traxx ( film )
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shadoe stevens rules. why he never had a stronger film or television presence is beyond me .
actually there is a much better summary of the film out there. i think it was with the casting call info. i can’t wait to see this film. the film company is just coming off a great success with “the call” which starred halle berry. they are describing it as an erotic thriller along the lines of body heat .
look, i don' t want to exaggerate, but this is the best movie ever made. start to finish, traxx is relentlessly ludicrous and entertaining beyond belief. it follows an ex - army tough guy turned vigilante, traxx (shadoe stevens), as he clean the
scum
off the streets in increasingly ridiculous ways. he also bakes really awful cookies. the comedy in traxx is deliberate but only funny because it' s so damned obnoxious. exploding farts, boners, sing - alongs, cyclist massacres - this is a film that wallows in its own stupidity. the shocking lack of morality, or misconstrued morality, is what makes the film truly hysterical. traxx, despite being the titular hero, is a murdering maniac who clearly has serious hangups about sex (most of the trouble he causes is in brothels and strip clubs). the film' s finale which worships him as some sort of deity is incredible. traxx is perfect trash. watch it with like - minded pals .
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in this comic action film, shadoe stevens plays traxx, a former texas state trooper turned mercenary. he heads to hadleyville, texas, to take up his first love, baking weird cookies. in need of cash to open his business, he goes to work as a
town tamer ,
tackling the sleazy crime hangouts all over town. traxx also starts a romance with mayor alexandria... read more
ludicrous plot, traxx has some winning moments. stevens delivers his lines with a light comic touch, helped along by the other good character performances. director jerome gary keeps the action moving along at a fast clip, stumbling only in the last third of the film when the jokes turn stale. the
“traxx” is an action comedy from 1988 starring tv presenter and announcer shadoe stevens as the eponymous hero and is among the pantheon of the truly great “bad movies” .
what' s more, he insists ,
the film will be a giant hit .
and if federated dumps him before the film' s release ?
i' ll go on to do other wonderful things. and they' ll find out - - the hard way .
this film is very funny, although it is currently our of print. if you desire a cheesy 1980' s film that puts a mercenary into the competitive cookie business... this is your film. shadoe is hilarious! precilla barnes is also very good as the mayor of the town that shadoe stevens tries to
tame
in order to fund his cookie business. the only problem is that he cannot cook! this film is classic overdone male machismo, wrapped up in cookie dough. yes, it is predictable, but very funny nonetheless. as far as i know, this is the only film where shadoe stevens is the star. he became famous for doing the voice tracks and announcements for the original hollywood squares .
in this comic action film, shadoe stevens plays traxx, a former texas state trooper turned mercenary. he heads to hadleyville, texas, to take up his first love, baking weird cookies. in need of cash to open his business, he goes to work as a
town tamer ,
tackling the sleazy crime
in “ the undershepherd, ” radio personality / filmmaker russ parr takes on the black church and pastors who use their power for personal gain rather than helping their congregations. parr told an audience at the american black film festival last year, where the film premiered, that he met with some resistance in the black church but forged ahead anyway as the story needed to be told. the film won best narrative feature, best actress and best director at the festival .
review: in this comic action film, shadoe stevens plays traxx, a former texas state trooper turned mercenary. he heads to hadleyville, texas, to take up his first love, baking weird cookies. in need of cash to open his business, he goes to work as a
town tamer ,
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traxx is a mercenary turned cookie maker. in order to finance his cookie making business he hires himself out to the locals, to help clean up the streets of crime .
“traxx” really is a must watch film, preferably with a group of friends and a lot of alcohol. absolutely demented, totally inept, and all the better for no - one involved having any clue what they were supposed to be doing. this truly is one of the great “bad movies”, a dazzlingly awful acid trip, a truly baffling film that gets everything wrong but feels so right. anyone who takes any pleasure at all in trash cinema should immediately track this gloriously excessive misfire down .
