I went to a couple of screenings (George Romero’s Knightriders and Wolfgang Petersen’s Das Boot, and possibly Eating Raoul; though the last may have been elsewhere) at Filmex in 1982. Before the main events, short films were shown. One of them was called The Maze. If I recall correctly, it was in black and white and featured a giant frog or toad.
The other one I remember had to do with a boy who was having a birthday party. I don’t remember the situation, but nobody showed up. The doorbell rings (or there is a knock) and the boy answers it. Outside is a clown that had been hired for the entertainment. The clown looks into the empty house and says, ‘Well, happy birthday, Mister Popular.’
Anyone know what that film may have been called?