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Frolicking Through Farmer's Markets Is Extra

The Whelk — Sat, 18 May 2013 14:57:06 -0800

Somtimes a guy just wants a curiously asexual sprite to whimsicaly break the chains of his workaday world for an hour or so - cue the Manic Pixie Prostitute!

Brutally Honest

quin — Mon, 04 Feb 2013 10:20:49 -0800

Best known for their Honest Trailers [previously], Screen Junkies also features a fantastically entertaining youtube feed where silly interviews, behind the scene movie footage, and strange reviews abound. [Screen Junkies] • Zombie Acting Tips with Rob Corddry [a favorite] • Django Unchained Toy Review in South Central • Raw Commentary: Jack & Jill (Adam Sandler & Al Pacino) • 2013 RAZZIE Nominations: Worst in Movies! • How to Fix DIE HARD 5 • 2012 Screenies Awards! - The Best & Worst in Movies & TV • Drunk Waxing with Judd Apatow, Paul Rudd & Leslie Mann [so much a favorite!] • Raw Commentary: The Muppet Christmas Carol (Michael Caine) [previously] • Man of Steel - Trailer Review by Hollywood Superman • Jewish Elf - Official Trailer • Lord of the Rings: Gandalf .GIF Megamix • Fantasy Fantasy Football (with Paul Scheer!) • Thankful (Hateful) Comments of the Week! • Twilight: Breaking Dads! - Trivia Showdown! • Raw Commentary: Lord of the Rings (Ian McKellen) [another favorite] • Disney's Star Wars Auditions! • Jedi Mind Trick Prank (with RomanAtwood) • Celebrity Ghost Hunters! • "Honey Boo Boo" Responds to Christopher Walken! • Dexter Morgan's Laboratory • Christopher Walken Reads "Honey Boo Boo"! • Tips 2 Not Get TAKEN 2 • Disney's Looper (1994 Trailer) • Avengers Haters Assembled! [Honest Trailers] • Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull • Inception • The Lord of the Rings • Dark Knight Rises • Twilight 3: Eclipse • Twilight 2: New Moon • The Amazing Spider-Man • Paranormal Activity • Prometheus • The Avengers • The Hunger Games • The Dark Knight • Avatar • Transformers • Titanic • Twilight • Phantom Menace 3D

Regular expressions against IMDb

East Manitoba Regional Junior Kabaddi Champion '94 — Thu, 20 Dec 2012 11:58:56 -0800

replace heart with butt

The Confused Notes of a Twilight Newbie Forced to Watch Breaking Dawn – Part 2

Egg Shen — Thu, 22 Nov 2012 16:53:58 -0800

Is his face always like that? It's like he washed it with a powdered doughnut. The Confused Notes of a Twilight Newbie Forced to Watch Breaking Dawn – Part 2

"If you know something, kill something."

Kitty Stardust — Wed, 31 Aug 2011 09:08:49 -0800

Paul Scheer of NTSF:SD:SUV and Human Giant addresses the most pressing question of our modern era: How Did This Get Made?

I’m a turtle. I didn’t know a Danish was a pastry. I only eat pizza. I searched this ship for a Danish man.

Lovecraft In Brooklyn — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:18:19 -0800

Fixing Films is a new blog that fixes classic films by a heavy application of mash-ups and MSPaint.

Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon?

