DENTON!

[@abelincolnlover2470]

I keep thinking about how the cop lets himself out of the jail cell and then proceeds to sing about how hot all the minors are

[@AuroDHikoshi]

+Abe Lincoln Lover Do wonder if that was implied back in the 80s

[@SomeHarbourBastard]

I read into them. No, they were both 18!

[@AuroDHikoshi]

Roger Rabbit They do look like both are older... but its maybe more in the lyrics... he might not be as picky with other.s...

[@sliat1981]

He may not have been talking about them two

[@RossStern]

'Merica

[@ilikeme1987]

I went to school in Denton at UNT. When I graduated a lot of friends and family came up for it, but before some of them were asking what Denton is like. I sent them all this video just to mess with them. The ones that have seen Rocky Horror laughed, the others actually thought it was some sort of old promo video for Denton!

[@RealBradMiller]

Love it!

[@arctechfox8306]

Nice to see some else who went to UNT doing the same joke lmao

[@Alex_Off-Beat]

It's always fun to rewatch this and see Brad standing still and looking completely un-amused while Janet and the rest of the crowd is 100% into the song. Almost like he knows whats going to happen....

[@Iisdabest889]

Literally could not take my eyes off the lady wearing green in the front row... her hair is MASSIVE.

[@psympson]

ABSOLUTELY!!!! HEHEHEHE

[@SeansLipSyncingSock]

And in a later scene she laughs just as big. I love her.

[@Iisdabest889]

@@SeansLipSyncingSock Haha yeah, I think she points as well?

[@tatbat6665]

When I originally saw the movie I thought her look and outfit were a wink and a nod to Tim's original look in the original London production of RHS.

[@fjosephgonzales6870]

You used "literally" out of context, but that's okay.

[@kibearheart1177]

A friend of my showed me this film, way back in the 90's. It is still just as fun now as then. Long live Shock Treatment.

[@sitizenkanemusic]

I love this movie/musical. The songs are awesome and catchy.

[@BognarRegis]

According to the extras on the DVD the big chorus is actually being sung by the US Air Force Choir because they couldn't get such a large group of people to sing with an American accent..

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

I just love the small detail that Janet is happily sining the town’s anthem while Brad sits there with his arms crossed flustered 1:32

[@benjaminkelk3198]

Just found out that the cop was the original Brad in the first production of Rocky Horror and he was the snowspeeder pilot that found Luke and Han in The Empire Strikes Back.

[@RedSky-vf8bf]

This film was more prophetic than Jesus.

[@skovner]

Predicted reality TV long before reality TV

[@mastershake4145]

Somewhere between daria and the wizard of oz

[@dragonfirepeach4000]

not quite that precise

[@AuroDHikoshi]

It's funny to notice how much Brad doesn't really want to join in with the crowd doing the moves...

[@emilylucas8351]

Would literally be me

[@RIXRADvidz]

not that he doesn't want to, he just can't keep up, that's why his marriage is failing

[@ericsantana1184]

Can the reason be that he wasn't joining the crowd and not looking at Janet most of the time because of an incident that occurred in 1975 with a certain bisexual transvestite from transsexual Transylvania and we all know who that was our very own dr. Frank-n-furter

[@thegood9]

One of my favorite movies, and definitely my favorite musical of all time, short of, of course, RHPS!

[@AliceCooperIsCool]

I have to admit, I love Janet in this song, so happy and everything :3 She looks how I feel when I'm at a concert or something like watching the RHPS at the theater :3. This song makes me wanna get up and join in xD.

[@Seburo77]

Rocky gets all the fame but I just love Shock treatment!! ;D

[@rochestas]

Is it just me, or does Shock Treatmebt have some of the best songs the 1980's had to offer?

[@pothatuu]

Just you

[@scottfreiherrvonmemerty-th8457]

I have to agree!! The songs are so underated!! Big time!!!

[@thefaceofscience677]

Aw come on! Okay, they may not be the ABSOLUTE BEST, but they’re still pretty damn good!

[@lolavicious7783]

I like most of the songs on this soundtrack more than RHPS!

[@KirvoBD]

I believe Sal Piro, leader of the Rocky Horror family club at the time, even said this soundtrack is superior

[@GreasyFilms-qc1xo]

I'll never forget when Siskel and Ebert showed this amazing clip and proceeded to pan the movie. And I thought, "These guys are bozos."

[@ElectricShark]

the black cheerleader is played by the famous singer Sinitta.

[@Exceltiaawesome]

ElectricShark Never heard of her! Care to suggest a song? (I hope she's not as squeaky as here)

[@LANBritain1]

Her biggest hit was So Macho from 1984, she was also Simon Cowell's first ever signing.

