Aversion Therapy on a Plane
Aug 18I won’t review it – there will be enough hype (if it isn’t maxed out already.) I will say that the whole thing was a hoot, mostly due to the crowd. Here’s the short list why (and things you may want to consider too.)
– I highly recommend that anyone seeing the movie bring a flashlight and pals with flashlights. You’ll know when to use it.
-Paper airplanes were tossed every time the plane got an exterior shot in flight.
– Rubber snakes were all over the place (one guy actually brought his pet constrictor.)
– Help Sam Jackson by ending all his stern lines with “Bitch!”
– Get ready to yell after Rick.
– Cheer every chance you can think of.
– Try not to go too deep into the movie.*
*Honestly, the whole thing felt like the surprise internet hype machine required them to toss everything in they could think of, including a really really bad music video during the credits. I nicknamed one poor Vancouver day player Special Agent Exposition.
But damn… so much fun.
Sequel possibilities;
Sharks on a Boat
Spiders on a Bus
Wasps on a Blimp
Trackzero.
Aug 15It’s been idle for awhile, but I’m working to dust off Track Zero again. I’m poised to upload a new episode and I just took a moment to move my 99p Challenge archive onto the Track Zero site – if you’re not familiar with the 99p Challenge, but are on the lookout for a half hour of comedy to listen to on your iPod, you should check it out. (I’d forgotten I had a link to the BBCs Hyperdrive website, which has the hilarious Lallakiss battle anthem. “Rap in the middle! This is the rap in the middle!”)
WikiWikiWhack: Hyperdrive, 99p Challenge
I'm your homeboy, Chrisss
Aug 15I refuse to explain. You can either jump right in cold, or you can listen to this example I tried on my pal Taylor… then jump right in cold.
P.S. I tried the phone method, and Taylor got the call. This was a surprise, as I thought it might only be a US thing.
Cracked v2.0
Aug 15
So, after dying a slow, painful death, my favorite Mad Magazine alternative – Cracked – went away – well, Florida. And it never technically died, but it may as well have. When was the last time you saw Cracked in the supermarket?
BUT. Now it’s back! Rather than go head to head with Mad again, the magazine is now what I would describe as one part Daily Show, one part The Onion, and just a touch of Mcsweeney’s. In fact, the premiere issue, that just hit stands, features a cover parody of Steve Carrell’s 40 Year Old Virgin poster, and a head-to-head feature article between Rob Courdry and Ed Helms. And, just to be shameless, they completely lifted Mcsweeney’s journal of a Cobra Recruit, represented as a Cobra recruitment pamphlet – which, to be fair, is pretty funny, and comes off almost as a prequel to the Mcsweeney’s piece.
I’ve got to give it a thumbs up. I’m not exactly the target demographic (which seems to be somewhere between 17-27 year old males… The Daily Show demographic), but I had a laugh. One article was on them trying to convince the Army that it could solve their quota woes by recruiting civil war re-enactment societies… and then pay them a bird-dog fee. Another outlined why Tom Cruise was douchebag of the year (or Douchbag of the Year, I guess) – and as their advertising points out, as far as their lawyers are concerned, Tom Cruise is not gay.
Don’t know that I’m going to keep buying it, but it’s something to watch.
[update] Another, more serious banner ad says that writers from The Daily Show, SNL, Stella, MST3K, and Chapell’s Show are contributors to the magazine. So, no duh it feels the way it does. That’s it, I’m picking this magazine up for awhile – a test run, if you will.
We're not using The Zed Word.
Aug 10
Yes, the guy had barely taken Shaun out of the case when I bought it, and yes I had to return today to buy a Dawn of the Dead zombie to menace him. And yes, I’m now thinking about buying their first series Dawn of the Dead zombie to add to the mix.
I’m a zombie nerd – whattayagonnadoaboudit?
