An Evening with Fred Rated!
Remember the old, frantic, gleefully loopy TV commercials for The Federated Group? Those were made by filmmaker and Granada Hills resident Chuck Cirino. Cinefamily is hosting A Tribute To Shadoe Stevens tomorrow night, June 15, and you can relive the speed-freaky memories in all their glory. Shadoe Stevens, director Chuck Cirino and the rest of the "Fred Rated"/ Shadoevision brain trust will all be here at the Cinefamily for a Q&A after the screening! 6/15 @ 8:00pm TV Tuesday: A Tribute To Shadoe Stevens (feat. "Federated Group" Commercials Best-Of & Shadoevision !) Who knew that commercials could be this much fun?! One of the most berserk, outrageous and unforgettable TV comedies of the 1980s, doled out thirty seconds at a time, was the unending series of wacky, ultra-fast-paced commercial spots for the So Cal electronics chain The Federated Group that starred "Fred Rated", the half-insane "Bass-O-Matic"-style spokesman with a smoo