Episode Details

Coming Attractions for November 2, 2026: Funk, Fists and Fury. 10 pieces (vintage commercials and promos, short pieces): Coffy, Petey Wheatstraw, Slaughter and more, with Ray Starling.

In this episode:

1. 0:00 Coming Attractions opens: Ray Starling welcomes you
2. 1:07 Coffy (trailer, 1973) — Coffy is a 1973 American blaxploitation action film written and directed by Jack Hill. The film follows a vigilante character played by Pam Grier who pursues violent revenge against a heroin dealer who caused her sister's addiction.
3. 1:59 Petey Wheatstraw (trailer, 1977) — Petey Wheatstraw is a 1977 American blaxploitation comedy film written and directed by Cliff Roquemore, starring comedian Rudy Ray Moore along with Jimmy Lynch, Leroy Daniels, Ernest Mayhand, Ebony Wright, and Wildman Steve Gallon. The film is similar in style to Moore's other movies from that period, including Dolemite and The Human Tornado.
4. 4:20 Slaughter (radio spot, 1972) — A 1972 American International action film starring Jim Brown as a former Marine named Slaughter, with Stella Stevens, Rip Torn, and Cameron Mitchell. The film follows Slaughter as he becomes entangled with the mob, police, and a mysterious woman.
5. 5:13 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
6. 5:23 Cornbread Earl and Me (short) — Cornbread, Earl and Me is a 1975 coming-of-age drama film directed and co-produced by Joseph Manduke that stars Tierre Turner, Laurence Fishburne, and NBA player Jamaal Wilkes. The film is loosely based on the 1966 Ronald Fair novel Hog Butcher.
7. 6:20 Hell Up in Harlem (trailer) — Hell Up in Harlem is a 1973 blaxploitation film featuring Fred Williamson and Gloria Hendry. Larry Cohen wrote and directed the movie, which serves as a sequel to Black Caesar.
8. 7:16 The Thing with Two Heads (short) — The Thing with Two Heads is a 1972 American science fiction comedy film directed by Lee Frost. The film stars Ray Milland, Rosey Grier, Don Marshall, Roger Perry, Kathy Baumann, and Chelsea Brown.
9. 8:10 Bucktown (trailer) — A 1975 blaxploitation film starring Fred Williamson, Pam Grier, Thalamus Rasulala, and Tony King about four African-American vigilantes taking on crime in a corrupt town. Directed by Arthur Marks.
10. 9:04 Coming Attractions on Stupid Potato
11. 9:12 Friday Foster (trailer) — Friday Foster is a 1975 American blaxploitation film directed by Arthur Marks and starring Pam Grier, with Yaphet Kotto, Eartha Kitt, Scatman Crothers and Carl Weathers in supporting roles. The film is based on a newspaper comic strip that ran from 1970–74, written by Jim Lawrence and illustrated by Jorge Longarón. This was Pam Grier's final film with American International Pictures.
12. 11:49 Shaft (radio spot, 1971) — A radio spot for the 1971 MGM film Shaft, directed by Gordon Parks and scored by Isaac Hayes, promoting the rated-R crime thriller starring Richard Roundtree as private detective John Shaft.

…and 2 more. The whole running order: Coming Attractions

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