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My fascination with Sid And Marty Krofft go back to when I was just 3 years old(1976).I was born and raised in Atlanta during the time that Sid and Marty took up space inside the now defunct Omni center(Now CNN Center).Their theme attraction was"The World Of Sid And Marty Krofft".During part of the opening sequence you can see the city where I grew up and became a man during its funkiest period in time.The highway that Captain Kool and The Kongs are leading the kids down is the off/on ramp from I-78/85 that leads to the Presidential Parkway(Jimmy Carter).It was probably chosen since it is one of the best spots to see the main skyscrapers.The last part shows the band performing inside the Omni on the main floor level.It was a fun time to grow up and it was during a time when people(meaning parents) where not overly sensitive.Kids were allowed to think for themselves vs being spoon fed what they should or should not like.Also TV was way less retarded.True,The glam rock look dates this program quite a bit but it was relevant during the times.The Vietnam war was one year over,Gerald Ford was president(defeated by Jimmy Carter in 77),kid cereal could rot your teeth if not carefull and cars were large flotation devices on for wheels(my parents had a 66 ford galaxie and 74 pontiac catalina.Given a chance ,I would like to see that time period again if just to remember more of what I saw at 3 years old.

For about 20 years no one I talked to could tell me the name of this spanish show that came on PBS untill I posted the question at The Toonarific Archive.Within a day ,a fellow user gave me a link to Yesterdayland that told about the show and how it was railroaded off the air by THE CHILDRENS TELEVISION WORK SHOP OF ALL COMPANIES!! Turns out,they didnt want ANY competition for the spanish speaking public so they sought to have their funding removed.Eventually they won in 1980 and the show was cancelled.There was also some bickering as to which of the spanish speaking comunities would have the greatest influence(Cuban,Mexican,S.American,Spanish,).It really bothered me to hear about the troubles behind the scenes that the show had.Shame on you Big Bird!

Anyone who will attempt to critique this movie as a MOVIE needs their head examined cause its not that kind of film folks.This is basicly a thinly(and i do say thinly) disguised hourplus show down of how many black college bands do their thing during halftime at the football game.No one actually comes to see the game.Its the halftime show everyones waiting to see.As a former High School band sax player at Northside(North Atlanta) High,we always looked up to the local and out of state college bands for inspiration like Jackson State,FamU, TSU and many others.The movie plot was just thrown in their to get it classified as a film a bit more entertaining that the old fashioned style documentary.So if you come to see this film to see the bands shake their thang,you are in the right place.If you came to pick it apart as a film,you have just wasted your money. I was also pleased to see a couple of my friends from high school involved in the film Mr Aaron Bentley And Mr Miguel Gaetan. So,to all uptight in the rearend folks .STAY AWAY and to all the FUNKY PEOPLE check this out folks.