The Screen Gems logo causes panic in the mini-documentary THE S FROM HELL

The Screen Gems logo created in 1964 caused a strange sense of panic in viewers of a certain age, and Rodney Ascher's great little documentary short explores the varied reactions and memories to the logo.  Is it evil?  We may never know. 

Pink Lady, Hugh Hefner and the Playboy Bunnies sing "My Kind of Town"

From the 1980 variety show "Pink Lady," one of the greatest bad ideas ever aired.

1987's forgotten animated musical ROCK ODYSSEY presents Scatman Crothers

Hanna-Barbera's feature film ROCK ODYSSEY is mostly remembered only by die hard animation fans, but the Robert Taylor-directed flick is a strange little monster that deserves slightly less obscurity.  Intended as a TV special in 1981, the film featuring a thin plot thread as an excuse to animate music videos of covers of classic rock hits was shelved until 1987 when ABC got cold feet due to some of its disturbing imagery.  When finally released to international audiences, some additional sequences were added featuring Hanna-Barbera characters.  It's never been released in the U.S., but it occasionally plays on TV in Latin American countries, though the Spanish dubbing lacks the dulcet tones of Scatman Crothers, who plays the film's jukebox narrator.  Good luck finding a complete English langauge copy, though as it's mostly musically-based, it doesn't make much difference.

John Cleese's James Bond ad campaign for Schweppes in 1989

Before Cleese actually joined the Bond franchise in 1999's THE WORLD IS NOT ENOUGH, he "spoke out against unnecessary violence in the cinema" in an ad campaign for Schweppes in this Bond-influenced promotional short that appeared on the 1989 VHS release of LICENSE TO KILL.

Morning Cartoon: Eliot Noyes Jr.' 1973 SANDMAN, done entirely in sand

Would this be SANDimation?  Anyway, it's neat.