Rhaomi — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:33:49 -0800

Two and a half years ago, we explored the early history of Cartoon Network... but it wasn't the only player in the youth television game. As a matter of fact, Fred Seibert -- the man responsible for the most inventive projects discussed in that post -- first stretched his creative legs at the network's truly venerable forerunner: Nickelodeon. Founded as Pinwheel, a six-hour block on Warner Cable's innovative QUBE system, this humble channel struggled for years before Seibert's innovative branding work transformed it into a national icon and capstone of a media empire. Much has changed since then, from the mascots and game shows to the versatile orange "splat." But starting tonight in response to popular demand, the network is looking back with a summer programming block dedicated to the greatest hits of the 1990s, including Hey Arnold!, Rocko's Modern Life, The Adventures of Pete & Pete, The Ren & Stimpy Show, Double Dare, Are You Afraid of the Dark?, Legends of the Hidden Temple, and All That. To celebrate, look inside for the complete story of the early days of the network that incensed the religious right, brought doo-wop to television, and slimed a million fans -- the golden age of Nickelodeon. (warning: monster post inside) PART 1: The Early Years Nick started out as a young children's program called Pinwheel that mixed puppetry and live action with animated shorts from overseas. Only a few bootlegs survive from this era, making video hard to track down. As the nascent channel struggled to find an audience, it started rerunning episodes of the Canadian comedy show You Can't Do That On Television!, which proved to be a big hit and laid the groundwork for future variety shows like it once the network found its legs. The show also introduced the infamous green slime that would characterize the network's later game show programs. Semi-active fansite YCDTOTV.com provides official recipes, and is positively overflowing with other content about this era. PART 2: "From Worst to First" Fred Seibert arrived at Nickelodeon fresh from success at MTV, where he and colleague Alan Goodman had developed the iconic "Man on the Moon" sequence that launched the channel in 1981. The Fred/Alan team found Nickelodeon floundering, hemorrhaging millions of dollars and dead last in the ratings. Their solution: a complete re-branding, starting with the logo. Out went the clunky silver balloon, in came The Splat. Inspired by MTV's shifting psychedelic design, The Splat was an all-purpose wonder, an amorphous blob of bright orange gunk that could be anything and everything. Using fun style guides, producers applied the Nick name to bones, rocket ships, dinosaurs, and dozens of other forms across hundreds of products over the next few decades. The logo was so versatile, in fact, that it went through only one major revision (blog post; guide) before Viacom, in the way of all corporate giants, dispensed with The Splat in 2009 for a new unified brand -- one very similar, ironically enough, to the logo that saddled the network in its infancy. To introduce Nick's new brand, Seibert and Goodman contracted with dozens of artists to create a series of striking and innovative "bumpers" all showcasing the bright orange Splat. Perhaps the most fortuitous hire was a capella band The Jive Five. As Seibert explains in his article "The Doo-Wopping of Television":

Alan's former colleague, writer and producer Marty Pekar, had started Ambient Sound to capture contemporary recordings of classic doo-wop groups from the 50s and 60s. He introduced them to the leader of The Jive 5, Eugene Pitt, as "not only a great singer, but a smart man." They found Eugene to be, as Rock and Roll Hall of Fame CEO Terry Stewart said, "the most underrated soul singer in America," and a wonderful collaborator. When the opportunity to work with Nickelodeon presented itself, Fred, Alan, and producer Tom Pomposello immediately knew the Jive 5 would be the perfect underpinning for defining the vocabulary of the network. Convincing Nickelodeon was another story. [...] Fred/Alan tried a lot of arguments to bring them around to a doo-wop sound, but they fell on deaf ears. "Doo-wop's 30 years old, no kid has ever heard of it." We won the day on two grounds. Fred played on the executives' liberal backgrounds. "We love all forms of African-American music, and using doo-wop will be a great way to educate American kids without anyone being the wiser." Alan's worked even better. He opened his mouth and, quoting The Marcels' arrangement of chestnut "Blue Moon," sang: "Bom-ma-bom, a-bom-bom-a-bom, ba-ba-bom-bom-a-bomp, b-dang-a-dang-dang, b-ding-a-dong-ding." "What kid isn’t going to relate to that right away?" Alan asked. Case closed.

The Jive Five proceeded to record a number of joyful and infectiously catchy doo-wop melodies for the artists to animate in a wide variety of styles, spots that went on to form the core of the channel's new identity (and the first of which became the its enduring theme song):

N-Nick Nick Nick N-Nick Nick Nick... Nickelodeon! (Main Theme) - Hon De Laud Hup Hivvel Up Nick (Calling Cades MasterMix) - Orange you glad you got your Nickelodeon? (Fruit variant) - Bulldog Crew (Jungle) - Tweedley Dum (Space Beans) - Shoo Be Doo (Worms) - It's Time, It's Time (Haircut) - Say Hey Say Hi Say Ho (Skating) - Better Off By Far (Space) - Waiting for You (Fish) - Dino Bop - Doo-Wop-a-Saurus - Your TV Network (Jive Five) - Top of the Hour - Easy Groove - Alligator and Frog - Dragon and Frog - Full Montage

The campaign was a tremendous, CLIO award-winning success -- within six months Nickelodeon had rocketed to the number one slot on the ratings chart. And the doo-wop was just the beginning -- that first batch inspired a wider range of spots in later years, from the cute to the bizarre:

