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I'm possibly in the wrong area to post this, but it does concern mostly bad movies, so here I go!

I've been trying to get my Youtube channel, Deranged Visions, up and running over the last year or so. After trying a few different approaches, I have settled on 3 formats that I will post in:

Deranged Visions in the Classroom -- This is pretty much what you might think it is, which is classroom and instructional films for the most part. I only have two of these up so far, but I will be posting more.

Episode 1: Social Skills -- https://youtu.be/-tw3Bw6VsbU (https://youtu.be/-tw3Bw6VsbU)

Episode 2: Girl Talk  -- https://youtu.be/ZjSHdhGekxU (https://youtu.be/ZjSHdhGekxU)

Deranged Visions in Documentaries -- Again, pretty straightforward. These are documentaries of various types, usually a bit old (60s, 70s, 80s), and may include mondo titles as well as straight documentaries. Ones that I don't consider to be terribly serious (in spite of some gruesome footage), I use a special intro/closing segments that I hope will be considered humorous. Just like the last format, I only have two titles up. One required a touch of editing to get it viewable on Youtube, but I maintained the theme of the segment, even though the subject was the ill-fated 1973 Indy 500.

Episode 1: This is America AKA Jabberwalk (1977) -- https://youtu.be/o3cMpaj_5pk (https://youtu.be/o3cMpaj_5pk)

Episode 2: This is America Part 2 (1980) -- https://youtu.be/0Gf4EBY5bUE (https://youtu.be/0Gf4EBY5bUE)

Deranged Visions Theatre -- This is an attempt to combine drive-in/grindhouse material with items that would be at home on USA Network's classic Night Flight series. The structure tends to stay the same each episode, but with different material: A lead-in clip>Titles>usually something musical>snack bar ads>3 to 5 trailers for other weird movies>the feature presentation>end credits>closing clip. Almost all of them are under 2 hours so far, so they would make for an evening's entertainment.

Episode 1: A Scream in the Streets -- https://youtu.be/930ZfbvlhUw (https://youtu.be/930ZfbvlhUw)

Episode 2: Confessions of a Serial Killer -- https://youtu.be/7poTEo8EMb8 (https://youtu.be/7poTEo8EMb8)

Episode 3: Satan's Black Wedding -- https://youtu.be/3dsDfdYuM9k (https://youtu.be/3dsDfdYuM9k)

Episode 4: Cheerleader Camp -- https://youtu.be/xAHvhUhPbA4 (https://youtu.be/xAHvhUhPbA4)

Episode 5: Trick or Treat -- https://youtu.be/FbzpLZO138E (https://youtu.be/FbzpLZO138E)

Episode 6: Invitation to Ruin AKA The Invitation -- https://youtu.be/lzgExa5sW30 (https://youtu.be/lzgExa5sW30)

Episode 7: .357 Magnum -- https://youtu.be/WyzIq5-zwXQ (https://youtu.be/WyzIq5-zwXQ)

Episode 8: Open House -- https://youtu.be/ufF0iwA-2s4 (https://youtu.be/ufF0iwA-2s4)

Episode 9: The Candy Snatchers -- https://youtu.be/v--CcH0KH7k (https://youtu.be/v--CcH0KH7k)

All episodes of each format are age restricted for two reasons: First, often the subject matter involves violence, nudity, foul language, and questionable subjects; second, I do not intend to make money off of these through Youtube, and age restricting the videos blocks all options to monetize the episodes.

If I can introduce new people to weird cinema and maybe teach them a little about film genres and such, then I'm fairly content with what I'm doing.

Check the films out if you would like. I'll be posting more as I have roughly 200+ titles to attempt to bring to Youtube. Oh, if you have an obscure or long out-of-print title you'd like to see, let me know. I'll see what I can find. NO PORN!! Nudie-cuties, roughies, sickies, and ghoulies are okay, though.

Now subbed.  This better be good, lol.  :teddyr:

I can't take the pressure.   :cheers:

Good? Not sure if that is the word I would use. The best one so far is THE CANDY SNATCHERS. If you haven't seen it, give it a spin. I'd LOVE to see the Coen Brothers remake it.

