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FranLab Live: Right On Time Edition

Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth. Enjoy!

Cars Go Smash!

Another one of my archive films that is in sad shape, but became my most popular film by a wide margin. Let's take a look!

Cheating For Squareburgers

Another film from my collection, with a little commentary, though this one is so out there that it needs little embellishing. Enjoy!

Bell Telephone Double Feature!!!

An MST3K kinda thing with two of my Bell Telephone films that wer made in two different decades with two different casts but use what is largely the same script. Look for all those TV actor cameos! Enjoy....

Mr.Bungle Learns A Lesson????

Having fun showing some of my films on the FransGiving holiday livestream. Enjoy!

FranLab Long Sleeve Shirts!!!!

https://www.customink.com/fundraising/franlab_long_shirt New campaign for Holiday Merch! This 100% Cotton long sleeve shirt comes in classic black or alluring grey in a unisex style in your chosen size. Geek out in comfort and amaze or confuse your friends with the FranLab YouTube logo! "What the hell is FranLab?" Or - "Hey! FranLab!" You'll know who's cool and who's a square in no time. This campaign runs till Monday December 2, then they make all the shirts to order and US Domestic orders will be received by the 18th. Thanks everybody!

FranLab Live: FransGiving Day Spectacular

Okay, full disclosure - nothing spectacular at all, just another livestream. But Hey... if you got nothing else to do... Enjoy!

FranLab Long Sleeve Shirts!

New campaign for Holiday Merch! This 100% Cotton long sleeve shirt comes in classic black or alluring grey in a unisex style in your chosen size. Geek out in comfort and amaze or confuse your friends with the FranLab YouTube logo! "What the hell is FranLab?" Or - "Hey! FranLab!" You'll know who's cool and who's a square in no time. This campaign runs till Monday December 2, then they make all the shirts to order and US Domestic orders will be received by the 18th. Thanks everybody!

 https://www.customink.com/fundraising/franlab_long_shirt

The Last Radio Shack Parts

Back to the Vault to root through my bin of Radio Shack parts that I collected when the stores were closing out stock. By then, of course all the prime parts were gone, but weirdly still a lot of power supply stuff to be had.

1974 Telechron DigiTel: The Eeriest Clock Ever?

This was an adventure! I took a chance on Ebay and got an unexpectedly cool display on my bench - a Telechron DigiTel mechanical digital display clock from 1974. Lets have a closer look...

The Sad Finite Life Of Film

A lot of confusion about nitrate film stock, but all film is temporary. We're at that point now where it is all going away.

The United States Is Not Stuck In The Mud

But still stuck in Philly, so see it while you still can (above water)!

1936 Baird Television Book (read it!)

To read the book, hit the space bar to pause, then use the comma (,) and period (.) keys to move through the pages. I have the separate high res photographic plates at the end also. Thanks to viewer John Coenraads for sending this very rare book in so that I could share it with all of you. Enjoy!

More Enclosures!!!

Back to the Vault where I dug up some more project enclosures, so I thought I'd show them to you too. Enjoy!

Science News!!! (Don't Feed The Raccoons)

Time for the Neeeews!

FranLab Live: Starship 6

Guaranteed to be a great show... no matter what happens. Let's watch!

Trolls & Opinions - The Chat Gets Weird In Overtime

We went long in the livestream and it got weird.

Freedom!!!!! ((cough))

...To do whatever you want and F everybody else. That's what the world is today. Hey hey.

The United States Is Still In Philly

At least for now... But for how long?

FranLab Live: Everything Is Normal Edition

Just another Sunday afternoon on Planet Earth. Nothing to see here - except maybe a new livestream! Enjoy!

Crazy Old LED Lamps

They just don't make 'em like they used to... and sometimes that's a good thing! These vintage lamp pulls were sent in by Robert for Viewer Mail, and you can see the full episode here - https://youtu.be/fIeNhTnnqnA

Enclosures!!!

Time to go into the Vault and look for a new project case.

It's Viewer Mail Time! For November 2024

Let's see what we got....

Sharpie Gels Vs. Pilot G-2

Recently I've been seeing these new Sharpie gel writers in the stores and thought I'd try them out against the tried and true Pilot G-2. Lets take a look!

Bag Success!!!

Thanks everyone for making the FranLab Analog Bag campaign a success!

Kong Me: Rivets Through Level 5

Shot of a real CRT cabinet, so low resolution for your Konging pleasure. Once you get to level 5 in Donkey Kong the game just repeats until you break the machine, so it just goes on and on after this. Have fun kids!

Kong Me: All Barrel Boards To Level 6

Shot of a real CRT cabinet, so low resolution for your Konging pleasure. Once you get to level 5 in Donkey Kong the game just repeats until you break the machine, but you'll have to love doing barrels because you'll get 3 per level from there on. Have fun kids!

The Ultimate Light Board???

Is this Really the Ultimate Light Board? I'll be the judge of that! Enjoy....

Have I Wasted My Life Making YouTube Videos???

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Vital Tools And Scissor Honing