Pinchface - Bone - Picnic Ants - Big Beast Quintet - Nicktoons Blob - Scissors Man - Opera - Reggae - Toothbrush Morph - Monkey Balloon - Dancing Dogs - Monster Disco - Banner - Around the World - Waiter - Laundry - Rock Dance - Teacup - What You Want claymation - Doug - Spelling - Barnyard - Comet - Flying Chair - Origami - Asian ID - Sea Monster - Box Face - Stage - Cave Paintings - Octopus - Tractor - Head on Chair - Windshield - Lockers - Rugrats - Gymnastics - Nick Takes Over Your School - Compilation (with lots more) - Shorts: Inside-Out Boy and Angela Anaconda

A Maine summer camp was even invited to submit student-created bumpers, which turned into a fun campaign of its own. PART 3: Nickelodeon Studios Years of sustained success led to the 1990 foundation of Nickelodeon Studios, a combination film studio, animation mecca, and theme park at Universal Studios in Orlando. The studio, with its colorful facade and infamous Slime Geyser, would become the nerve center of the company and a backdrop for many programs throughout the next decade, especially game shows like Double Dare, the notoriously difficult Legends of the Hidden Temple obstacle course (which you can attempt yourself!), and Global GUTS with its imposing Aggro Crag. The network also developed spin-offs and sister channels, such as Nick Jr. (full of colorful fare like Face and Gullah Gullah Island for the toddler set) and Nick at Nite, which featured reruns of popular sitcoms from decades past (which, if you think about it, is basically what this '90s programming block is doing right now -- oh noes!). Sadly, the studios closed its doors in 2005 in the face of flagging attendance, storm damage, and staff relocations to other offices. The building still stands, but all has been stripped away, including the Geyser and the studio time capsule (reburied at a company resort talked about previously). Gone, but not forgotten, though -- enjoy this thorough behind-the-scenes guided tour of the facility from before the closure by a former employee. PART 4: Live Action The Nick Studio was home to many live action programs, from sitcoms to horror to variety shows (and Stick Stickly!): Two early sitcoms, Hey Dude and Clarissa Explains it All, have been given full retrospectives by the AV Club, while fan favorite The Adventures of Pete & Pete is getting an episode-by-episode review. Speaking of which, don't miss the full version of "Hey Sandy," the great theme song by Polaris that carried some surprisingly dark undertones, or this original short uploaded by Fred Seibert. As for the cast, where are they now? Horror series Are You Afraid of the Dark? went through several incarnations, many episodes of which can be found online. Brave the list of scariest episodes (or TVTropes' High Octane Nightmare Fuel page for the show) ...if you dare. And of course there were the two big variety shows, both the work of Dan Schneider ("the Norman Lear of children’s television"). Each were modeled on the earlier YCDTOT -- the SNL-lite All That and spin-off Kenan & Kel (both of which helped propel star Kenan Thompson to actual SNL stardom). The nature of the shows makes video more scattered, but there's plenty to take in; this 100+ video playlist is a good start, as is the TVTropes page. (And lest we forget: Camp Anawanna, Alex Mack, Cousin Skee-- well, you can probably forget that one.) For the cynics out there: The Nostalgia Critic's skeptical 18-minute mocking of the above (except for Pete & Pete, which he loves unconditionally). PART 5: Nicktoons Of course, the most well-known Nick properties were their many original animated series, or Nicktoons. A ToonZone member explains their genesis:

Sometime in 1989, at the Montclair, New Jersey house of Nick president Geraldine Laybourne, Laybourne, her husband Kit, Herb Scannell, Fred Seibert, and others had a meeting where they watched TV shows currently running at the time and compared them to classic shorts such as the Looney Tunes. They came to the conclusion that then-current animation from studios such as DIC and Hanna-Barbera was formulaic and had no unique style. Geraldine Laybourne believed that the best characters, such as Mickey Mouse, Bugs Bunny, and Kermit the Frog, were those characters who were linked to their creator. Laybourne and the team decided that the creator should be the one who was the center of the production, just as it was in the old days. Also, having a library of animated shows that they owned would allow them to both prevent having to license other animation and make money for the network- and also eventually make back the high cost of producing original animation, since animation is costly to produce, but has a long shelf life. It was an expensive and laborious project- around $12 million in total ($1 to $2 million per pilot) to commission eight pilots, of which they hoped four would be able to air as an animated block with a target date of August 1991.