Other than that, if you want BAD, try .357 MAGNUM. Almost jaw-dropping in its badness.

And thanks for subscribing. I'll try to keep posting at least one new episode of one format or another each week.

UPDATE:

Deranged Visions in Documentaries:

New Episode -- This is America Part 3  AKA  America Exposed (1991)  https://youtu.be/Q0jTN6IM4z8 (https://youtu.be/Q0jTN6IM4z8)

Plus, I have 2 or 3 new subscribers. Hard to tell as it seems to go up and down depending on when and where I check, but I'll take as many as I can get. Thank you!!

UPDATE:

Deranged Visions Theater -- Episode 10: Terror on Tour (1980)  https://youtu.be/ofDV88GF1R0 (https://youtu.be/ofDV88GF1R0)

A dark (literally, how small was the lighting budget, folks?) tale of a KISS-like group whose on-stage antics happen for real off stage, leading to nudity and death (not always in that order).

Yeah, grab your crash helmets. This movie is a wreck waiting to happen.

UPDATE:

Two new episodes!

Deranged Visions in the Classroom: Episode 3  --  Safety at Play and at Work https://youtu.be/YdjNv34ce7M (https://youtu.be/YdjNv34ce7M)

And

Deranged Visions in Documentaries: Episode 4  --  Manson (1973)  https://youtu.be/aMJdiA4KmZE (https://youtu.be/aMJdiA4KmZE)

I'm right now watching the previews before Trick Or Treat.  The Devil's Wedding Night looks like cheesy fun.

It's fairly easy to access. Worth watching. If you just can't find it, let me know. I'll do some checking to see if it is a title I feel comfortable posting. To be honest, I think it would be a good fit, so thank you for the suggestion!  :cheers:

Let me try to explain, briefly, how I select films: I do my best to check IMDb and Amazon for current, legit releases on DVD and BD. If the title is considered lost, never converted to digital formats, or long out of print (OOP) so that you are paying 50+ bucks for a copy, AND I can find a copy of it somewhere, I'll post it, usually.

Yes, Rev, I know that doesn't make these movies public domain, and I risk getting a block on my Youtube account, but, since I do not intend to make money off of these Youtube videos, I am more than willing to delete a title if a current DVD release could be impacted directly or if the actual owner wants me to pull it. I'm not saying what I'm doing is right, but my intent is to show what drive-ins and grindhouses used to show as a historical/sociological/cultural document of how things used to be.

Expect more episodes this weekend. I have a great one lined up for DV Theatre. Insane and oddly well-crafted British killer-thriller from 1972. Blew me away when I watched it.

UPDATE!!

Deranged Visions Theatre: Episode 11 -- The Fiend AKA Beware My Brethren (1972)

This was a happy discovery for me. I like Patrick Magee in most anything. Here, he gets to both chew scenery and do a rather creepy dramatic turn. Outside of his performance, you get sleaze, religion, sex, murder, obsession, and a rather odd turn into lesbian overtures when you least expect it. My jaw dropped. Why? Because the bloody thing is British! Sex, religion, violence AND nudity together, in multiple scenes? Not allowed, thank you, yet here it is, along with a couple of shockingly good musical numbers.

Yes. "Musical numbers". During murder scenes. Just...watch it. It is different if nothing else.

You're being as responsible about copyright infringement as anyone can be.  :wink:

The idea of legislation that would legalize this--"orphan works," they're called--is floated a lot. Pretty much everyone supports the idea of protecting users of orphan works from liability but nothing will likely come of it because there's no one has a strong interest in lobbying for it, either. If Congress ever does a comprehensive copyright overhaul the issue will probably come up.

UPDATE!!!

Two new episodes!

Deranged Visions in Documentaries:  Episode 5 -- Beyond and Back (1978)  https://youtu.be/HvpaA48xC0g (https://youtu.be/HvpaA48xC0g)

Remember the old Sunn Classic films that would invade your world and flood your local channels with ads until you were pretty much brainwashed into seeing the damned things? No? Then you are either lucky or too young to have experienced the hype. You can still marvel at what people went to in droves when herded properly.

