Virtual Channel Surfing #5
late night sleepycore
This week I have for y’all a classic block of early morning cable access content. We’ve got botany and fast cars, a unique workout routine, an interview with one of the most prolific YA novelists of my time, and so much more. Stick around ‘till the end for a few suggestions of some on-theme pieces of content I’ve enjoyed lately, and let’s get right into the tapes!
The R. V. Adventurer Video Magazine
2001 | Runtime: 50 Minutes
Product profiles on Safari and Gulfstream new RV products, camper vans, RV Adventurer Club update and much more!
Trumpet Video Visits: Gary Paulsen
1993 | Runtime: 24 Minutes
Gary Paulsen on Reading:
"It's absolutely imperative to read. It's read or die."
Gary Paulsen on Writing:
"Writing is everything to me. It isn't just part of something....If I write about what it's like up here, in this high country, it's not because somebody told me what it's like up here, it's because I've been up here. And if I write about what it's like to take a dog team to Nome, it's because I did it. Everything in these books is realistic. All the things that happen in both Hatchet and The River have happened to me."
Gary Paulsen on Life:
"I do life. I just do life."
Gary Paulsen. Author of such celebrated works as Hatchet, The River, The Cookcamp, The Winter Room, and many, many more. Beloved the world over by young people for his spirit of adventure, courage, honesty, and imagination. Now, Trumpet Video Visits brings Gary Paulsen-big as life- right into your classroom. You'll see him on horseback at his ranch in New Mexico, running his dogs in Minnesota, writing in the canyons, relaxing with his family-"doing life" as only he can.
Spring Flowers Of The Mid-Atlantic Region
1997 | Runtime: 47 Minutes
Lobstein is Associate Professor at NVCC since 1974, Adjunct Professor of Biology at University of Virginia's Blandy Farm teaching field botany since 1992, and a published wildflower photographer. She conducts wildflower tours for Smithsonian Associates and Great Falls State Park. Additionally, Lobstein co-authored Finding Wildflowers in the Washington/Baltimore Area.
DeMary, Teacher/Naturalist with Loudoun County Public Schools, has been teaching about and photographing the natural world since 1972. In 1997, he was named Virginia's
Conservation Teacher of the Year and received the Thomas Jefferson Award for outstanding contribution to the teaching of natural history.
Lohr, an Environmental Biologist, has taught high school biology, chemistry and earth science in Virginia's Loudoun County Public Schools since 1987.
Nitro Funny Cars
1987 | Runtime: 29 Minutes
Nitro Funny Cars is the quickest and fastest 30 minutes of Drag Racing excitement you'll ever see on television, from the inside out... the Thrills...the Sounds...the Danger... and the Disasters that make Funny Car Racing the single most dramatic aspect of the 1/4 mile sport. In the words of the Top Professionals, you'll hear and see what it's like to run 260mph in the 1/4 mile as you experience the thrills of head to head competition, from the flame throwing excitement of the Jet Funny Cars to the ground-pounding thunder of the Nitro- Burners. The Ultimate in Home Video entertainment.
Rock Video Monthly
Pop Releases of January 1994
1994 | Runtime: 45 Minutes
1. Bobby Brown with Whitney Houston "Something In Common"
2. En Vogue "Runaway Love"
3. Melissa Etheridge "Come To My Window"
4. Exposé "As Long As I Can Dream"
5. Bee Gees "Paying The Price Of Love"
6. Deborah Harry "I Can See Clearly"
7. George Michael "Papa Was A Rollin' Stone"
8. Tom Petty & The Heartbreakers "Mary Jane's Last Dance"
9. Tears For Fears "Goodnight Song"
10. Jody Watley "Your Love Keeps Working On Me
The Perfect Pregnancy Workout
2002 | Runtime: 50 Minutes
You've got nine months to prepare for the challenge of your life.
Use every minute.
The Perfect Pregnancy Workout
Karyne Steben, a world-class acrobat formerly with Cirque du Soleil, leads us through the forty minute sculpting workout, combining strength moves with graceful flexibility. First time exercisers can feel at ease; Karyne illustrates exercise techniques and explains the dos and don'ts of exercise during pregnancy in a clear, easy-to-under- stand twelve-minute instructional section.
-improve your mood
-reduce lower back pain
-develop mental discipline to control labor pain
-tone your lower body to handle the demands of labor and birth
-make it easier to lose weight after your baby is born
-strengthen your upper body to lift and hold your baby
With exercise options to make it fun for beginners and challenging for advanced exercisers, anyone can do The Perfect Pregnancy Workout!
"The Perfect Pregnancy Workout, when performed as demonstrated, is safe and effective for pregnant women who have been given approval to exercise by their doctors."
Suggested Media
Well, that’s it for this week! I hope you enjoyed the tapes! If you’re looking for more, please check out my page on Archive.org for the full list of digitized media. If you have any questions, feel free to send me a message right here or drop a comment below. If you haven’t already, please check out this previous installment of Virtual Channel Surfing! or any of my other previous posts here. Thanks so much for checking out this week’s edition of Diptych!
See you soon!
—Forrest
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