Only three of the eight made made it through to production: Doug, Rugrats, and the wonderfully edgy Ren & Stimpy. The success of these inspired others throughout the next decade, including:

Rocko's Modern Life, whose first season is on review at AV Club Hey Arnold!, whose main voice actress (for Helga) recently did an informative Q&A over at Reddit Kablam!, the comics-inspired variety animation show with one catchy theme song ("Two Tone Army" by The Toasters) The ongoing Spongebob Squarepants juggernaut, whose first few seasons could be pretty twisted Invader Zim (lots of episodes here), whose twistedness was a little more obvious And of course plenty of Mefites are familiar with the artistry and good storytelling of Avatar (no, not the 3D one)

One notable project was Seibert's Oh Yeah! Cartoons, an innovative series of one-off creator-driven shorts that would inspire later work on Cartoon Network's World Premiere Toons series (which in turn led to programs like Dexter's Lab and Powerpuff Girls, discussed here). There's a full list of shorts to peruse on Wikipedia -- many are on YouTube, but far to many to post here. Seibert himself has put a lot of media from the show on the web, like multiple 100+ page books of art from his Frederator Studios, which helmed the project and now makes series like Adventure Time. Don't miss the ongoing 16-part history of the studio (full table of contents are only in that last post). Also interesting, if unrelated, is Seibert's collection of media from his time at Hanna-Barbera in the early '90s. If you want more (lots more), check out Jerry Beck's Not Just Toons: Nicktoons! or Heather Hendershot's more scholarly Nickelodeon Nation. (The Nostalgia Critic is slightly more tolerant of the 'toons) PART 6: Nickelodeon Magazine For years, Nick promoted subscriptions to Nickelodeon Magazine, its flagship print product with a peak circulation of more than seven million. Interestingly, while the magazine was largely concerned with pranks and jokes and celebrity interviews, it was also a haven for the underground comix scene, featuring work from cartooning luminaries like Kim Deitch and Craig Thompson, whose works were popular enough to justify periodic all-comic specials and support award programs and convention events. As cartoonist Rod McKie described his first read through an issue:

So, having heard good things about Nickelodeon Magazine (US), I decided to get a hold of the thing and go over it with a fine tooth-comb, and try to think my way into the thing. The thing was, I had no idea what to expect, it was a kids magazine after all. Well, I was astonished when I saw it, really astonished. I'm not kidding, I was really bowled over by the magazine, I had never seen a publication more visually literate, more cartoon and illustration friendly, it was a cartoonist's delight. [...] I found myself responding to it with the same levels of wonder and delight as a cartoonist, as a parent, and as a teacher. I had never seen anything like this, and I had never seen such a range of mainstream and indie cartoonists all gathered together in one publication.

