Re(dux): VLVL(5) At the Movies and on the Tube

[Robin Landseadel]

Note that L.A. TV in the 60's and 70's had plenty of old—classic— 
movies on various local outlets. In the 60's, there was a regular  
"Million Dollar Movie" on KHJ-TV channel 9, a RKO owned outlet with  
plenty of classic movies in their vaults and nightly on the tube. Ben  
Hunter's Movie Matinee on KTTV channel even got parodied by the  
Firesign Theater as "Ben Bland's All Day/All Night Matinee."

http://moviestildawn.blogspot.com/2007/07/under-non-alcoholic-analog-influence.html

Remember, as well, how Frenesi's parents were deep into Hollywood as  
grips and gaffers—the lowest folks on the Hollywood totem pole,  
arguing and yelling at the tube, noting the minutiæ of set  
construction and the buried history of Hollywood and Labor.

Also, the seventies was a golden age for repertoire theaters,  
particularly in the greater LA area. Not as unlikely as as it might  
seem these days.

On Jan 13, 2009, at 2:59 PM, Dave Monroe wrote:

> To: pynchon-l@[omitted]
> Date: Tue, 9 Sep 2003 10:46:52 -0400
> Subject: VLVL(5) At the Movies and on the Tube
> From: Toby G Levy <tobylevy@[omitted]>
>
> There's a rather odd exchange between Zoyd and Frenesi during their
> last face to face conversation as described on the second page of
> Chapter 5....
	
	. . .It seems strange that these two characters are discussing a  
movie from 1945 in the 1970s.  This was just before cable TV and VCRs  
exploded the availability of old movies. Why do you suppose Pynchon  
has the two main characters bring this movie up?
> http://waste.org/mail/?list=pynchon-l&month=0309&msg=85504