RIZZO'S BRAIN
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This archeological excursion into Philadelphia's spotted underbelly
answers those perennial questions: Did Frank Rizzo really have doves flying
from his armpits? Are the mummers true artists? Are you really safe? And
finally, how many Philadelphia criminals can you identify in this program....
Tune in and find out. |
DESERT STORM
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Where were you when the bombs started flying? Watching the war on CNN
of course... Relive those magic moments, as Termite TV telescopes its own
historical spin on the events, with old favorites like Wolf, Norm, and that
greatest magician of all, George. Remember, in order for the trick to succeed,
you must keep the audience distracted. |
TELEVISION
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Hear the true confessions of a producer as he makes a sacrificial offer
to St. Clare, patroness saint of television. Bow your head to the gleaming
giants at the Manayunk antenna farm. Figure out how much it costs to watch
your favorite programs. Learn how to change the channel. How many hours
of television do you watch a day? |
CONSUMERISM
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Follow "Only a Test" as we go undercover to a meeting of Victoria's
Secret addicts, to discover if feminism and lingerie are really compatible.
This half-hour will reveal the true connection between mall grazing and
hunting/gathering, and leak the secret about the color of colas. How much
does watching TV really cost? |
GENDER
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Sugar and spice and testosterone and reproductive states of emergency...
Termite TV plays doctor with contemporary notions of male and female, and
explores constructs like fashion, fishing and feminism. Androgenous babies
and obsolete men are just two of the possibilities raised in this show,
which poses a final dilemma : are women's bikes really liberating? |
NATURE VS. CULTURE
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A peculiar fact about termite-tapeworm-fungus-moss art is that it moves
always forward, eating its own boundaries, and, likely as not leaves nothing
in its path but the signs of eager, industrious, unkempt activity. (Manny
Farber, 1962). So begins this fluid amalgam of shorts which question the
tension between the natural, non-human world and our innate drive to manipulate,
codify, create and control the environment. |
CONSPIRACY
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THIS IS ONLY A TEST's most controversial show provides a Theory of Everything
linking the Kennedy Assassination to the texture of day-old Wonder Bread,
Automatic Teller Machines, birth control, disturbed loners, and pussycats.
A high priest of conspiracy theology outlines strategies of resistance. |
THE WILLOUGHBY SHARP SPECIAL
featuring guest hosts
Connie Coleman & Alan Powell.
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Join the Termite TV Collective as we ponder Art in the Seventies.
Willoughby Sharp's 1975 performance art piece Cough Up shares screen space
with "live" commentary by video artists Connie Coleman and Alan
Powell. A profound conceptual statement about spectacle in the information
age *or* an idiot man, stoned out of his mind, lights a fire in a bucket?
Cough up! |
CLEANLINESS IS NEXT TO GODLINESS
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Termites ponder the idea of "taboo" across a continuum ranging
from venial sin, differing standards of physical hygiene, dominant/submissive
relationships and, yes, gay sexuality and masturbation. Shame! |
LIFE AND DEATH
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Autofocus on health and the body. Pathology of the discovery of a large
intestinal worm. Reflection on the illness called "menstruation."
Talking with the dead. Bladder control and French Toast with a degenerative
nerve disease. Macro closeup on recovery from brain surgery. Finding a dentist
when you're HIV positive. |
ELECTION SPECIAL 1992
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