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Black Bikers Rock

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:33:15 +0000

The Museum of UnCut Funk has examined all aspects of Blaxploitation and it’s relationship to music, sports, politics and Black culture. One angle that we have not covered – until now – is the relationship between Blaxploitation and Black Biker Culture. This exhibition chronicles the Blaxploitation films that prominently featured Black Bikers, along with [...]

Say It Loud Exhibition

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 05 Jul 2011 19:21:27 +0000

Say It Loud: I’m Black and I’m Proud! The Say It Loud Exhibition addresses the social and political gains Blacks achieved during the 1970‘s, after enduring the marches, riots and sit-ins of the 1960’s. Please visit www.museumofuncutfunk.com and click on Exhibitions.

Alabama’s Ghost circa 1973

Sista ToFunky — Sun, 15 May 2011 18:08:01 +0000

The film Alabama’s Ghost defies classification. Is it horror? Is it comedy? Is it sci-fi? Is it a musical? Regardless of the genre, one thing’s certain: there were copious amounts of LSD involved. The movie is perhaps best summed up by a line uttered by shady agent Otto Max (Steven Kent Browne) as he tries to [...]

The Bessie Coleman Golden Coin

Sista ToFunky — Fri, 11 Mar 2011 22:18:22 +0000

In 1998, the Dollar Coin Design Advisory Committee (DCDAC) was convened with the purpose of deciding what woman to portray on a new US “Golden” $1 circulating coin. Committee members included Mint Director Philip Diehl and Delaware Congressman Michael Castle. This concept was designed and presented to the committee in person by Daniel Carr. At [...]

Black Dynamite Creators Take Movie Into Comic Book World

Sista ToFunky — Thu, 03 Mar 2011 14:50:32 +0000

The creators of the 2009 blaxploitation spoof film, “Black Dynamite,” are taking the film to the comic book world with the first issue hitting stores in early April. Ape Entertainment, in partnership with Ars Nova, will be releasing the original 48-page one-shot, Black Dynamite: Slave Island, inspired by the major motion picture, which hit theaters [...]

Cult Knockoff Thrillers From Manila

Sista ToFunky — Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:06:32 +0000

In the 1970s, it was a filmmakers’ paradise — exotic locales, cheap labour and enterprising directors willing to try almost anything to turn a buck. Though located thousands of miles from Hollywood, the Philippines had one of the busiest film industries in the world from the 1960s until the mid-1980s, producing a run of delirious [...]

Berry Gordy and The Jackson 5ive Cartoon

Sista ToFunky — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:19:36 +0000

Original Production Cel of Berry Gordy from the archives of The Museum of UnCut Funk. The Jackson 5ive cartoon was the second positive Black cast cartoon and Motown Productions’ first television series. Motown executives had to “approve every aspect of the series” and they rejected a number of writers’ scripts before things met their approval. [...]

Black Vulcan

Sista ToFunky — Sat, 01 Jan 2011 01:13:30 +0000

Black Vulcan was created to add more cultural diversity to the All New Super Friends Hour. Black Vulcan was not a pre-existing DC superhero. Voiced by Buster Jones, Black Vulcan was a part of the All New Super Friends hour. Hanna Barbera produced the show and it aired from September 10, 1977 to September 2, [...]

Have A Funky New Year!!!

Sista ToFunky — Fri, 31 Dec 2010 23:38:14 +0000

Your first resolution for the new year should be to hit the play button and enjoy!!! This very creative and very funky video was sent to us by Baptiste, a very funky soul!!! www.youtube.com/watch?v=7eCIU4mKTxE You can check out his website at http://www.baba3000.com/. Happy Funky New Year! Sista ToFunky

1970′s Christmas and Black Television

Sista ToFunky — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 02:10:47 +0000

Good Times was a Norman Lear-produced Sit Com that ran on CBS from 1974-1979. The show was a Spin Off of Lear’s earlier comedy Maude (Itself a spinoff of All In The Family).The show followed the lives of the Evans family, a poor Black family living in the high-rise projects of Chicago. Most episodes featured [...]

