Is the famous "Bus Stop" episode "A Lion Walks Among Us" available anywhere? "Bus Stop" was an ABC show in 1961, and singer Fabian played a psychotic killer in the "Lion" episode, which was directed by Robert Altman. Many affiliates banned it and it reportedly hurt Fabian's career for a while (apparently he kills an old man with an axe). I'm wondering how tame the show would appear to our jaded eyes of 2007, but since it's so old and was so controversial, figure it may not be available at all.
posted by GaelFC on Feb 23, 2007 - 3 answers

Film buffs: I just watched Crash last night (I've now seen all the Best Picture nominees and feel soooo enriched). It reminded me of how very, very tired I am of the whole Random People's Lives Intersect Meaningfully genre, and it made me wonder how it got started. I know that the large-cast-intersecting gimmick is an Altman staple, but are there any precursors to his using it, or is it more or less his invention? Was Nashville where this whole thing began, or are there commonly-known, generally-acknowledged precedents for this genre? [more inside]
posted by logovisual on Feb 7, 2006 - 26 answers