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Ninja Turtles Bike Safety PSA.

I mentioned this ad in an old article, but figured a lot of you would enjoy seeing it for yourself. It's an early 90s PSA starring Michaelangelo of the Ninja Turtles, who was absolutely shocked...SHOCKED! Shocked...by the level of bike-related negligence spewed forth by his legions of wish-they-had-a-shell fans. Yes folks, it's the Ninja Turtles on bike safety.

I can't tell if the original voice actor was used, but if not, the new guy did his homework. Mikey retains his slimy charm and penchant for calling everything awesome, but speaks in a noticeably subdued manner. His words are uncharacteristically spaced; he even looks a bit apprehensive. The message is simple enough -- wear your bike helmet or suffer an unimaginable fate. Click here to watch the magic. Please take note of Michaelangelo's indisputably apologetic "cowabunga" thrown in at the end of the spot. He knew he wasn't supposed to do things like this.

New Survey Yay: Recommend a movie you don't believe many people have seen / would have bothered to see. I'll start: Mother, starring Albert Brooks. Groan all you want. Where else can you see Debbie Reynolds coin the phrase "bullshit jam?"

Posted by Matt on 09/07/2004. E-mail me!



Discussion Thread: 196 comments

Pardon the fact that I’m not recommending "cult" movies of our generation in the sci-fi, fantasy, or horror genres, opting instead to name some overlooked films made before the 80′s, i.e. made before many of us were born.
(I also won’t bother naming any films that made it to the AFI Top 100 — you should know all the movies on that list by now — nor any films made by Akira Kurosawa whose filmography is almost entirely worth watching.)

Once Upon a Time in the West
12 Angry Men
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Wild Strawberries
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Wait Until Dark
The Desperate Hours
All the King’s Men
Being There
The Day of the Jackal
The Lavendar Hill Mob
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Papillion

Chestnuts roasted by rapsodist @ 09/08/2004 3:44 AM

Pardon the fact that I’m not recommending "cult" movies of our generation in the sci-fi, fantasy, or horror genres, opting instead to name some overlooked films made before the 80′s, i.e. made before many of us were born.
(I also won’t bother naming any films that made it to the AFI Top 100 — you should know all the movies on that list by now — nor any films made by Akira Kurosawa whose filmography is almost entirely worth watching.)

Once Upon a Time in the West
12 Angry Men
The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance
Wild Strawberries
Kind Hearts and Coronets
Wait Until Dark
The Desperate Hours
All the King’s Men
Being There
The Day of the Jackal
The Lavendar Hill Mob
The Taking of Pelham One Two Three
Papillion

Chestnuts roasted by rapsodist @ 09/08/2004 3:44 AM

Yeah! I remember Mother. I actually liked it too :D I remember the protective coat on the ice cream part. XD Cause the icecream was old/freezerburned and had tons of ice on top, lol, Great moment.

Chestnuts roasted by heeloyd @ 09/08/2004 4:00 AM

"Phantoms" based on the book of the same name by Dean Koontz. Directed by Joe Chappelle. It stars Peter O’Toole, Rose McGowan, Joanna Going, Liev Schreiber and, surprisingly, Ben Affleck (Note: in Jay in Silent Bob Strikes Back, Jay yells "Ben Affleck was the bomb in Phantoms" he was talking about this movie) It’s surprisingly good. I read the book, it’s good too. Although I’ve seen it in one video store, ever and it took me several years to find a copy of the DVD, it’s worth watching at least once.

Chestnuts roasted by Alix @ 09/08/2004 4:10 AM

This just goes to prove that people in first-world countries have *waaaay* too much spare time and money… (gimme some? heehee).