is there more of an 80' s movie than traxx? if you argued the point, it would be very hard to disagree with. shadoe stevens, erstwhile action hero who plays the eponymous traxx, has the 80' s michael bolton perm down pat and breezes through this eccentric orgy of comic violence with the louche confidence of arnie or stallone (except they could act). directed by jerome gary, traxx is as kitsch, synthetic and tacky as you can imagine from the 80' s yet it is not without an odd sense of charm. traxx, after all, is the story of a former texas state trooper & mercenary who gives it all up to follow his dream of baking cookies, only to leave retirement in an…
: let me tell you something, traxx. this is the 80s! suspects and victims have the same rights! even if they do shoot and kill an old lady and a puppy !
uncut vhs rip of 1988 cult classic with shadoe stevens! i sought out the movie after listening to @ proudlyresents podcast with great interview with. traxx - has battled his way through el salvador, the middle east and nicaragua, spitting lead with two - handed good grace. he decides to retire to a life of baking. a cool action scene from the movie. the opening scene of traxx (1988). for more visit: like us follow us. favorite scenes from traxx, the movie that dares to ask the question, you know what i think of your cookies ?
] osh johnson' s film rewind this! premiered at this year' s sxsw film festival to very positive reviews (including mine). today, he' s recommending a fine action flick from the 80' s that features a bad guy played by robert davi, lots of explosions, and an amazing performance from the voice of hollywood squares and american top 40. shadoe stevens plays a cookie making, heart breaking, ex - mercenary that wants to clean up the mean streets with as much firepower and hair gel as possible. he is traxx !
and even though stevens' big - screen debut as the star of a dino de laurentiis film is just months away, he may not be federated' s leading man much longer .
: as police officers, we hold to a higher standard to what we deal with. you' re out of the jungle, traxx! this is civilization, or can' t you tell the difference ?
while the narrative arc of this spectacularly exotic film, replete with visions of grass skirts, penis sheaths and a spitting volcano, is based on a true story from the tanna community in the 1980s, it will also be familiar to other viewers. there are hints of romeo and juliet or, closer to home, the 1955 australian film jedda, in its tale of star - crossed forbidden lovers .
traxx has battled his way through el salvador, the middle east and nicaragua, spitting lead with two - handed good grace. he decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. running... see full summary »
traxx has battled his way through el salvador, the middle east and nicaragua, spitting lead with two - handed good grace. he decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. running out... see more »
a great film about the emptiness of youth, fun and the fast life. re - watched it on the night of hoffman' s passing and it' s no less remarkable than the times i saw it before .
the cast generally play this all dead straight, and it is the star shadoe stevens who really nails the mood of this film. he plays the titular traxx as a bizarre cross between a game show host and action star, stopping mid - battle to check out his hair and spewing incongruous one liners with smarmy commitment. he kills absolutely everyone who crosses his path, whether they deserve it or not, an unlikely killing machine engaging in slaughter with a wink and a smile .
the production is low. the acting is bad. the cookies are horrible. but that is what makes traxx such a great film! the plot is not overwrought and deep, but it holds its own. what you are left with is over - the - top action and campy fun. each of the characters is unique and quotable. this film remains probably the most oft - quoted movies of all time between me and my family and friends. there was no attempt to make this movie low budget, naturally. that is what makes the entire package worth multiple views. unlike the trendy, big budget
under the radar
releases today that try to fit the low - budget profile (and all the while most remain overrated and under deserving), traxx succeeds because it is the real deal. it is underrated and most deserving. watching the main character (traxx) almost break character and begin to laugh as the one - shot - only pyrotechnics go off around him (you cannot script that). the guzik brothers hit squad is so brutal and self centered, yet they do not have to demand more screen time from the viewer: you will demand it of them. this movie is the only reason i still have my vcr hooked up .
this is cool because it' s just about a crank with a lot of guns who likes to bake cookies. it' s actually pretty ahead of its time as a parody of 80' s action movies despite being an authentic 80' s action movie itself. the main character never gets angry or upset, or even really emotes despite the near - continuous mayhem and destruction - - there' s a scene that sums everything up wherein traxx is riding on the hood of a car firing a machine gun at random street people while calmly admonishing them for not getting out of town like he said. bonus: the movie includes a fun theme song with the lines
if you' ve fallen through the cracks, then send for traxx
and
if you' re dealin' with some maniacs, then you need traxx .
