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Here's the wrap up of Friday night's show, which was attended by four adults, three teenagers, and one pre-teener.

"Flowers and Trees": Not exactly a laugh-fest, but the gang appreciated the gorgeous Technicolor. It's a beautiful cartoon, very weird, with love-making trees. Thankfully not Bird's-foot Trefoils, of course.

"Pardon My Scotch": For the very first time, we showed a Three Stooges short that the men laughed hard at while the women never chuckled once. It's one of their better shorts, too. "Are you from Loch Lomond?" Curly: "No, we're from Lock Jaw!"

Educational short: "What About School Spirit?" Some of us loved this, but it got at least one thumb's down. A kid sick in the hospital roots his school and its basketball team on, and then dies. Does school spirit die with him? What do YOU think? No, that's how it ends... it asked us what we think.

"The Fireman of the Folies-Bergere": Stunned silence from the crowd at this bizarre French short. Best moment: the fireman sits next to a parson on a bus, and the parson turns into a naked woman holding the Bible over her southern naughty bits.

"Buddy Holly" by Weezer, recommended by Balconeer Stony... Good cherce! A very good video of a fine song, on the set of Happy Days, with Al Molinaro (sp?) appearing and the rest of the cast there via stock footage, a la Zelig. Good stuff. Thanks, Stony!

"Curse of the Scorpion", the first episode of "The Adventures of Captain Marvel" The gang loved it, and 11-year-old Hairball Gravy wisely said when it was over, "This is the best serial we've seen since Spy Smasher!" I love that kid. I was struck again, alas, by how pedestrian the DVD from Lions Gate is.

Oh, by the way, the "simulcast live" was me with a microphone making smart ass comments between films. Always popular. This week's show is previewed now at www.inthebalcony.com/FNF.