Though the magazine unfortunately folded in 2009, information and art from its many features can still be found on the web: Fiona of the Felines by Terry LaBan - Grampa and Julie: Shark Hunters by Jef Czekaj - Impy & Wormer by James Kochalka - Juanita and Clem by Craig Thompson - Mervin the Magnificent by Richard Sala - Patty-Cake by Scott Roberts - Sam Hill & Ray-9 by Mark Martin - Scene But Not Heard by Sam Henderson - Southern Fried Fugitives by Simon and Kim Deitch - Teeny Weeny, the Tiniest Hot Dog in the World by Mark Martin - The Uncredibly Confabulated Tales of Lucinda Ziggles by Andy Ristaino - Underpants-On-His-Head Man by Michael Kupperman - Yam by Corey Barba Lots more material in the unofficial Nickmag-Comics LiveJournal site, or browse an old issue at Archive.org. PART 7: Nick News In 1992, the channel hired respected journalist Linda Ellerbee to helm Nick News, a new educational program meant to air periodically in classrooms and in primetime. The show gained renown (and eventually won a Peabody and an Edward R. Murrow Award) for tackling difficult and complex issues like AIDS and global warming in a frank way, taking its young audience seriously and relying heavily on interviews with kids and teens to explore their problems and concerns. Politically aware, the program's regular "Kids Pick the President" mock election correctly called five of the last six winners (save Kerry in 2004). Perhaps the most notable episode of the show was the controversial 2002 special report "My Family is Different" (discussed previously), which dealt with same-sex parentage and attendant issues such as sexual harassment and hate crimes. In a time when homosexuality enjoyed far weaker public support in America, Ellerbee's earnest and nonjudgmental take on the subject provoked bitter outrage from conservative groups, who pledged to boycott Nickelodeon in retaliation. The episode, the show's highest-rated, went on to win a GLAAD Media Award for Outstanding Television Journalism. The show's still going strong, most recently covering the long-term consequences of the Haiti earthquake. PART 8: Nick Movies In its heyday, the company produced original live-action movies, such as Harriet the Spy (1996) and Good Burger (1997), in addition to adaptations of its animated stable. It later branched out into producing big screen versions of other works, from A Series of Unfortunate Events and Nacho Libre to Rango and the terrible M. Night Shyamalan version of beloved Nicktoon Avatar (The Last Airbender). PART 9: SPECIAL MUSICAL BONUS!! An official "Best of Nicktoons" CD featuring a random assortment of earwormy tunes from across the network; available for download here or with selected tracks on YouTube: Nick Nick Nick (Main Theme) - 3D Laughing Boy Open - Rugrats Theme - Nick Video Open - Kablam! Theme - Thunder Girl - Nick-o-Las Tell Underture - Ren & Stimpy Theme - Happy Happy Joy Joy - Log Commercial - Calling Cades - Aaahh!! Real Monsters Theme - Artman Open - Angry Beavers Theme - I Think I Like You - Hey Arnold! Theme - Haunted Train Blues - Darling You Left My Heart - Look Up! - Simple Things - Rocko's Modern Life Theme - Orange You Glad? - CatDog Theme And what musical bonus is complete without a little amateur a capella? PART 10: It all comes back For the foreseeable future, rotating blocks of the old shows are now set to air weeknights at midnight EST on sister network TeenNick, starting with All That, Kenan & Kel, Clarissa Explains It All, and Doug. If you're not a fan of those, changes will be made to the schedule in response to feedback online through Facebook, Twitter, and other social media channels. Also, regular marathons of the old animated shows run overnight on fellow sister network Nicktoons at the same time, offering some variety for anybody who wants it.

The Abridged Scripts

vidur — Thu, 10 Feb 2011 22:41:12 -0800

Rod Hilton has been "editing" and abridging movie scripts since 1998 (first script: Godzilla). In all this time, he has given 5 stars to only six movies: Saving Private Ryan; The Matrix; Being John Malkovich; Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back; The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King; and Inception. (Previously)

