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Video shot at Colonial Theater nearly twenty years ago becomes a reality series!
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October 15, 2010 at 7:45 am
POMPTON LAKES, NJ – In the summer of 1993, the crew of the Colonial Twin Theater in Pompton Lakes, New Jersey, videotaped a simple, little birthday greeting to their friend and former colleague, Glenn. Little did they know, nearly twenty years after it was made, that same video would resurface as a reality series!
Check out the hilarious clips from what has to be the most extensive collection of video footage ever documented at the Colonial Theater, since it opened in 1913! The original video was made three years before the Colonial Twin closed.
Comments (13)
Just maybe the reason the “Colonial” closed.:–)
Good point! Instead of cleaning up the place, we were busy making a video!
Fun times – spent many a summer as a patron of the Colonial, right around 1993 (nice seeing Dennis The Mennis in one clip on the big screen downstairs, I probably saw it there with my grandma one summer afternoon).
Ahhhhhhhh,The Theatre business.I feel sorry for those of you into Cinema treasures,that never worked in a movie theatre.
Two moron spammers on the same page – there needs to be better vetting here.
The video shows that they enjoyed their jobs,can many people say that now.
We sure did. I can honestly say, after all these years, I still consider it the best job I ever had. Even though we were earning minimum wage. But then again, if you factor in all the googing off we did, we were probably grossly OVERPAID!!!
Did I say googing off? I meant to say goofing off!
We understand,Here is a quote a friend said about me,“Mike was very good to work with.Everybody worked.The Theatre business was good because you worked for thirty minutes,that was when the show started and the crowd got in.And Mike was good for the other hour and a half while thee show was running” from Tommy Capers,Assistant Manager at National Hills,Imperial,and Columbia 1 and 2 Theatres in Augusta,Ga.He said that during a 1985 theatre reunion party we held after all of us being out of the business for almost ten years.I have that on DVD now.
Not to be mean, but when does the hilarity start in all those clips?
We always found the video to be hilarious when watching it after a few too many! Now, after all these years, it’s more about the nostalgic trip down memory lane. There is a lot more footage that I will be posting on YouTube whenever I find the time, and I assure you, comedy does ensue…so stay tuned…
Here’s a link to the Colonial Twin Follies youtube channel. Enjoy!http://www.youtube.com/user/ColonialTwinFollies
http://www.youtube.com/user/ColonialTwinFollies