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the dish movie

"The Dish" has an amazing soundtrack and has a fantastic scene featuring Classical Gas.
story of us
"The Story of Us" featured Classical Gas in the Trailer.

Classical Gas in Film, Television and Video

One of the most frequently asked questions about Classical Gas is about a video that was first shown on The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour in the late sixties. People remember seeing this eclectic video with a high-speed slide show of classic art pieces set to the tune, Classical Gas. It was very likely one of the first music videos ever aired on television. It was called, "3000 Years of Art" and was created by a UCLA film student named Dan McLaughlin. Since the network holds the rights to the video, we cannot show it, but we do have an interesting write-up by Mason Williams about how the video was made, how it got on the show, and an idea he had that was ahead of its time... a Video Disk Jockey or VJ... long before we ever heard of MTV!

Check out more from Mason Williams on the original Classical Gas Video.

Classical Gas is a natural fit for use in films, TV shows and in advertising. Here we have listed (only going back as far as 1993) some of the soundtracks that have featured it.

Classical Gas in Film & Television

1993
"The Simpson's: Last Exit to Springfield", Fox TV/Music, (TV)
"Wild Palms" Soundtrack, EMI Music Canada, LTD., (FILM)
1994
"What's My  Line", PBS, (TV)
"Visions" Video, American Gramaphone, (VIDEO)
1995
"The Heidi Chronicles" , Writers Cinema II, (TV)
"A Patchwork of Possibilities", Penn Dutch Conventions & Visitors Bureau, (VIDEO)
"Once in a Blue Moon" Soundtrack, Airwaves Sound Design, (FILM)
1996
"The Heidi Chronicles" Promo Trailer, Turner Network Television, (TV)
"Jeopardy" #327, Game Show Network, (TV)
"Getting Started with Lawson Insight Environment", Lawson Software, (DVD)
"Learning & Jobs News", Learning & Skills TV of Alberta, LTD, (TV)
"The Rosie O'Donnell Show", Kidro Entertainment, (TV)
1997
In-House Video, First Light, (VIDEO)
Advertisement, Marketing Management Inc., (VIDEO)
City Convention & Visitors Video, Patco Resources, Inc., (VIDEO)
1998
Advertisement, General Motors/Yessian, (VIDEO)
"Rock and Roll Jeopardy" #98012, Trackdown Productions, Inc., (TV)
Radio/TV Promo Trailer, K(TV)U/FOX22, (TV)
1999
Advertisement, Entergy, (TV)
"Turbo Teen: Fright Friday", France SACEM, (TV)
"The Story of Us" Theatrical Trailer, Soundtrack, Universal Pictures, (FILM/DVD)
CTV National News Canada, SOCAN, (TV)
2000
"Celebrity Dating Game" #13, Columbia Pictures Television, (TV)
Wear Coastal Cooking Show, Wear Coastal, (TV)
"Frasier: The Great Crane Robbery" #170, Paramount Pictures, (TV)
"The Newlywed Game" #60 (1972), Columbia Pictures Television, (TV)
"The Newlywed Game" #62 (1972), Columbia Pictures Television, (TV)
2001
"Stick People" Project, Ken Nielsen, (VIDEO)
WKBW News at 11, WKBW, (TV)
"The Dish" Soundtrack, Warner Bros., (FILM/DVD)
Henry Ford Museum Advertisement, Greenfield Village, (TV)
"Visions"  , Rondor Music International, (VIDEO)
2002
LVG Archive Video, Jack Morton Company (IBM), (VIDEO)
"Dances on the Prairie", Metta Productions, (VIDEO)
"Campanile", Campanile, (DVD)
"Where Angels Fear. . .", JZK Inc., (FILM)
"State of Grace II", Ladybug Productions, (TV)
2003
"Angels Among Us: Vietnam POWs", US Air Force, (DVD)
"The Simpson's" Video, Fox (FILM/VIDEO)
"Cheaper by the Dozen" Soundtrack, 20th Century Fox, (FILM/DVD)
"Glen Campbell:Inside Fame", MTV Network Nashville, (TV)
2004
JEFX '04, 367 TRSS Hill Air Force Base, Utah, (DVD)
"Miracle Run", Lifetime, (TV)
2005
Drum Corps International, Youth Education Arts, (VIDEO)
"The Sopranos", HBO Original Series, (TV)

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