Two years ago, Joe Summars of Fluxfaze Creative Enterprises began shooting a documentary about Harley and Annabelle Russell, aka the inimitable Mediocre Music Makers, at their Sandhills Curiosity Shop just off Route 66 in Erick, Okla.
It appears the film is finished. Summars started selling the “Harley & Annabelle — Living Legends in Erick, Oklahoma” on DVD for $19.95 at filmbaby.com a few days ago.
The movie clocks in at 1 hour, 18 minutes and is rated G. The DVD includes outtakes and music videos.
Here’s the summary of the film:
In their own words: “We wanna welcome you to the ‘World Class, World Famous Sandhills Curiosity Shop’ right here in Erick, Oklahoma, ‘The Redneck Capitol of the World’, would you believe where you can see ‘Rednecks Work And Play in Their Own Environment’! It’s ‘Insanity At Its Finest’! YEE HAW!”
After struggling together for 13 years to start up several conventional retail businesses in a tiny, nondescript , economically depressed farm/ranch/oilpatch community long since bypassed by the interstate highway system in southwestern Oklahoma, Harley and Annabelle Russell finally hit upon a completely crazy but wholly rewarding way to earn an honest (if totally unconventional) living from nothing but the kindhearted generosity of others.
This imaginative and creative mom and pop team harnessed, combined, and developed their formidable array of artistic skills and talents to neatly and effectively fill an unexpected but rapidly emerging niche in the American tourism industry. Travelers from around the world seek them out by all means of transportation including wheelchair, on foot, by bicycle, motorcycle, bus, classic automobile, ship and aircraft for a unique experience of exquisitely zany, totally off-the-wall redneck hospitality and mirth.
A trailer for the film can be seen at the link. This video also provides a fairly accurate taste of what the Harley & Annabelle Experience is like: