BIG NEWS here. This made the front page of the CNN website.
Yearly Archives: 2009
Ants in My Shoes
Thom there is a iPhone version of the video. The aspect ratio is screwed up though. Don’t know why. TIM RESPOND.
Bear
There was a bear near my mother’s place in Sutton, WV. Thom and I were in the area shooting a documentary around the time the bear was still alive and snooping around.
Prior to the shooting of the bear, the neighbors were concerned that it might get Max, my mom’s dog, and have a little Max snax.
Here are some pictures.
“Hi There” – The Music Phenomenon
HOLY BAT-TOON!
There’s a not-so-new cartoon gracing the glass teat on Cartoon Network. “Batman: The Brave and The Bold” is based on the old comic book of the same name. The Caped Crusader teams up with a different hero from the DC universe each week to fight for the forces of goodness and niceness. The tone is a lot lighter than the Batman animated series of the 90’s and the Justice League ‘toons of the early 21st but it doesn’t venture into jackassery. The teaser features Batman and another hero in an unrelated takedown of a villain before the main adventure. The heroes and villains are generally depicted in their Golden / Silver Age representations. You won’t see any of the biggies (no Superman here folks) which I find refreshing. The guest good guys and baddies have included Green Arrow, Plastic Man, Etrigan, Adam Strange, Kammandi, the Golden Age Flash, Gentleman Ghost, Scarecrow, Black Manta, Gorilla Grodd, and Babyface. The only drawback is the Blue Beetle who makes several appearances in the role of “teenage sidekick.” The animation is good, the stories clever, and Batman’s wit is dry as a martini.
Check your local listings.
Bumpy Nerds
I went to the store after Easter to buy some sale stuff. This is what I ended up with. I already ate one bag; this one is going to Mike at some point. They are pretty gross. Jelly beans with a hard Nerd coating.
Nerds has had some dubious spinoffs in the past, but I think this is the worst. Mike used to talk about Nerds gum balls. And I’ll never forgive my mom for not buying me Nerds cereal when I was younger.
Torture Porn Disco – THE MUSIC VIDEO!
Father Time – Movie Pitch
Joe sent me this movie pitch the other day. I tried to post it on Mandy. We’ll see if it goes live.
— Mike
Jim Carrey is a Divorced man who is now an Episcopalian priest. He has an estranged son from his previous marriage. The son has a Dog named Lou.
One day Jim Carrey and his son go to an amusement park as they attempt to keep up their relationship – a relationship that at best can be described as acrimonious.
The duo and the dog (or Lou) all go on the roller coaster and after going through a tunnel emerge in a world circa1965. The dog can now talk too – he serves as comic relief as he burps and farts his way through this gripping drama. While my comedy handbooks suggest that bodily humor can sometimes alienate certain audiences, rarely has this humor been attached to an animal which have consistently been proven to be box office draws (Benji, C.H.O.M.P.S., Marley and Me, etc.).
Jim Carrey realizes that he can give a better life to his son by having him invest in Microsoft and telling him who to bet on in the Kentucky Derby (Jim Carry the priest was a big-time horse gambler – that is what cost him his marriage) but his son does not like to gamble as he is a devout Episcopalian. (Making the son a Muslim instead of an Episcopalian is another consideration. This could be seen as PC move and broaden our appeal in certain circles.)
Trouble ensues and the elder dad dies. The son bets all of his money on the horse “Proud Clarion” and makes a bunch of money in the Kentucky Derby. The son acknowledges that his father was right, and vows to be just like him when he grows up….
Fast Forward to modern days. The son has grown up and looks just like Jim Carrey. He also has an estranged relationship with his own son. The two decide to go on a roller coaster together…..
The dog winks. And farts.
The movie is called Father Time.
Kettle Kittens III – Music Demos
I’m working on the film Kettle Kittens III currently. Here are two potential demos for the soundtrack.
Kettle Kittens III – Song 1 Demo
Kettle Kittens III – Song 2 Demo
At this point I’m leaning a little more towards 2… not sure how those bees are feeling in 1.
Tim – let me know if you want to lay down SOME BASS.
WHY I WON’T SEE THE WOLVERINE MOVIE (AND OTHER RANDOM RANTS)
X-Men 2 stunk.
X-Men 3 stunk on ice.
And I HATE prequels. The legacy of George Lucas and Jar Jar Binks lives on.
Another piece of ammo is the merchandising campaign. One piece of brummagem junk that is being pushed on kids (at $14.99 to $23.99 a pop) is the Wolverine Electronic Battle Claw (wow!). For your hard earned bucks your kid only gets ONE claw. What kid is going to want to be a one-clawed Wolverine?
Bob Dylan’s new album, “Together Through Life” is out. Bob, (or Robert to your mother), you’re a great songwriter but you’ve never been any great shakes as a singer. This album reaffirms that fact.
Lastly, but not least, the series finale of Battlestar Galactica – major disappointment. In my humble opinion the series jumped the shark early in the third season and after the “Planet of the Apes” – style ending of the first half of the fourth season I stopped watching. So I missed the second half of season four except for the series ending. I didn’t miss much. And the finale had more WTF moments than Cylon models. Let’s see, Col. Tigh’s wife was the 12th Cylon, the Colonials go “back to nature”, Baltar walks off scot-free, Starbuck is an angel, and that’s just the beginning of the jackassery.
This has been a public service announcement.