I think I’d say Pitch Black, just because I can. I know everyone has probably seen it a million times, but: see it again. And Robin Hood, Men in Tights is good for a few cheap laughs, although if you really want cheap laughs watch Prince of Thieves again, and join the "lets kill kevin costner" Movie Club! Right next door to the clubs dedicated to killing Jeff Probst and Richard The Naked Wrinklie Boy Hatch! (sorry, coffee withdrawal). I can’t tell you how irritated by reality TV I now am. Do you think it’s possible to… get rid of it? ::evil expression, holds up flamethrower and claymore mine, just not next to eachother::

I love silent bob! My friend used to do this brilliant impression, complete with coat! It’s incredible the way he never needs to talk! (Silent Bob, that is. :D )

I think now is the time for more really good Scifi to be made into movies; Ursula K Le Guin and CJ Cherryh spring to mind as good authors (Who else has read Hunter of Worlds??) I mean, they have the technology, and look at how well LOTR came out. (Let’s not talk too much about, say, the backgrounds in Chronicles of Riddick. And the way he managed not to be burnt to a crisp even though everybody else in the sun was, on Crematoria. He just… steamed a little. Surely the air even in the shade would’ve been more than enough to casually vapourise even the most hardy smore?)

Chestnuts roasted by Childlike_empressnessness @ 09/08/2004 5:53 AM

The Hudsucker Proxy! Everyone else in the world seems to think that it’s so mediocre, but I think it’s fantastic. Too bad they give away a major plot point that really would have been better as a surprise and is treated as a surprise in the movie right on the damn thing’s packaging.

Also High Fidelity. That movie is just perfect.

Chestnuts roasted by BDK Mat @ 09/08/2004 6:10 AM

How about GYMKAT…. I use to love that movie as a kid!

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0089243/

Chestnuts roasted by Greg @ 09/08/2004 6:55 AM

Manos: The Hands Of Fate is my favorite semi-obscure movie. :-)

-Paul.

Chestnuts roasted by Paul @ 09/08/2004 7:54 AM

Meet the Feebles…pre-Rings Peter Jackson at his absolute strangest. Basically The Muppets on acid.

Ichi the killer…most twisted "super hero" movie ever. Actually, any movie by Miike is worth checking out.

As for pure, unadulterated crap, you gotta go with the Thunder Ninja Kids series. You can find them at many discount places for a couple bucks each. The "best" (and by that I mean worst.) is Hunt for the Devil Boxer. Great stuff.

Chestnuts roasted by Trash @ 09/08/2004 8:24 AM

Probably really hard to find, but Redneck Zombies. Not only did it of course go straight to video, it was made on video. Back when semi-cheap VHS video cameras were the rage. We found this at Blockbuster around maybe ’93. It’s a Troma movie so you know its bad in a good way, but even for Troma this has to be the worst/best movie ever.

Daddy can we have some money? The terbacky man is a coming!

Chestnuts roasted by Blah...blah @ 09/08/2004 9:05 AM

One of my favorites of all time, early 80′s, almost impossible to find now (except on E-bay): Turk 182.

Chestnuts roasted by jhnnywalkr @ 09/08/2004 9:11 AM

Holy crap, I thought of quite a few while reading everyone’s posts.
Let me start off by saying I have an affinity for Sean Astin (pre-LOTR), Denis Leary (he hails from Worcester, MA – about 10 minutes from me) and Henry Thomas (never mind E.T., that wasn’t nearly his best performance).

Ok, my list, in no particular order:

Freaks – ITA w/ the previous poster. Awesome, awesome movie. Before CGI and latex, they used real circus freaks, and it could never have been done better.

The Sky Is Falling – about a girl who’s life is falling apart, and she starts to contemplate suicide. She meets some interesting characters on her journey – chain-smoking Santa Claus (Chris Eliot), a child-like literary agent (Sean Astin), and even her ex-hippie dad (Howard Hessman) and her mom (Teri Garr). W/ a cast like that, how could it NOT be good?

WaxWorks – I know Matt has mentioned this, but I wanted to reiterate how excellent this movie is. A bunch of teenagers go to a midnight showing at a wax museum and get sucked into the displays. Cool special effects.

Freeway – a modern Little Red Riding Hood w/ Reese Witherspoon as a gangsta runaway picked up by Big Bad Wolf Kiefer Sutherland. Cameo by Brooke Shields as Kiefer’s wife.