An overload of Mystery Science Theater musical moments

JHarris — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:22:16 -0800

During the show's history Mystery Science Theater did many musical bits. Topless Robot recently linked to the "13 best" Mystery Science Theater 3000 songs. It's not a bad list, although there are some notable exclusions. About those, click through.... But why rely on that Topless Robot list when you have THIS, which is not a complete list of every song or substantial song reference MST ever did, but is the great majority of them. Especially good bits are marked with an asterisk. Many of these are direct links inside MST3K episodes on YouTube; it's up to you to close those when the song is done (or alternatively, why not keep watching, won't you?). COMEDY CENTRAL ERA JOEL YEARS *Clay & Lar's Flesh Barn (104 Women of the Prehistoric Planet, "If you're tired of the same old fare/you've got a friend in Clay and Lar/all our meat is guaranteed rare/'cause we don't cook it!") *Sidehackin' (202 The Sidehackers, "Sidehackin' is one big bash/the favorite sport of cheap white trash") *Only Love Pads the Film (202 The Sidehackers, with Gypsy as backup) *Tom Servo's Ode to Creepy Girl (204 Catalina Caper, the first of many bot infatuations) If Chauffeurs Ruled The World (206 Ring of Terror) Wild Rebels Cereal Commercial (207 Wild Rebels, like getting hit on the back of the neck with a surfboard of flavor) Godzilla Genealogy Bop (213 Godzilla vs. the Sea Monster, starring Karl Malden's nose) *Tibby, Oh Tibby (302 Gamera, do you believe a robot just sang a love song to a turtle?) *Idiot Control Now (303 Pod People, a close remake of a scene from the movie, right down to Frank's shirt) *Clown in the Sky (303 Pod People, "Tom, if you don't stop doing your Anthony Newley I'm going to throw you against the wall.") *The Sandy Frank Song (306 Time of the Apes, rumor has it this song was what got Sandy Frank mad at Best Brains and is why we can't get MST Gamera episodes on DVD to this day) The Pants-Up Song (307 Daddy-O, one of two MST songs devoted to the humble pants, this one ends with one of Joel's "vapor lock" episodes) *Fugitive Alien Medley ("He Tried To Kill Me With A Forklift") (310 Fugitive Alien, I've been fascinated with Star Wolf, the show this movie is taken from, for a while, partly due to the excellent music) Celebrity Siblings (311 It Conquered The World) *The Bike Song, a.k.a. The Annoying Cornjob Song (312 Gamera vs. Guiron, "We're gonna ride our bicycles/we're gonna go and have some fun" -- that's just how it starts) Slow the Plot Down (314 Mighty Jack, arrrrr) ***Gamera (312 Gamera vs. Guiron), and more Gamera (316 Gamera vs Zigra, the Gamera theme ruled the show for two entire episodes. The MST take on the song actually originated in the KTMA days!) The Waffle Song (317 Viking Women vs. The Sea Serpent, the capper to an episode-long obsession with waffles) ***Patrick Swayze Christmas (321 Santa Claus Conquers The Martians, one of two MST Christmas songs and gloriously random) *Master Ninja Theme Song (322 Master Ninja, they actually sing this nearly from the moment they emerge from the theater until the end of the credits, including throughout the ritual reading of the letter) Morrissey Sings "Hairdresser in a Coma" (403 City Limits) *Oh, Kim Cattrall (403 City Limits, Crow's remark about Cattrall's dress at the ACE awards, as mentioned by the MST newsletter at the time, comes from direct exposure when the Brains went to the awards after having been nominated -- they lost to Dream On) *I'm a Danger to Myself and Others (406 Attack of the Giant Leeches, about how rednecks are asked to do the dangerous work in the movie) *Tribute to Pants (410 Hercules Against the Moon Men, the other MST pants song, if you want to know what "Deep Hurting" is you'll have to watch the whole episode) Happy Thoughts (414 Tormented, "I'm having Libbyland dinners for breakfast/and King Vitaman for dinner") Gypsy Moons (417, Crash of the Moons, Crow and Tom sing a love song to an irate Gypsy) *What a Failure (422 The Day the Earth Froze, Joel and the bots sing along to the "celebration" song in the film) Gypsy Rose -- Me (422 The Day the Earth Froze, Gypsy's one-woman show) Hired, the Musical (423 Bride of the Monster, "I got a job today/I'm selling Chevrolet/I'm taking home good pay") Look at my Thorax (506 Eegah, tequila.) ***Are You Happy in Your Work? (507 I Accuse My Parents, Joel and co don't actually sing in this but it's still a brilliant bit) *What a Pleasant Journey (509 The Girls in Lovers Lane, this one jumps the rails at the end in more ways than one) *The Turkey Day Song, done for a Comedy Central commercial, which once upon a time was stuck in my head for nearly an entire month MIKE YEARS The Janitor Song (514 Teenage Strangler, one of the first songs with Mike as host) *My Wild Irish Ireland (516 Alien From L.A., proving it's not just the bots who have unhealthy obsessions) ***Toobular Boobular Joy (519 Outlaw, one of their best songs, mildly NSFW) Whispering Christmas Warrior (521 Santa Claus, or "Santa Klaus") *Merry Christmas, If That's Okay (521 Santa Claus, the other MST Christmas song) *Tribute to Doughy Guys (522 Teen-Age Crime Wave, notice in the scroll of doughy guys at the end they playfully add in TV's Frank) Mystos (522 Teen-Age Crime Wave, mockery of Mentos commercials from the time) Endless Frank (523 Village of the Giants, actually a tribute to Frank Zappa -- end credits version) *Servo's Scat (601 Girl's Town) *Cosmic Freight Train (603 The Dead Talk Back, Crow's guitar solo was also played during the end credits of this one) Nummy Muffin Coocol Butter (605 Colossus & The Head Hunters) *Livin’ in Deep 13 and Theme Songs (610 The Violent Years, Tom Servo/Kevin Murphy really gets into this one) ***The United Servo Academy Men's Chorus (612 The Starfighters, one of the most amazing host segments they ever did, Kevin Murphy singing with himself in many-part harmony) Poopy Suits and The Poopy Suit Anthem (612 The Starfighters, a loathsome movie containing a bizarre interlude) *The Bouncy Upbeat Song(619 Red Zone Cuba) *Who Will I Kill? (624 Sampson vs. The Vampire Women, Dr. Forrester's lament for the departing TV's Frank) Gypsy’s Telephone Song (701 Night of the Blood Beast) SCI-FI CHANNEL ERA ***When I Held Your Brain In My Arms (807 Terror From the Year 5000, crooning from the Observers) Servo Sings of the 70s (814 Riding With Death) Sodium! (817 Horror of Party Beach, the solution to the monsters in the movie turns out to be sodium and they won't shut up about it) *Tom Servo's Song About Stock Footage (819 Invasion of the Neptune Men, short but sweet) ***Public Pearl presents "When Loving Lovers Love" (822 Overdrawn at the Memory Bank, a dead-on parody) Where, O Werewolf (904 Werewolf, the guys form a girl band) ***TUSK! (904 Werewolf, this one's sung in the theater) Please Stay (905 The Killer Bees, Pearl and Bobo try to convince Observer to stay with them, among the reasons given: ham. And string.) *The Hobgoblins "Song" (907 Hobgoblins, look out now, you little doodad) *The Canada Song (910 Final Sacrifice, mustn't hate so overtly) ***Aire on a Delta Knight (913 Quest of the Delta Knights, more multi-part harmony with Servo, Servo, Servo and Servo) I Am Sad, with leadup (1002 Girl in Gold Boots, after our draft-dodging hero in the movie sings a sad song, Mike pines away while it somehow rains outside in space) *The Legend of Bobo Creek (1006 Boggy Creek 2: And the Legend Continues, by country legend Hank Brain Guy Jr.) *To Earth (1013 Diabolik, the last musical number, cuts off at the end unfortunately, the last few seconds are in the following video) Just a few random extras: What's the Deal with 'The Pina Colada Song'? - The many names of David Ryder - Orville Popcorn - Mike & company provide some local color - Joel's Diabolical Plan This list would contain Crow's wonderful "Ode to Estelle," (411 The Magic Sword) except that NBC Universal has blocked it on copyright grounds, possibly because it contains a still image from The Magic Sword, which is available on the "OpenFlix" advertising channel. Feh. Of tremendous aid in compiling this: Satellite News, Ward E, MST3K Wiki, and YouTube of course