butler and dean return to the volcano as if it were something or someone to consult, a sort of all - knowing force that forms the mysterious spiritual core of the film. dean was also cinematographer (duties which saw him awarded at this year’s venice film festival) and while even a teenager filming on a busted iphone could capture a sense of this region’s beauty, tanna is a consummate visual achievement. the natural environments are enriched with a wonderful score by antony partos, who also composed for animal kingdom and sherpa .
this is a film where the utter ineptitude and lack of care of those involved makes it far greater than the sum of it’s parts. it seems that everyone involved just shrugged their shoulders and said “why not” every step of the way. “why not kill the main bad guy with a fart? ”. “why not have a creche in a brothel? ”. that attitude makes this film unique, an over - the top treasure unafraid of throwing literally any idea, no matter how bad or stupid, at the screen .
traxx: [ refering to criminal who is holding up a pet store ] he shot an old lady and a puppy! cop: the old lady was sport, but the puppy... whew! that was pure genius. he can plead insanity on that one. see more »
i truly believe that anyone who' s a fan of clever writing, plot twists, suspense, great action sequences and drama... ...... .... should never watch this film looking for those things! they should watch it, however, to have a good laugh at how bad a movie can truly be. every second of this movie is entertaining for the sheer fact that it is one of the worst movies ever made. shadoe stevens performance is horrible. i love it! !! someone who can be so unashamedly cheesy and yet so suave at the same time has my respect for all time. if you love laughing at bad movies, traxx is for you. i' ll end with a quote from the theme song... . .
having trouble with some maniacs? send for traxx
hangouts all over town. traxx also starts a romance with mayor alexandria cray (priscilla barnes). then the dreaded guzik brothers are called in to get rid of stevens, and they ride into town shooting uzis out of the roof of their limo and take the town' s little league team hostage. despite its
indeed, the 40 - year - old stevens may soon add greatly to his commercial value. he stars in
traxx ,
a comedy directed by gerome gary, about a former mercenary who single - handedly cleans up a corrupt town. it is scheduled for release in early august. stevens said that in july he will begin a 60 - city promotional campaign for the film. that tour includes a number of talk show appearances .
naturally everyone will ask me about federated ,
he said ,
and i' d like to be able to say that i still work for them .
with their documentary backgrounds, co - directors bentley dean and martin butler continue in the rich vein of dramas made by australian film - makers who’ve returned from remote communities with striking “not - in - the - brochure” work, made consultatively and with an ear for local voices (including paul cox ’s molokai: the story of father damien and rolf de heer’s charlie’s country) .
another vhs cover from my youth. (not the letterboxd image, but the one that emphasized the film' s heavy emphasis on traxx' s desire to become a cookie baker .) even at 9, i knew something didn' t compute about the center - bottom guy from hollywood squares as an action star. it still really doesn' t and now i have the image of shadoe stevens dancing to a montage forever seared onto my brain. it' s my understanding stevens had a movie deal tied to some past character he created for some advertisements. i' m guessing this is the mere contractual fulfillment of that. at least stevens is having the sort of time emblematic of a man who can' t really believe he' s in a movie, either. but jesus, …
the tone of the film is absolutely all over the place and you frequently feel as though every new scene is from a completely different movie to the previous one. the first 5 minutes alone feel like 3 completely different films; we flip gun fights to cheesy over the top comedy, from horrific imagery to pop video style dance montages, with absolutely no care for how they all fit together .
in “the undershepherd, ” isaiah washington of “grey’s anatomy” fame plays a lawrence “lc” case, a pastor looking to advance in the church who comes into conflict with his best friend, his lead pastor and ultimately, himself. lanman rucker plays roland, a young pastor who realizes his friend has gone too far astray to help, and malinda williams is lc’s long - suffering wife who has problems of her own. while the film is weakened by too many implausible dramatic scenarios near the end, washington is scarily charismatic as lc, who fails to see how leading a church has led to his ultimate spiritual destruction. many church goers may find parallels in their own church experience and this movie and that’s precisely why parr was moved to write, direct and produce the film via his uptoparr productions .
