V&R Productions

05/31/2025

Check out the newly customized V&R TV YouTube Channel specifically recreated for our 40th Anniversary!

Founded by Jeff Vargon and Herb Rivera in the Summer of 1985 with the filming, and release of "That 'Old Proud' Look", V&R Films (later rechristened V&R TV) has been offering some of the most provocative and thought provoking underground programing available in the New York City area ever since. Now...

03/02/2025

V&R President, and co-founder, Jeff Vargon and fellow Bronxnet correspondent Dennis Taylor discuss The Road-Kill Review and its exposé of the famed P***o Prince, Steve "Big M" Mirante. This uber-rare clip comes from the V&R archives and is circa 1998.

V&R President, and co-founder, Jeff Vargon and fellow Bronxnet correspondent Dennis Taylor discuss The Road-Kill Review and its exposé of the famed P***o Pri...

02/15/2025

"Ellenville, New York: A Visitors' Guide for the Reasons to Stay Away"

10,106 views and counting!!!

Stay away. 'nuff said!

02/13/2025

V&R Productions continues to gear up for it's 40th Anniversary Celebration and that of their first major film release, "That 'Old Proud' Look", this time in a brief, impromptu chat with the recently resurfaced Steve "Big M" Mirante!!!

V&R Productions continues to gear up for it's 40th Anniversary Celebration and that of their first major film release, "That 'Old Proud' Look", this time in ...

01/21/2025

To quote The Walnut, "It's time for a celebration!"

As part of the ongoing, 40th Anniversary of V&R Productions, later this year, along with it's *OFFICIAL* release, we will be issuing an *extremely limited* edition of EIGHT ( 8 ) copies of the long-awaited "Retrospective for The Triad of Telethons for the Benefit of the Boat People" containing a personally signed photo of Steve "Big M" Mirante!

We have been working on this project since the autumn of 2011 and once completed, an official release date will be announced.

For those of you who don't receive one of these, yet still wish to own a copy of this *rare* shot of the ever-elusive celebrity that Steve is, all other DVD sets will contain an unsigned copy, printed on inferior paper stock, but nonetheless a valuable addition to your celebrity photo collection!

Can you dig it? [We] knew that you could!

Jeff Conan Vargon, January 21, 2025

12/27/2024

V&R Productions Presents: A 40th Anniversary Preview!!!

Co-founder Jeff "Conan" Vargon *discusses the upcoming 40th Anniversary of V&R Productions which commences this coming January 2025.

This multi-leveled, multi-genre, fully self-funded, independent production company, headed by Jeff Vargon and Herb Rivera, started out humbly in The Bronx, New York during the summer of 1985, with their first foray into the world of psychedelic, underground, subliminal cinema (with *feeling*) via V&R Films "That 'Old Proud' Look".

This film, originally conceived of, and written by, Jeff Vargon, was partially based on his otherworldly, keen observations of the true life, horrifically mundane experiences his friend Steve "Big M" Mirante had undergone from the autumn of 1984 all the way up until July 1985.

Directed, produced, edited, and and released under the soon-to-be V&R Productions banner later that year, this celluloid masterpiece also featured cameos by Herb and Jeff, and soon lead to an avalanche of further video, music and literary projects that continue up until this day.

Stay tuned as the new year progresses for further updates and brand, spanking *new* V&R Productions releases!

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(*Shot in the V&R Studios on Christmas Day 2024)

Co-founder Jeff "Conan" Vargon *discusses the upcoming 40th Anniversary of V&R Productions which commences this coming January 2025. This multi-leveled, mult...

11/07/2024

11/07/2024

11/05/2024

An Election Day 2024 PSA

*Disclaimer* There is a slight glitch in the video at the end of this PSA.

While the founders, creators, producers, videographers, sound engineers and supporters of V&R Productions refuse to accept the mediocrity that our modern society, and world, deem to be excellence in their work, we do not.

More likely than not, this error was due to Russian governmental interference.

Meanwhile, watch it, live it and love it!

*Disclaimer* There is a slight glitch in the video at the end of this PSA. While the founders, creators, producers, videographers, sound engineers and suppor...

08/03/2024

...and another with Chris and Jeff:

Chris and Jeff discuss the history of The Boat People telethons, their involvement with this cause and Jeff's new book...

08/03/2024

It's Coming: "The 39th Anniversary Retrospective for the Telethons for the Benefit of the Boat People"!

Here's a clip featuring Steve and Jeff to get you ready!

Telethon Retrospective Promo #1: Steve and Jeff on Essex Street a.k.a. "Who Opened This Window?"