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1	->''"There are too many words to describe ''Off-Beat Cinema.'' It's comic, it's zen, it's images, it's words, it's feeling. And most of all, it's java!"''
2	--> --'''Bird the Painter'''
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4	->''"It's a mad pad, dad!"''
5	--> --'''Zelda'''
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7	''Off-Beat Cinema'' is a [[LongRunner longtime]], low-budget midnight movie series airing out of [[UsefulNotes/NewYorkState Buffalo, New York]], featuring three {{Beatnik}} hosts (The Not-So-Mysterious Zelda played by Constance Caldwell; Bird the Painter played by Anthony Billoni; Theodore the know-it-all played by Jeffrey Roberts) who showcase art flicks, B-movies, and public domain shorts. The bumper segments show the cast mixing irreverent discussion about the movie with philosophizing, poetry, musical performances, and the occasional special guest.
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9	The show debuted on Buffalo's WKBW on Halloween 1993 as an antidote to late-night infomercials. The show and its menagerie of flicks became popular locally, but ''Off-Beat Cinema'' didn't go national until the late-[[TheOughties Oughties]] when it was picked up by Retro TV. In 2012, the show [[ChannelHop Channel Hopped]] to Buffalo's WBBZ, where it airs at midnight on Saturdays following ''Series/{{Svengoolie}}''.
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11	Compare ''and'' contrast with both ''Svengoolie'' and ''Series/MysteryScienceTheater3000'', in that ''Off-Beat Cinema'' covers the same kinds of movies as they do but refrain from {{MST}}. The official site is [[http://www.offbeatcinema.com/ here]].
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14	!!''Off-Beat Cinema'' provides examples of:
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16	* {{Beatnik}}s: The whole MO of the show. Each of the hosts play the stereotype up to eleven.
17	* ChannelHop: From WKBW to the Retro Television Network (now Retro TV) and, later, to WBBZ.
18	* CoolShades: Maxwell and Zelda are seldom seen without them.
19	* HorrorHost: The three {{Beatnik}}s are genial, laid-back, non-supernatural examples of the trope. Even the Mysterious Zelda, despite what her name implies, seems like a normal lady.
20	* LongRunner: Going on twenty years.
21	* PunBasedTitle:
22	** ''Off-Beat Cinema'''s title references both the nature of the movies and the show's beatnik motifs.
23	** Oscar Wild, one of the original hosts, was named for both Creator/OscarWilde and his "wild" persona.
24	* SpecialGuest: Not so often, but the show has managed to book a few big names -- like Creator/KeanuReeves, Creator/LaurenBacall, and Creator/EmoPhillips, to name a few.

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