A/V Geeks 16mm Lunch 12-29-2025

Hello everybody. This is Skip Alzheimer. Welcome to the AV Geeks Lunchtime streaming show. I hope everybody had a good weekend after Christmas. Um, I got to spend time with family. That was great. Um, anyhow, we're back live. Uh, the scanner is misbehaving today. So, we have thankfully have scanned some stuff on the other scanner uh that we're happy to share with you. Today's a mixed bag of stuff. So, we'll start off with this bizarre um religious film. Enjoy. Honey, hurry up, will you? I got something very important to tell you. >> Just a minute. >> You know, honey, I think I'm going to get a break at the office. You know, the manager called me in his office today, thanking me for the way I handle that sales publicity job. Yeah, he offered me coffee and now set up. That really means something. It's the first time he's called me in the office in 5 years. A couple of guys ahead of me, but that doesn't mean anything. The guys up front are thinking about me, baby. You know, darling, the fact that he invited me into the office, that really means something. The manager is a funny guy. You know, you don't think he's watching you, but but he's really got his eye out. Darling, are you listening? >> [music] [music] >> Heat. Heat. [music] >> [music] >> Love builds today into forever. My bad. One club. >> Hey, this is an important rubber. We'll tell the story for the evening. Four. >> Six part. >> No doubles. No doubles. >> We're only four down. >> Good night. >> Good night, bud. >> Good night, Pat. Good night, Erin. >> You know what I'm going to tell you? We've been through that thing a hund times. >> You made as many mistakes. >> When you meet a king, >> you just floored me. >> How you expect me to figure out what they got when I came to figure out what you got? Clear. Hey, baby. >> [music] >> One adult, one child. >> But dad, >> one adult and one child. >> Okay, son. Here's your thing. >> Dad, you knew I turned 12 last month. >> Uh, what difference does a couple of weeks make? >> Gee, Dad, you're smart. I wish I could cheat as good as you. >> You hold it down a minute. Will you please hold it down? >> They accepted the bid, didn't they? And I think that we're going to make a good profit on it. I spoke to Arahead next week. I'm going to speak to Pioneer. >> Listen, it's ridiculous for you to feel this way about it. >> Just hold down a minute. >> Mommy, when's daddy coming home? Anybody home? >> Hey, where's your mother? Where are you going? [music] >> Hi, Dad. [music] Hey, Pop. Can I talk to you? >> Sure. >> What is it? >> I'm going to be short some credits for graduation and unless I go to summer school. >> Oh, that's good. >> You know, I think I'll drop out of school, Bob. I'm not going anywhere. Well, what do you know? >> See, I took my first trip today. That asset, man, was it groovy. >> Okay, whatever you think's best. >> Howard, was that Chris? >> Mhm. >> What did he have to say? >> Oh, it wasn't important. Some children would just give up and go away. So, were these PSAs that they cobbled together or were these uh intentionally short things uh meant to trigger uh discussion? I don't that I don't know. So, um, and this one, this particular phone didn't come with notes, so I'm not quite sure, but, uh, I love my little, uh, tableau of late 60s, early '7s family life. Um, so, uh, I got some stuff on e eBay, uh, today. And, uh, in the packing materials, there was there was this use for uh use for cremated remains. And then if I don't know if you can see like it says priority mail express uh cremated remains created and I did not order cremated uh remains from eBay. I don't even think that's allowed. Um, I ordered a timebased corrector. And hopefully this is not telling me that the timebased corrector is dead. Uh, anyways, that was weird. Uh, and I hope it wasn't a person's remains. I hope that it was a pet's remains, but I don't know. I mean, it's so weird and it's like, oh, bubble wrap hasn't been used. Uh, all right. Uh, this next film is is fascinating. This is uh Dr. Visioniac's Microscopic World. And I have another film featuring him and he shot a bunch of uh microscopic photography in the 50s and 60s. Uh but this one actually says that he's he does it in his apartment. So that fascinates me. Uh anyways, here it is. Enjoy. [music] >> [music] >> This is a world within a world. A world we cannot see. A world of plants and animals living by the millions in a single drop of water. [music] For 40 years, Dr. Roman Vishnak has been exploring through photography the mystery and wonder of this microscopic world. Dr. Dr. Vishnak's laboratory, cluttered with cameras, microscopes, and specimens, is a 10x 12 ft room in his New York City apartment. The 58-year-old scientist and philosopher who holds doctorates in zoologology