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Series: Tube Time

Films and videos found online, inspired by teenagers.

  • April 28, 2014

    I Was A Teenage Teenager

    BY Charles Hailer

    In January, San Francisco’s Roxie Theater programmed I Was a Teenage Teenager, a film series dedicated to the teenage experience.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • April 14, 2014

    Parents of Punkers

    BY Charles Hailer

    In 1984 daytime talk-show host Phil Donahue bravely tackled the punk epidemic, pitting punk teens against their baffled and buttoned down parents. 

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • April 10, 2014

    Eli Porter: People’s Champion

    BY Charles Hailer

    In 2003 kids from Chamblee, GA, a small suburb north of Atlanta, taped a rap battle show called “Iron Mic” during their 4th period film class.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • March 26, 2014

    Mission Possible – Bike Safety

    BY Charles Hailer

    Comatose teens “Dirty Larry” and “Careless Carol” wreak bicycle havoc on the streets of Austin until a rag tag bunch of kids save them from themselves.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • March 7, 2014

    BABYMETAL

    BY Charles Hailer

    Fourteen year olds Moametal and Yuimetal back up sixteen year old Su-Metal in a Japanese band that peddles a mind bending amalgamation of sugary, mechanized J-pop and neck snapping nu-metal.

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  • February 25, 2014

    How to Jitterbug

    BY Charles Hailer

    If you caught our new clip on USA Today’s Pop Candy and wondered how to pull off some of those dance moves: the folks at Metro Goldwyn Mayer have you covered with their Groovie Movie (1944), an occasionally awkward, but physically impressive, instructional video that packs in a lot of historical speculation, outrageous dance moves and blazing swing music as it races towards a truly gonzo-fun conclusion.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • February 21, 2014

    Do the Stroll

    BY Charles Hailer

    The teen dance craze called “The Stroll” was given it’s titular anthem by Canadian vocal group The Diamonds in 1957 with slithering saxophones and a slow walking beat.

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  • January 16, 2014

    California Fever

    BY Lucas Habte

    California Fever was an early teen drama, first aired by CBS in 1979 and lasting only 10 episodes before cancellation.

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  • December 20, 2013

    The First Ever Teen Drama

    BY Lucas Habte

    Beverly Hills, 90210, Degrassi High, My So-Called Life, and Dawson’s Creek were all shows from the 1990s that pioneered the now ubiquitous teen drama, but nothing came before Never Too Young, the 1965 TV show that was the first to target a teen audience.

    FROM:Tube Time

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  • November 8, 2013

    90s Hip-Hop on BET Teen Summit

    BY Lucas Habte

    The BET Teen Summit was a TV show for teenagers on air from 1989 to 2002 that combined a talk show where teens discussed everyday issues with live performances from up and coming hip-hop and R&B groups.

    FROM:Tube Time

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