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MI releases video, more to come
December 27th, 2002
By Jim "Cosmo" Hetzer

Midnight Insanity is releasing a convention and broadcast highlight video. With a message of more to come. The message below is taken from an email from Mark Tomaino of Midnight Insanity, Art Theater, Long Beach, CA

With hundreds of video tapes from shows and conventions and other media, I have finally put together a highlight video of clips I think might be of interest to many RHPS fans.

We are selling it just to get Rocky Highlights of the last ten years from around the country out to fans who were there and fans who WISH they were there. Our goal is to make it available and to cover our costs.

Below is the list of what is included on this first tape. I am sure I have enough material to make MANY more highlight compilations. They are not grouped or in any order necessarily.

Some of the footage features performances by specific casts of course....but with all the changes in cast leadership and theaters I do not know who to contact to let them know they were selected...so basically you are on there and don't worry we are not making a profit at your expense. IF you happen to be in charge of one of the featured casts and do NOT wish to be on there then please let me know and your segment will be replaced with another. Otherwise here is the text of the intro to the tape and the playlist:

"The video you are about to see is dubbed. This video is a compilation of various broadcast, theater, convention and special appearance footage of interest to Rocky Fans. The recording quality is sometimes good, sometimes marginal. It is the best we could do with the equipment and source materials available.

"Even though the images or audio could sometimes be better we felt it was important that people get to relive things that they were there to witness or view things they missed. This tape will be of interest to anyone curious about the development of the fan participation and conventions over the years. This is not a chronological history…but we did give dates when we could remember them.

"The cost of these tapes reflects that we are more interested in distributing this film than profiting from it. We want everyone to be able to feel a little bit like they were there. We hope you enjoy the content and creativity that so many people and casts worked so hard to present. This is not meant to represent just Midnight Insanity. We included several special performances and clips from non MI cast and media. Unfortunately there were things we had to leave out, in order to choose what we felt were the best of the best performances and features of universal interest.

"This tape is the first in a series. Please check www.midnightinsanity.com or www.rockystore.com for continued availability of this and subsequent tapes in the series."

"If your cast has something that you are particularly proud of we encourage you to submit it to Midnight Insanity for inclusion on an upcoming compilation. Please email Mark Tomaino, thefixxer@aol.com for submission guidelines. Future editions will have more convention footage, broadcast shows that feature Rocky or rarities related to Rocky Horror.

Video Contents (Run time a little over two hour):

News Program Doo Dah Parade Highlights

1995 Beverly Hills Con Midnight Insanity Damien Time Warp Medley

Drew Carey Show Time Warp v. Priscilla featuring MI Cast members

1999 A Jump to the Left. Tucson AZ "News 69 the Final Cast"

Elvira's Haunted Hills Movie Trailer starring Richard O'Brien

1995 Stephanie Miller Show with ROB and Pat Quinn plus
Midnight Insanity (Art Theater Long Beach) and Sins o' the Flesh
(Nuart Theater Los Angeles)

1995 Beverly Hills Con Blacklight Trixie Monique Martin of Indecent Exposure

1998 Rocky Con Las Vegas:
     A Jump to The Left Special Performance Pop Medley
     Midnight Insanity X Files Episode
     Film Channel Top 100 Movies of All Time video clip
     introduced by Megan Tabor
     Channel 69 News cast by A Jump to the Left of Tucson
     Sal Piro as Dame Edna

1995 VH1 "20 Years of Rocky" hosted by Meat Loaf
(at that time the highest rated show ever broadcast by
VH1… unaware if any show has ever topped this.)

To Order:
Send $8.50 to:

Or Paypal $9.00 to intouchdating@aol.com

Your video will be shipped in a plastic video case along with a free Rocky Horror Flashlight or free Broadway Sampler CD.

If you wish to pick up a copy of the video AT the Art Theater during a Rocky Show you can save $3 shipping and packaging charge.

Related Links:
www.midnightinsanity.com
www.rockystore.com
www.paypal.com

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