A walk down memory lane...

Just saw Robin Williams in AV.
What a retro-revalation! Took me right back to elementary school. Robin Williams is totally typecast as the AV guy for a struggling school. When he cannot get the film-strip in synch with the story tape, he has the world's funniest nervous breakdown. Ok, so the getting tangled in the film after bungling the film-projector loading is old hat, but Williams pulls it off with panache and makes the sight gag his own. After an hour of technical misadventure, the first graders in his class come to his rescue and the film strip procedes as planned. There's also the required feel-good inspirational ending, where the school pulls itself together long enough to hold a bake sale and buy new AV equipment. (And watch the lemon merigue pie closely at the end!) Great walk down memory lane for the Baby boomer generation. I suspect the only interest today's kids (who've never encountered film strips, film, or tape recorders) will have in it, however, is finding out how quickly the AV video game is hitting store shelves.

Free predicition: The 2026 remake will be titled "Holographic Projector!"