“Toro is junk food for low income earners.”

zarq — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 16:26:09 -0800

"The Japanese Tradition" was a series of nine short, parody "How To" videos that gently mocked the formality of Japanese culture, from comedy duo Rahmens (ラーメンズ) and Japan Culture Lab. They're available on DVD, but nearly all of them can be seen on YouTube, including Sushi and Ocha (tea). They're impeccable pastiches of cultural instruction videos -- How To guides to the correct use of chopsticks, paper-folding, sparring, the etiquette of family holidays, how to make rice balls, the way of tea, the rituals of apology, the eating of sushi and how to clap in time.
The Japanese Tradition 1. Sushi 2. Ocha / Tea 3. Dogeza / Apologizing (Also.) 4. Tejime 5. Origami 6. Hashi / Chopsticks 7. Rice Balls Similar series from Rahmens: * Love Relationships Part 1: Theory * Love Relationships Part 2: Theory * Love Relationships Part 3: Practice * Love Relationships Part 4: Practice Rahmens were also responsible for the Japanese versions of Apple's "Get A Mac" ads. "The Japanese ad scripts are almost unrecognisable, because bragging about your strengths is considered stupid and rude. Instead, the Mac shows class by remaining sophisticated, humble and controlled in the face of the PC’s increasing overconfidence and excitement. The punch lines, it’s safe to say, are lost in translation."
1. Nicknames 2. iLife 3. Viruses 4. Nengajo - New Year's Cards 5. Pie Chart 6. Restart 7. Security 8. Steps 9. Microsoft Office 10. Home Movie 11. Artist 12. Bloated

You're a disgrace. To the race.

crossoverman — Thu, 17 Jun 2010 20:11:27 -0800

DISGRASIAN OF THE WEAK! Liveblogging The Karate Kid Remake. Also, the Disgrasian Dictionary.

Look at this stuff. It's airtight.

