I too watched this show in the 80's and so wish it would come to DVD. It was progressive, interesting, unique and extremely entertaining. I have really missed this show since it went off the air. I remember the crazy animation and it was the first time I saw Refer Madness(which made me laugh, mostly) among other shows that were cutting edge at that time. I miss the 1970's so much and wish something like it was still with us. A lot of the 70's and 80's shows were the best and so creative. I watched Night Flight every weekend as a kid and wish someone would pick up the reruns. I give it like twenty stars. ********************
21 Reviews
Memories of Night Flight
Bill3571 April 2009
I remember an article From a 1981 issue of Rolling Stone magazine contrasting Night Flight and MTV. Believe it or not, the article predicted that MTV would fold and Night Flight, being on an established channel and being more flexible, was a safer bet!
Unlike the other reviewers, I grew up on a street without cable TV and missed seeing this on USA network the first several years. Sometime in the late eighties re-runs and new episodes began to run on the local NBC affiliate immediately after Saturday Night Live. It completely blew my ten year old mind.
A list of things I remember most:
Bambi vs. Godzilla (of course)
An anti-communist, what if?, TV drama narrated by Ronald Reagan where a freedom fighting teacher's students turn him in to the American KGB
A serialized version of Chained For Life with the (original conjoined) Hilton Sisters, renamed Twin Geeks and with the Twin Peaks theme song playing over old footage of a saw mill
Jack Mac And Radboy Go, an animated short that was one of the inspirations for Beavis And Butthead.
Condensed versions of Night of the Living Dead, a Bela Lugosi Monogram picture and Marihuanna: the Devils Weed
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Barnes And Barnes' music video, "Fish Heads", directed by and starring a young Bill Paxton!
Robert Rodriguez's award-winning short film "Bedhead"
A Power Ranger type show from Japan re-dubbed to sound stupid
Bill Murrey Looking for the perfect flower to eat
An animated short with cockroaches dancing inside of a jukebox
A really nervous guy with a bizarre zombie-like, roommate who plays the "Here is Thumbkin" song on a perpetual loop, driving him insane (or is he already?)
A maid who is browbeat by her boss over the phone into killing his wife only to find out after the deed is done that it was a guy who called the wrong number
A guy who who has to battle his way through urban mishaps on his to a job interview only to find out that the boss is the guy he nearly beat up
Music videos by David Bowie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Duran Duran, Devo, etcetera, usually as part of their Takes Off... segment
If you never saw it you'd probably be puzzled. Needless to say, I was disappointed in the early nineties to see Night Flight turn into an all music video format hosted by the sleazy looking Tom Juarez, playing hour long blocks from the likes of P. J. Harvey, but what else was there to watch?
I hoped it would change back to it's former glory, all the way until it was canceled and replaced on my local affiliate by another worthy but short-lived show, Weird TV.
Unlike the other reviewers, I grew up on a street without cable TV and missed seeing this on USA network the first several years. Sometime in the late eighties re-runs and new episodes began to run on the local NBC affiliate immediately after Saturday Night Live. It completely blew my ten year old mind.
A list of things I remember most:
Bambi vs. Godzilla (of course)
An anti-communist, what if?, TV drama narrated by Ronald Reagan where a freedom fighting teacher's students turn him in to the American KGB
A serialized version of Chained For Life with the (original conjoined) Hilton Sisters, renamed Twin Geeks and with the Twin Peaks theme song playing over old footage of a saw mill
Jack Mac And Radboy Go, an animated short that was one of the inspirations for Beavis And Butthead.
Condensed versions of Night of the Living Dead, a Bela Lugosi Monogram picture and Marihuanna: the Devils Weed
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge
Barnes And Barnes' music video, "Fish Heads", directed by and starring a young Bill Paxton!
