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The Sparks Brothers

Our father was an artist,a painter and was alsoa commercial artist for theHollywood...

Our father was an artist,
a painter and was also
a commercial artist for theHollywood Citizen-News

Full Transcript

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Our father was an artist, a painter
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and was also a commercial artist
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for theHollywood Citizen-News.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
54
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:44
Uploaded
May 09, 2025
Genres
documentary, biography, comedy
Production
N/A

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Movie Summary

A musical odyssey through five weird and wonderful decades with Ron and Russell Mael celebrating the inspiring legacy of Sparks.
RON: Some of the images that he painted were - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
RON: Some of the images that he painted were
We would spend days fishing for perch. - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
We would spend days fishing for perch.
And kind of-- the pier, to me, - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
And kind of-- the pier, to me,
RUSSELL: He always had these records from Elvis - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
RUSSELL: He always had these records from Elvis
Him introducing us to cool music - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
Him introducing us to cool music
♪ One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock... ♪ - The Sparks Brothers 00:10
♪ One, two, three o'clock, four o'clock rock... ♪...
I remember the first time I went to see - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
I remember the first time I went to see
One instance of hearing the title music - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
One instance of hearing the title music
This kind of music was really overturning - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
This kind of music was really overturning
This was wrong but in all the kind of right ways. - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
This was wrong but in all the kind of right ways.
KAPRANOS: If you want to understand - The Sparks Brothers 00:09
KAPRANOS: If you want to understand
RON: I remember spending a lot of time at the movies - The Sparks Brothers 00:06
RON: I remember spending a lot of time at the movies
We would go see a lot of Westerns and war films. - The Sparks Brothers 00:05
We would go see a lot of Westerns and war films.
I really cherished those - The Sparks Brothers 00:04
I really cherished those
It was a... a total afternoon - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
It was a... a total afternoon
Our parents didn't care if a movie had started, - The Sparks Brothers 00:10
Our parents didn't care if a movie had started,
And I think part of our, uh, - The Sparks Brothers 00:09
And I think part of our, uh,
RUSSELL: Um, when our father died, uh, - The Sparks Brothers 00:11
RUSSELL: Um, when our father died, uh,
You don't even understand, really, how that's possible - The Sparks Brothers 00:08
You don't even understand, really, how that's poss...
And-and, uh, it's something that's so abstract, - The Sparks Brothers 00:07
And-and, uh, it's something that's so abstract,