r/ObscureMedia

Transferred from a degraded VHS copy with heavy analog wear, crushed blacks, tracking noise, dropped frames, and occasional moments where Billy almost disappears into the image.

Restored lightly from a raw tape capture while trying to preserve the strange texture of the original recording.

Late night gym energy from somewhere far away. ☯️

(Ignore the terrible thumbnail.)

Yes, I know it's May.

Dean & Company is a family-produced local TV Christmas special that has been shown on cable in Birmingham, AL for well over 40 years. They started off small, but these days the show has appearances by, well, anyone in the area who wants to be included. This is the second special they produced from 1982. I highly recommend taking a look at their YouTube channel. I look forward to the new special every Christmas, as they just keep getting more outlandish. I hope they never change a thing.

I recommend checking out the segment beginning at approx. 39:40. It really gives a feel for Dean & Company. In it, we have two young folks performing "Away in a Manger" with an added harmonica solo. "Deanie," the young girl in the video is now the main host and creative force behind the show.

If you really want to see what your endurance level for them is, Found Footage Festival did like a 12 hour marathon of Dean & Company specials a couple of years back that can be found on YouTube.

For contrast, here's their 2025 special.

This was an odd attempt at an anti racism anthem by a group of white Swedish guys in 1993. Their heart was in the right place, I feel, but the song has aged... poorly. Still slaps though!

A videotape I found in my collection that had absolutely no web presence of any kind. I made an IMDb for it and uploaded a rip to Internet Archive. Enjoy the trippy video effects and limited narrators.