[@aaronevans4660]

I remember this being at the start of my VHS copy of The Rocky Horror Picture Show. I thought it was part of the film for years!

[@ElSandwich777]

Bro was that John Candy in the crowd? Holy shit!

[@elizabethwinters3311]

There is a lot of debate on weather this song is based off of a town in Ohio or Texas. In RHPS it's hinted that it's Ohio from the paper Janet reads in the car and the map the criminologist shows. But in this song it's suggested that it's in Texas. You really have judge that however you feel necessary :P

[@jadencampbell3]

"the home of *Snaps hedge trimmers menacingly* happiness"

[@oskarschlangengift2043]

Okay so where I live (Arlington) is a place nearby called Denton. Every time I hear about Denton this song comes to mind.

[@007beck9]

The guy who's playing the security guard also play saffy's dad in Absolutely Fabulous

[@danielderey5131]

This is like if David Lynch did a musical… I’m intrigued

[@jasonrobert3849]

I seriously love this movie. So underrated

[@saik.9845]

I loved the original Rocky Horror Picture Show. I finally saw Shock Treatment and really didn't like it all. Now? Seeing it years later? A lot of the songs are pretty good. The problem with the film? Was setting it all in a TV studio. Originally it was going to be shot in the two of Denton, Texas. Yet as others have commented, a SAG strike prevented them shooting there. So they shot it in England in a TV studio. I wish the original actors who played Brad and Janet had returned for the sequel. Plus Tim Curry. I know they did a live musical version of Shock Treatment in the UK. Hopefully the musical gets remade as a film. Plus I hope there is a third film in the Rocky Horror series, it'd make a great trilogy. My guess is Richard O'Brien is pretty much retired now.

[@austinaquino1111]

Sai K. I don't know if you are going to respond, but I want make a third one

[@thephantomoftheparadise5666]

I kinda like how Denton is just a huge studio. It shows the falseness of everything.

[@gothtigger92]

Okay, I love Shock Treatment to death, but those cheerleaders scare the shit outta me.

[@KidaMilo89]

I thought they were 12 year olds. Or that cop was just really tall.

[@Xerock]

I know, right? They found two real life women that could simultaneously hit the uncanny valley at the same time.

[@siggie999]

This along with Rocky Horror are the greatest movies ever =]

[@FreedomKat]

Love this opening song!

[@Beespank]

I like how the one cheer leader just doesn't seem very into the whole thing lol and then the other girl is all into it xD

[@VDubPQ32]

"Tolerance for the ethnic races" Proceeds to show nearly all white audience for a nearly all white cast

[@pedroadvinculagoncalves9358]

Of course The best thing is Richard O’Brians music, but this films directing and editing are also amazing!

[@QueenCynder]

LOL, Brad's just sitting there. XD This song is a PERFECT introduction to Shock Treatment!

[@user-pi9sd4wp6d]

I would be Brad who doesn't want to join the crowd.

[@MSoulPoet]

It's interesting how prophetic this movie was. Reality TV as we know it was far in the future at the time, but they got it right. Also, there's elements of The Truman Show here, and Farley is eerily reminiscent of Tom Cruise.

[@DarkWillUser]

No, I don't believe so. That is Barry Humphries, also known as Dame Edna. He was brought in to kind of replace the actor who played Dr. Scott in The Rocky Horror Picture Show.

[@VNReader]

I sometimes feel like I'm the only person who prefers this to Rocky Horror.

[@brianjohnson7835]

+VN Reader Shock Treatment is an underrated, under-appreaciated work

[@tommycarr8111]

I think it's better than RHPS. Rocky Horror starts off really well, but IMO it slows down a bit near the end. Also, I think this film was a lot better looking.

[@broceollomon]

+VN Reader Shock Treatment is a much better film. The songs are better and it's much better paced. Rocky falls apart in the third act.

[@TheMadwomen]

I agree.

[@twalling]

+VN Reader You certainly are NOT... I could watch Shock Treatment any day.... Rocky, never again.

[@sliat1981]

I can’t get over how much that boy looks like John Candy

[@Ninjamohawk]

"If you're lookin for a life of leisure, you're gonna get a whole lot to please ya" "This is the meccar of America" Dead giveaways that this was obviously written with British English in mind, and with several British actors.

[@fjosephgonzales6870]

I believe it's Mecca of America.

[@Ninjamohawk]

@@fjosephgonzales6870 yeah it is, but the actor pronounced it as they would in certain Commonwealth accents. The actress is Australian.