a well - done
goodfellas
- esque take on the porn industry during its heyday and a naive young man (mark wahlberg) with a special
talent
who goes from waiter to adult film star after being plucked by a wealthy titan (burt reynolds) of the business. not only is this movie a serious, saddening take on those involved in the industry who wreck their lives seemingly without trying, it is also a successful satire whose dark sense of humor is much needed to a film full of such despair, loneliness, and depravity. it does suffer from over - population from a character standpoint (especially william h. macy in a thankless, pointless role that does not utilize his talents properly), but its ability to possess a certain sweetness is a phenomenal feat for director paul thomas anderson to pull off. it has style, laughs, a riveting lead performance from wahlberg, some excellent supporting turns, memorable scenes (hello alfred molina cameo !), and an ending that doesn' t leave you as depressed as many of its characters become. not a film for everyone, certainly a graphic portrayal of a seedy business, but still a fascinating take on those involved in it .
this is absolutely a bad movie, but it' s so bad that i can' t stop laughing. i hope that' s what they intended. the acting is not bad, but the plot is sophomoric. grab a bag of popcorn and sit back and laugh. the basic premise is that traxx is a mercenary whose secret passion is baking cookies. he is a much better mercenary than baker, and his' recipes' are shall we say unique. when he runs out of money for his baking business, traxx finds a small town that is in desperate need of his special services, and he promises to rid the town of lawlessness in exchange for $ 10, 000 (i think that number is right - it' s been a while since i' ve seen the movie). it' s a comedy of errors, with a little loving thrown in .
the humour itself is either so hokey and hackneyed that you can’t help but groan (“deeter lost a litre”), or so heinously misjudged and in such bad taste as to leave you open mouthed with awe. if a million monkeys with a million typewriters given a million years would come up with the works of shakespeare, then a gibbon with a crayon and a bag of weed could probably knock out the script of “traxx” in a long weekend .
wawa (marie wawa) and dain (mungau dain) belong to the same tribe but wawa’s marriage has been arranged in order to reconcile a violent ongoing tribal war. in one of the film’s many beautiful sequences matching quietly drawn performances with achingly screen - swelling backgrounds, a young girl selin (marceline rofit) walks with her grandfather, the village shaman (albi nangia) through a pink - purple mist .
traxx, a vietnam war veteran working as a police officer, is fired from the force after an incident in a petshop, and becomes a mercenary working his way around south america. tiring of the relentless violence he returns to the united states in the hope of setting up a successful cookie making business. however, with no real skills in the area of baking, he is soon forced to return to the career he left behind and puts himself up for hire as a “town tamer” .
“traxx” is never scared of stretching a joke right to it’s breaking point or throwing the most outrageous imagery into a shot, (the bad guys literally strap a whole team of little leaguers to their car as human shields and that is far from the most bizarre visual in this movie). director jerome gary mostly keeps things disarmingly deadpan and nothing is really played for laughs, which actually makes it funnier as it means ridiculous visual gags appear literally from nowhere, like cinematic non - sequiturs .
performances from the (untrained) cast are magnetic; if it was a challenge for them to learn how to act in front of a camera, they certainly don’t show it. and while in a narrative sense this ground has been walked many times before, the yakel people’s passion to tell this story is undoubtedly at the heart of the film’s success. tanna has a warm, shimmering vitality. like the trees and the birds, the frame feels alive .
it' s scheduled to begin at 11 pm on friday, may 23rd, and run until 7 am the following sunday—that' s 32 hours of non - stop music. two rooms will be in action: radion' s main room, and de bovenkamer, a newly opened space that also hosts film screenings and exhibitions. a techno - heavy lineup has been assembled this time around, with djs representing the bunker ny and berlin' s unbroken booking agency all locked in. from the former, there will be slots from
traxx has battled his way through el salvador, the middle east and nicaragua, spitting lead with two - handed good grace. he decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. running out of dough to buy more dough, he hires himself as a
town tamer
and begins cleaning up hadleyville, texas, telling the lowlife street scum ,
you got three choices. be good, be gone, or be dead .
like all bacteria, the scum are resistant: crime boss aldo palucci (robert davi) brings in the dreaded guzik brothers to rid the town of the town tamer, setting the stage for a showdown in the streets .