Near death experiences. Wild stuff. It saddens me that I have yet to hear of a Hardees restaurant in the afterlife. Maybe Morgan Spurlock can do a sequel about how eating in the afterlife makes you fat.

AND

Deranged Visions in the Classroom:  Episode 4 -- Food Day!  https://youtu.be/UlBA6duDVM4 (https://youtu.be/UlBA6duDVM4)

Who doesn't like food? Okay, maybe Karen Carpenter, but the rest of us love the stuff. Learn how to eat, learn what to eat, learn how to make something to eat, and learn how to slice the s**t out of what you eat.

The jewel of this collection is CARVING MAGIC. Why? Two reasons: William Kerwin and a rather young Harvey Korman. Harvey Korman you should probably know, but maybe not William Kerwin. He worked a lot with H.G. Lewis, showing up in nudie cuties, roughies, and splatter flicks made by the Godfather of Gore. He even co-starred with Harvey Korman in LIVING VENUS, the basic origin for the roughie films and made by H.G. Lewis himself!

Give them a spin. You get a bit of nostalgia and a lot of weirdness, all of it put together with love and the occasional string of off-color words.

UPDATE!!!

Two new episodes at Deranged Visions.

Deranged Visions Theatre: Toys Are Not For Children (1972)  https://youtu.be/Necd6SBIS2Y (https://youtu.be/Necd6SBIS2Y)

Weirdness and icky vibes add tone to a rather sleazy tale of a child's love for her daddy. Even if you see how this thing ends 20 minutes in, the filmmakers take it one extra step. Yup, you'll want a hot shower with steel wool after this film.

On the upside, you'll have the tune "Ol' Ben Lucas" stuck in your head for days after watching the episode.

Plus

Deranged Visions in the Classroom:  Perversion or Free Enterprise?  https://youtu.be/xIUxRXSiQuQ (https://youtu.be/xIUxRXSiQuQ)

Two films about either the moral decay of our society due to smut or a shocking expose of those self-righteous prudes who seek to undermine free enterprise and our freedom and rights as Americans. You decide. At least you get to see some interesting vintage smut novels.

I was going to post OF THE DEAD, a documentary, but it kept getting blocked. I'd love to speak with the French company blocking the videos and see if they have any intention of releasing the film or allowing some other company to license it for a DVD/BD release.

Looks like I might try SHOCKING ASIA next.

UPDATE!!!

New Episode!

Deranged Visions Theatre:  Doin' Time on Planet Earth (1988)  https://youtu.be/VJkC6nuLkCQ (https://youtu.be/VJkC6nuLkCQ)

(https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/4/4c/Doin%27_Time_on_Planet_Earth_poster.jpg)

A quirky comedy from the 80s. It looks cheesy. It IS cheesy, but completely enjoyable. Teen thinks he may be an alien and weird hi-jinks ensue. Look for Adam West in a loud shirt and a surprise cameo for Roddy McDowell.

Set your expectations low and just go with the movie. First, you'll need to sit through a rather "pointed" rectal exam from BLACK CANDLES.

Wow, where did you find that short opening skit (film?) about the two hunters that plays before "Toys Are Not Meant For Children"?  That was so insane and yet hilarious.

It's from a movie called PRIME TIME (aka AMERICAN RASPBERRY). It's in the same vein as KENTUCKY FRIED MOVIE. You can watch the whole thing on Youtube. Pretty funny as long as you aren't too PC-minded. I would post it myself but the only existing copy I've ever seen is a rather soft and dark VHS rip. Warner Bros. released it, and I think they instantly scuttled the thing. If a good 35mm print could be found, I think there are a few companies who would release it, if WB allowed them.

And thanks for watching. I've lost two subscribers. When you have only 12, you feel a little hurt when a couple of them leave.

Did some research on someone said it was on Netflix, but I'm not subscribed to that right now.

Well, hey, I subscribed!  :)

WOOT!  I'm up to 13 subscribers! Time for more videos.

UPDATE!!!

Two new episodes, and one of them is a new show!

New series -- Deranged Visions Classics!