and medicine is recognized as the world's foremost photographer of microscopic life. Now, the news magazine in an exclusive film report focuses its cameras on Dr. of Vishnak and the inhabitants of what he calls the tiny landscape. The microscope's magic will make visible an amazing variety of animal and plant life, wholly unlike anything that has ever been seen by the naked eye. Here, the doctor adjusts [music] his own intricate lighting system. The microscope, one of 13 used by Dr. Vishnak in his work is integrated with a motion picture camera especially adapted for filming the infinitely tiny subjects magnified up to 6,000 times. All specimens are alive. The doctor believes that only living creatures can be photographed truthfully making possible an accurate [music] report on their behavior in a natural free swimming environment. There in center screen is a flagagillate tiny even under the microscope. Flagillates are believed to be the ancestors of all animal life on Earth, originating more than two billion years ago. Dr. Vishnak's carefully controlled lighting system enables him to make remarkable photographs of the interiors of his subjects. Thus, we are able to see here in fascinating and hitherto undreamed of detail the inner organs of the parramium bosaria. Here is a parramium codatum, the most common species of prozzoa. A form of animal, it cannot, like a plant does, produce its own food. Following the minute animals as they search for their food, Dr. Vishnak must keep them under constant scrutiny, making certain that they do not disappear out of the camera's range. This is a flat worm, one of the doctor's bigger specimens. It measures about 1/30th of an inch and can actually be seen with the naked eye. Still another form of protozoa is this colony of [music] bell-shaped species. Around the opening of each bell are celia or hairs whose feverish activity produces a strong current. Plants and animals floating by are swept into the mouth opening by this current [music] and swallowed up. Thus, through the endless beating of their psyia, these bell-shaped animals cause their food to flow to them. Among Dr. Vishnak's most unusual specimens are these 32 microorganisms, which hang together, folding and unfolding, much like an accordion. The doctor [music] films his subjects with an amazing third-dimensional effect. The results are masterpieces of beautiful simplicity, all in marked contrast to the flat, ordinary views of specimens immobilized on glass slides. In the words of Dr. Vishnak, in nature, every bit of life is lovely, and the more magnification we use, the more details are brought out, perfectly formed, like endless sets of boxes within boxes in intricate splendor. This is the Desmond, jewel of the pond. [music] The moss animals weaving tentacles set up water currents that draw in all life around it. The creature takes into its mouth the animals and plants it needs to exist. Other matter is quickly [music] rejected. Like every one of Dr. Vishnak's subjects, the moss animal will be returned alive to the exact spot where the doctor found it. [music] [music] Seizing a specsized plant, this aquatic animal gnaws away bacteria as a dog would gnaw away at a bone. Finishing one tasty [music] morsel, it immediately tracks down another. Here is a hydra, member of the same family as the Portuguese man of war. Growing halfway down the hydra's side is a bud. For although the hydra is an animal, it reproduces by bdding like the plants we know. The growth on the stock will eventually break off to form another hydra. The tentacles not only gather the hydra's food, [music] but contain thousands of minute organs that have the power to poison and paralyze any prey. In this unusual closeup, we [music] can see the detailed structure of one of the hydra tentacles. The shrimp, magnified by the microscope's wondrous lens, [music] is revealed to have blood vessels that carry oxygen and nourishment to every part of the body, including the eyes. The circulation of the blood is exactly like that in the highest form of animal life. Watch for the movement of the shrimp's eye. Photographing the laral stage of a crab, Dr. Vishnak introduces an infinite decimal spotlight into this microscopic world as he follows the long thin projectile that extends far out from the body. We can see the beating of the heart and the pulsating of the blood as it circulates through another of the crab's projectiles. The circulatory system closely resembles the one found in the human body. The compound eye, which is actually many little eyes, enables the crab to see in many directions at once. This is a water plant, microscopic in size, but gigantic in comparison to the millions of bacteria that swarm around it. The bacteria feed on the oxygen and other materials given off by the