i was clever enough to purchase this title on vhs after i caught an airing of it back in the eighties. i have seen it at least half a dozen times since then, and just watched it again with my husband and nineteen - year - old son. we were all laughing hysterically all the way through the film. i was afraid it would not have held up after all these years, but my fears were completely unfounded. we add our voices to those who would dearly like to see this released in a higher quality format. such an offbeat delight! my favorite scene is the gmc
product placement moment, i think... .: -) i look forward to eventually sharing it with my fourteen - year - old, but it is still a little over the top in the violence / adult theme arena, even given the highly satirical context. shadoe stevens is phenomenal as traxx - - his smile alone would redeem a bad storyline - - and since the scriptwriting hits exactly the right note with my sense of humor, the smile is just a bonus. if you can manage to find a copy, and have a well - developed sense of the absurd, see this movie! if you have no sense of humor, avoid it like the plague !
i worked as an atmosphere person on this film while it was shooting on the back lot in wilmington, north carolina. i was a drunken cowboy, a customer in the whorehouse parlor whose pocket was being picked by a scantily dressed employee, who was in fact a well brought up southern baptist girl who giggled nervously as i nuzzled her belly. my son josh, an adopted korean who was about eight at the time, was also an atmosphere person, playing one of the children in a kind of day care center in the whorehouse, genuinely startled when the door burst open because the move hadn' t been announced. now, as an insider on this project, i agree with other reviewers that this is one of the rottenest filthiest and altogether most execrable movies ever committed to film, the absolute nadir. i disagree with one reviewer' s comment, however. the funniest gag is not the credit card decals on the whorehouse door. it is the scene in which robert davi (a competent actor, reserved guy, and stone opera fan) releases an inhuman amount of intestinal gas inside a closed vehicle while laughing hysterically, then lights a cigar, during which feckless act the car blows up. that' s the funniest gag .
traxx has battled his way through el salvador, the middle east and nicaragua, spitting lead with two - handed good grace. he decides to retire to a life of baking designer cookies. running out of dough to buy more dough, he hires himself as a
town tamer
and begins cleaning up hadleyville, texas, telling the lowlife street scum ,
you got three choices. be good, be gone, or be dead .
like all bacteria, the scum are resistant: crime boss aldo palucci (robert davi) brings in the dreaded guzik brothers to rid the town of the town tamer, setting the stage for a showdown in the streets. written by bruce scott
for some unfathomable reason, traxx has never made it dvd. amazon has the vhs tape available here. also, the book josh mentioned in the video, destroy all movies from the vulcan vault' s own bryan connolly can be found here. if you want to see more episodes of the vulcan vault, be sure to subscribe to the aicn youtube channel and check back in here every tuesday. next week we' ve got another great guest host stopping by... a comedian... voice actor on a couple of great animated tv shows... and a reality show judge. if you want more clues as to his identity, hit me up on twitter (@ john _ ary) .
traxx is about a vigilante cop who is perfecting the perfect cookie recipe. you have read that correctly. this is a late 80s action movie that is breaking barriers of what an action movie could be. there are many scenes that don' t make sense next to each other and they kind of act like movies inside of a larger movie. while this is happening the story is still moving forward. it doesn' t make sense but it doesn' t need to. there is an overly sexual mayor who was once the replacement on three' s company. there are insane action scenes where our hero goes through the city blowing up strip clubs, more strip clubs, porno theaters and a tattoo parlor. he also…
a lot of people are badmouthing this movie and, personally, i can' t see why. this film is absolutely hilarious. true, in places it has little to no production value, but c' mon man, a guy farts in a car and it blows up, what' s not to love? and the jokes
i' ll make a kiddie caddie float
while threatening to drown a bunch of kids tied to a cadillac, and
deiter lost a litre
after his sidekick gets shot. these two lines alone had me laughing at the sheer stupidity of the movie. if you somehow happen across this movie, i would recommend doing it with some friends and some liquor, as a good time will almost certainly ensue .
ok so i won' t lie friends, i didn' t see this movie, but rather i was at a goodwill thrift store today buying shirts and this little vhs gem was hiding under a neatly folded pile of cosby sweaters on a shelf near the back. i read the posterior of the cassette and couldn' t believe the premise of this film. i then looked at the cover and saw shadow setvens, and thought to my self ,
man was this guy not funny on the old hollywood squares, or that show dave' s world
. so i set it back down, covered it with cosby sweaters, made a few glances to ensure no one had seen me pick up that movie, much less read and consider wasting an hour of my youth watching it, and i left. and my life, was never the same .