Intended to show examples of classic exploitation, primarily the sleazy roadshow flicks of the Forty Theives, as Dave Friedman often to them. I hope to pass on a bit of history in each episode's description. Hope it works. At least I shouldn't get my videos for this series blocked as 95% of these things are truly public domain.

Deranged Visions Classics: Reefer Madness (1936)/Marihuana (1936)  https://youtu.be/Fen8i_DZMMA (https://youtu.be/Fen8i_DZMMA)

Starting with a double feature. Two classics, and both of them had connections to Dwain Esper, who, with his wife, acted like a low-key version of Michael and Roberta Findlay back in the day. What Dwain couldn't snatch by other means, he would shamelessly rip it off in one of his own production. MANIAC, with its Edgar Allen Poe overtones, has got to be his masterpiece of weirdness. And, yes, MANIAC is scheduled for posting in the near future.

And

Deranged Visions in Documentaries: Shocking Asia (1976)   https://youtu.be/_Zob0IjALjo (https://youtu.be/_Zob0IjALjo)

Another mondo film, this time focusing on Eastern cultures. It was a bit notorious back in the VHS era for its graphic footage of a sex change operation. Plus, it is just a bit weird. The whole bit about death rituals in India just about gagged me. I leave it for you to watch and find out why.

UPDATE!!!

3 new episodes of Deranged Visions!

Deranged Visions Theatre:  Blood on Satan's Claw (1971)  https://youtu.be/q4U6D_Lsqsg (https://youtu.be/q4U6D_Lsqsg)

One of the best films ever released by Tigon British Film Productions. The simple story of evil accidentally unleashed on a small village. The evil takes the children in hand and makes them slaves to its will. Solid performances, great setting, and a wonderful sense of growing corruption and menace make this film stand out.

Remember, all you need to go with the flow is you Clampax Pontoons!


Deranged Visions in Documentaries: Savage Man, Savage Beast AKA Zumbalah (1975)  https://youtu.be/3XpKwY74-LA (https://youtu.be/3XpKwY74-LA)

As the used car salesman from DIRTY DUCK once said, "Oh, it's gonna be a nasty one!" One of the more infamous "mondo" films, SAVAGE MAN, SAVAGE BEAST focuses on man and animals and how they ultimately do the same things, but for utterly different reasons. Brutal and gruesome, it isn't something you want to screen for the kiddies instead of Animal Planet. Oh, that bit of the mercenaries killing and butchering the native -- fake. Of course, that doesn't mean it isn't horrifying to watch.


Deranged Visions in the Classroom: Stranger Danger  https://youtu.be/LsDuXu4h4Pk (https://youtu.be/LsDuXu4h4Pk)

We take a look at a few films that instruct us on how to avoid strangers with evil intent. First: Don't talk to strangers. Second: Let them find their own damn puppy/kitten. Third: Do you really know the hidden cost of that handful of candy the strange person is offering? The films start out simple and direct enough. Then it builds to the truly evil film called THE CHILD MOLESTER. Look it up on the internet, and you'll find dozens of comments from people scarred by this film when it was misguidedly shown to grade school kids. It was actually intended to be shown to parents groups and law enforcement. WARNING: Contains actual footage of the aftermath of two girls who were abducted by a pedophile/killer -- a case that the actual film is based on.

More weirdness soon on Deranged Visions!

UPDATE!!! <cue cricket sound effects>

3 new episodes!

Deranged Visions Theatre: Bury Me an Angel (1972)  https://youtu.be/JnfyutWcd3k (https://youtu.be/JnfyutWcd3k)

A majorly b***hin' cool biker babe and her two scuzzy friends hump their hogs while looking for the man who shot her brother. Meet a sheriff shorter than a millennial's attention span. Watch the low-rent bar fight and its bare-bones choreography. See the self-proclaimed witch woman of the desert.

Ah, screw it. Guys, watch for Dixie Peabody getting naked; ladies, you get a young Dan Haggerty is various states of nudity.

