Today's clip runs fifteen minutes and probably needs a mild warning of "adult content" for nudity and subject matter. So those of you who are physically or emotionally under eighteen, you're hereby forbidden to click the link…and I just know you won't.
In the early days of cable/pay TV, there was a short-lived but very wonderful series called Likely Stories that gave innovative filmmakers the chance to produce funny films on what sure seemed to be sufficient budgets. I'm not sure how many episodes aired on TV but they were later edited into four, little-seen volumes for home video. Among the famous folks who wrote and/or directed were Rob Reiner, Christopher Guest, Harry Shearer, Danny DeVito and David Jablin. Mr. Jablin seems to have been the main driving force behind the whole project…and whatever he did, he did well. The batting average of the films was pretty darn high but they didn't get the attention they deserved. I don't know if it was because cable was still getting its act together or because audiences rarely take to anthology formats…probably both.
Here's one of the segments — a bogus instructional film called "School, Girls and You," that was produced in or around 1983. Among the actors you'll recognize in it are Paul Reubens and Patrick Macnee, and I thought the whole thing was pretty funny. I'm not certain but I believe the film was directed by David Wechter.