[@fjosephgonzales6870]

@@Ninjamohawk Ah, I see🎃☃

[@MartyTheZebraa]

Some people in Massachusetts still pronounce words like Mecca as “meccur “ see a video of Bernie sanders pronouncing Obama as “obamar “ it’s just the mass accent

[@Ninjamohawk]

@@MartyTheZebraa Theoretically could be but I know for a fact the vast majority of the crew is non-American English speakers and it was recorded and filmed in the UK, so it's probably not the case.

[@dizzyspellzduh]

The bad rhythm of the audience members though! I love this movie.

[@KidaMilo89]

I like it what's wrong with it?

[@SidsonCity]

@@KidaMilo89 it adds to the human factor

[@splinky45]

I loved this movie. I think a lot of people misunderstood it when it first came out. It was NOT a sequel to RHPS, no matter what anyone said. It just used the 2 characters of Brad and Janet. I guess you could say its the hometown Denton they left in RHPS. It was never said what state Denton was in. I thought it was a great satire.

[@Swampzoid]

it's groovy to have a song as awesome as this with your own last name in it. Denton is my last name. Yay for me ! ! !

[@alejandrolenin93]

I'm from Mexico and moving to Denton next fall to study at UNT College of Music, I just wanted some info, but this...

[@Avvezome]

Shock Treatment was touted in 1981 as being "not a sequel, not a prequel, but an equal to The Rocky Horror Picture Show."

[@skaladarrellgodeater1070]

RHPS and Shock treatment are 2 masterpieces

[@legolover2781]

3:03 Poor Brad doesn't know when to clap.

[@SirMalrose]

The cop is Christopher Malcolm, the original Brad. I love him, he's also on Ab Fab :D

[@UmmYeahOk]

Lmao! The ad that played after this was for the medical reserve corps of Denton County. They weren’t singing, and it definitely did not look like the home of happiness.

[@bcampbell0011]

I loved this when it first came out......somehow this now looks like the crowd at the Apple release announcements! LOL

[@MSoulPoet]

This must have been an influence on The Truman Show.

[@WeCanCos]

The cop is actor Christopher Malcolm! He was the original Brad in Rocky Horror in 19373!!!

[@ChicagoLove95]

I love this song so much! :)

[@Regal805]

Ha!!! I have a buddy that moved to Denton Tx for school & anytime he questions anything about the town on facebook, this video gets posted to his comment. 😈

[@amberdragon8]

I love Ralph at 2:56 waving his telephones around.

[@Edoshmek]

I love this song and I have no idea why.

[@sliat1981]

They all do pretty good American accents

[@ericsantana1184]

They should have made The Rocky Horror Picture Show sequel I even looked at the script from the sequel well it was actually pretty good it would be interesting if they combined the movie shock treatment with the sequel to make it more interesting like imagine in the end of shock treatment Farley flavors was actually dr. Frank-n-furter in disguise like holographic disguise at least control the minds of everyone in Denton and sends a signal directly to his home planet and The Invasion begins

[@deanelyjah712]

❤❤❤ it's still funny!!!!

[@weckar]

Except they both carry the message of being yourself, they have the same music style, similar characters (albeit in a different setting) and both revolve around characters flung into a world filled with people who are perfectly okay with the madness surrounding them.

[@seabreeze9296]

"Well, how about that!"

[@maxwellpink]

Is the portly gentleman Jim Sterling?

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Had someone a while ago wondering if it was John Candy.

[@splinky45]

@Ninjamohawk Richard O'Brien who wrote it and Pat Quinn were the only 2 major actors from England. Like in RHPS, the exact state that Denton is in is never revealed.

[@weckar]

I just realized that this must be what everyone in that city on the Truman Show must be doing when.... not around Truman.

[@SanFran51]

The one on the right is young Sinitta "So Macho Renet"

[@nightowl685]

brad just aint feelin it, is he?

[@mmitchellhouston]

Love this song, but I'm annoyed with the way it's cut at the end. Either cut out the woman completely, or let her finish saying "Well, how about that?" One or the other, please.

[@TomYaz]

Mike Mitchell that’s because it’s the end of the DVD’s chapter.

[@SCPK75]

Did anyone else get the impression the audience especially in this song are this movie are the equivalent of Frankenfutter’s house guests during Time Warp? Especially the woman on the far left side of the first row.

[@jacobboyett1715]

Thneedville

[@BenHuttash]

I pretend It refers to Denton Texas.

[@neonstarfish8391]

I think it's referring to Denton, Ohio

[@Kneong]

Ben Huttash they were supposed to shoot the movie here, but there was a strike, so they had to shoot it indoors

[@DragonLawyer]

Ben Huttash it was literally filmed in Denton Texas

[@3798penisholder]

Grant Garrard no it wasn't it was film in a studio in London (I think)

[@DragonLawyer]

Looks like you're right. According to IMDB "It was set to be filmed in the real-life town of Denton, Texas, but the 1979-1980 Screen Actors Guild strike meant no American actor was allowed to act at any location. Filming moved to the UK, but no English locations could pass for an American suburb, so director Jim Sharman set the entire film inside the Denton television studio." So yeah, the movie is referring to Denton Texas but it was filmed in the UK. Cheers!

