06 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by edheil at 9:06 AM on December 4, 2017
...checks to see if Spike and Mike are staging a revival, sighs at placeholder site.
posted by Ogre Lawless at 9:16 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by Ogre Lawless at 9:16 AM on December 4, 2017
In middle school I sloppily played bass in a band called Winter Steele. I am so excited to see this again now that i am an adult (though still a sloppy musician).
posted by munchingzombie at 9:53 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by munchingzombie at 9:53 AM on December 4, 2017
*licks eyeballs*
posted by humboldt32 at 9:55 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by humboldt32 at 9:55 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
My reaction to Æon Flux was, "This looks awesome! ...But I have no idea what's going on."
posted by Chrysostom at 10:03 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
posted by Chrysostom at 10:03 AM on December 4, 2017 [2 favorites]
I feel like a heel because while this is awesome, I was really hoping to see everything that fell under the Liquid Television label, especially The Maxx and Celebrity Death Match. This is very, very cool. And I should appreciate it more.
posted by Hactar at 10:14 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by Hactar at 10:14 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
this is awesome. I never replaced my VCR when it died, so my collection of Liquid Television and Beavis and Butthead tapes have just been staring at me forlornly every time I open The Drawer of Dead Media.
posted by Dr. Twist at 10:14 AM on December 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
posted by Dr. Twist at 10:14 AM on December 4, 2017 [4 favorites]
Yeah...the one about the race car driver! OMG!
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 10:17 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by Insert Clever Name Here at 10:17 AM on December 4, 2017
I will never forgive that show because the theme song had a sample of a ringing telephone that sounded EXACTLY like the phone in our basement when a pillow was on top of it. argh where is the damn thing
posted by rouftop at 10:22 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by rouftop at 10:22 AM on December 4, 2017
If they archive Turkey Television as well, that and Liquid Television will cover much of my wasted youth.
posted by benzenedream at 10:52 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by benzenedream at 10:52 AM on December 4, 2017
Uh, this is all under copyright, many of these creators are still working, but some heel has uploaded this in the "public domain"... riiiiight
posted by avocet at 11:16 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
posted by avocet at 11:16 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Public domain. Right.
MTV releases Liquid Television to the masses
posted by valkane at 11:21 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
MTV releases Liquid Television to the masses
posted by valkane at 11:21 AM on December 4, 2017 [1 favorite]
Uh, this is all under copyright, many of these creators are still working, but some heel has uploaded this in the "public domain"... riiiiight
Hmm. You might have a point. 2017 - 1995 is 7 years shy of 29.
posted by mikelieman at 11:23 AM on December 4, 2017
Hmm. You might have a point. 2017 - 1995 is 7 years shy of 29.
posted by mikelieman at 11:23 AM on December 4, 2017
This appears to have been uploaded in 2015, so... yeah, not so much with the public domain, then or now.
posted by hanov3r at 11:27 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by hanov3r at 11:27 AM on December 4, 2017
ooh, this will let me put something to rest I've had in the back of my mind for years...isn't there a segment of Stick Figure Theatre that's animated on diner order pads instead of ruled notebook paper? Or is that a false memory?
posted by bartleby at 11:48 AM on December 4, 2017
posted by bartleby at 11:48 AM on December 4, 2017
avocet: Uh, this is all under copyright, many of these creators are still working, but some heel has uploaded this in the "public domain"... riiiiight
Oh shit. I just saw the "Public Domain" note on the Internet Archive page and assumed that this was legit. I didn't realize anyone could upload to archive.org without it being moderated.
posted by Kattullus at 12:14 PM on December 4, 2017
Oh shit. I just saw the "Public Domain" note on the Internet Archive page and assumed that this was legit. I didn't realize anyone could upload to archive.org without it being moderated.
posted by Kattullus at 12:14 PM on December 4, 2017
Thanks for pointing it out, I'll ask the mods to delete the thread.
posted by Kattullus at 12:34 PM on December 4, 2017
posted by Kattullus at 12:34 PM on December 4, 2017
To this day, my go-to name that I call younger relatives is "Burflatete".
posted by Mr. Big Business at 12:42 PM on December 4, 2017
posted by Mr. Big Business at 12:42 PM on December 4, 2017
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OH BOY!
Once I have the bandwidth to spare, I SHALL BE WATCHING!
posted by Samizdata at 2:10 AM on December 4, 2017 [7 favorites]