A Fat Albert Christmas

Sista ToFunky — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 00:57:51 +0000

This special is a cross between A Christmas Carol and the Nativity story bringing together the most uber-Christmas tale you could ever tell. It has everything: A mean old Scrooge, a Christmas pageant, presents, cute kids, Santa, a puppy, a down and out family in dire need of Christmas cheer and an assortment of Fat [...]

Classics Illustrated

Sista ToFunky — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:20:28 +0000

Classics Illustrated is a comic book series featuring adaptations of literary classics such as Negro Americans…The Early Years and Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Created by Albert Kanter, the series began publication in 1941 and finished its first run in 1971, producing 169 issues. Following the series’ demise, various companies reprinted its titles. This series is different [...]

Rickety Rocket

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:50:49 +0000

Rickety Rocket was a segment in The Plastic Man Comedy Adventure Show, about an artificially intelligent space ship created by a group of four Black kid geniuses who run a detective agency and solve mysteries in the future. Rickety Rocket was produced by Ruby-Spears Productions, and ran from 1979 to 1980 for 16 episodes. The [...]

The Hardy Boys – Peter Jones

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:42:27 +0000

The Hardy Boys cartoon featured the first postive Black character in a cartoon series, who was also the first Black male character in a cartoon series – Peter Jones. He was the drummer in the bans. He was voiced by Byron Kane. Released by Filmation Associates and aired Saturday mornings on the ABC network from 1969-1971. [...]

Captain Caveman – Dee Dee Sykes

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:34:02 +0000

Captain Caveman’s first and second seasons were originally broadcast as segments on the package shows Scooby’s All-Star Laff-A-Lympics and Scooby’s All-Stars from 1977 to 1979. The third season featured Captain Caveman and the Teen Angles in their own half-hour time slot in 1980. Dee Dee Sykes was the leader of the teen angles and was [...]

The Space Sentinels – Astrea

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:21:19 +0000

Astrea was the first Black female superhero featured in a Saturday Morning Cartoon series, the Space Sentinels. Roman mythological figures Hercules and Mercury were joined by Astrea, one of the most respected and esteemed goddesses of the Greek and Roman world to form a superhero team to protect mankind. Astrea is the goddess of justice. [...]

Tarzan and The Super 7 – Micro Woman And Super Stretch

Sista ToFunky — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 01:14:04 +0000

Chris and Christy Cross are Micro Woman and Super Stretch, a fictional, shape-shifting, husband and wife crime fighting team. They appeared as a segment in the Tarzan and Super 7 cartoon. The Micro Woman and Super Stretch segment was produced by Filmation. They made their first appearance in September, 1979 and ran for 11 episodes. [...]

Lothar My Main Man In Mandrake

Sista ToFunky — Wed, 29 Sep 2010 00:34:12 +0000

Mandrake The Magician #1 Mmmm…does every white guy need a Black man to help his ass? LOL??? Lothar is Mandrake’s best friend and crime-fighting companion. Mandrake first met Lothar during his travels in Africa. Lothar was then “Prince of the Seven Nations”, a mighty federation of jungle tribes. He foolishly passed on the chance [...]

Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids Comic Book

Sista ToFunky — Fri, 17 Sep 2010 20:40:22 +0000

The character Fat Albert first appeared in Cosby’s stand-up comedy routine “Buck Buck,” as recorded on his 1967 album Revenge. The stories were based upon Cosby’s tales about growing up in inner city North Philadelphia. In 1969, Cosby and veteran animator Ken Mundie brought Fat Albert to animation in a one-shot prime-time special entitled Hey, Hey, Hey, It’s Fat [...]

What Becomes A Legend Most?

Sista ToFunky — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 23:48:45 +0000

Lena Horne 1969 Say what you want about mink. I don’t own a fur but that’s not to say I never wanted one. I remember the BLACKGLAMA ads like it was yesterday and with Janet Jackson catchin some heat for her participation I had to get the pics of the sexy sistas from the late [...]