the groove tube be initially show on video and in the first video theater here in boston . in one room and there be tv monitor on high stand and with old movie theater seat and in small group face the monitor . there be old refrigerator stock with pepsi and and basket of york peppermint patty . in a second and small room and there be no seat and just large pillow . that be the moking room and i. e. and people get high in there . that act only add to the hilarity of the video . i be a frequent viewer while the scene i like most and remember to this day be represent koko the clown and the kramp family kitchen ( kramp easy lube shorten ) and safety sam or vd psa and the chevy chase hitchhiker w or nude run through the wood and the finger ballet on what be eventually reveal to be the nude body of a woman . the last item be very reminiscent of the late and incredible ernie kovacs . now and i have lose a lot of reader that be under 48 ( who be ernie kovacs . ) but trust me and it funny stuff . one reason i be a frequent viewer be that i and and my friend and would bring other groove tube virgin to see it . we would sit and slyly watch the face of the virgin a the safety sam psa would play . a the camera slowly zoom in on sam and we would wait for that oh . of recognition on the virgin face . each time be more hilarious than the last . and then that virgin would then bring a friend to see the show and repeat what we have do . to get this joke and you must watch the video . yes and some of it be date and but most play and film and television and and now video be . just look at any video make in the 1980 . i do see the groove tube in a theater a a film and a grainy transfer from the original video . it have be cut and and be miss some of the original high point scene . the first saturday night live show and feature chevy chase and elicit instant remark of and that the guy from the groove tube and so it be a precursor for chevy . i can not look at a can of shorten without hear the voice over and coat your hand with a generous amount of kramp easy lube shorten . and thinking of the kramp holiday loaf recipe . always get me laugh in the baking need aisle in the grocery store . the early 70 be parlous time while the groove tube be fresh and new and and really get the humor of the time . it offer a hip generation and humor that wasn not available in any other format or medium . mjh .