Robert Rodriguez's award-winning short film "Bedhead"
A Power Ranger type show from Japan re-dubbed to sound stupid
Bill Murrey Looking for the perfect flower to eat
An animated short with cockroaches dancing inside of a jukebox
A really nervous guy with a bizarre zombie-like, roommate who plays the "Here is Thumbkin" song on a perpetual loop, driving him insane (or is he already?)
A maid who is browbeat by her boss over the phone into killing his wife only to find out after the deed is done that it was a guy who called the wrong number
A guy who who has to battle his way through urban mishaps on his to a job interview only to find out that the boss is the guy he nearly beat up
Music videos by David Bowie, Stevie Ray Vaughn, Duran Duran, Devo, etcetera, usually as part of their Takes Off... segment
If you never saw it you'd probably be puzzled. Needless to say, I was disappointed in the early nineties to see Night Flight turn into an all music video format hosted by the sleazy looking Tom Juarez, playing hour long blocks from the likes of P. J. Harvey, but what else was there to watch?
I hoped it would change back to it's former glory, all the way until it was canceled and replaced on my local affiliate by another worthy but short-lived show, Weird TV.
For the weird, for the wild, for the Insomniac in us all!
silverkittygirl16 July 2008
Someone can write a correction if I am wrong about this but I remember seeing a cartoon called "Thank you, Masked Man" on this show. It was completely crass but I still laugh my head off remembering it. You had to love a show that seemed to have no format but you just didn't want to turn it off. I also think I remember seeing the video for Stevie Ray Vaughns first single, "Love Struck Baby". I didn't have Mtv immediately so a few friends and I found whatever programming we could to see what all these videos and other new things were all about. It definitely was worth loosing sleep over on a weekend. This series would definitely be great to see again after all these years.
The best television experience of the '80s
smoke010 July 2006
Simply put, Night Flight was to TV in the '80s what FM was to radio in the '70s - a threat. FM was soon tamed after a few years, so it became as mainstream and predictable as any AM station, and so was Night Flight.
I would just set the VCR and go out, knowing I could come home and watch something I had no opportunity to see or hear anyplace else on cable or network TV. There were nights I chose not to go out to whatever great new club, since Night Flight was always far more interesting.
Unfortunately, it had to end, and it did - one night, there were no more banned music videos, no more unedited films, no more questionable shorts and cartoons, no more head trip, all of the brilliance was replaced first by some inane English rock show that seemed to be made for an audience of 12 year olds, and then Gilbert Gottfried up all night, which put me to sleep.
I assume USA had to let it go, since it wasn't pay-per-view or a premium cable channel, and therefore was too risky for advertisers afraid of offending those good parents who wanted to use safe family channels like USA as their electronic babysitter, even at 11:00 pm.
I would just set the VCR and go out, knowing I could come home and watch something I had no opportunity to see or hear anyplace else on cable or network TV. There were nights I chose not to go out to whatever great new club, since Night Flight was always far more interesting.
Unfortunately, it had to end, and it did - one night, there were no more banned music videos, no more unedited films, no more questionable shorts and cartoons, no more head trip, all of the brilliance was replaced first by some inane English rock show that seemed to be made for an audience of 12 year olds, and then Gilbert Gottfried up all night, which put me to sleep.
I assume USA had to let it go, since it wasn't pay-per-view or a premium cable channel, and therefore was too risky for advertisers afraid of offending those good parents who wanted to use safe family channels like USA as their electronic babysitter, even at 11:00 pm.
Night Flight
Foaming18 November 2007
It was so long ago I can barely remember what they showed. What I do remember is that this was the coolest show of its time.
I considered it must-see viewing. Every week.
As weebug-1 mentioned there was one week they showed a great movie called "The Chase". I only saw it once and I have always wanted to see it again. This seems to be the only place on the internet anyone remembers it though.
I always suspected The Chase disappeared into a maelstrom of copyright infringement lawsuits by incorporating clips from so many other works. I can't think of any other reason for such a creative little movie to disappear without a trace.
