In 1984, EZTV created its own in-house video magazine called EZTV Eye that featured a mix of video art pieces, music videos, and newsreel-style documentaries. Though short-lived (in fact, there may have only ever been a single episode), the series was a testament to the vibrancy and diversity of the various scenes that had begun to build around the Video Gallery by its second year of operation. For this program, we’ll construct a hypothetical episode of the series with an eclectic selection of shorts from videomakers John Dorr, Sebastian, Mark Addy, Mark Shepard, and more – plus the shocking final episode of Ken Camp’s gay soap AS THE WORLD BURNS.

Ken Camp AS THE WORLD BURNS: EPISODE 3 (1982, 21 min, SD-video-to-DCP)
“It’s the Reagan era… and all of the husbands in the neighborhood are mysteriously beginning to turn gay.” –Ken Camp

Graham Dent CONAN THE WAITRESS (1984, 6 min, SD-video-to-DCP)
“An innocent couple, scraping pennies together to afford a night on the town, stumble into a local eatery and witness for themselves the kind of service that could only be provided by ‘Conan…the waitress.’ This musical fantasy was written and produced by Mark Addy for Adzo Video, directed and edited by Graham Dent, and stars Glen Shadix as Conan.” –EZTV GUIDE

John Dorr DO IT YOURSELF VIDEO FOR POETS (1987, 8 min, SD-video-to-DCP)
“An appetizing little satire on how poets can make the tube work for them in today’s media-image-conscious society.” –L.A. WEEKLY

Sebastian THEY SAVED GIDGET’S BRAIN (1983, 30 min, SD-video-to-DCP)
“Gidget’s parents sell her brain to science in order to buy a Winnebago. Years later, Gidget gets her revenge when her brain is transplanted into the corpulent body of a surfer who is investigating a plot by aliens to transform humans into loaves of French bread. With: Glen Shadix, Yanna Nirvana, Chris Bonhert, Glorious Gloria Vassy.” –EZTV GUIDE

Plus additional titles to be announced!