Category: How-To
How To Raise A Street-Smart Kid
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This video purports to teach children how to be safe from strangers and then proceeds to mock those same children by showing them how ignorant they are. Pretty good strategy if you ask us. This tape was found at a fle...
How To Be A Real Man
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This clip from a video entitled "How to be a Real Man," found at a flea market in Berea, Ohio, shows hip teenagers that life isn't only about Demolition Man posters, Counting Crows CDs and dressing like a bumbling und...
How To Seduce Women Through Hypnosis
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A Found Footage Festival classic, this video somehow manages to be creepier than its title suggests. And that's quite a feat for a video called "How to Seduce Women Through Hypnosis." Available on the FFF Vol. 2 DVD.
At Home With English: Part 1
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This public access show out of Austin, TX was intended as an instructional video for non-English speakers.
Total Self Defense
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After one of the greatest intros ever committed to VHS, "Total Self Defense" introduces us to host John McSweeney, a guy who could kill a man with a single blow but is still exceedingly polite to his assistant, Paul. ...
Country Ham, City Ham
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Merle Ellis, the host of Mastering the Art of Carving, has a very soothing voice.
Hair Again
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Donna Barrett-Gilbert, the unmistakably Christian hairstylist with credits on "Star Trek V," "Rambo III" and "Walker, Texas Ranger," takes us on a rambling journey through the horrific world of wig styling. More on th...
I Gotta Go!
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We find a lot of potty training videos at thrift stores, but "I Gotta Go!" might be the catchiest one of all time. Plus, there's a chimp at the end.
Making Halloween Special
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This Halloween arts and crafts video from 1996 appears to be fueled entirely by vegetables and dry ice. Hosted by the easily impressed Sharon Anderson.
Pretty Boy Floyd
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In this instructional video, entitled "Secrets of Pool Hustling," professional pool shark Pretty Boy Floyd espouses his opinions on just about everything except pool hustling. More Pretty Boy Floyd is featured on the ...
Computers
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This montage of computer instructional videos tells you everything you need to know about computing in the mid-90s, via rappers, white guys, old people, and the cast of "Friends." Â Featuring The Family Guide to Compu...
Training Video Montage
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This collection features training videos from the 80s/90s that were either found, donated, or stolen by us, including "fun" corporate indoctrination from Jewel Supermarket, Wendy's, Arby's, and Chick-fil-A. Even more ...
Accidents Stink!
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We admire this care giver instructional video for attempting to make an unpleasant procedure entertaining, but we're not sure "bowel care" needed to be fun. The video gets a lot crazier, but you'll have to wait until ...
Barroom Brawling
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Marc "Animal" MacYoung (featured in "Self Defense Montage" in the Volume 3 DVD) is back with some friends in this homemade instructional video about winning bar fights. And yes, there's a reenactment!
The Hair Mack
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We found this combination hair styling video/blaxploitation movie (running time: 55 mins.) in Detroit. In it, Cool C, the Chief Executive Officer of II Hype, teaches us how to create an easy, breezy hairstyle known as...
Beaver Felton
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We found this instructional video, "Superchops 4 Bass with Beaver Felton," in Toronto and have been enamored with bass guitar guru Beaver Felton ever since. Here, he explains his finger exercise techniques in a car th...
Secret Video Game Tricks
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This two-part video series from 1989 was hosted by members of the U.S. National Video Game Team, who, if memory serves, brought home the gold for America in the 1988 Olympics. These are secret video game tricks. They ...
Linda Blair’s How To Get Revenge
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This instructional video, starring Linda Blair from "The Exorcist," starts out with a jokey premise, but the revenge tips that Blair and company offer are far too well-thought-out and far too illegal to be anything bu...
Hair Again, Part 2
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More wig styling tips from consummate weirdo Donna Barratt Gilbert, who seems to be having a conversation with a little person who lives inside her head. Found by Billy Taylor in Tennessee.
Michael Bolton’s Winning Softball
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Singer, heartthrob, and softball enthusiast Michael Bolton brags about how good he is at softball (and how generous he is) in this perplexing instructional video. More Bolton on the FFF Vol. 1 DVD.
Your Cat Wants A Massage
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Introducing Champion and his owner, Maryjean, a woman who's the dictionary definition of a crazy cat lady. More Cat Massage on the Found Footage Festival: Vol. 3 DVD.
Escape With Herb Johnson
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Self defense techniques from a man with the least intimidating name of all time. Herb is a great martial artist but not much of a public speaker. More on the Found Footage Festival Vol. 3 DVD.
The Video Guide To Successful Seduction
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Handsome folks from the '80s share their seduction tips. Plus, there's a sleazy reenactment thrown in for good measure. More "Seduction" on the Found Footage Festival Vol. 4 DVD.
Toilet Training The Feline
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In this homemade instructional video from 1992, a cat owner named Jill takes us through the long and overly complicated steps of toilet training a kitty. She also dabbles in poetry. More TTTF on the FFF Vol. 3 DVD.