I considered it must-see viewing. Every week.
As weebug-1 mentioned there was one week they showed a great movie called "The Chase". I only saw it once and I have always wanted to see it again. This seems to be the only place on the internet anyone remembers it though.
I always suspected The Chase disappeared into a maelstrom of copyright infringement lawsuits by incorporating clips from so many other works. I can't think of any other reason for such a creative little movie to disappear without a trace.
night flight - great show - the weird music videos.
music7776 November 2010
the best show ever! sadly there will never be another program this good. they try today - but all they can come up with is the over-use of curse words for shock value. sorry, that's not funny! try some "actual comedy effort"...(see space ghost coast to coast) someone tired to do a one-off version of it some time back...it SUCKED!
i have a question...they showed a video of two gals singing a BIZARRE song about their poodles. i'm pretty sure it was called "Poodle Paper".
lyrics were something like: "we've got twin poodles and they're real neat, except when walking them out in the street, they sniff they smell other dog's feces, strutting around at ease." the chorus i don't remember other than "poodle paper poodle paper..blah blah blah." the 2nd verse was like: "they got french haircuts from down the street, and now our poodles look really neat....blah blah blah."
it's a complete CRAP song - yet for some reason i MUST know who performed this wacky tune, can anyone help? wow - they should release night flight (at a bargain price)on DVD. better yet, re-air it, damn it!
i have a question...they showed a video of two gals singing a BIZARRE song about their poodles. i'm pretty sure it was called "Poodle Paper".
lyrics were something like: "we've got twin poodles and they're real neat, except when walking them out in the street, they sniff they smell other dog's feces, strutting around at ease." the chorus i don't remember other than "poodle paper poodle paper..blah blah blah." the 2nd verse was like: "they got french haircuts from down the street, and now our poodles look really neat....blah blah blah."
it's a complete CRAP song - yet for some reason i MUST know who performed this wacky tune, can anyone help? wow - they should release night flight (at a bargain price)on DVD. better yet, re-air it, damn it!
My Favorite aspect of Night Flight is The Cult Classics.
Stebaer413 May 2006
It was shortly after the New Year of 1985 that when I had gone Channel Surfing on a Saturday Night I found on the USA Network The sequence of The Cult Classics starting with The Fleisher Cartoon of Rudolf the Red nosed Reindeer with the foggy Christmas Eve & Rudolph writing a note to his parents saying I went to help Santa I'll be back home later tonight. Love Rudolph then it switched from one scene to the next of other cartoons & features including that MGM color film starring both Ted Healy & his Stooges called Nertzery Rhymes in which Moe,Larry,& Curly were babies & Ted was their Dad & Actress Bonnie Bonnel is there too whether or not as their Mom.In this we also hear where Stooge quotes were previously heard before their most famous Columbia Picture short features.The Following Week I saw The Superman Cartoon used as a filler after a music sequence.Later this year in late May I enjoyed the other Cult Classic Features including the intermix of Music Videos including "Call Me,call me. No time to hesitate,we must communicate... & @ the same time among other things they showed the cartoon of this woman's foot tapping while she's on the phone.Later on that year in the Summer the feature was The Chase with all chase scenes from cartoons & movies including Rambo in Rambo:First Blood Part II.I also recall in March of 1988 the feature of Atomic TV with Cult Classics including the cartoon of the dancing figure with the atomic symbol in place of a head & keeps throwing blasts from his hands.Also seen are films including nuclear blasts & people putting up blankets as if it would block off the radiation.there were also scenes of hair washing & nail scrubbing as though these things would really work this way.I also enjoyed the little feature as a filler of A Coach for Cinderella.Also the Cartoon Soldier of SNAFU of whom I found on a video of which is called I'd bought 13 years later called Cartoons go to war.As my Big Brother J.Kevin said "Night Flight's Cult Classics really was the show for me."At one point in the mail from USA they had even wrote me to tell that The Cult Classics were now a weekly feature of which was called "Off the Wall." but it apparently fell through,because it had never seen the light.Shortly after when I saw Night Flight not listed they told me in the mail upon writing me back what lead to their decision to cancel both Night Flight & Snub TV after 6 years.I'd also look forward to these Cult Classics to be released on DVD too.The following week I enjoyed The Fleischer Superman Cartoon with the flying robots.
