CONDENSED CLASSICS
WITH DAVE SHAW
ASK SILVER SCREEN CLASSICS WHEN IT'S ON IN YOUR AREA!
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK !
Condensed Classics with Dave Shaw is a television show that aired on the Canadian Channel Movieola. Although only 25 episodes were produced over the course of 2001-2002, the show was run and rerun on Movieola, and later on its sister station Silver Screen Classics where it currently appears now and again. It was directed by Anthony D'Andrea and produced by Shaw and Romen Podyzhun.
Condensed Classics was an attempt at reviving the "horror host" format of the 1950s and 1960s. The program aired movies such as "The Terror of Tiny Town", "Night of the Living Dead" and "Gorgo", which were condensed from their original running time to about 40 minutes, presided over by host and head writer Dave Shaw. The hosted segments of the show would appear four times a broadcast, and rarely had anything to do with the movies. Some of the hosted segments were parodies of different movies entirely, usually cult films such as "Mulholland Drive" and "Misery".
Shaw described the show as "What if Dean Martin hosted a horror movie show?", and then ran with that aesthetic. The hosted segments were shot in black and white and featured Shaw wearing a tuxedo in the Condensed Classics movie lounge where he'd do short comedy bits, usually with a comely female sidekick in a 1940s era cocktail dress. The sidekicks switched every week, although several put in return appearances, always as different characters.
The show stopped airing on Movieola in 2004 and moved to Silver Screen Classics. A version of Condensed Classics called NEW Condensed Classics, which cut down the movies even more (to about 20 minutes) started airing in 2005. Shaw was not involved with this new show and was replaced as host by a woman named Tarantella [Alison Phillips]. The original set and "Rat Pack" aesthetic was gone as well, though Tarantella occasionally wore cocktail dresses.
WITH DAVE SHAW
ASK SILVER SCREEN CLASSICS WHEN IT'S ON IN YOUR AREA!
LIKE US ON FACEBOOK !
Condensed Classics with Dave Shaw is a television show that aired on the Canadian Channel Movieola. Although only 25 episodes were produced over the course of 2001-2002, the show was run and rerun on Movieola, and later on its sister station Silver Screen Classics where it currently appears now and again. It was directed by Anthony D'Andrea and produced by Shaw and Romen Podyzhun.
Condensed Classics was an attempt at reviving the "horror host" format of the 1950s and 1960s. The program aired movies such as "The Terror of Tiny Town", "Night of the Living Dead" and "Gorgo", which were condensed from their original running time to about 40 minutes, presided over by host and head writer Dave Shaw. The hosted segments of the show would appear four times a broadcast, and rarely had anything to do with the movies. Some of the hosted segments were parodies of different movies entirely, usually cult films such as "Mulholland Drive" and "Misery".
Shaw described the show as "What if Dean Martin hosted a horror movie show?", and then ran with that aesthetic. The hosted segments were shot in black and white and featured Shaw wearing a tuxedo in the Condensed Classics movie lounge where he'd do short comedy bits, usually with a comely female sidekick in a 1940s era cocktail dress. The sidekicks switched every week, although several put in return appearances, always as different characters.
The show stopped airing on Movieola in 2004 and moved to Silver Screen Classics. A version of Condensed Classics called NEW Condensed Classics, which cut down the movies even more (to about 20 minutes) started airing in 2005. Shaw was not involved with this new show and was replaced as host by a woman named Tarantella [Alison Phillips]. The original set and "Rat Pack" aesthetic was gone as well, though Tarantella occasionally wore cocktail dresses.