[Culture] FWD: TONITE: SITCOM ROCK AT SECRET CINEMA

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The Secret Cinema presents SITCOM ROCK: ROCK 'N' ROLL EPISODES OF CLASSIC TV COMEDIES at the Silk City Lounge Tuesday, April 13 9:30 pm Admission: $6.00 Silk City Lounge Fifth & Spring Garden Streets, Philadelphia, PA (215) 592-8838 Tonight -- Tuesday, April 13 -- the Secret Cinema will reach way back into its vault to pull out one of its best programming concepts from the past, SITCOM ROCK: ROCK 'N' ROLL EPISODES OF CLASSIC TV COMEDIES. SITCOM ROCK showcases special episodes of classic situation comedies form the past -- all featuring rock band guest stars and/or rock 'n' roll story lines. As always with Secret Cinema presentations, the shows will be projected in 16mm on a giant screen, from rare, original film prints (not video). The situation comedy, television's equivalent to the "two-reeler" comedy shorts that played movie bills for decades, reached a certain summit by the mid-'60s, the same time that rock music achieved its long-lasting position as the predominant music of its time. It was only natural that these bizarre worlds would collide. SITCOM ROCK was shown twice before in the now 12-year-plus history of Secret Cinema, first at the Khyber Pass a decade ago, and then five years ago at the Trocadero. The 2004 edition of SITCOM ROCK will include some never-before run material. The program, which is being shown this time at the Silk City Lounge, will begin at 9:30 pm, and run continuously through the night. Admission is $6.00. Highlights of "Sitcom Rock" will include: THE MUNSTERS: The Munsters agree to rent out their house to touring rock group The Standells. When they return, they find a way-out beatnik party in progress, but Herman soon gets in the spirit and tries out some impromptu beat poetry (The Standells, in a pre-"Dirty Water" phase, perform "I Wanna Hold Your Hand" and "Do The Ringo"). THE MOTHERS-IN-LAW: In a special episode of this somewhat-forgotten series about the trials of two pairs of middle-agers coping with their married offspring, the older set have a go at managing wild primitive rockers Sky Saxon and The Seeds! This amazing show was directed by Desi Arnaz, and also features Joe Besser of The Three Stooges (what a meeting of the minds!). THE FLINTSTONES: In "Shinrock-a-Go-Go," then-popular rock showcase Shindig and its host Jimmy O'Neill are caricatured, as are San Francisco's genius folk-rock/beat group The Beau Brummels. Fred inadvertently invents a new dance craze, "The Flintstone Flop," as "The Beau Brummelstones" play their hit "Laugh Laugh." Plus ROOM 222 (with Aretha Franklin singing in a hippie church with an anonymous Afro'ed funk rock band), THE ANDY GRIFFITH SHOW (Opie's garage band play their first gig at a teen party), and MY THREE SONS (Chip's tock band gets help from visiting Brit Jeremy Clyde of Chad & Jeremy)âand the proverbial much, much more, SECRET CINEMA WEBSITE: www.voicenet.com/~jschwart