Truthfully, Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a. "Ste" of Framingham,Ma.USA
P.S. By the way it was my Brother J.Kevin of whom came up with Ste for me being a year older and unable to say Stephen at the time so if any of you came across anyone addressing himself as Ste then chances are he copied me.
Truthfully, Stephen "Steve" G. Baer a.k.a. "Ste" of Framingham,Ma.USA
P.S. By the way it was my Brother J.Kevin of whom came up with Ste for me being a year older and unable to say Stephen at the time so if any of you came across anyone addressing himself as Ste then chances are he copied me.
Night Flight
ramonvherrera1 October 2014
I used to love the heck out of Night Flight on USA. Great music videos, great shorts and lots of other great stuff. I loved watching the Night Flight logo flying around and the sound it made. As my sisters grew up they watched it and loved it too. I wish they would put this on DVD. I remember always waiting for the weekend just to watch Night Flight. Waiting to see what great videos or shorts they would have on. If they did put this on DVD I would definitely buy it. I think I actually recorded some of the shows back when we had VCR's. Then my sisters and I would take turns recording it. Great times back in the 80's. This was one of the few that really was entertaining because of all the variety it had.
A cult classic late night watch!
blanbrn13 May 2018
Recently just again discovered "Night Flight" I remember it from the 80's now the "IFC" cable network shows old reruns. It's nice to once again see vintage montage clips of old rock videos, movie clips, and interviews with rock stars and it's nice to see old cartoons of social and political parody. I remember it all seeing clips of "Kiss", "Freddy Kruger" and "Richard Nixon" and other presidents. So really if your like me and enjoy the past and are a pop culture lover of entertainment and society then check this gem out as most episodes are only 15 minutes so take the red eye and do a "Night Flight"!
One of the best television shows ever
cfisanick-551-29354412 July 2016
What else can I add about the late, great Night Flight, the cutting edge music/media/cult show from the 80's, that hasn't already been said? It was--and still is--amazing. Trust me, you've never seen anything like it. This obscure, but fondly remembered by those-in-the-know, show is so brilliant that it's like dadaist art for the ages. And now I see that you can watch it as VOD on Roku boxes. But although there are "original episodes" posted, they aren't really the same as how it was back in the day. They are shortened versions of the old shows, most likely because obtaining the rights to much of the original material is cost prohibitive or impossible. Anyway, I digress. If you've only heard about Night Flight, you owe it to yourself to partake of this wonder and be enlightened. For me, I have DVDs with hours of complete episodes captured in the wild. It's a prized possession.
excellent American TV series
mike-bozart11 July 2016
What a sublime late-night weekend treat this TV series was. I always looked forward to watching it on Friday and Saturday nights in the early to mid-'80s, after coming back home from a night out. I was never sure what movie they would show, but I knew that I would probably like it. (Stuart Shapiro shared my cinematic taste.)
Many curious movies - most were cult classics - were shown, such as "La Planete Sauvage" (Fantastic Planet), "Un Homme et une Femme" (A Man and a Woman), "Reefer Madness" (the ridiculous anti-marijuana propaganda film), "Kentucky Fried Movie", "Eraserhead", "The Terror" (1963 version with Jack Nicholson), "Magical Mystery Tour" (Beatles) ...
Nothing like this around anymore.