The Good Baby – starring Henry Thomas as a mentally slow man who finds a baby in the woods and decides to keep her. Slow but excellent.

Suicide Kings – probably not really obscure, since I’m sure it’s more popular than I give it credit for. Starring Christopher Walken (WALKEN, people), Henry Thomas, Denis Leary, Johnny Galecki (Darlene’s boyfriend from RoseAnne) and Jay Mohr. A bunch of rich twenty-somethings kidnap an ex-Mob boss, cut off his finger, and blackmail him into helong one of the guys find his kidnapped sister. Walken. That’s all I have to say.

Double Whammy – also starring Denis Leary as a cop trying to figure his life out. There are awesome subplots, like the one w/ two future screenwriters trying to put their movie together in the empty apartment next to Leary’s. Steve Buschemi plays Denis’ gay partner, Elizabeth Hurley is the chiropracter who fixes Denis’ back, and Luiz Guzman is the building super. Also stars Chris Noth and Sally Jesse Rapheal.

Harrison Bergeron – starring Sean Astin as Harrison Bergeron. Cool Kurt Vonnegut story about a world aiming at making everyone average. If you’re smarter than average, the Government will find a way to fix that. Also starring Eugene Levy and Howie Mandel.

Where The Day Takes You – I can’t praise this movie enough. Story of a bunch of homeless kids and the different paths their lives take. If only all homeless were this good looking. :-) Almost makes you want to move out of your house and live in a box. Starring Sean Astin, Will Smith (in a wheelchair), Dermot Mulroney, Balthaxar Getty, Ricki Lake (before the talk show), Lara Flynn Boyle, Alyssa Milano, David Arquette (before he became a parody of himself) and Adam Baldwin.

Safe Passage – after seeing a military bombing on the news and realizing her son was there, a woman (Susan Sarandon) gathers her family around her to wait for the phone call w/ the news. Also starring Sean Astin (who’s part was supposed to go to River Phoenix, before he died), Nick Stahl, the London twins (Jason and Jeremy), Marcia Gay Harden and Sam Shephard.

Staying Together – also starring Sean Astin (I told you I was obsessed). Three brothers find out that their family business – a fried chicken fast food restaurant – has been sold by their father, leaving them nothing for their futures. Also starring Dermot Mulroney, Stockard Channing and Daphne Zuniga.

Theresa’s tattoo was pretty good. A "good" girl gets kidnapped during a party and made to pose as some guy’s dead sister (who happens to be a prostitute). Cheesy but awesome. Also starring C. Thomas Howell as the Frozen Foods king, Matt Adler, Nancy McKeon, Lou Diamond Phillips, Casey Siemaszco (Three O’Clock High), Jonathan Silverman, Melissa Etheridge, k.d. lang, Tippi Hedron (The Birds), Anthony Clark (Yes, Dear), and Diedrich Bader (Oswald from The Drew Creey Show).

Phew. I’d be surpised if anyone actually reads that, but I just kept thinking of more.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 09/08/2004 9:23 AM

god#$%it. i can’t believe someone else recommended ‘defending your life’ before i did. buggernaught!

hmm. well my guilty pleasure is ‘undercover blues’ because it has my ideal relationship – HORNY SPIES!
but i wouldn’t inflict that on anyone else…so i’ll go with…

Battle Royale. KICKASS-U!

Chestnuts roasted by Melinda @ 09/08/2004 9:36 AM

Can there be any greater flick than MEGAFORCE? And yes, MEGAFORCE always has to be written in caps. Always.

MEGAFORCE.

Chestnuts roasted by GLS @ 09/08/2004 9:59 AM

Crap, sorry about the bold again, y’all.

Chestnuts roasted by trajeal @ 09/08/2004 10:03 AM

A movie not too many people have seen named ET. It’s about a boy who befriends an alien. Just kidding.