watch
commando
or any other arnold schwarzenegger, jean claude van damme, steven segal, etc. action flick and then throw this in as the back half of the double - feature. in fact, make it a triple feature and throw
big trouble in little china
in the mix. if you don' t get at least one laugh out of watching this, you take your action movies way too seriously. the scene in the limo where the villains are tossing grenades, running down bicyclists and making someone sing
old mcdonald had a farm
with a gun to his head (what sounds does a gazelle make ?) should be required viewing for anyone making a film with bad guys in it. if your villain isn' t at least as crazy as these guys, go back to the drawing board. pop some corn, drink some adult beverages, and park your brain - this is a great cheesy movie .
with regard to the purity ring thing. 1. disney did not make the guys wear the rings, kevin and joe were wearing them way before disney even knew the jonas boys existed. they were encouraged by their upbringing to wear them, and because their father was a pastor in a small town, had to set an example, those just came in handy for their image when disney picked them up. 2. kevin traded his in for a wedding ring, he maybe the only one of the boys that kept his promise because he believed in it. joe stopped wearing his once he entered his 20’s and i’m only guessing here, i dont know the facts, but probably had a conversation with his parents about not wanting to wear the ring anymore. nick wears his on a necklace, if any of you have ever tried to play guitar with a ring on you’d know it fucks with the sound. also people frankie wears one! 3. the whole reason there was any focus on the rings was because fans kept asking them and eventually the answer got to interviewers * cough * ryan big mouth seacrest * cough * and they guys answered honestly. again though these promises that are represented by the rings dont always last, and at the end of the day its their decisions and lives. 4. focus on the film .
anonymous said: with regard to the purity ring thing. 1. disney did not make the guys wear the rings, kevin and joe were wearing them way before disney even knew the jonas boys existed. they were encouraged by their upbringing to wear them, and because their father was a pastor in a small town, had to set an example, those just came in handy for their image when disney picked them up. 2. kevin traded his in for a wedding ring, he maybe the only one of the boys that kept his promise because he believed in it. joe stopped wearing his once he entered his 20’s and i’m only guessing here, i dont know the facts, but probably had a conversation with his parents about not wanting to wear the ring anymore. nick wears his on a necklace, if any of you have ever tried to play guitar with a ring on you’d know it fucks with the sound. also people frankie wears one! 3. the whole reason there was any focus on the rings was because fans kept asking them and eventually the answer got to interviewers * cough * ryan big mouth seacrest * cough * and they guys answered honestly. again though these promises that are represented by the rings dont always last, and at the end of the day its their decisions and lives. 4. focus on the film. —– nick gave his ring to delta when they were in bali when he had his first time .
published at: may 14, 2013, 7: 55 a. m. cst by merrick
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has success spoiled fred rated? the fate of shadoe stevens, who has played the often overzealous if not zany fred rated character on more than 1, 000 spots for the federated group since 1982, is in serious doubt .
we have torn opinions on what to do ,
said keith powell, president of federated group. after all, over the past five years federated has invested more than $ 50 million in commercials that star stevens. while stevens has
a wide following and is well - liked by the public ,
said powell ,
we' re going to let our ad agency decide these things .
next week, powell said, the los angeles - based home electronics chain will choose a new ad agency from among five finalists for its $ 10 - million account. currently, federated does its own media buying, but its creative work has been handled through stevens' los angeles production company, shadoevision .
stevens says he wants - - very badly - - to continue starring in commercials for federated .
i' ve been there through the company' s whole growing process ,
he said .
and now, with my own career just beginning to bloom, i hope they' d stick with me .
but after losing some share of the market since competitor circuit city entered the southern california market in november, 1985, federated is looking for a new image. the highly successful circuit city ad strategy, developed by los angeles - based admarketing, has tried to portray the chain as a far more upscale operation than federated .
well aware of circuit city' s success, federated has lately toned down much of its fred rated advertising. indeed, instead of taking sledge hammers to items like tv sets - - as he has done in nearly 40 federated commercials over the past five years - - stevens most recently has been shown chatting with a pixieish 6 - year - old girl about where her parents shop .
there are some people whom fred rated doesn' t appeal to ,
stevens admits .