plant. In the [music] economy of God's universe, nothing is wasted. And so Dr. Vishnak explores a world [music] separated only by a set of lenses from man's everyday existence. What a variety of animals I can see, says the doctor, [music] in the contents of a single jar of pond water. One could take a trip around the world and not see as many kinds of animals or as many thrilling adventures as I see in my laboratory. >> [music] >> Dr. Roman Vishnak has devoted a lifetime to the discovery of nature through photography, observing and recording the teeming life of a microscopic world that exists unseen around us. [music] >> [music] >> With a pale and a net, Dr. Roman Vishnak is going exploring. His search is to take him no further than the nearby seashore. For there is in the oceans which cover 3/4 of the earth a teeming water world whose tiny inhabitants are counted by the quadrillions. Dr. Vishnak is the world's leading photographer of microscopic life. He is a scientist and a philosopher with doctorates in zoologology and medicine. And he speaks eight [music] languages. But his first love is discovering nature through photography. Bringing to view infinite decimal ocean organisms like these mollisk [music] embryos. At magnifications ranging from 100 to 6,000 times, Dr. Vishnak explores mysteries of life far beyond human vision. Notice the heartbeat of this single mollusk embryo as like a baby chick, it waits to hatch from its egg. [music] The opportunities for exploration are as limitless as the sea. And so offsole on the Massachusetts coast, the 59-year-old doctor sprry carries his search [music] for saltwater specimens out into the bay. This time he uses a net within a net to [music] strain only the tiniest water dwellers into his jar. Although virtually invisible, they are looked upon by Dr. Vishnak as friends deserving of civilized consideration. Some people think microscopic animals are all alike, he says. But oh no, they have individualities that make them different from one another, just like human beings. And photographing the milky living dust collected in his jar, he shows what he means. Elder Skelter inhabitants called Cyclops are among the busiest of Dr. Vishniak's neighbors in the water world. Tentacles flare out from their bodies like horns from a steer. And like the giant cyclops in Greek mythology, they have but a single eye. When a crab moves into the picture, the cyclops are in deadly peril, for they are a favorite food of larger animals. Quicker than the eye can see, the crab snatches and swallows the helpless cyclops. Here before our eyes is a life and death struggle seen through the microscope recorded by the motion picture camera. But the cyclops multiply [music] faster than they are destroyed to continue the cycle of life in the sea. For Dr. Vishniaak. Sea life is where you find it. It can be clinging to the shell of a horseshoe crab. The crab, strange as it [music] seems, chews its food with its feet and when released, always seemingly by instinct, scurries toward the open sea. The oceanographic [music] institution on the New England coast is a workshop for students of marine life. Dr. Vishnyak comes here often with specimens he has collected from the sea. One is a smaller horseshoe crab. With the utmost of care, he scrapes off [music] a tiny flatworm before photographing it in undreamed of detail. Looking like a floating pancake, the flatworm is actually demonstrating the rhythmic motion it uses to travel. When it wants free [music] transportation, the flatworm conveniently attaches itself to the horseshoe crab. Watch the hermit crab take cover. >> [music] >> The crab is snug in its shell as [music] the doctor removes other living specimens with the skill of a surgeon. Only living creatures, [music] he insists, can be photographed truthfully, thus making possible an accurate report of their appearance and behavior. For Dr. Vishnak, [music] who was seven when he took his first microphotograph, the task requires intricate equipment and incredible patience. The bristle worm, for example, is constantly twisting and turning, ducking and dodging, and yet somehow the doctor manages to keep it in focus. Dr. Vishnyak says, "No creature is simple." Here is proof. The bristle worm. Unbelievably complex under the microscope, yet tinier than a pin head. All the time, the bristles move in and out, barely visible even under magnification. Dr. Vishnak's amazing technique takes us inside the worm just like an X-ray. This is a barnacle hunting food. Sweeping in and out of its shell, six pairs of feathery legs form a casting net to capture tiny creatures swimming past. Dr. Vishnak achieves an almost thirddimensional realism in photographing another underwater worm. There is a growing fascination in watching the frantic convolutions of