Here is Dixie Peabody emoting:

(http://www.bam.org/media/3365120/burymeanangel.JPG)


Deranged Visions in Documentaries: Encounter with the Unknown (1973)  https://youtu.be/hGLP7abrysg (https://youtu.be/hGLP7abrysg)

One of those films that ranks up there with the Sunn Classic films of the 70s, except this one barely ranks as a documentary. You get three urban/rural legends reworked into family-friendly twaddle with earnest but poor acting and made with a budget that might buy me enough pizza for a week or two.

Honestly, I find this to be a fun little film. Rod Serling does the narration. Not sure why, but he was probably used to draw in fans of THE TWILIGHT ZONE. As a bonus, you get Rosie Holotik and Gene Ross from DON'T LOOK IN THE BASEMENT in the final story. That should get your bad movie motor running.


Deranged Visions in the Classroom: Drugs are Bad, M'kay?  https://youtu.be/1pgG8ManuPA (https://youtu.be/1pgG8ManuPA)

This time around we look at the evils of drugs, drug abuse, and drug addiction. Almost 3 hours of fun and enlightenment. You learn how to pick out the heroin addict from a crowd. You discover that LSD can make a simple trip to a hot dog stand become a nightmare of screaming proportions. You are told how marijuana is a gateway drug and potentially worse than any other drug out there. You are exposed to the slimy underbelly of the drug trade and how they turn clean-cut kids into slobbering zombies who only live for that next high.

Personally, other than the hot dog incident, the biggest highlight is watching two kids build some weird device in one of the shorts; it looks like they might have been stoned while building it.

Oh, and look for Kevin Tighe from the hit series EMERGENCY! in the classic NARCOTICS: PIT OF DESPAIR.

Stay strong and stay deranged, folks!

Ah, man, this one REALLY messed with my head when I first saw it.  They show this clip of all these topless females in Singapore and how they're all hanging out and stuff and the narrator talks about how they do each others hair and nails and talk about "the problem."  And I'm like, "The problem?  Probably some female thing..." And keep in mind, these women are rather petite and not very top heavy, but they're not bad, you know?  I'm getting interested when suddenly they reveal what the "problem" is.  

To paraphrase Austin Powers, "They're MEN, baby!"  

And they don't just tell you the girls are men, they SHOW how they're men.  (Or whatever you want to call them.)  So, to quote Deadpool, "You've gone and confused the %#^ out of my hormones!"

If you want more "confusing" gender stuff, locate a copy of "Let Me Die a Woman". It's mainly confusing because it was directed by Doris Wishman.

I tried to post it, but it kept being blocked, so, sadly, you won't be seeing it on my Youtube channel, unless I can find a way to spoof their algorithms into not recognizing the video.

And thank you for viewing the channel and helping keep this thread near the top of the list.

UPDATE!!!

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!!!!!

New episode!

Deranged Visions Theatre Double Feature: Blood Song (1982) / Welcome Home Brother Charles (1975)  https://youtu.be/e017vWYO6CY (https://youtu.be/e017vWYO6CY)

To celebrate the 4th, we have a double feature!

First, we have BLOOD SONG. Psycho killer escapes the nut house and goes on a killing spree while a young, crippled girl has visions of each murder. Donna Wilkes stars. Man, she was a cutie back in the day! Also, the psycho killer? Played by squeaky-clean Frankie Avalon. And he does a fairly good job of being creepy and threatening.

Second, we have one of the weirdest blaxploitation films ever made. WELCOME HOME BROTHER CHARLES, aka SOUL VENGEANCE, tells the story of a regular guy who is mistreated by The Man. While in prison, he learns a secret that he will use to seek revenge. Wait until you see the murder weapon! I guess you can't say that he isn't dicking around.

Check out the trailers, the utterly rude and very un-PC ventriloquist dummy, the short bump-and-grind routine, and 10 minutes of drive-in intermission craziness because we finally have an episode long enough to earn a real intermission.

I just got done watching Candy Snatchers, wow what crazy ending that was.  Grindhouse films of the 70s tended to do that a lot, huh?

THE CANDY SNATCHERS is one of those rare films that is both well-placed in the exploitation film market while incorporating more than a bit from foreign thrillers. I like how everything keeps changing for the main characters even though they try so hard to stick with the original plan.

