Alive from Off Center — Season 1, Episode 4: Comedy Video
Documentary • 28 min • 11 seasons, 26 episodes • ★ 8.0/10
Episode synopsis
Artists who poke fun at the medium of television are the focus of this 1985 episode. As noted by host Susan Stamberg, Comedy on Video is highly self-reflexive since these artists not only mock commercial television but also educational television, a subgenre in which Alive from Off Center can be included. Segments include Zbigniew Rybczynski’s The Day Before, William Wegman’s Man Ray – Man Ray, “Joan Logue’s TV Commercials for Artists, and Tom Rubnitz and actress Ann Magnuson’s Made for TV.
About Alive from Off Center
An avant-garde omnibus that features works by off-the-wall artists in many different disciplines.