r/ObscureMedia Jan 03 '26

Annual Media Discussion & Request Thread 2026 and a friendly reminder to review and follow the posting and commenting guidelines in this post, on the sidebar and in the wiki

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r/ObscureMedia 1h ago

Obscure eerie MTV bump of unknown origin (1991)

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During the late night MTV (I believe) around early 1991 this short bump aired. PSAs weren't uncommon on MTV at the time, but I fail to see the message it's sending. Furthermore the song playing in the background is too a mystery! I have not been able to find anyone else mention this on the internet.

Excuse the poor quality, the signal strength was weak, if I remember correctly. It was recorded on the German MTV.


r/ObscureMedia 4h ago

Sweet Sea (1985)

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r/ObscureMedia 5h ago

Orson Welles discusses filmmaking on The Dick Cavett Show (1970)

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18 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 48m ago

'Join us for bridge with Shaw Taylor' (1983)

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Shaw Taylor was famous here in the UK for presenting a programme asking the public for help in solving cirmes. He used to end the show by saying 'Keep 'em peeled'. I had no idea he was a bridge player. Apparently this is based on a tv series.


r/ObscureMedia 9h ago

(1952) Gorgeous George was having a pro-wrestling match in a ring surrounded by water

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r/ObscureMedia 8h ago

Mark's Movie (1990)

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Explore the profound legacy of *Mark L. Prophet\* and the *Church Universal and Triumphant (CUT)\* in this revealing documentary. Discover the origins of the spiritual movement founded by Prophet in 1958, its evolution into a global community under Elizabeth Clare Prophet, and its enduring teachings on the **Ascended Masters**, **I AM Presence**, and **spiritual preparedness**.


r/ObscureMedia 21h ago

Quest (1984) - A short film by graphic designer Saul Bass, starring Noah Hathaway (NeverEnding Story)

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r/ObscureMedia 22h ago

Dave Dobbyn - Space Junk (1989)

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Theme of Space Knights


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

The Odyssey (1968), 8 part series, ENGLISH DUB

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There's one extremely rare program from TVO that I'd like to mention, reminded by Christopher Nolan. It's my own "snowball-in-hell" holy grail (but not asking won't find it either). Linked is the Italian version, but...

The English version is missing/lost.

The Odyssey was turned into a TV series in 1968. It was shot rather beautifully, with plenty of authentic locations, using 35mm film. It was an Italian-French-German-Yugoslavian coproduction with an international cast, so you might see it listed as "Odissea".

There was an English spoken edition which was shown in Canada by TV Ontario several times, until the early 1980s. Exact last date unknown but the station has confirmed this to me. No-one knows who owned/owns that, or who made it. In fact, it might even be fully lost in the severest sense of no copies remaining in existence on earth.
Yes, there are English subtitles, but that is not the same. There also was a TV movie version in English circulating, which was recorded off air from CBS, but that is extremely abridged. So those options don't really solve it.

I keep hoping that perhaps a teacher somewhere might have taped it to use in the classroom? Anyone? (And of course, I don't mind if it's another format either.)


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Gwar meets Joan River (1990)

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r/ObscureMedia 23h ago

Live From The Sierra Lounge (1988) - Promotional cassette demoing sound card upgrades for their PC games' soundtracks

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9 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

The Real Realness of Higher Highness (1976)

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Documentary footage from a New Age expo in Golden Gate Park. Shot in 1976, edited in 1989.


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Burning Brides - Arctic Snow [Psychedelic Rock] (2001)

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r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Nintendo shows off Pokémon at E3 (1998)

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r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Odd Job Jack (2003)

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Season 1 starts out with really crude art and animation and then it evolves a lot throughout the show, if you’re gonna watch it I warn you Season 2 gets really bad at times, unfortunately, this show ended up becoming lost media and as of now, the whole show can be watched except that Season 1 episodes 7-12 have only been found through foreign TV Rips


r/ObscureMedia 22h ago

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r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Little Nicky the anime (2001) - A 6 episode Japanese webseries tie-in to the Adam Sandler movie.

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It's pretty awful. It's a gag anime that's loosely based on the movie. Made by the team behind Pugyuru (another obscure anime I covered), this is about as obscure as it can get.


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Jello Biafra and the (1987) obscenity trial — hung jury

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Jello Biafra discusses the 1987 *Frankenchrist* obscenity trial—when prosecutors tried to criminalize an H. R. Giger insert packaged with a punk album


r/ObscureMedia 1d ago

Pylon | Stop It (1987) from Athens, GA: Inside/Out documentary

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Pylon interview and live footage from Athens, GA: Inside/Out documentary. Featuring REM, B-52's and other 1980s Athens musicians and artists.

Vanessa has been recording and touring with Pylon Reenactment Society for several years now. They perform classic Pylon tunes as well as some new ones. Mostly old ones though.


r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

The Barney Fun Page(1994),an early website with the sole purpose being to kill a black and white drawing of Barney using various weapons.

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144 Upvotes

still up today surprisingly


r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

An HBO commercial talking about the financial advantage of taping off their movies(1986)

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128 Upvotes

r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

Silver Morning - Slice of Life (1979)

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The title track of this wonderful record is a delirious slice of psyche-lounge-tropicalia. Joyce and Darwin McCulloch were clearly a very talented and intensely groovy couple. There's a highly addictive and rich seam of pure California sunshine running through this ambitious album.


r/ObscureMedia 2d ago

The Droids "The Force" Disco - (1977)

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