Coffee House Rendezvous (Part I) (1969)

★★★★★ · It's the 60s, Man! Groovy! Oh, Wait... · Christine Hennig · 2006-01-17

It's the 60s, man, and coffee houses are all the rage. Cool. Except it's the late 60s and the coffee houses have been fully accepted by the Establishment as wholesome alternatives for youth to blowing their minds and blowing up the student union. So organizations like churches and school districts and the YMCA and even parents encourage kids to form coffee houses in any spare basements or vacant storefronts that they can find. This, of course, spells the end of the coffee house as a bastion of cooldom. Still, this is a fun, innocent film, full of enthusiastic geeky teenagers drinking…

★★★★ · Can you dig it? · Spuzz · 2016-02-08

This VERY amazing film is one pip to a) sell more coffee and b) covert. Oops, I mean I'm sorry, as the coffeehouses proprietors shown here say they're not looking to convert people, that I believe. What's curious is that this film shows no effort to show that no other coffeehouses exist except christian themed ones. I mean, RIGHT. Interesting that noone was smoking and that nearly everyone was white as well. But nevertheless, this is a fine film with great great music, and a great 60's feel to it.

★★★ · Nice Time Capsule · ReluctantPopStar · 2005-12-21

"Hey, remember the great Folk Music Scare of the 60's? That crap almost caught on, didn't it?" - Martin Mull, speaking in the 70's Yes, this occurred during my lifetime, though I was just a pup, probably an infant when this film was shot. Some have said 1969, but that can't be right. Based on the clothes and hairstyles, it has to be before the Summer of Love (that's June '67 to those unaware). I'm thinking 1966 or maybe late '65 at the earliest. Those two guys who sing "Teenage Teen" have to heard a Frank Zappa album, and his first one came out in late '65. This does prove one thing: the…