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(Or: Pure Skill, Annoyance and Retribution)
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OHNOSPEEDWECRASHEDANDBURNEDBIGTIME!
Your News Anchor, Pookie -May 11
The weekend numbers are in for the big-budget
blockbuster of the week, Speed Racer, and they are not good, falling
well below already lowered expectations. Just goes to show that maybe
making movies out of old Japanese cartoons that we
knew were complete crap even when we were kids is perhaps not a good
idea. True, the Scooby Doo movies did pretty well and those
cartoons were crap too, but Scooby
Doo has never been off the air, so at least it had name
recognition among kids. I haven't seen a Speed Racer cartoon
since I was a wee cub. Oh, maybe it plays on some obscure
cable channel somewhere, but that's the point, isn't
it? Meanwhile, Ironman raked in big bucks for a second week,
proving what I always say: I don't know what the hell I'm talking
about. Next week, the second Narnia film comes out, and the
week after, Indiana Jones returns. Remember when summers only
had one or two big-budget blockbusters, and they were usually unintentional. No? Shut up! l'm not old!
NEVER KILL A CUSTOMER! - Friday Fun
May 10
It's Saturday again in our part of this crazy ball
of granite we call the world, and that can only mean one thing: Friday Fun.
Our ongoing Friday Fun look back at Classic Sketch Comedy features
Abbott and Costello doing the classic "Bagel Street" routine (also
known as "Floogle Street" or "Susquehanna Hats!").
Lou must
find Bagel Street to make a delivery, but every person he asks for
directions is crazy. We follow this with an early Monty
Python
sketch known as "The Restaurant Sketch" in which a couple's dining is
spoiled by a dirty fork. Coincidenatlly, everyone who works
at
the restaurant is crazy too. John Cleese's entrance as the
chef
is classic. And we retain a link to the funny sketch "It's a
Duck" by The Two Ronnies. Stay tuned this page for more
classic
sketch comedy every week. And if you haven't got yours, write
in
and get a free one.
ELVIS WOULD BE SO PROUD
Rehab Tramp Beat Reporter, Kukla - May 9
How much does anyone want to bet that "Amy
Winehouse
Released on Bail" becomes a standard headline every few weeks?
Winehouse, a talented singer, is destroying her own career,
as
well as her life, with drug abuse and subsequent violent behavior.
She's already
lost the opportunity to record the
latest Bond theme due to her erratic behavior, and Winehouse is the
first singer in ages who has
the brassy chops to needed to put over a Bond theme.
But she's in horrible shape, as one look at any recent photo
will
attest to. For God's sake, her hair is falling out!
Is
there nobody in her circle of friends or entourage who will
help
her out? Or are they just going to sit around watch her
eventually die? We're not even going to make fun of her - the
situation is just too sad.
MAY IS INDIANA JONES MONTH
(Or: Concept Now, Half-Hearted Execution to Come!)
May 5
It has just come to our attention that there is a
new Indiana Jones movie coming out this month titled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull.
Last year our Harry Potter Month was so successful (well, we
liked it) that we thought it was time to honor Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.
Right now all we have are reviews of the first three films,
starting wth Raiders of the Lost Ark,
followed by Temple
of Doom and The Last Crusade. And in
truth, that's probably all we will do except for a possible review of
the new one when it comes out.
IT'S OFFICIAL: NOTHING LEFT TO REMAKE
Your News Anchor, Pookie
We've just seen a trailer for an upcoming horror
movie. The film is titled It's
Alive,
and if that sounds familiar to some of you, it's because it was
originally made in the 1970s. The story of a killer baby, it
lead
to two sequels, It Lives Again
and Island of the Alive.
One of the cheesiest films of that particular decade, the original It's Alive is mentioned lovingly
in the article "Getting Trashed at the Movies"
in our Ready
for the Closeup
section. Why this particular film has been remade, we don't
know
nor do we care. Of course, we suspect that this new version will also
spawn sequels, but we're betting that they will just be called It's Alive 2 and It's Alive 3.
For more 2008 News items, check out our new 2008 Archives. 2007 and 2006 news can be found in the left side menu under Stuff Stuff.
