Media for J

Through painstaking research, we discovered this old film, apparently made around the same time as “Reefer Madness.”

Weirdness at water's edge. J operated the fishing pole; B operated the camera.

Another video portrait of a relationship from “Love on the ROX.”

J makes his first trip to Big Lots, guided by XY, to buy supplies for the Festival of Fools parade. B mans the cam.

J&B introduce the program and try a Wisconsin Cream Fizz. Fine camerawork and giggling by MKM.

J mixes a drink and gets us all in trouble.

In the culmination of our fruit-loading efforts, J tackles the notoriously difficult Asian Pear.

Our first attempt to load a grapefruit with alcohol fails miserably.

Mixing an old classic.

J reads a letter from Particle Butthead, and XY offers a stunning reBUTTal.

J & mnortham try a non-alcoholic drink.

J mixes an amaretto sour.

The credits roll while Jim Poyser and Brian Kearney improvise a song. J plays the piano; B videotapes.

J&B buy fruit at the local grocery store and get shut down by the man.

Ode to a cherry-flavored cough suppressant.

J mixes up an aptly-titled Fool's Gold.

W. Owen drinks his first cup of coffee — ever!

This is the opening sequence for “J&B on the Road.” It was accidentally encoded using the wrong codec, meaning that the image quality is crappier than usual, but at least the data rate is low.

J mixes up a Blue Hawaiian with a psychedlic flourish.

Our second attempt to load a grapefruit with alcohol is no more successful than the first.

J&B make their first attempt to “load” fruit with alcohol.

Encoded from a VHS dub.

J mixes a drink for the freshly deflowered coffee virgin, W. Owen.

J explores a pit toilet.

J&B sign off from their Wisconsin vacation special.

J&B sample the fine beers of the Cherryland Brewing Company.

J introduces our guest of honor, a visiting dignitary from another planet.

Yummy.

Poetry by J. Vox by B.

This is the very first segment from the first on-line show of the first TV series distributed via the Internet. It's presented in the antique Cinepak codec for the sake of authenticity. That also means you can't see anything until you download the whole file, so if you use the pop-up viewer, be patient.

Don't worry. So are we.

XY gets ready to bake some fish.

J&B sing the classic by They Might Be Giants.

Just the audio: Jim Poyser and Brian Kearney improvise a song. J plays the piano.

This video documents a fateful day in the lives of two young men in Bloomington, Indiana. They are in fact J&B, about a month before they began production of J&B on the ROX.

Viewers are forewarned that J has called this “the most embarrassing snippet of video I ever participated in.” He's also called it “a true travesty of human endeavor”, and “funny to the extent that it can be funny to watch severely fucked-up people trying to speak in complete sentences.”

In response to our first real fan letter, J concocts the Slacker.

ROX pays a visit to the Saint Roch National Shrine in New Orleans.

If you are watching your weight but still want to cop a buzz, you might try mixing up the Fat Albert.

A mixological affirmation of excess.

J interviews two college roomies about the Communist Who Wouldn't Share.

This video will teach you how to mix an Orange Whiskey.

It's the ROX video version of a poem by Martin Action, a.k.a. Paul Smedberg.

J demonstrates the subtle art of the Port Flip.

J shows how to mix a potable piña colada.

Two men you don't even know playing with guns.

J&B read another antagonistic letter from Particle Butthead.

J demonstrates his new fitness routine.

J opens a letter from Joe M. Ma and mixes a drink in his honor (or dishonor). The audio seems to be a bit muffled in the middle, so crank your speakers.