songs from the 1950s and 1960s. Modern Dance (1981) compiled songs of the burgeoining synth-pop movement Night Moves (1979), a two-record disco dance tutorial with accompanying instruction book featuring Deney Terrio; included one side of disco songs featured in the lessons. The company also created original records, including the Grammy-nominated Hooked on Classics series of classical recordings with the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra. Films In 1970 the company briefly began distributing foreign films in the United States, beginning with Mr. Superinvisible. They produced their own Pardon My Blooper film, based on one of their records. Video games In the early 1980s, K-tel dabbled in the video game business under the brands K-tel Software, K-Tek Software, K-tel International (UK) Ltd. and Xonox. Although K-tel's other divisions left this market after the crash of 1983, K-tel UK continued to release several games into 1984. Answering machine recordings In the late 1980s, K-tel International (UK) Ltd. released several novelty cassette tapes by The Comic Answer Company Ltd. Each tape contained several short audio clips which were intended to be played back aloud and re-recorded onto an answering machine. A five-second countdown preceded each message to help customers begin recording at the right moment, and a formal answering machine message in a neutral voice was included at the end of each tape in case they wanted to revert the novelty message. These recordings included at least five spoken word tapes released in 1988, and made in partnership with ITV Central's popular satirical puppet show Spitting Image. Show regulars including Chris Barrie, Steve Nallon and Nigel Plaskitt participated as voice actors. Examples and the impersonations therein include: Political Answerbacks (OCE 5501): Neil Kinnock, Roy Hattersley, Ronald Reagan, Margaret Thatcher More Political Answerbacks (OCE 5502): Margaret Thatcher, Neil Kinnock, John Cole Royal Answerbacks (OCE 5503): The Queen Mother, Prince Charles, Prince Andrew Celebrity Answerbacks (OCE 5504): David Attenborough, David Coleman, Bob Geldof, Robert Runcie More Celebrity Answerbacks (OCE 5505): Barry Norman, Robin Day, John Gielgud, Sean Connery Dot-com bubble's effects on K-tel In mid-April 1998, during the dot-com bubble, news that the company was expanding its business to the Internet sent the thinly traded stock shooting from about $3 to over $7 in one day (3:1 split adjusted). The short interest of the stock swelled. The price of the stock peaked at about $34 in early May, and began to decline, reaching $12 in November and eventually