[@ANoteFYI]

@splinky45 It's been assumed that since Denton, Texas is the one Denton that's a college town, it's set there.

[@CarlWatkins]

@TimMonahan I always thought that was John Candy, but alas, it's not. I think it was mentioned during the commentary specifically that it's not John Candy lol

[@Caine7ify]

Was Brad burned so bad after Rocky Horror he's forever bland?

[@176stanton]

AH your right ! I always knew it was John Candy but I never even noticed Bono.

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Alyssa Romano it's not John Candy

[@MrMallard19]

@DrFeelGood6667 Actually, bro, it was more of a sequel to Rocky Horror. Richard O'Brien was never a big fan of how Shock Treatment turned out. It started as a true sequel, but executive meddling and lack of returning characters ended up taking it's toll, and it eventually became Shock Treatment. Also, the only reason we have that song is because Richard O'Brien lost the script, and some asshat took it and put it online. We could have had a new movie, but now Richard doesn't want to work on it

[@WhiteTiger950]

Some of those folks in the crowd, like the lady in the lower left, seem to be really enjoying the song too!

[@thealphabetmonster]

"Denton is a real okay town". Hit the nail on the head there. This video is "okay" just like "real okay" Denton.

[@awesomedue1990]

I like to pretend that Rocky Horror took place in Denton TX on a bad acid trip.

[@its-morbintime]

Look in the background of "Dammit Janet" (just as the song starts) and you'll see that it did.

[@awesomedue1990]

Right you are sir!

[@ohcliffy]

Geoffrey Clark fukin eh boys nice one!!

[@IAmMadMan]

"We were somewhere out side Denton on the edge of the desert, when the drug began to take hold."

[@sitizenkanemusic]

IIxMadManxIIMedia We can't stop here. .. this is Bat Country.

[@timewarriorsaga]

So is that John Candy?

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

johnjohnson No

[@TICKLEMEEMO29]

at 1:51 when they show the audience brad and janet are the ones all the way to the left first 2 seets second row you can tell because brads the only one not doing the lil head moving clapping thing

[@erickamakeeaina1649]

"You got, no pretentions" in a song all about the Towns pretentions

[@rathraven1313]

She is. Both movies had Sue Blane for costume design.

[@rupert-j8f]

2:33 is that meatloaf in the glasses ??.

[@GetRekt-bw6pu]

Richard Upton no

[@MrKaywyn]

I adore Shock Treatment. I have the DVD AND the Soundtrack l.p.

[@boohauntedhouse65]

i just noticed that. probably because the costume designer was from rocky and reused costumes

[@RedHotBarabajagal]

Saw this movie for the first time yesterday. This song sounds a lot like Alice Cooper's "Some Folks" off Welcome to My Nightmare.

[@kranktank]

@DiRtYHorror oh cool. I've never seen either one. I've heard Shock Treatment referred to as a "sequel in spirit" to Rocky Horror.

[@NBluth]

that's a pretty big subject in the audience participation script.

[@junkabuttafli05]

Actually he turned down doing the part of both Brad and Farley because he didn't think he'd do that well of an American accent he passed.

[@TapiocaPenguin]

Ah now you see I live in Denton, England... this is actually quite scary... too happy...

[@Iisdabest889]

The whole time... I couldn't take my eyes off the woman in the front, wearing the green. Her hair is MASSIVE.

[@RossStern]

im not sure if this movie has one, most of the songs feel equal

[@villi1997]

I cant stop humming the chorus

[@MegaAzornumbers09]

For god's sake turn on the subtitles it's fucking hilarious

[@Charlie-phlezk]

rocky horror had a sequel?! OMFG. but this makes 100% now.

[@VinluvAntonHandesbukia]

It’s an equal

[@silenthillmaster755]

i love when you see this at the theatre when it says "DENTONVILLE" on the screen everyone yells SUCKS!!!

[@PokChok]

Denton denton denton i'd just like to mention... hi shelley

[@juliasmith5267]

Thanks a bunch for the video. :D

[@mastershake4145]

Nothing makes me sick more than smiles

[@MuppetHell]

Just noticed that the name plate says Ralph Hapschatt on it for the guy with the phones. Watching Rocky Horror 11 times has helped

[@ANoteFYI]

@paulmccartneyrocks I did this song for a project. Found it fitting since I, too, live in Denton. It was appropriate. xD