It's one of my favorites, and you are right about that ending. Kinda leaves you sitting there, going, "But she...and now he...OH MY GOD!"

Since you mentioned this film, I'll post a similar film called SAVAGE ABDUCTION aka CYCLE PSYCHOS aka THE BLOODY SLAYING OF SARAH RIDELANDER. Kind of an even-lower-budget version of the same thing, but worth checking out for being weird and starring Steve Oliver, the great star of WEREWOLVES ON WHEELS.

!!UPDATE!!

Two new Deranged Theatre episodes!!

Deranged Visions Theatre: Tunnelvision (1976)  https://youtu.be/nYCesRYNN7M (https://youtu.be/nYCesRYNN7M)

I'll be blunt and say it just this way: If you are a special snowflake, butt-hurt, cry-baby millennial, don't watch this episode. It will scar you in ways you cannot conceive. You will demand we make reparations for a past we cannot change and did not personally have direct influence upon. You may faint at the brazen use of racial slurs and ethic stereotypes in support of crude and insensitive jokes and humor.

Stay in your Safe Zone. Meditate on photos of Andrea Dworkin. Continue to deny the value or dignity of anything that happened before your birth. Keep to your hive-minded non/multi-gendered group.

For anyone without a silver stick up your ass, you might find it crude but funny. See what I did there? Oh, and insert a nice fart joke in here somewhere.


Deranged Visions Theatre: Savage Abduction (1973)   https://youtu.be/3lVxE4D0SC4 (https://youtu.be/3lVxE4D0SC4)

As a way of thanking AoTFan for the support, I am posting a film similar to THE CANDY SNATCHERS. Trust me when I say it isn't half as good, but it does manage to be weirder.

Perverted hitman requests two young girls as payment for a recent job. His intentions are not fun and games. Well, they won't be for the girls. So a biker gang is hired to do the snatching. Not the best employees.

It's got a weird "Last House on the Left" vibe as you are never quite sure what will be done to the girls or when. And it has a rather twisted ending, in its own simple way.

I don't know what else you can source, but I'm trying to find an American or Canadian educational film for teenagers that was probably made in the early 80's.  It talks about peer pressure, drugs and alcohol and features a lot of animation in a rather trippy and psychedelic style.  I wish I knew what the name of it was; it was played for us at school in about 1987.

If you've got anything like that, PSA type educational films with a trippy vibe, please share!

I'll do some digging this weekend. Some of the more recent educational films are still owned and controlled by the production companies, but it is definitely worth checking into.

Anything specific you can think of would also help to track it down.

And thanks for asking!   :cheers:

Is it this one?

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f1fc-h018Uo&t=30s#)

Or maybe this one?

! No longer available (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UsgxtVitV1M#)

It's neither of those, but darn, they are great.  Thank you for pointing them out.  

Anything made for the National Institute of Mental Health in those days is right up my alley.  I love the Social Seminar series with Bunny, Guy, Tom etc.  While I didn't grow up in that time, much of the media on TV during my childhood was from that time, so it resonates with me well.

I remember two scenes in the PSA teenager film we watched: one was of an animation of a kid walking down the street slowly with lots of neon signs and billboards flashing around him, symbolizing social influences.  Another scene was of his parents attaching a hose to his foot, and pumping air into his body saying 'Son!' with each air burst. The kid's body inflated with each pump, symbolizing how parental expectations can 'pump up' a child.

!!UPDATE!!

Two new episodes on Deranged Visions!!

Deranged Visions BSI: Witchdoctor of the Livingdead   https://youtu.be/uTFT4nZkGjI (https://youtu.be/uTFT4nZkGjI)

BSI stands for "Bat s**t Insane". This thread of episodes will feature movies that are major "WTF?!?" material. We start with a Nigerian horror film. Believe it or not, it IS in English, but there are entire portions that I couldn't understand because the accents were thick enough to cut with a chainsaw.

Groove to the overuse of both music AND sound effects lifted from other films. Dig the nonsensical editing of a good number of the scenes. Wallow in the acting that barely qualifies as being such. Give love for the amazing rubber snake who deserves more sympathy than the rest of the cast combined.