Many curious movies - most were cult classics - were shown, such as "La Planete Sauvage" (Fantastic Planet), "Un Homme et une Femme" (A Man and a Woman), "Reefer Madness" (the ridiculous anti-marijuana propaganda film), "Kentucky Fried Movie", "Eraserhead", "The Terror" (1963 version with Jack Nicholson), "Magical Mystery Tour" (Beatles) ...
Nothing like this around anymore.
Answers Have Finally Come
MetroRev9 April 2004
For a long time I've talked about this show to friends and no one seemed to remember it. I felt like I was in some movie where everyone's mind had been erased and for some reason I was the only one left to remember this bizarre show. As a kid I'd stay up late, quietly as to not alert the parents, and I'd watch Tales From the Darkside and other strange shows. Then, really, really late at night one local channel began replaying episodes of Night Flight. My mind was blown and was never to be the same again. Night Flight was an amazing show, nothing like it before or ever since. As many comments have mentioned this is a show that will never exist again. It was a rare gem that slipped through the cracks during the 80s to enlighten the few who were lucky to catch it. It finally dawned on me to look up the show on IMDB. I wasn't surprised at all to find it and i was pleasantly surprised to find so many others who had witnessed this one of a kind late night feast for the mind.
Great Fun
hillari9 April 2002
I used to see this show very late at night. It was always on around 2 or 3 AM late Saturday night/early Sunday morning. It was a great mix of music videos, short films and off the wall cartoons ("Bambi vs. Godzilla" was one of them). Very cool late night viewing for night owls such as myself. I believe most of episodes centered around different themes, and everything that was shown flowed smoothly within the subject matter. I wish there was a similar show like it on today; however, there was better music to work with back them.
Simply one of the most ingenious and stylistically singular gems of TV history.
EyeAskance13 March 2004
If the early 1980s marked your high school/college years, there's a good chance you either held-on for dear life to the decomposing remains of that beast called disco, or you embraced the European invasion of punk/new wave subculture which was rarely brought forth to the general American public before this iconic show emerged. "Night Flight" was a brilliant clip-art collage incorporating cutting-edge/avant-garde music, challenging art-cinema, hi-camp vintage Americana, racially insensitive old cartoons, and a whole lot of fashion incentives(VERY "Fiorucci"). This was an exotic dish lovingly prepared for a very select target audience....a unique and conceptually inceptive experiment which, for a short time, separated "us" from "them", aesthetically speaking.
Unexampled, unforgettable 80s time capsule...we need another show like this one NOW, and more than ever. 10/10
Unexampled, unforgettable 80s time capsule...we need another show like this one NOW, and more than ever. 10/10
Night Flight Rules!!!
newnoir5 June 2001
What another great USA Network show from the 1980's, daddy-o! Night Flight was a great showcase for rock videos, cult and B-movies, and off the wall shorts. I always did kinda have the hots for the babe who did the voice over work for the show too. And Frankie Pace was a comedy stud as the host of Rick Shaw's Takeout Theater too! Long live Night Flight! I miss the show's opening CGI footage of those mountains too.
This Show Made THIS "Loser Who Stayed Home Most Weekends'" Weekend!
sazsquatch-130 October 2005
This show, which left you COMPLETELY clueless as to what to expect each Friday and/or Saturday night, other than knowing you were going to see some kinda bizarre or otherwise unusual movie, some good pre- AND post- early ('79 or '80 to around '83 or so?) MTV rock/new wave/punk/etc. videos, weird movie shorts, and so much other stuff (rare interviews with bands - one on Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young comes to mind, the Doors, and so on, and on...), etc., etc., etc...
And another good thing about it (I think each "Flight" was either 3 or 4 hours long) was that it repeated itself, first starting at 10 or 11 PM, maybe even midnight in the Central time zone and lasting until daybreak! 6 AM if I'm not mistaken - just the thing for a Night Owl like myself, AND making it possible, if there was another movie that you just HAD to see that was on for a couple of hours, you could watch it and still be able to catch up with what you had missed on the second airing (which seems to have become the norm with a LOT of cable stations today - airing shows back to back, and most of them you wish they wouldn't!).