(Or: Pure Skill, Annoyance and Retribution)
Don't forget to sign our Guestbook
OHNOSPEEDWECRASHEDANDBURNEDBIGTIME!
Your News Anchor, Pookie -May 11
The weekend numbers are in for the big-budget
blockbuster of the week, Speed Racer, and they are not good, falling
well below already lowered expectations. Just goes to show that maybe
making movies out of old Japanese cartoons that we
knew were complete crap even when we were kids is perhaps not a good
idea. True, the Scooby Doo movies did pretty well and those
cartoons were crap too, but Scooby
Doo has never been off the air, so at least it had name
recognition among kids. I haven't seen a Speed Racer cartoon
since I was a wee cub. Oh, maybe it plays on some obscure
cable channel somewhere, but that's the point, isn't
it? Meanwhile, Ironman raked in big bucks for a second week,
proving what I always say: I don't know what the hell I'm talking
about. Next week, the second Narnia film comes out, and the
week after, Indiana Jones returns. Remember when summers only
had one or two big-budget blockbusters, and they were usually unintentional. No? Shut up! l'm not old!NEVER KILL A CUSTOMER! - Friday Fun
May 10
It's Saturday again in our part of this crazy ball
of granite we call the world, and that can only mean one thing: Friday Fun.
Our ongoing Friday Fun look back at Classic Sketch Comedy features
Abbott and Costello doing the classic "Bagel Street" routine (also
known as "Floogle Street" or "Susquehanna Hats!").
Lou must
find Bagel Street to make a delivery, but every person he asks for
directions is crazy. We follow this with an early Monty
Python
sketch known as "The Restaurant Sketch" in which a couple's dining is
spoiled by a dirty fork. Coincidenatlly, everyone who works
at
the restaurant is crazy too. John Cleese's entrance as the
chef
is classic. And we retain a link to the funny sketch "It's a
Duck" by The Two Ronnies. Stay tuned this page for more
classic
sketch comedy every week. And if you haven't got yours, write
in
and get a free one.ELVIS WOULD BE SO PROUD
Rehab Tramp Beat Reporter, Kukla - May 9
How much does anyone want to bet that "Amy
Winehouse
Released on Bail" becomes a standard headline every few weeks?
Winehouse, a talented singer, is destroying her own career,
as
well as her life, with drug abuse and subsequent violent behavior.
She's already
lost the opportunity to record the
latest Bond theme due to her erratic behavior, and Winehouse is the
first singer in ages who has
the brassy chops to needed to put over a Bond theme.
But she's in horrible shape, as one look at any recent photo
will
attest to. For God's sake, her hair is falling out!
Is
there nobody in her circle of friends or entourage who will
help
her out? Or are they just going to sit around watch her
eventually die? We're not even going to make fun of her - the
situation is just too sad.MAY IS INDIANA JONES MONTH
(Or: Concept Now, Half-Hearted Execution to Come!)
May 5
It has just come to our attention that there is a
new Indiana Jones movie coming out this month titled Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of
the Crystal Skull.
Last year our Harry Potter Month was so successful (well, we
liked it) that we thought it was time to honor Dr. Henry Jones, Jr.
Right now all we have are reviews of the first three films,
starting wth Raiders of the Lost Ark,
followed by Temple
of Doom and The Last Crusade. And in
truth, that's probably all we will do except for a possible review of
the new one when it comes out.IT'S OFFICIAL: NOTHING LEFT TO REMAKE
Your News Anchor, Pookie
We've just seen a trailer for an upcoming horror
movie. The film is titled It's
Alive,
and if that sounds familiar to some of you, it's because it was
originally made in the 1970s. The story of a killer baby, it
lead
to two sequels, It Lives Again
and Island of the Alive.
One of the cheesiest films of that particular decade, the original It's Alive is mentioned lovingly
in the article "Getting Trashed at the Movies"
in our Ready
for the Closeup
section. Why this particular film has been remade, we don't
know
nor do we care. Of course, we suspect that this new version will also
spawn sequels, but we're betting that they will just be called It's Alive 2 and It's Alive 3.For more 2008 News items, check out our new 2008 Archives. 2007 and 2006 news can be found in the left side menu under Stuff Stuff.
