Classic Nick Wed. – In Need
Of A Title
Wednesday, May 21, 2014John left a comment on one of my blogs. He is looking for the name of a movie but I don’t remember it so I’m coming to you to help him find out the name of this film. Here is a description of the film he is looking for:
John – April 24, 2014 at 8:04 AM
Hello, I am trying to find information
on a short film that was shown on Standby, Lights, Camera, Action. The film was
about a box-like robotic servant whose owner became increasingly dependent on
it. The owner's friend was worried so he took the servant away to show his
friend how bad the situation had gotten. Back at his own house, however, the
friend then started to become dependent on the servant, too.
I would really like to see
this again.
Classic Nickelodeon Fan Blog – May 15, 2014 at 12:29
AM
Hi John,
Forgive me for taking so long
to get back to you, the class I’m taking is kinda kicking my butt right now.
Are you sure this was on
Standby, Lights, Camera, Action and not a Speical Delivery? SLCA went behind
the scenes of different movies to see how they’re made, they interviewed the
actors and even showed us how some special effects were created.
Special Delivery on the other
hand showed movies and shorts that were not on the normal Nickelodeon schedule.
But either way if you can remember anything more about this it would help a
lot.
For instance: how old are
you? Believe it or not age makes a big difference in tracking this stuff down.
Another factor in tracking down this film is narrowing down about what year you
saw it. Was it early, mid or late 1980’s? Or did you happen to see it in the
90? See if you can remember any names or settings, that will help a lot as
well. Then if you still haven’t remembered anything by next week I’ll do a special
Classic Nickelodeon Wednesday post for you.
Hello, thanks for the reply! I am sure I saw this short film on Standby… Lights! Camera! Action!
Also, I think this 8 minute
segment that I found on YouTube MAY have been from the same episode:
The poster’s description
states Leonard Nimoy “interviews a Young Joey Ahlbum about his SVA Thesis film
'Bandits'. I believe this is from 1983 or thereabouts.”
When Standby debuted in May,
1982, I would have just turned 12.
(Yes, I am now 44 years
old….)
Thanks again, John