the minute organism as it takes the shape of an unending pretzel. Although separated from our everyday world only by a set of lenses, here is a form of animal life whose complex [music] and unending movements are unlike anything that has ever been seen by the unaded human eye. Next, an amphetite bursts into view. Its plumage as bright as holiday streamers. Dr. Vishnak's own intricate lighting system helps capture the full beauty of one of the loveliest creatures of the sea. Body and streamers shine with iridescent splendor. Photographing a world most of us didn't know existed, Dr. Vishnak presents its inhabitants in brilliant glory. He returns his specimens alive to their homes. Just because they are small, he says, doesn't mean they have no rights. Water, what wonders it holds. Or Dr. Roman Bishnak, explorer of the world within the sea. [music] [music] >> [music] >> Dr. Roman Vishniaak. Uh, like I said, I have other films with him, and I'm sure his footage shows up in all these educational films that he did. What a fascinating person. Uh, all right. Uh, I'm just going to go ahead. Uh, well, first, thank you so much, uh, Jeremy, for donating v via the super thanks button. Um, I'm just going to apologize for this next film. Uh, it's we're due uh for yet another installment of The Adventures in the Grammar Galaxy. Um, so sorry. You're welcome. I'm sorry. I don't know. Enjoy. Enjoy. Wow. [music] Wow. >> Gee, making comic strips is fun. We should have thought of this before. >> It's not as hard as I thought. We're pretty good. >> We sure are. Kit and Kim could be in the newspapers. >> Hi, Kit. Hi, Kim. How are you feeling? >> I wonder what they want to say. >> We have to give them some words. Nobody talks without words. >> Words are easy to think of. >> Words tell things that are fun and things that are nice. Let's pick those kind. >> Jump, catch, bird, pizza. I like our words. >> I told you thinking of words is easy. Bored with the ABCs of plain old alphabet soup, Wally puts in whole words spelled right on just waiting for you to slurp them up. Song, snap, sing. You never know what words coming next. Try Wally's word soup. Wally's words make food fun. Look, they're making two kinds of words. What's the difference? I don't know, I'll ask. Excuse me, sir. How are those two kinds of words different? >> I'm making name words. Some people call them nouns. A name word tells the name of a person, a place or a thing like boy or Susan or New York City or toy. >> What kind of words is he making? He makes the other kind. >> What kind's that? >> You ask him. >> You can bet I'll tell them. I make verbs, action words, moving actions like run and jump and squirm or other actions like see or think. And you want to know something, kids? [laughter] Action words are the best kind. >> I heard that. I heard you trying to fool those poor little kids. It's not true, kids. Name words are the best. >> Action words, verbs. Name words, nouns. >> Who's right? I don't know. Action words, verbs. >> Name words, nouns. >> Action words, verbs. >> Name words, nouns. >> Action word, verb. >> Name words, nouns. Uh, what's going on here? What is all this? So, you kids causing trouble? >> No, sir. We just asked about how the words were different, and each one started yelling that his was best. >> So, AT IT AGAIN, HOW MANY TIMES do I have to tell you two there is no better or best? Listen kids, YOU WANT TO TELL SOMEBODY something and make sense, you need both kinds, a name word and an action word. Remember that. Both kinds. Now, you people, back to work. >> Excuse me, sir. Do you ever have any words left over? >> Oh, sometimes. >> Well, we sure would like to have some if you do. >> You like words, eh? Yes, sir. They're fun. >> Well, okay. Next time I have some left over, I'll send you some. [music] >> Hi. Can I help you? >> I have a big box of words for Pat and Pam. >> Oh, goody. >> Well, where do you want them? >> Put them beside the garage, please. Okay, >> Pat, come on. The factory sent us some words. >> Oh boy, there's a big box of them. Look, the action words and the name words are all mixed up. >> Hey, let's separate them. Nouns in one pile, verbs in another. >> Okay. Let's see. Ant. Um, that's a name word. Noun. Ohio. That's a place. Name word. Noun. >> Gift. That's an action word. Verb. >> Tag. Say, that could be tricky. >> It's a name word. Tag is the name of a game. >> That's right. But if you said, "I'll tag John," then tag is an action word, a verb. >> Hey, that's right. But this time, we'll make it the game. >> Okay. Well, then it's a name word. Noun. >> Hey, this is fun. Get another. >> There's something new to do for you to do. It's the two-word idea teller. The two-word idea teller has a packet of name words and a packet of action words. Two name words don't make