It was just a perfect show for a Rock loving weirdo like me, or for anybody who wanted to see some weird short films, hear some music, or to get some inside info on the Sex Pistols, David Bowie, or any of a number of bands of various genres backstage - footage that now seems to be something that would be impossible to get a hold of. I wish I had taped every episode (kinda like the way I wish I'd taped every episode of "Beavis & Butthead" when they ORIGINALLY aired, with them commenting on the different music videos they were always watching and "huh-huh-huh-huh-huhing" to all the time, the copies of the old cartoons you can buy today are alright, but you just don't get the whole "B&B Experience without their "Commentary"), because I doubt there's anyway to get copies of it now.
It'd sure be nice if USA still had all the old shows in their entirety, I'd love to see them ALL again.
An overall GREAT TV show and one that I would love to see revived - with no changes - just exactly like it was.
And another good thing about it (I think each "Flight" was either 3 or 4 hours long) was that it repeated itself, first starting at 10 or 11 PM, maybe even midnight in the Central time zone and lasting until daybreak! 6 AM if I'm not mistaken - just the thing for a Night Owl like myself, AND making it possible, if there was another movie that you just HAD to see that was on for a couple of hours, you could watch it and still be able to catch up with what you had missed on the second airing (which seems to have become the norm with a LOT of cable stations today - airing shows back to back, and most of them you wish they wouldn't!).
It was just a perfect show for a Rock loving weirdo like me, or for anybody who wanted to see some weird short films, hear some music, or to get some inside info on the Sex Pistols, David Bowie, or any of a number of bands of various genres backstage - footage that now seems to be something that would be impossible to get a hold of. I wish I had taped every episode (kinda like the way I wish I'd taped every episode of "Beavis & Butthead" when they ORIGINALLY aired, with them commenting on the different music videos they were always watching and "huh-huh-huh-huh-huhing" to all the time, the copies of the old cartoons you can buy today are alright, but you just don't get the whole "B&B Experience without their "Commentary"), because I doubt there's anyway to get copies of it now.
It'd sure be nice if USA still had all the old shows in their entirety, I'd love to see them ALL again.
An overall GREAT TV show and one that I would love to see revived - with no changes - just exactly like it was.
Groundbreaking Cult TV
Schlockmeister16 January 2003
I realize it now. When it's 2am and I am flicking channels, skimming over the endless infomercials. I am looking for something, anything that might be as cool as Night Flight was. It was the most influential television show in my life, exposing me to so much that I am still interested in 20 years later.
This is the TV show that introduced so much of middle America to cult movies, punk rock, reggae, deconstructionist video, the Church of the Subgenius and so much more. Television had never been so anarchic and probably never will be again.
Highlights are showings of the silent short, "Mystery Of The Leaping Fish" with Douglas Fairbanks playing a drugged up detective named Coke Ennyday, showings of the reggae movie "Countryman" , Peter Ivers on "New Wave Theatre" presnting Punk bands from dingy clubs. Black & White cartoons, old commercials, showings of school films, atomic bomb scare films and anything they could find.
Sadly with the homogenization and demogrification of TV (as well as most media), we won't see a show like this again. Infomercials now rule the late-night landscape and it is apt to stay that way, informercials bring in income, shows like "Night Flight" only brought in viewers, and who cares about them anymore? And due to copyright infringements by the show, they were very casual about obtaining permission to air stuff on 'Night Flight' it will probably never be shown on repeats, not as it originally aired anyway. Those who saw it, enjoy your memories.
This is the TV show that introduced so much of middle America to cult movies, punk rock, reggae, deconstructionist video, the Church of the Subgenius and so much more. Television had never been so anarchic and probably never will be again.
