Telezonia (1974)

[@jrussellcase]

Oh. My. God. I KNEW I'd seen this before. They showed it to us in elementary school, circa 1979. I remember that red headed kid picking up the phone and yelling "WHO IS THIS!" 🤣🤣🤣

[@DavidLS1]

Damn gingers!

[@brianarbenz1329]

Roy Stuart! He plays the letter Q. He was one of the corporals on Gomer Pyle. I wondered if that might be him. He’s so much livelier here than he ever got to be playing the bland corporal.

[@xylxylxylxyl]

3:06 HAWK TUAH 😂😂😂😂

[@marmaly]

Fabulous new slit scan effects!

[@Coincidence_Theorist]

Slit scan??

[@japhyriddle]

@@Coincidence_Theorist It's the effect that starts at 3:45.

[@tomgreen663]

Very similar to the effect used in 2001 and the Doctor Who titles around this era. Cutting edge stuff for 1974.

[@dashriprock9014]

"My God, it's full of stars"

[@tf2whackyengineer]

15:26 John De Lancie is like, "This is the one we don't talk about."

[@ph33d]

I'm cracked up by how intimidated these kids are by the thought of using the phone. I'm just slightly younger than the kids in this film and I remember my mom trying to teach me how to dial 911 in the event of an emergency. I was pretty intimidated then too (age 4 or 5).

[@sweetmusic3821]

This film was made in 1974. The 911 number was only approved federally in 1973 ... even though some places in the US had adopted it in 1968. I am not surprised at all that there was no mention of 911 in this film.

[@Robert08010]

The little telephone Elf reminds me of the head of scientology, Li'l Davey Miscavidge!

[@puddindancer]

I wonder if Johnny Depp got some inspiration for his Willy Wonka from Tele. No idea why this was recommended to me but very glad it was, great film!

[@algomaone121]

The telephone hero reminds me of a 1970’s version of the host from Blue’s Clues...

[@brianarbenz1329]

The whole film is very much from that genre. Way out in appearance, but light and wholesome in tone. It's a good mix for children's programming.

[@wigwagstudios2474]

He's like, Queer Steve or something. He gives me very queer vibes, especially with his voice and face? Not sure why that is. But the haircut is very old school Steve Burns...sort of. The budget for this is WONDERFUL though. You don't see many 16mm educational films with this much effort and budget while being fun and colorful for kids. I wonder if there's a master film copy of this out there, with its full colors, and full audio quality potential... One can dream. For the 70s this is a huge delight!

[@PhancyPants99]

@@wigwagstudios2474he has great legs!

[@fionnmcginley2085]

amazing

[@donnierussellii4659]

Two actors in this guest starred on Star Trek TNG. The little girl might have been on Little House on the Prairie.

[@brianarbenz1329]

The IMBD said Tony Dickson, who played Paul, was also in a Bob Newhart first season episode credited only as "student." That and Telezonia are the extent of his listings on that site. The girl named Lisa, was played by Robin Muir, who was also listed on IMBD as having two roles on Little House, one in '74 and one in '78; and a role in a 1975 movie called "Queen of the Stardust ballroom," and voicing a cartoon character in "Banjo the Woodpile Cat," a 1979 movie.

[@Robert08010]

Lemme guess, the parenthesis were the binars of TNG, right?

[@capitalistdeathculteffects]

"If we do this DMT, we can experience universal consciousness AND learn how to use the phone!!!" 😳

[@DanVogt]

He looks like Martin Short!

[@shepard25]

Really cool

[@emiche711]

I don’t remember taking shrooms

[@Robert08010]

Probably because you forgot to call your local grocery story. Luckily the little tele-elf had some to share! There's always shroom for one more!

[@unadomandaperte]

so I come to learn that marketing phones to children is not such a new thing after all.

[@DavidLS1]

Back then, the phone company owned all the phones. So it was teaching, not marketing.

[@legionnaire2U]

Creepy... what a trip!

[@mjg263]

@11:29 pretty sure this is how Red at The Tube Bar started out when he was a youngster.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Tele is the son of Trelane from Star Trek.

[@sillydogfarms2983]

But first, the tranya.... 🧉

[@Robert08010]

@@sillydogfarms2983 "I hope you ketchup it as much as I."

[@Robert08010]

This is soooooo bad its good!

[@ih8utbe]

When humans answered the operator line.

[@ceno10101]

7:03 kid don't you know you are supposed to wait till I walk by?

[@Jaggerbush]

Cute and creepy! I'm pretty sure i never needed the phone explained to me. But maybe this is good for zoomers.

[@brianarbenz1329]

Agree that it was wholesomely cute, but with uncomfortable vibes of H.R. Puffinstuff with its fantasy world. The music was beautiful, and I'll bet the composers and singers were anxious to get to someplace worthy of the talents they displayed, instead of playing phone dial letters and punctuation symbols.

[@DavidLS1]

You had to be taught how to use phones. You just don't remember.

[@iVenge]

Tele appears to be a yomoseculus.

[@spiltsoymilk]

Telephone Twink.

[@marmaly]

The woman is a supervisor? What is this madness?

[@DavidLS1]

And the black guy is a doctor.

[@Thingwithlegs]

Are these materials copyrighted?

[@avgeeks]

This film is under copyright. Some aren't

[@aaaaaa-lt2tl]

You ask too many questions

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Who knew that rotary phones were so psychedelic ? Garfield 3560 !

[@foppishdilletaunt9911]

Who knew that rotary phones were so psychedelic ? Garfield 3560 !

[@brianarbenz1329]

@@avgeeks We'll go to court to back you, Skip! All the way to the Supreme Court of Telezonia!

[@fromthesidelines]

Remake of a 1949 film.

[@user-ul3lx2sl1q]

3:47 dr. Who

[@app_game_system]

They can't make kids use the telephone. You'll never know who in the house will answer. The telephone was horrible, you call and disturb others.

[@retroryan838]

That’s why answering machines were created. Also, I bet you never grew up when telephones were relevant.

[@DavidLS1]

@@retroryan838 Phones are different now, but they're still relevant.

[@DavidLS1]

This is your brain on drugs...