sense. Two action words don't make sense. But if you take one of each, presto, you make sense. You can tell a complete idea or thought. One won't do. It always takes two. At least one of each kind. With a noun, you can tell who or what is doing something. With a verb, you can tell what they are doing. When you combine a name word and an action word, you tell it all. Ask mom or dad to pick up a two-word idea teller. You'll like it. from Hollywood. It's the Word Game Show. Words are fun and we know it. Now, our first contestants, welcome to Word Games. >> Oh, thank you. It's so exciting. >> Which of our games have you chosen? >> We'll play kinds of words. >> That's fine. Just fine. When the word appears, tell us whether it is a name word or an action word. Here we go. [music] The word is balloon. What kind of word is balloon? >> Balloon is a name word, a noun. >> That is correct. The word is splash. >> Oh. Uh, that's easy. Splash is an action word, a verb. >> Also correct. And the next word is >> sit. >> There's no action in sit. You just sit there. But sitting is doing something. So sit is an action word. >> You're right. Sit is an action word. >> You are right indeed. Now just one more to go. Your last word is the word popcorn. >> Oh, that's easy. Popcorn is a name word. >> Aha, right again. And that's a perfect score. Each of you wins a bicycle and a chance to come back next week to try for the grand prize. >> Oo, goodies. We'll be back. >> Our next contestants, Greg and Judy from Sasparilla. They have decided to play sense or no sense. That right, folks. >> That's right. >> We're ready. >> Then it's quiz time. When each set of two words appears on the screen, you decide whether they make sense or no sense. Take it away. Desk. Garden. >> No sense. >> Correct. Now we have monkeys climb. That makes sense. >> Follow Jane. >> That makes sense, too. >> Eat help. >> That's nonsense. >> Read books. >> That makes sense. >> Another perfect score. Amazing. >> Oh, that was easy. Name words and action words work together. >> So far, everyone's a winner. Now, here are our third contestants, Pam and Pat. Which game have you chosen? >> We'll play game number three. >> Well, well, well. You two have the big one. First, one of you thinks of three nouns. Remember, those are name words. The other one thinks of three verbs, the action words. [snorts] Then, working as a team, you'll put the name words and the action words together to tell a complete thought. Now, if you've got that, we'll start. >> Uh, we're ready. I'm nervous. >> All right, we'll start with you, Pat. Give us some name words. >> Let's see. Tom. Uh, frogs. And how about people? >> Well done, Pat. Now, Pam, let's have three action words from your side. >> Okay. Jump and balls. And um I'm thinking, hey, think. Very good. Words like think are action words. Even if you can't see the action, your words go up on the board, too. And now the two of you have 10 seconds to use the name words and the action words together to communicate complete thoughts. >> You do it. >> No, you. >> Oh, come on. Come on. Somebody do it. >> Tom falls. Rock jump. People think >> you two are wonderful. You just put those two kinds of words together and bam, complete thoughts. Let's hear it for Pam and Pat, folks. >> Good day. May I help you? We're just looking, I guess. We have words for every occasion. Name words, nouns, you know, and action words, the verbs. >> Gee, I'd like to have some new words. >> Me, too. But all we have is 50 cents. 50 cents. Well, that isn't much these days. But I can do something for you. For only 50 cents, you may buy this little chalkboard and some chalk. Then you may write your own words, as many as you like. >> Golly, that's wonderful. We'll take it. But ma'am, I can't write yet, except my name. >> Well, young lady, that's not a new problem. But it's an easy one. >> It is >> very easy. If you can't write, all you do is think of a word. You tell someone who can write and they write it down for you. >> Will you write them for me, Pat? >> Sure, I will. >> Oh, goody. >> Good luck. Oh, hello there. I'm very sorry, but we're closing now. The end, you know. But there's lots of paper and chalkboards around. I'm sure you'll enjoy choosing words on your own. [music] [music] Wow. Wow. Wow. >> [music] >> That squirrel had a wig. Um, yeah. Wow. So, I've shown other films um from this and one of them was called I think Adventures in the Grammar Galaxy and it had a sci-fi theme and it is about the same. It's like, "Oh, this is interesting." And then it's like, "Oh my god, this is never going to end." That is my take on it is the pacing. Housemith, of course, did a lot of the voices. Um, and he was a voice actor, but also you know him as Otis the Drunk from um, uh, Andy Griffith Show. Um, but and he also shows