Labyrinth

Man, I'm really trying hard not to make a bad "TV that's outside the box" joke here... Anyway, I'm sure you all know the late Jim Henson, creator and director of Labyrinth, The Dark Crystal, The Muppet Show and of course Sesame Street. Well before he revolutionized children's entertainment, he was an experimental filmmaker.
Henson directed The Cube in 1969 and the film was broadcast as part of NBC's "Experiment In Television" in the late 60's. It was only ever shown twice and has, over the years, become somewhat legendary. Of course now that the web has made these lost gems so accessible we're able to present it for you here!
The film is about a man who wakes up a prisoner in a strange and stark white room. Even though he can't escape, people seem to be able to enter and strange things can happen. Remind you of any other films called "Cube?

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April is quickly approaching and so is our convention season. With the Eastern Haunters in Pennsylvania, ICon in Long Island, and Fango’s own Weekend Of Horrors in both La and New York all coming up, the next few months should be especially busy for the Fango crew. As I’m still recovering from February's Toy Fair, I decided now would be a good time to take a belated look at some of the stand outs from the convention.
Let me start by describing what the Toy Fair is. The Toy Fair is a huge convention in New York City where thousands of toy companies gather to show off their upcoming toy lines. Thousands of toy dealers under one roof! I was so excited and couldn’t wait. I realized on the first day that most people there were “business folk” planning huge buys for big companies, wearing expensive suits,

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The Muppets for the month of May. We are truly blessed here in Portland. Thank you, Northwest Film Center. And now to make sure this is in your head the rest of the day …
It’s time to play the music
It’s time to light the lights
It’s time to meet the Muppets on the Muppet Show tonight.
It’s time to put on makeup
It’s time to dress up right
It’s time to raise the curtain on the Muppet Show tonight.
Why do we always come here
I guess we’ll never know
It’s like a kind of torture
To have to watch the show
And now let’s get things started
Why don’t you get things started
It’s time to get things started
On the most sensational inspirational celebrational Muppetational
This is what we call the Muppet Show
The Northwest Film
Jeff Bayer

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