WARNING: A goat is actually killed on camera. Indy, you might want to avoid that part of the film.


Deranged Visions Theatre: Teenage Mother (1967)   https://youtu.be/4vs-GQn5i8Q (https://youtu.be/4vs-GQn5i8Q)

TEENAGE MOTHER means nine months of trouble!!

Jerry Gross gives us his version of the classic exploitation tropes in this hokey but fun tale of a young girl who gives in to her carnal cravings and may end up with a bigger problem than she planned. It even includes the equivalent of a "square-up" reel by including a short film showing the very graphic birth of a child. Guys will want to cover their eyes during this portion of the film.

The film's biggest highlight is the female main character in a purple-ish satin mini-dress that makes her look like a delightful piece of exotic candy. Yeah, I'm a guy, and I want that candy!

Here she is without the dress, but still clothed.

(http://dailygrindhouse.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/01/TEENAGE-MOTHER.jpg)

I don't know if this is a Youtube glitch or what, but my subscribers jumped from 25 to 93 overnight, and TEENAGE MOTHER has 511 views, and I just posted it yesterday.

Mind boggling.

I've heard all kinds of weird stuff about Youtube and subscriber numbers being screwed around with.  Then again, (and this is kind of creepy to think about) you posted something with the word "teenage" in it, maybe a bunch of people looked it up expecting something creepy.

In case you weren't aware, my Youtube channel came down last week or so. Apparently someone couldn't tell the difference between fake and real sex and complained.

After some review, I will start rebuilding the channel there, but I'm ready to jump ship if I can find a valid option.

Whoa, no I didn't hear about that!  Although I DID wonder why I kept getting notifications saying you posted "new" videos that I could have SWORN you posted before. 

As for alternatives, I dunno... Vimeo, maybe?  Been hearing a LOT of people, for various reasons, talking about how they want to "jump ship" from Youtube to somewhere else, but the site is just so damn ubiquitous it's hard to avoid it.

You know, the funny thing about Youtube is this: Google is a corporation and Youtube is their product. It is theirs to make whatever rules they choose. Yet people act like Youtube is some right granted to them, so they scream about Youtube rules and such. (I do too, but I'm trying to change that.)

The fact is that Youtube doesn't belong to the world at large. The people of the Internet threw all their eggs into the Youtube basket, helped it grow into the monster that it is, and are now freaking out that Youtube DARE to maintain control of its service. Entitlement is getting out of hand.

And Vimeo guidelines are pretty strict. I wouldn't be able to post over there, given the content and the vague legal/copyright issues involved in what I'm posting. But thanks for the suggestion and support!  :smile:  :cheers:

You're absolutely right about YouTube.  It's a business, and given its immense global popularity, would require some serious administration and running costs.

I like to think that YouTube will last "forever", but given what happened to Photobucket image hosting lately, assuming a free hosting service will be eternally available is not wise.  When Photobucket axed direct linking for nonpaying customers, thousands of blogs and forum threads lost their images overnight.  The same could happen with YouTube.  We're just fortunate at this time that YouTube provides the service that it does.

I dunno... if that's the case, then why do they keep trying to prevent certain videos from MAKING money for them by slapping them "private" or "age restricted" even when they have no age restricted contents?  I know videos that contain no swearing, no nudity, no mention of sex, but they're slapped with the "private" label because they don't conform to Youtube current political leanings.

Yeah, they're a business they can do what they want, but I just wish they'd just come out and just openly admit, "Hey, if you're not part of xyz political affiliation, and don't confirm lock-step with our SJW mentality, you're not welcome here."  Rather than pretend like they're only making "controversial" videos hard to find.

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It's supposed to be fairly easy to set up a RealPlayer streaming video. Basically, save the URL of the RealVideo in a text document with the extension .ram instead of .txt. Only problem: 1) Who would host the files? and 2) Who uses RealPlayer anymore?

Have you considered DailyMotion? You'd have to split most movies into parts to get around their 1hr time limit, but I've heard they're less strict than YouTube about other things.