Sunday’s Found Footage Festival to feature local clips

Mike Paulus |

On Sunday, Eau Claire’s Cameo Budget Theater will enjoy yet another visit from the enjoyable Found Footage Festival. And this time, the fest will be featuring some local clips, like the one below. FFF co-curator Joe Pickett says:

  • This video was found in a closet in the old Menards building in EC. I guess the facility also doubled as a studio for a regional home shopping channel called America's Value Network. The video was found by a friend of ours and was labeled "Sell Sell Sell." It featured 30 minutes from "The John & Johnny Show," a show that felt like they were making it up as they went along. It also feels like uppers were involved. We actually tracked down Johnny (the one sans mustache) and talked to him about it. He said that this particular show (which didn't last very long) was one of the very first home shopping shows ever. This clip contains one of Johnny’s' best lines – “Automatically outstanding!”

FFF goes down on Sunday, December 13 at 7pm and 9pm.