Highlights are showings of the silent short, "Mystery Of The Leaping Fish" with Douglas Fairbanks playing a drugged up detective named Coke Ennyday, showings of the reggae movie "Countryman" , Peter Ivers on "New Wave Theatre" presnting Punk bands from dingy clubs. Black & White cartoons, old commercials, showings of school films, atomic bomb scare films and anything they could find.
Sadly with the homogenization and demogrification of TV (as well as most media), we won't see a show like this again. Infomercials now rule the late-night landscape and it is apt to stay that way, informercials bring in income, shows like "Night Flight" only brought in viewers, and who cares about them anymore? And due to copyright infringements by the show, they were very casual about obtaining permission to air stuff on 'Night Flight' it will probably never be shown on repeats, not as it originally aired anyway. Those who saw it, enjoy your memories.
Anarchistic Television
Marshall_DC18 August 2003
Exactly the kind of television that wouldn't be aired today, Night Flight's bizarre (and often hysterical) mix of videos, B-movies and short tv spots was hypnotizing.
It showed such animated spots as "Bambi vs. Godzilla" and "Jac Mack and Rad Boy", and showing cutting edge videos as The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" and Fishbone's "Party at Ground Zero" (both band's first video efforts, only shown to my knowledge on Night Flight nationally.).
Brilliant, weird, revolutionary, and utterly what tv needs right now.
It showed such animated spots as "Bambi vs. Godzilla" and "Jac Mack and Rad Boy", and showing cutting edge videos as The Red Hot Chili Peppers' "True Men Don't Kill Coyotes" and Fishbone's "Party at Ground Zero" (both band's first video efforts, only shown to my knowledge on Night Flight nationally.).
Brilliant, weird, revolutionary, and utterly what tv needs right now.
This is the 80's!
alxob17 December 2015
I remember getting cable in early 1983, and being excited to finally watch MTV whenever I wanted. However over time I grew to appreciate Night Flight far more then MTV. It was the only show that would actually show punk and hardcore bands (via New Wave Theater)and would also give equal time to both Metal and New Wave during its 'Take off' segment. It would also play Reggae as well as strange short films and animation. It was the first time I managed to watch Rude Boy,Breaking Glass, Smithereens and Medium cool. I also discovered Ladies and gentlemen the fabulous Stains. The fact the show had no smarmy VJ host, just some ghostly voice-over at the beginning of each hour made it even better. When I finished High school and began going out every weekend, It would be great to come home(sometimes more than a little inebriated)at 3 or 4 AM, and still be able to watch the show. Something about watching the sun come up on a Sunday morning, while talking to my girlfriend on the phone, as the last segment of Night Flight played in the background.. makes me wish I had a Time Machine.
Night Flight, The Chase
weebug-121 October 2007
I loved Night Flight, I wish there were still programming like it on television. I am trying to find a copy of a film I saw on Night Flight called "The Chase". It was a series of short clips from movies, cartoons, television shows, news reels, trailers and commercials set to an awesome soundtrack. The central theme, of course, is "the chase" in literal as well as poetic incarnations. There were actually two parts to "The Chase" and I want a copy of both parts. I have googled it but this forum is really the only thing I've found on Night Flight, much less that one (or two - as it were) film(S).
There is a great segment in "The Chase" of one of the very first films, I believe it is called "The Moon". It is of a flight to the moon and back. It is set to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and it is perfection. Amongst all the chases are some hilarious scenes of Ronald Reagan in cigarette advertisements, Bugs Bunny freaking out, and Abbot and Costello goofing off.
I love "The Chase".
There is a great segment in "The Chase" of one of the very first films, I believe it is called "The Moon". It is of a flight to the moon and back. It is set to Pink Floyd's "Dark Side of the Moon" and it is perfection. Amongst all the chases are some hilarious scenes of Ronald Reagan in cigarette advertisements, Bugs Bunny freaking out, and Abbot and Costello goofing off.
I love "The Chase".
THE show from the 80's!
cliffc120 August 2002
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