Continuing the passive-aggressively named Let’s Be Good Citizens film series, it’s Let’s Be Good Citizens While Visiting! Because even children on vacation can fail and disappoint their country if they aren’t polite enough. Susan and Jack are classic 1950s children on a classic 1950's vacation: visiting their boring aunt and uncle at their boring farm. Meanwhile mom and dad are presumably sipping Mai Tais at a swingers resort in the Bahamas. Susan and Jack make the most of their “vacation” by carefully selecting the appropriate shirts to wear, buttoning and tucking those shirts in precisely, and then being chastised for trying to climb up a 3-foot fence. Good citizens don’t have fun! Good citizens get punished, and they’re grateful for it! Come on children, are you trying to make Uncle Sam cry? Will the kids get their carefully pressed clothes dirty on the farm, like the devil wants them to? Will they accompany their aunt and uncle on some chores in town?

Bicycles have traditionally had only two purposes: going from point A to point B and making the worst people in the world froth at the mouth with rage in comments sections whenever it’s suggested that cars should watch out for them. But back in the '80s, a third purpose was discovered: Bicycle Dancing. Yes, there was nothing cooler than getting a really tiny BMX bike and making it go Bouncy Bouncy! While the potential of this new art form was teased at during the opening credits of Rad, its screen time was vastly cut due to the breakout success of its co-star, Ass Sliding. But with nary an ass to be slid in this short, it’s time for tricks like bunny hops, tail whips, spin dizzles, raspberry rotorooters, marleybone weekends, capitol critters, hamburglar therapists, and several other terms we also just made up to take center stage! If you found the concepts of Helltrack and Walking This Sucker too intense, please join Mike, Kevin, and Bill for this intensive crash course.

Mike works in a factory, and he’s angry at everything! His broken-down car. His co-worker who laughs at him. People who point out that it’s insane that he considers tomatoes an essential part of any fruit basket. Mike’s going to be receiving a lot of gift fruit baskets going forward, because he’s in the hospital after losing several fingers in a belt sander accident. Fortunately, his daughter is there to salt his tomatoes, then feed them to him. That is, until he gets a hospital roommate who is also named Mike. The entire RiffTrax universe would collapse in on itself if this second Mike lapsed into a rant about how bananas are actually vegetables, so we’re glad that he never actually speaks. The point of this short is evidently something about not losing your temper at work but you’ll most likely just come away from it with a strange desire to bite into a whole tomato. It must have been something subliminal they did…

CRIME- Senior Alert: Important life saving advice clearly presented in a short film starring Seniors just like you! A message from: Crime Prevention For Seniors of Montgomery County, Maryland; Pinellas County Florida Sheriff Department's Crime Prevention Unit; and The Mansfield, Ohio Police Department: "We don't pretend to have all the answers for every possible crime, but if you follow a few simple rules you stand a darn good chance of not being a victim: 1. Secure your house against easy entrance. 2. Never let a stranger in. 3. Develop safe car habits. 4. Get a soft little purse which holds no more than five dollars, your credit card, and one check for groceries and hide it on your person!"

Let's pretend for a moment that you're a 5th grade teacher. It's late Thursday night, and you haven't prepared one thing for tomorrow's class day. It’s also early May, so there's no chance for a snow day to save you, and getting a sub means you have to write up a lesson plan anyway. What do you do? Here’s an idea: show your class this short film from the 1950s about a teacher who obviously hadn't prepared for his class day, so he decides to have his class “act out” scenes from Tom Sawyer, claiming it helps students to “learn better.” When you're done watching Acting is Fun, apply what you’ve learned in your own classroom. It will eat up at least an hour before lunch, smart kids can take a break from excelling, and most of all, it’s fun! *Your students are sure to be charmed by the educator’s mid-century modern eyebrows.

When we last left Billy Batson, he was passed out. That isn’t really news; the cast of Captain Marvel spends most of their time either unconscious, riding in boxy cars, or when they get really ambitious, both. Now and then there is a lengthy board meeting, or perhaps the murder of several civilians by our titular hero. The Scorpion needs just a few more pieces to complete his project. We think it’s some sort of lamp, or possibly a toaster. Doctor Lang is holding out on him, so The Scorpion tries to put him in a device that’s half iron maiden, half birdcage. We don’t know why he owns this device. Perhaps his side hustle is cockatiel interrogation? What’s important is, you’ll find the reveal of the Dead Man’s Trap janky and hilarious, even more so when you remember that the final season of one of the most acclaimed TV shows of all time, Breaking Bad, employed a nearly identical device. Next thing you know, Billy will be tossing a pizza onto The Scorpion’s roof. Only three more episod

In this 1970's Bell Telephone instructional film, the neighborhood kids want to have a picnic but don’t know how to use a telephone to invite everyone. Suddenly the desk phone in the living room magically becomes enormous, and the kids enter the world of Telezonia. Their new pal Telly introduces them to anthropomorphic punctuation who teach them how to call people, use a phone book, and various matters of etiquette. The picnic is saved!

Americans at Work: Barbers and Beauticians! A follow-up to the less popular short, Unemployed Americans: Standing in Front of the Kitchen Sink Wondering Where It All Went Wrong. This vintage AFL-CIO film came at an exciting time in the tonsorial profession, when a third type of haircut for men had just been invented! The short takes us on a tour through the beauty parlor, a place where men who look like Walt Disney walk around pretending to tell the women who actually cut the hair what to do. And the barbershop, a place where little boys cry at the sight of scissors until their fathers give them a hearty, affectionate slap. Buck up, Billy! We also learn a bit about the history of barbering, an art that goes back to ancient times when you just know everybody’s haircuts looked like they were done with a paper shredder. As opposed to the modern days of 1960, when scientific advances have beauticians slathering human heads with chemicals that will absolutely shorten their lifespans. Prog

Whatever it is, The Griper is against it. George, the titular figure in this short film from Young America, complains about everything and then some. His classmates are fed up with him ruining everything, and even his conscience threatens to move out. The film asks some tough questions: can George do anything about his behavior? Will the others accept him if he does? Was that a shirt or a pajama top he wore to school that one day?