up in other educational films. He actually shows up uh as this guy who rhymes um and works at a fix it shop. He has a fix it shop. Uh and maybe I'll bust some of those out. Those are better, although they rhyme, so that's a problem. Okay, so 70s heartthrobs. Um this film features two of them and also has a theme about suicide. This is a polished film and you'll recognize the kids uh or teenagers or young adults very quickly. It's called Deadline. Enjoy. Y finish your paper. >> Um, yeah. >> Oh, good. Well, maybe next time you'll plan a little better so you won't have to pull an allnighter. >> Dad, can I talk to you about something? Uh, let me get a shower first. Look, Harry, that account is worth a quarter of a million dollars to us every year. Okay. If he wants a green frog, well, give him a green frog. Yeah. Good. What? Yeah, I'm leaving right now. Uh, yeah. Okay. Bye. I'm sorry, Jeff. Can this wait? I got to get out of here, otherwise I won't make that plane. >> When are you going to be back? >> Uh, day after tomorrow. I'm going to go meet your mother's attorneys in San Francisco and sign the papers. But I'll be back in time for your track meet. Listen, Jeff. I know it's been tough with the new school and the the divorce, but it's going to be all right. >> Uh, but Dad. >> Oh, you need some money, huh? Here, help me out, will you? >> Uh, good. Yeah, take both of those. You'll need them. All right. Well, that ought to hold you. All right. Well, behave yourself >> and don't do anything I wouldn't do. >> [music] [music] >> Good morning, huddled masses. School bus service to South Pavement will resume as soon as the tires to the bus have been returned. No questions will be asked. The SAT scores are in and available at the main office. Seniors who are worried about their futures should contact Mr. Keller in the counseling office after 400 p.m. today. [music] Have a nice day. >> Any hope, doctor? >> Oh, I think you better notify an extra ken. >> Well, this is the last one. Don't break it. [music] >> Excuse me. >> Uh, I I wanted to talk with Nikki. >> Well, she's kind of busy right now. Okay. >> Oh, well, give her this, will you? Maybe this will be up to her standards. >> You're a little late. The deadline was yesterday. >> One more time. One more time, folks. >> Video. You'll love it. I promise. >> How do you know that you're >> ready? Oscar. Stop it. >> All right. All right. >> Out of control, Buster. I'm >> out of control. >> Yes, you are. >> Let me do that for you. >> Okay. >> Stop. >> Okay. Jeez. >> So, >> yeah. See you there or not? >> Maybe. >> See you, Jackson. Okay. >> Okay. >> Hi. >> Oh, hi, Jeff. >> Um, Nancy, I'd like you to have this. >> What? I was going to give it to you the day we broke up. >> Oh, that's okay. You can keep it. >> Please. I mean, well, I I bought it for you and I'd like you to have it. >> Okay. Thanks. >> Excuse me. >> Everybody can be an overnight success. Okay. Look, I got to go. >> Story is not the issue. It's not about as a female mud wrestling. I only have one typewriter that works. >> If you really want to put on a paper, all you need IS A SHARPENING PENCIL. YOU LISTEN TO ME, PLEASE. >> WHAT? >> OKAY. You know that kid Jeff? >> He wrote a couple stories for you and you rejected them. >> Yeah. >> He just handed me this letter to the editor and I think it's a suicide note. Hey, wait. >> Where is he? It just took off. >> It's 3:00 in the morning. >> I've not been able to sleep since I made the decision. And five words say it all. I'm going to kill myself. I don't know how I'm going to do it, just that I will before the day is over. I can't go on feeling this way any longer. Like I'm on the outside of the world looking in. I know death will be better than life for me. I know it will stop the pain that's eating me alive. It's the only [music] answer. I can't live up to the expectations everyone has for me. They all need too much and I can't compete. I'm unworthy and incapable of being what they think I am. [music] >> He's not on campus. We looked everywhere. What are you doing? I'm >> making a copy of this letter. >> Why don't you just use the copier? >> Cuz it's broken. I thought there might be something in here that would help us find him. >> The police have filed a missing person's report on him and they're sending an officer over for the letter. >> What else are they going to do? They'll search for him a couple of hours and if they don't find them, we'll just have to wait for him to turn off. >> Have they called his parents? >> His father's away on a business trip. What about his mom? According to his student file, she lives in San Francisco. >> Is there anything else on the file? >> Listen, his file is confidential, so this is just between the three of us. Okay. >> Okay. >> Okay. He moved here about 6 months