Two movies that come to mind are Joy Sticks and Kilbots. Joysticks is about a group of kids who try to save an arcade. It just like every other movie like Breakin 2 where kids all hang out and participate in some fad and have to try to save it from evil rich people. It’s a real cheesy and bad movie but you get to see a lot of classic video games from the 80′s. Matt should review it sometime.

Another is Kilbots or Chopping Mall as it is also known as. This is about a group of kids who party in a mall after hours and a group of security robots malfunction and begin to kill the kids. Another really bad but fun movie.

Chestnuts roasted by King Chachi @ 09/08/2004 10:10 AM

Meet the Feebles!

Chestnuts roasted by Poopman @ 09/08/2004 10:35 AM

Has anyone seen Trancers? One of those movies that used to be on HBO everday back in the ’80′s. Watched it while playing hooky from school once. I thought it would be horrible, but not bad entertainment when you are sitting home in your pj’s. There is a line that sticks in my head to this day from it, the main character travels back in time to present day (1985-6?). And the first thing he does is find some kind of lotion and puts it in his hair and says,"Dry hair is for Squids." Everytime I put gel in my hear to this day that line goes through my head. Amazing because it was almost 20 years ago!

Chestnuts roasted by Mike @ 09/08/2004 10:51 AM

Guys, it’s movies you don’t think others have seen. Movies like Robin Hood, Men in Tights don’t count b/c everyone has seen them.

My obscure fave of all time is the 1984 Japanese film Gyakufunsha Kazoku. THE CRAZY FAMILY. My parents (who only see foreign films) took me to see this acid trip of a flick when I was only nine. Basically, your stereotypical Japanese family moves to the burbs and flips out and starts trying to kill eachother. IF ANYONE HAS SEEN THIS, PLEASE LET ME KNOW!!!

Runners up for Movies you’ve probably never seen:

1. BLACK DEVIL DOLL FROM HELL.
2. MANOS THE HANDS OF FATE (someone above named it too, but the insanity of this movie warrants mention again).
3. Rashamon and Kagemusha (tie for best non-Ran Kurasawa flicks)
4. MY LIFE AS A DOG (Swedish flick)
5. Casabanga (yes, banga), the Flintbones and Edward Penishands (3 way tie for most hysterical porn titles).

Chestnuts roasted by Pedro @ 09/08/2004 10:53 AM

Recommended movies you guys might not have seen:

Toy Solders w/ Sean Astin

Only the Strong (Survive)

Blood In, Blood Out w/ Benjamin Bratt

Chestnuts roasted by J-Dog @ 09/08/2004 10:57 AM

Mahabharata
or Tron (I really wanna throw a frisbee at someone)

Chestnuts roasted by ghfghj @ 09/08/2004 11:23 AM

oh wait maybe Starcrash

Chestnuts roasted by ghhgg @ 09/08/2004 11:24 AM

Why is everything Bold?

Anyway, anything TMNT is always appreciated. But I never wore a bike helment. Sue me. I guess the ad didn’t work.

As for movies: I’m going to suggest the 1984 Version of "1984", starring John Hurt and Richard Burton. Yes, it is depressing, but it is also one of the best book-to film translations ever made. It was actually filmed in England in 1984, just as Orwell had written. Pretty Awesome.

Chestnuts roasted by Cameron T. @ 09/08/2004 11:26 AM

I remember that Mikey infomercial – he did sound apologetic saying "cowabunga." Mother was great and so was defending your life, but my movie pick has to be Shallow Grave. If you like Trainspotting, you’ll enjoy this movie!

~Mother, tell your children not to walk my way!

Chestnuts roasted by Mugzy. . . @ 09/08/2004 11:32 AM

I know a lot of people probably saw it but "Rushmore" is my all time favorite movie, bar none.
"Nice nurses uniform guy."
"They’re O.R. Scrubs"
"OH ARE they?"

Also I went to a "schlock around the clock" a while ago and Saw "Dr. Goldfoot and the Bikini Machine" Thats a classic. Vincent Price making the original Fembots to try to blow up Frankie Avalon.

Chestnuts roasted by Paulzy @ 09/08/2004 11:50 AM

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