Rhaomi — Wed, 07 Apr 2010 15:03:49 -0800

Almost Everything by Kirby Ferguson: A web series featuring a good-natured Canadian geek who uses slick, fast-paced video presentations to comment on the world's ills. Episodes: Apple's Stealth Jabs at Microsoft - Protecting and Maintaining Your Heterosexual House of Cards - Americans Love Lists - Trajan is the Movie Font - Thank You For All the Butt Cracks - Passive Resistance, Like Gandhi - Punchline Piracy - The Fag Bomb - I Love Progress Bars - Slumdog Controversy - The Distraction Machine - Talent is Hard Work - 2012 and the Conspiracy Conspiracy - I Don't Care About Tiger Woods' Penis (An Open Letter to the American Media). Like the background music? The full soundtrack by Windom Earle is available for preview or download on Amazon. A product of Goodiebag.tv (YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, blog, more videos).

Surreality

squalor — Sun, 01 Apr 2007 13:21:24 -0800

The most effective Surreality is that which is entirely Unintentional (15-minute Google video). A delightful balance between amusing & disturbing. Harvested from Doctor Macro's MGM Shorts page. Previously.

Please for you to clap hands and cheering for Mister Lick Poop!

ZachsMind — Sat, 10 Mar 2007 20:03:07 -0800

Mediocre Films consists of films which are... mediocre, hence the name. Night of the Zombie. Batty Bat-Bat. Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show. Granted, it's not LG15 but I think that's what I like about it most. These short subject films are made by some guy named Greg, with help from other people whom you may have never heard of before. Occasionally they also feature a guy named Adam whom you might recognize but you may not be able to recall from where. It's funny. Well. I liked it. My girlfriend didn't. She said they were mediocre; to which I said, "exactly!" Sheesh. Women.

Please pass the syrup...

rfbjames — Mon, 12 Feb 2007 22:36:08 -0800

"A Ninja Pays Half My Rent" (YouTube 5:23) A short film directed by Steven K. Tsuchida.

It Had To Be You

fandango_matt — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 14:44:20 -0800

When Harry Met Sally, recut.

Third time's a charm

mattoxic — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 17:40:33 -0800

Japanese Spider-Man seen here before, but this time he seems to be protected by a bandito type sporting a machine-gun guitar (but sadly, not one of these).

Because Stupid Is As Stupid Does

It's Raining Florence Henderson — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 10:18:47 -0800

Darwin Awards - The Movie! If it bombs, the reviews should be comedy gold.

Say hello, too, my little friend.

Francesnash — Mon, 31 Jul 2006 10:12:05 -0800

Scarface. No, not that one. Or even that one. Fish [previously] and his roommates remake a classic film. Only problem is, they've never seen it. Well, two of them haven't. Revisionist filmmaking never knew what hit it.

Siskel and Ebert - Behind the Scenes

rougy — Fri, 12 May 2006 12:01:15 -0800

1987 - Siskel and Ebert - Behind the scenes: Part 1 (28mb), Part 2 (16mb), Part 3 (18mb). Each segment is about three to four minutes long. For those of us who grew up with these guys on TV, almost 20 years ago, this is a side you've never dreamed of. Part one ends on a down-note, but parts two and three...worth the watch. (language NSFW)

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed

Tlogmer — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 22:40:59 -0800

The 10 Best Sci-Fi Films That Never Existed

How It Should Have Ended

Gator — Wed, 25 Jan 2006 07:32:52 -0800

Sometimes movies don't finish the way we'd like. Short, off-beat, animated re-imaginings of selected movie endings, in torrent and .wmv format. The archives are yet young, but might be worth keeping an eye on for future chuckles.

In a world...

Robot Johnny — Sun, 07 Aug 2005 13:56:57 -0800

In a world... where the success of an industry depends upon the creative ability of a few, greatness must be recognized. Imagine... five of the top voice-over artists in our country all in one car! Dan LaFontaine's car!

Tales of Armada

AlexReynolds — Wed, 20 Apr 2005 23:06:51 -0800

"I want them to remember me with a shudder." Filthy's mind often wanders when reviewing films in his hometown of Armada, Colorado, regailing us with occasional snippets of wage slavery, sympathy, Larry, Jimmy, Gooden, the Harelip of the Armada Tavern, and growing up.

eat his skin and drink his blood

yeahyeahyeahwhoo — Mon, 22 Mar 2004 08:13:33 -0800

Review of the weekends two top Zombie flicks "Now it’s thousands of years later and the being-a-zombie thing that Jesus started has caught on."