Celebrities... Hoy, Alan Moore
March 29, 2010 10:06 PM Subscribe
Alan Moore, the Northampton Wizard, as you've never seen him before - SLYT, Spanish with subtitles.
What Alan Moore is actually like.
So what I find interesting is that it's so obviously unlike Alan Moore in many ways - there's nothing about him whatsoever that can be described as manic, and yet there's a lot of odd little details in there that they've obviously picked up from somewhere.
Alan Moore Interview Index.
posted by Artw at 10:26 PM on March 29, 2010 [5 favorites]
So what I find interesting is that it's so obviously unlike Alan Moore in many ways - there's nothing about him whatsoever that can be described as manic, and yet there's a lot of odd little details in there that they've obviously picked up from somewhere.
Alan Moore Interview Index.
posted by Artw at 10:26 PM on March 29, 2010 [5 favorites]
What Alan Moore is actually like.
Looks like He's having coffee with John Constantine.
posted by clarknova at 10:40 PM on March 29, 2010
Looks like He's having coffee with John Constantine.
posted by clarknova at 10:40 PM on March 29, 2010
Song about Alan Moore by MJ Hibbett. Better warn you that it's pretty damn catchy.
posted by Kattullus at 11:04 PM on March 29, 2010
posted by Kattullus at 11:04 PM on March 29, 2010
They missed Moore's actual scruffiness level by about tenfold.
posted by benzenedream at 11:20 PM on March 29, 2010
posted by benzenedream at 11:20 PM on March 29, 2010
Oh, and a mate of mine is featured on the Wired blog with for an Alan Moore themed Poster/Desktop wallpaper he did. Which leaves me wondering if they know quite how rude that top righthand panel is when it's not in sepia.
posted by Artw at 11:29 PM on March 29, 2010
posted by Artw at 11:29 PM on March 29, 2010
Artw's links are the post. I did enjoy Sr. Reyes' zeal, however.
posted by basicchannel at 12:10 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by basicchannel at 12:10 AM on March 30, 2010
Reminded me of the Hilarious House of Frankenstein.
posted by stinkycheese at 1:20 AM on March 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by stinkycheese at 1:20 AM on March 30, 2010 [1 favorite]
la hora chanante has great moments, it's a pity so much is lost in translation. The gist is the manchegan accent and idioms spoken by a foreign character, see Bono
posted by valdesm at 1:49 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by valdesm at 1:49 AM on March 30, 2010
Can someone provide a context for this show? Why exactly would they have a parody of a figure that I'm guessing only other comic geeks would know what he looked/sounded like? Or, what?
That being said, the Stewart Lee interview is great.
posted by The Whelk at 5:34 AM on March 30, 2010
That being said, the Stewart Lee interview is great.
posted by The Whelk at 5:34 AM on March 30, 2010
Also Actual Alan Moore has one of the Top Ten Best UK accents. Somewhere inbetween early 20th century village and the water mines of mars.
posted by The Whelk at 5:36 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 5:36 AM on March 30, 2010
The Whelk, this is a Spanish show called 'La Hora Chanante', it has a cult following for being absurd, mostly unfunny but sometimes awesome. It tried entering the mainstream with no success.
A recurring sketch is 'Celebrities' where Joaquin Reyes impersonates a celebrity in pretty much the same style everytime: ridiculously self-absorbed, country accent. So it's not funny because it's a good impersonation, it's funny because it's famous people saying stupid things in a funny accent.
posted by valdesm at 6:15 AM on March 30, 2010
A recurring sketch is 'Celebrities' where Joaquin Reyes impersonates a celebrity in pretty much the same style everytime: ridiculously self-absorbed, country accent. So it's not funny because it's a good impersonation, it's funny because it's famous people saying stupid things in a funny accent.
posted by valdesm at 6:15 AM on March 30, 2010
Also Actual Alan Moore has one of the Top Ten Best UK accents. Somewhere inbetween early 20th century village and the water mines of mars.
I find stuff like this amusing in that Moore basically speaks in my local accent but with a bit more of a Brummie twang as he's further to the west
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:38 AM on March 30, 2010
I find stuff like this amusing in that Moore basically speaks in my local accent but with a bit more of a Brummie twang as he's further to the west
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 6:38 AM on March 30, 2010
I blame Dr. Who and Avengers episodes for making the Regional UK Accent = THE FUTURE connection in my head.
posted by The Whelk at 6:41 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by The Whelk at 6:41 AM on March 30, 2010
yet there's a lot of odd little details in there that they've obviously picked up from somewhere.
HAIR
posted by DU at 6:49 AM on March 30, 2010
HAIR
posted by DU at 6:49 AM on March 30, 2010
JUMBLE! BIG JUMBLE!
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:27 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by Halloween Jack at 8:27 AM on March 30, 2010
So it's not funny because it's a good impersonation, it's funny because it's famous people saying stupid things in a funny accent.
Aha. So it's basically like Bo Selecta?
posted by Artw at 10:03 AM on March 30, 2010
Aha. So it's basically like Bo Selecta?
posted by Artw at 10:03 AM on March 30, 2010
i think you're onto something there, artw. you can actually compare; no subs though
posted by valdesm at 11:17 AM on March 30, 2010
posted by valdesm at 11:17 AM on March 30, 2010
Heh, I thought it was actually Alan Moore, just with a freshly-washed beard.
posted by GuyZero at 3:47 PM on March 30, 2010
posted by GuyZero at 3:47 PM on March 30, 2010
Are they riffing on 'Unbreakable'?
posted by benzenedream at 12:16 PM on April 16, 2010
posted by benzenedream at 12:16 PM on April 16, 2010
Are they riffing on 'Unbreakable'?
Yes, I spotted several references - might be more that I missed since it's a while since I saw the film
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:23 PM on April 16, 2010
Yes, I spotted several references - might be more that I missed since it's a while since I saw the film
posted by fearfulsymmetry at 1:23 PM on April 16, 2010
Gorillaz and Alan Moore team up to write opera about John Dee, the Queen Elizabeth's personal wizard.
posted by Kattullus at 4:09 PM on April 27, 2010
posted by Kattullus at 4:09 PM on April 27, 2010
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