so we' re trying different things .
indeed, some top executives at local ad agencies vying for the federated account think that fred rated must go .
the life cycle of fred rated is over ,
said nancy shalek, executive vice president and general manager of the west coast office of w. b. doner & co .
sure, he' s built name recognition for the chain, but he mostly appeals to younger people who can' t even qualify for credit .
but stevens says that he has developed a
cult following
as a result of his federated commercials. while recently attending a basketball game at the forum, the crowd stood up and started chanting his tv name, he said .
not a day goes by when somebody doesn' t stop me on the street and say,' hey, it' s fred rated.'
the eyes of the ad world will focus on denver this week, where a group of 600 residents will help determine the sort of advertisements that the rest of us see - - and even the products we buy .
for the first time, a tv ratings service will sell to advertisers, ad agencies and tv stations daily results of its so - called
people meter
findings. unlike conventional electronic meters that simply monitor the tv shows viewed in a household, people meters also electronically track who is watching the shows and what products they buy. until now, these new meters have only been used experimentally .
other people meter services will also begin selling their findings soon. by september, a. c. nielsen co. and agb research are scheduled to begin operating national people meter services. and sometime in the fall, r. d. percy & co. is scheduled to introduce a people meter with an infrared heat sensor that can tell when someone enters or leaves the room. it then flashes a message on the tv screen to remind viewers to record electronically who is watching. one nagging problem: the system still has a tough time distinguishing people from large dogs .
the chairman of the troubled j. walter thompson advertising agency has mostly turned deaf ears to his critics. and while three of the ad firm' s top executives have been fired - - or have resigned - - over the past six months, johnston has amassed most of their duties .
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jermaine fowler and omari hardwick of sorry to bother you take us back in time to the worst jobs of their careers .
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this man has just blown away six terrorists, dynamited a drug smuggling compound, and baked a dozen cookies .
: well... i' d like to hear that from puppy' s family .
is it brilliant? the best darn parody since
airplane
? nah. but me and my drunken undergrad buddies thought it was funny enough to rent it more than a couple of times back in the early' 90s. and i wouldn' t mind another look at it, i tell you what. it was funny enough for an evening. better than the average sitcom anyway. gosh. apparently, i need to write 10 lines. but this little movie is not really worth an additional character study, plot analysis or other academic exercises. it was fun but no more essential than this useless padding .
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justin bieber - no sense (purpose: the movement) ft. travi $ scott
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star crossed lovers wawa (marie wawa) and dain (mungau dain). photograph: philippe penel / tanna
island of its title, which houses one of the world’s last tribal societies, in a village called yakel .
a volcano showers the air with bright orange confetti - like lava. they refer to the volcano as if it were a person; selin says she can hear “her” talking and feel “her” warmth. but their tranquil moment turns sour in a heartbeat when the old man is beaten to within an inch of his life by men from the imedin, a neighbouring tribe .
the incident causes panic – “we are losing our people, ” cries one of the villagers – leading to a sit down between the two groups to contemplate peace. in a tense scene, they broker an agreement by exchanging women – a very different vision of present - day politics. when wawa runs away, the imedin repeat various iterations of “a deal’s a deal” and violence breaks out .
the forbidden love theme is hardly fresh, but here fractious inter - tribal relations give it real kick. the question that lingers around wawa and dain’s romance, though nobody asks it directly, is a meaty one: does one couple’s sense of true love entitle them to jeopardise the lives of others? the “mum and dad don’t want us to get married” dilemmas in recent australian films like alex & eve and unindian suddenly feel extremely lame .
tenna’s screenplay was written by butler and dean with assistance from veteran john collee (whose credits include master and commander: the far side of the world and happy feet) and in close collaboration with the yakel people. the familiar elements of the story are rendered more interesting, and certainly more exotic, by the lush locations and a documentary - esque approach to capturing day - to - day life .
