Blow wheels, Jac, blow wheels!

December 12, 2006 7:51 AM

Jac Mac and Rad Boy Go!Speaking, as we were, of the late great Night Flight, here's another classic of the era. Written, directed, and "starring" Wesley Archer, who later worked on The Simpsons and King of the Hill.
posted by schoolgirl report (11 comments total)

I remember this classic! Good stuff.
posted by Smart Dalek at 7:59 AM on December 12, 2006

Holy fuck! I haven't seen this in ages. They showed this on Liquid Television, too.

Thanks!
posted by Thorzdad at 8:00 AM on December 12, 2006

It seemed subversive at the time. Now I just feel old.
posted by stbalbach at 8:31 AM on December 12, 2006

Think the creators of "Beavis and Butthead" ever saw this?
posted by birdhaus at 8:32 AM on December 12, 2006

Excellent! I've been wanting to see this again for years, but I couldn't remember the name. Thanks, schoolgirl report!
posted by malocchio at 8:33 AM on December 12, 2006

Trivia: In the "Academy"* episode of Max Headroom: The Series*, portions of this short appeared in the jammed broadcast montages.

*Sadly, video in the AOL links are XP compatible only.
posted by Smart Dalek at 8:50 AM on December 12, 2006

To this day, I still use the phrase "Blow wheels Jac!" No one ever knows what the hell I'm talking about, but I never let that stop me.
posted by Otis at 8:50 AM on December 12, 2006

me too Otis.

I thought this WAS by the creator of beavis and butthead.
posted by darkpony at 9:24 AM on December 12, 2006

Ultimately, it was rejected as the first "Coffee Achievers" commercial.

Before there was the interweb, I'd stare at NightFlight for four hours on a Friday night. Thanks!
posted by hal9k at 9:34 AM on December 12, 2006

Nope. While Wesley Archer worked on "King of the Hill", a project of Mike Judge who did create "B and B", Archer had nothing to do with "B and B", at least in anything I have been able to find.
posted by birdhaus at 9:46 AM on December 12, 2006

Wonderful. I remember tripping on this when it first came out. I saved it to VHS and would watch it from time to time just to get things going again.
posted by harlanpepper at 10:48 AM on December 12, 2006