The second ever episode of The Happy Hour was another technical feat for us.. We went in with all kinds of 3D technology and A LOT of blue screening effects to create our next episode.  Now due to the fact that this episode was never completed in 1996 due to the unfortunate and devastating event that took place where our dear best friend Daniel Patrick Miner was killed in a Car accident on April 18th, 1997.  After this we never finished filming the second episode.

            Then after 6 long years, I (Joe Vitale Jr.) dug up the original Second episode masters and decided it was time to edit this wonderfully and superbly filmed piece of video art.  The digital conversion process took some time but was very worth the time.  It came out perfectly and the DVD burn of it is truly amazing.  Now due to some copyright problems this episode was never intended to air or be sold but it resides here for others to view if interested.  But again as our disclaimer says we are not responsible for this due to it being an education project.  

            At any rate, this episode of The Happy Hour is more movie based then bit based.  This show focuses more on parody of pre-existing movies and making a variation of them similar to movies like "Scary Movie" and "The Naked Gun" Movies.  Some of our first work in this area was on our original 3 films we created for our English and Chemistry classes.  This belonging to "Project X" our personal DVD which has the parodies of "Julius Caesar", "Rip Van Winkle", and Raiders of the Lost Mole" Based on (Raiders of the Lost Ark).  These films became the backbone for our unique and sometimes corny sense of humor.  But the kids love us, so you got to love it anyway.  

            When I went back to re-edit this film, it took nearly 3 months to digitize and add special effects and sound FX.  The whole data drives were equal to 15 Gig of files and nearly 20 Gig of extra files for the creation process.  Definitely a lot of extra work, but the outcome was well worth the time and effort.  

            And so now that you know about this you are probably wondering where we would go from this point.  (Slight Pause)  And here is what we decided to do.  Using pre existing footage taken from the Masters and combining new footage filmed in 2002, we are in the designing Stages of "Episode III".  This will be one of the most advanced THHs because of all the new technology in filming with DV.  Time for finish is unknown at this point because we honestly have no idea when we will begin or finish.  But please standby and look for it.  We will create it!