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i have to agree with robert, the funniest scene in the movie is the farting / exploding scene. when you see this movie, just put your brain on neutral. and you will enjoy it to the maximum. the plot makes no sense and that is why it is a great movie to watch. i just hope that they release it on dvd. and where the heck is shadoe stevens now? i just bought the vhs tape again and i am planning to make my now grown up daughters see it. slowly bringing them up to date with bad movies. :) and that one was number one on my list. i am sure they will thank me for it. i am sorry but a fart is always a hysterical thing. and the idea that this guy farts enough to fill the car with the necessary gas to produce an explosion... . well all i can say to that is i am sure that a lot of people out there had those kinds of days .
for anyone to really enjoy this wacky movie... i think you have to be just as wacky. the acting i think is rather good but the movie looks as if they have trimmed it down somewhat. then again it could be just the budget maybe. reminds me of legend when i first seen it... .. hmmmmmm lol. i love this movie as it has some of the funniest moments and lines that you can only hear in it. i won' t quote anything from it as this site has everything you need to know about it. if you love movies like loaded weapon... then chance a rental if you can find it. you won' t be disappointed! ! !
so what if it' s ultra - 80' s! !! it made me laugh for at least an hour after i was through seeing it. if you like
i' m gonna get you sucka
then this will be right up your alley. if only it had been successful... oh well. shadoe stevens is my new hero !
no wonder the studio never released this! now, i have no objection to moronic humor (as long as it makes me laugh), but the gags here are so incredibly stupid i can' t see anyone laughing at this! technical skills are unbelievably bad - in one shot, you can see the metal tracks the camera was moving on! there' s only one funny gag - credit card decals at a whorehouse. now that you' ve heard the one funny gag, there' s no reason for you to see this. unless... you want to see the actual famous amos vomit onscreen .
the worst movie in the world did not come from edward d. wood jr. or during the low budget drive in horror movie period of the fifties, sixties or eighties. it came from video tape. it came from the man who was the announcer of hollywood squares and the infamous man in those damn federated electronics commercials. this man was shadoe stevens .
this is by far one of the worst movies ever made. i couldnt get into it and it really didnt interest me at all. i dont even know who the guy on the front cover is. the only reason i got this movie to rent was because pricilla barnes from three' s company is in it. it sucked to find out that she didnt even really play much of a role. bottom line is... . dont get it! ! !
the only funny part of this movie that i can remember is when the guziks are in the back of a limo and the reactions on the driver' s face in the mirror is just classic! unfortunately, he winds up dead and robert davi kicks him as he asks what happened. the original credits listed him as
eric tilley... dead limo driver
. why isn' t he listed in the credits here? maybe he thought better of it after he saw the finished product ...
it has moments of supreme absurdity, like the working mother' s daycare in the brothel, and moments of just plain sophomoric grossness, like the way robert davi' s character dies. mindless in result, thoughtful in preparation, this is a zen movie. i discovered it on cable soon after it came out and have owned a copy of it on vhs for years. a movie to be watched with your older teens without embarrassment, and your peers without explanation. shadoe proves himself to be a master at his character and seems to have had enough sense to realize that he did his best just this once and to leave it at that. the bit players and supporting cast all seem to be having fun and the production values are way above par for such an effort. all in all, a movie that does what it is supposed to and then stops .
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traxx is a 1988 action/adventure comedy film that was directed by jerome gary . it released on august 17 , 1988 and starred shadoe stevens as a mercenary turned cookie maker . the film had a budget of 6.5 million dollars and was initially intended to have a theatrical release , but was instead released direct to video . traxx was later screened in 2012 at the hollywood theatre in portland , oregon . a handful of middle-aged males from texas ( at least two ) consider traxx to be one of the greatest films ever made . 
traxx is a 1988 action/adventure comedy film that was directed by jerome gary. it released on august 17, 1988 and starred shadoe stevens as a mercenary turned cookie maker. the film had a budget of 6.5 million dollars and was initially intended to have a theatrical release, but was instead released direct to video. traxx was later screened in 2012 at the hollywood theatre in portland, oregon. a handful of middle-aged males from texas (at least two) consider traxx to be one of the greatest films ever made.
traxx is a 1988 action/adventure comedy film that was directed by jerome gary. it released on august 17, 1988 and starred shadoe stevens as a mercenary turned cookie maker. the film had a budget of 6.5 million dollars and was initially intended to have a theatrical release, but was instead released direct to video. traxx was later screened in 2012 at the hollywood theatre in portland, oregon. a handful of middle-aged males from texas (at least two) consider traxx to be one of the greatest films ever made.