Obviously, Peter knew nothing about Public Access, had never even seen a single show, and therefore was not aware that pointing a shaky camera in the general direction of someone speaking was considered a program. It never occurred to him to not go about it as he had everything else.
In the pre-digital age, this meant he had to hand-edit the show on his living room floor, write the documentaries about the films, record and over-dub the tracks, music, sound effects, get artwork, write and perform comedy bits – you get the idea: the only way to do it was around the clock.
Certainly, MICHAELS’ MOVIE MADNESS was meant to reach a small, local audience. But by the second or third week on the air Peter had developed a huge following, a fan base so significant it required purchasing extra space at the post office (letters from across the country when he thought he was only playing to a 25 or 50 mile radius), so even Peter caught on that the show and he were not only becoming a hit, but he was also being bootlegged from coast to coast on what he thought was a non-profit project.
Coming full circle after all these years, the few clips we put up of MICHAELS’ MOVIE MADNESS on the internet (just to see what would happen) garnered over 900,000 views and 600,000 downloads within the first 96 hours and on sites we never put it on! From Poughkeepsie to Pakistan, once more Peter’s old local show is being bootlegged and enjoyed with much enthusiasm. On this experiment alone, Peter is suddenly being talked about, rumored about and appreciated. It’s as if he and everyone who ever saw the show had been encased in ice and are suddenly freed. I mean -- inaccuracies or not -- he wasn’t even listed on IMDB as having existed until April of 2011.
Peter's tastes run far beyond classic horror / science fiction / fantasy (no gore, thank you) so don't be fooled by it or try and pigeonhole a man who can't be pigeonholed. Here's the opening & closing credits from MICHAELS' MOVIE MADNESS simply because people asked for it, remembered it, and always got a few laughs at the written jokes.
Blessed be low comedy
Oliver the dog sabotages the ending of an episode of MICHAELS' MOVIE MADNESS. This particular ending generated so much fan mail, we just had to add it here!
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Below: Interview with Peter on CT News Talk discussing the great success of MICHAELS' MOVIE MADNESS.
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