ago, but he told his counselor he was having a hard time making the adjustment. He was a pretty good student at his old school, but when he transferred here, he started falling behind. He told Mr. Cathy it was harder here. That's what he said in the letter. >> I know. You think that's why he wants to kill himself? Well, maybe one of the reasons. >> Is there anything else? >> He blew his SATs. He was pretty upset about it and then he got cut from the track team. We can't just stand around here. We got to do something. He mentioned a girlfriend in the letter, right? Uh Nancy Steven. >> Nancy Stevens. Yeah, she's a cheerleader. >> Well, maybe she knows her. >> Okay, I'll go talk to her. >> All right, I'll talk to Coach Riley and I'll try and get in touch with Jeff's father while I wait here for the police. Okay, >> give me a call in about an hour. All right, >> we'll do. >> What's the problem, Luigi? Trying to get out of PE again? Use your belt in here. >> No, I'm just looking for Jeff Freeman. >> Yeah, me too. Told him to turn in his uniform. This is what he left me. And now watch your watch your form, man. Watch. Well, >> why'd you cut him from the track team? >> He quit in the middle of a race. Just stop running. Straighten out your feet. We've been having some problems. >> Yeah. Who doesn't? Look, I'm not here to baby anybody. He didn't have the guts, the will to win, to put out 100%. I won't have anybody run for me that gives up. We got ANY QUITTERS HERE? >> NO. >> THAT'S RIGHT. You don't win track meets that way. >> Well, maybe he was doing the best he could. >> Yeah, it wasn't enough. Just didn't have it. He's not a winner. Here we go. Come on. >> Winning's that important. You better learn something right now, Luigi. Winning is everything. That's the way it is. I don't win. I don't keep my job. I don't have a chance to get out of here and coach at some college. World isn't run by losers. >> Thanks, coach. >> You find him. You find him. Tommy's in big trouble. I'm here. >> I will if he's still alive. What are you talking about? >> He said he was going to kill himself. I'm just trying to stop him. [music] >> Sherry, I told you to bring your sweater. We have evaluation today. >> You said tomorrow. >> That was yesterday. Look, we only went out a couple of times. I mean, it's not like we were going together or anything, so how could we really break up? >> Um, I can't believe he actually threatened to do something stupid like kill himself. I mean, it's dramatic and everything, but you'd have to be crazy to do it. Come on, you guys. Let's go. Stand up and fight. Okay, come on. >> I don't think he's crazy, Nancy. I just think he's in a lot of pain. >> Yeah, well, I don't know. He seemed fine this morning. He gave me the tape player. >> Oh, why? I don't know. I guess he just wanted me to have it. Look, I'm really kind of busy. >> Would you give me what he might be? Nancy, >> what? Do you have any idea where he might be right now? >> No. >> Where did you guys go on a date? >> We went to Jack's place where everybody goes, "You guys, what was that? That was absolutely ridiculous." Come on, you guys. This is really important. Do it right. Okay. WHITE, >> LUIGI, PLEASE. >> HEY, excuse me. Could we have this table? I mean, and you're all alone. You've been sitting here a long time. You can move to that table over there. >> It's me. I found him. He's sitting over at Jack's place. >> No, I didn't. I don't know what to say to him. Would you come over here? Okay, I'll just wait for you. Okay, bye. Where is he? >> I don't know. >> What do you mean you don't know? >> He was here. I called you and the next minute he was gone. >> Would you look for him? >> Of course I'd look for him. But you don't get on my case. I feel bad about it already. >> Sorry. >> I don't know what we're going to do now. >> Well, the police have already checked his apartment and he's not there. >> We got to find him. >> We'll find him. >> Hey, nice shot, son. Everybody's a winner. Hey, LOOK AT THIS NICE CUP YOU WANT. HEY, SON. SON, YOU WON THIS. Nobody's seen him anywhere. >> Maybe if I'd taken one of his articles. >> What are you talking about, >> P? Are you starting to blame yourself now? >> Yeah, a little. >> Well, don't. >> I just don't know why I didn't see it. How could I be so insensitive? >> You were busy. You had other things to worry about. So did I. >> But you know, he's really going to kill himself. And what if he's out doing it right now somewhere? >> If he decides to go ahead and kill himself, that's his responsibility and not ours. >> You don't think it's our responsibility and not be so involved with ourselves that we see that and reach out and and try to help him. >> All right, point taken. We have a big here tonight. You keep your eye on the dollar. You >> ever