A post to honor Reggie Bannister R.I.P.
Don Coscarelli's Kenny & Company (1976) full film is available to stream on YouTube: 1080p HD version here | 720p HD version here | DVD Quality version here | VHS Quality v1 here | VHS Quality v2 here | VHS Quality v3 here | VHS Quality v4 here | VHS Quality v5 here | Cinemadness Movie October 14, 2023 hosted by James Branscome | MBC Educational Archive Super 70s Rocktober Fest Crowell Edit | The Koz Zone 1989 Hosting Segments
Kenny & Company was released in U.S. theaters on August 20, 1976, with a wider theatrical rollout following in November 1976. It was distributed by 20th Century Fox. The coming-of-age comedy-drama was a major box-office success in Japan upon its release there on March 25, 1978, vastly outperforming its limited U.S. run.
Don Coscarelli was inspired to make Phantasm (1979) after seeing the audience's reaction to the Halloween “Haunted House” scene in his earlier film Kenny & Company (1976). Reggie Bannister, A. Michael Baldwin, and many other actors you may recognize appeared in both films. Baldwin stars as Doug, Kenny's best friend, while Bannister appears as Kenny's school teacher, Mr. Donovan.
SYNOPSIS: A coming-of-age story about the lives of a teenage boy and his friend as they traverse the highs and lows of boyhood in the run-up to Halloween.
STORYLINE: In the days leading up to Halloween in a Southern California suburb, 11-year-old Kenny and his best friend, Doug, play flag football, ride skateboards, get into mischief, and fend off the neighborhood bully, Johnny Hoffman. Ten-year-old Sherman, better known as "dumb ol' Sherman," lives across the street from Kenny and always tags along, making a nuisance of himself. Kenny falls in love with classmate Marcy, who spurns him, and he suffers the loss of Bob, his beloved but ailing dog. At school, Kenny interacts with his friendly teacher, Mr. Donovan, a foreign exchange student named Paco, and the class clown, Pudwell. As Halloween approaches, Kenny, Doug, and Sherman create their own crazy costumes, set off powerful firecrackers, go out unsupervised for trick-or-treating, and, at the climax, pull a prank on a spooky old lady living in a haunted house. —Larry B.
Directed and written by Don Coscarelli. The full cast includes Dan McCann as Kenny, A. Michael Baldwin as Doug, Jeff Roth as Sherman, Ralph Richmond as Big Doug, Reggie Bannister as Mr. Donovan, and Clay Foster as Mr. Brink.
TV Spot #1:TV Spot #2
YouTube Playlist of all the scenes from this great criminally underrated Don Coscarelli film Kenny & Company:
Reggie Banister's Classic Scene Mr Donovan reads Trick or Treating Announcements from Kenny & Company (1976):
Making of Kenny and Company:
Fan Made Music Video by @techthrill Song by Gorillaz:
Kenny and Company Theme - by Fred Myrow:
Kenny & Company Soundtrack | Vinyl Rip | Music by Fred Myrow:
Track List for above video:
SIDE A
1 Kenny & Co.
2 Kenny's Theme
3 Work On The Racer
4 Take Bob To The Vet
5 Lovely Marcy
6 How Are Babies Made?
7 Otis
SIDE B
1 Kenny Loves Marcy!
2 Johnny Hoffman
3 Halloween Is Long In Coming
4 Happy Halloween
5 Skateboard
6 Who Needs Her
7 Secret Tactics
8 There's A Fight
9 Kenny & Co.
Label: Seven Seas – FML 88
Format: Vinyl, LP
Country: Japan
Released: 1978
Genre: Stage & Screen
https://www.discogs.com/master/1061708-Fred-Myrow-Kenny-Company
[Yahoo! Auctions Listing Gallery] Japanese Used Record - Boys Boys Soundtrack - Kenny and Friends:
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Japanese VHS cover:
Official DVD cover OOP:
Fan Made DVD cover by zaphod2009.deviantart.com:
Watch Kenny & Company (1976) full film HDrip on YouTube:
Watch Kenny & Company (1976) full film DVDrip on YouTube:
Watch Kenny & Company (1976) full film VHSrip on YouTube:
Watch Kenny & Company (1976) full film on Cinemadness Movie October 14, 2023 | a cult film screening series hosted by James Branscome @CinematicVoid on YouTube:
MBC Educational Archive Super 70s Rocktober Fest With Kenny and Company | This version that @madebycrowell edited together is a creative attempt to recreate what it was like to live in the 1970s. This is a retro edit that's filled with 1970s TV commercials, movie trailers, and a gooey mess of cheesy pop culture that documents the time period. Each retro segment is organically linked to the flow of the film's plot. Watch on Internet Archive:
Watch The Koz Zone aka Svengoolie without makeup Rich Koz hosts Kenny and Company (movie has been edited out) show #15 aired in 1989 on YouTube:
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