My pal David Jablin produces and directs movies and in 1981, he was the man behind Likely Stories, an anthology show on HBO that ran some audaciously clever short films. Most were the work of filmmakers and actors who later went on to greater heights. You will recognize a lot of names and faces in the montage below of segments that appeared on Likely Stories.
David's Likely Stories should not, by the way, be confused with Neil Gaiman's Likely Stories…which were also audaciously clever.
Much time and expense has been spent recently to remaster David's for the higher-definition televisions on which we now watch things. And David has set up a website on which you can spend many hours viewing these films. Here's a little overview of them and then I'll recommend some to watch and give you a link…
See? I told you you'd recognize a lot of people.
All of these films are worth your time but I'd recommend you start with "Focus on Fishko," "Mastergate," "School Girls & You," "The Selling of Vince D'Angelo" and "Public Enemy #2." A few of these are a bit R-rated but you can handle it.
This series was one of the first things I ever loved on cable TV, well before I met David. I've plugged these films before and I'll probably plug them again…and they've never looked better. Here's the link. Now go enjoy yourself.