think about killing yourself? >> Why would I want to do that? >> Well, I'm not saying you would. I'm just curious. >> I'm not suicidal. There's a special in >> I did. >> You did what? >> Thought about killing myself. >> What stopped you? >> Bad tuna fish sandwich. Got really sick and I thought I was going to die. Couldn't kill myself when I felt so lousy. All I could think about was getting better. What would you do now? Are you sure you're thinking about doing it? >> I would probably see the school psychologist. >> Let's make a phone call. >> We have a winner. >> You got nothing to lose. Maybe he's home. >> Do you really feel okay about talking to a psychologist? No, I'd probably just look for a friend. >> If you have friends, >> well, I got you. >> That's what he needs. You know, just somebody you can talk to, somebody to listen to him. >> Somebody's there. >> [music] >> Everybody. [music] >> [music] [music] >> Wait. Hey. >> [music] >> Yeah. Oh, that's it. That's it. Okay. [music] >> Sorry. I don't know what these people are, but >> I don't know if I can. >> My god, >> Jeff. Luigi, >> wait for the police. >> Jeff, easy. Easy. >> Easy. >> No. Go away. Wait. >> Wait. Please. >> Please go away. >> Wait. Just go away. >> Can we just talk to you for a minute? >> LEAVE ME ALONE. >> We just want to talk. Just talk to us for a second. Okay. >> Just take it easy. All right. >> NO. WAIT. WAIT. WAIT. DON'T DO THAT. Come back here. Don't do that. Just Just hang on. >> Wait. >> All right. Hey, hang on. Just take it easy. Okay. >> Wait. Don't do that. Wait. [music] >> What are you doing? >> He's going to be okay. No. He's He's going to be He's going to be okay. No. No. Leave you alone. Jack, no. NO. [screaming] Hold on. Hold on. Please. No. No. Leave me alone. Just don't try and stop me. >> Okay, I won't. >> Why'd you come here, >> Nikki? It's Nikki the letter. >> I'll read your letter. Um um I I just wanted to tell you that I can't print it. >> Not good enough for you. >> No, it's great. It's It's really good, but um I I I can't print it unless you sign it. All this edit must be signed before you can print them. I got a pen in here somewhere. I swear I do. Very good, you know. Just needs a little bit of editing. It's very powerful. I run run. Tears blur my vision. Loneliness steals my breath. My muscles cramp with pain and regret. In agony, I see the truth. There's no happiness or friendship waiting for me at the finish line. Only death. In her cold embrace, I will find my peace. >> I hate my life. I hate everything about it. >> Jeff, you're 17. You're supposed to hate everything about it. >> What do you know? >> Do you want this to be the last thing you write? If I know I thought about killing myself cuz I couldn't take the pain. I thought nobody cared. >> It's true. Nobody does care. >> I do. And I know exactly how you're feeling. I don't know anybody who who hasn't had moments of pain and loneliness and doubt or who hasn't looked at himself in the in the mirror and hated himself. But these moments pass and and and when they do, you find that that you're stronger and and richer for having gone through it. How much editing are you planning on doing on that? Just wanted to work on the end. Heat. Heat. [music] Heat. [music] [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] Heat. [music] >> [music] [music] >> 1985. And yes, all of those people were too old to be in high school. [laughter] Like I really I was hoping that because we scanned it, but I didn't listen to it. And I was hoping like, oh well, this is going to be um you know, college because I couldn't tell from the the scenes. Um although the the locker locker should tip me off. But yeah, come on. Those guys were certainly older than high school. Um but that's the way it plays out, I guess. You know, everybody's in their 30s. Stranger Things, perfect example. Uh so yeah, all those people, look them up if you don't know who they are. Um they figured prominently in the 70s, although Bruno Kirby certainly got his got bigger in the 80s. Um but yeah, so Polist uh Catholic organization and uh they made a TV show series called Insight and this might have been I think this is part of that. They also did another series called the Bloom and Human series which was made for uh kids. Uh, and I don't know if that was shown on television, but Insight was definitely meant to be shown on television. And there's lots of actors that show up in that. So, like Alio Estz shows up in it, and Martin Sheen shows shows up in it, and lots and lots and lots of people show up in sights. Um, anyways, thanks for tuning in today. Thanks for your uh comments. It's great to see everybody. And we'll be back again tomorrow. Tomorrow being Tuesday. And uh we got more stuff for you. So everybody take care and we'll see you soon.