Somehow we wound up with 6th row tickets to see Louis CK at the Moody Theater this evening. Right on the center aisle. Kind of crazy. I insisted to our friends who had seats a bit further away that you could feel the comedy spraying across us from that close.
Louis's brand of comedy isn't for everyone, and certainly his show on FX isn't something I'd likely watch with my folks. I do find his work challenging (the last bit this evening on 'Of Course' vs. 'But Maybe' isn't necessarily going to be for every audience and runs the risk of being misunderstood by some audiences).
If you know Louie (the oddly misspelled showname of Louis CK's FX program), you might like this. NSFW. Sorry.
Sports!
I didn't get to watch, but UT's Women's Volleyball team is once again headed for the National Championship! We've got as good a chance at winning as not, and no matter what happens, it's been a great year for the squad.
But it'd still be amazing to see a National Championship.
Unfortunately, I never get to watch the games. They broadcast on the controversial Longhorn Network that I don't have, and I travel so much, I never buy tickets, even though they play across the street. I mostly keep up via articles online or asking one of our Sys Admins who goes all the time.
The Weekend
We're in San Antonio as of tomorrow as this is the weekend of the wedding I'm officiating. No Hobbit for me this weekend, I guess.
Looking forward to the wedding. Of course seeing Julia and Bill get hitched from the best seat in the house is a treat, but Matt & Nicole will be there, as well as other pals like Jonathan and Billie. This is going to be all right.
After the wedding, I plan to come home, finish Christmas shopping, then lay very, very still before Dug and K arrive for the holidays. I have a feeling that when my feet hit the ground at the start of January, work is going to be nuts. I need to plan summer vacation now or its not going to happen.
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Showing posts with label funny. Show all posts
Thursday, December 13, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
Gungan Style: The Internet Video That Sums It Up
Of late, you may have noted a slight change in tone around The Signal Watch.
I think this video more or less sums up my feelings as I head towards my tenth year* of blogging on comics and pop culture.
Give the video about 2 minutes before giving up on it.
*yes, 10 years in April of 2013.
I think this video more or less sums up my feelings as I head towards my tenth year* of blogging on comics and pop culture.
Give the video about 2 minutes before giving up on it.
Gungan Style (Gangnam Style Parody) - watch more funny videos
*yes, 10 years in April of 2013.
Friday, October 12, 2012
October Watch: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein (1948)
Probably the weirdest thing about this movie, an all ages movie featuring classic Universal Monsters at their least scary meeting the comedy duo of Abbott & Costello, is that there's a sort of continuity to the Universal Monster pictures, and this movie is absolutely a part of the long narrative tied together by meetings of Frankenstein, Wolfman and Dracula.
In fact, in addition to the stars in the title, this movie also features Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as Talbot/ The Wolfman, and Glenn Strange as Frankenstein's monster (who he'd played in at least 2 prior films). It's 17 years after the first Dracula film and 16 years after Frankenstein (and 7 years after The Wolfman, so you don't need to look that up).
In fact, in addition to the stars in the title, this movie also features Bela Lugosi as Dracula, Lon Chaney Jr. as Talbot/ The Wolfman, and Glenn Strange as Frankenstein's monster (who he'd played in at least 2 prior films). It's 17 years after the first Dracula film and 16 years after Frankenstein (and 7 years after The Wolfman, so you don't need to look that up).
Thursday, October 4, 2012
Monday, May 14, 2012
Signal Watch Watches: Curse of Bigfoot (1976)/ Teenagers Battle The Thing (1958) - with RiffTrax
Wow.
There are a few breeds of "bad movies" out there. This one falls into the "contemptibly incompetent/ nobody here knew how to make a movie. No, that is not hyperbole, these people really had no idea what they were doing. At all." category, the reigning champion of which still seems to be Monster-a-Go-Go (1965), but just by a sasquatch hair.
While Monster-a-Go-Go has its own stunning production history to consider, Curse of Bigfoot is a 1976 repackaged 1958 movie originally titled Teenagers Battle The Thing.
Apparently seeking to cash in on the mid-1970's Bigfoot craze (yes, our younger readers, there was a mid-1970's Bigfoot craze. I don't know. How do any of these things happen? I blame The Six Million Dollar Man and In Search Of, but they seem to post-date this movie, so I have no clue, man. Bigfoot and Wildboy?).
There are a few breeds of "bad movies" out there. This one falls into the "contemptibly incompetent/ nobody here knew how to make a movie. No, that is not hyperbole, these people really had no idea what they were doing. At all." category, the reigning champion of which still seems to be Monster-a-Go-Go (1965), but just by a sasquatch hair.
While Monster-a-Go-Go has its own stunning production history to consider, Curse of Bigfoot is a 1976 repackaged 1958 movie originally titled Teenagers Battle The Thing.
Apparently seeking to cash in on the mid-1970's Bigfoot craze (yes, our younger readers, there was a mid-1970's Bigfoot craze. I don't know. How do any of these things happen? I blame The Six Million Dollar Man and In Search Of, but they seem to post-date this movie, so I have no clue, man. Bigfoot and Wildboy?).
Thursday, May 10, 2012
Signal Watch Watches: Warriors of the Wasteland (1983) - with RiffTrax
I think the era of me seeking out movies like this without the benefit of RiffTrax has largely passed, but with them...
Warriors of the Wasteland is a 1983 Italian knock-off of The Road Warrior, sort of. I mean, if The Road Warrior were filtered through the mind of a guy who was reading too many Humanoids comics, had no budget and had possibly suffered a severe blow to the head.
Its basically a guy with a really goofy-looking muscle car with a plexi-glass dome affixed to the roof for no reason driving around and picking fights with a bunch of guys in odd Storm Trooper-like outfits if the helmets were missing and they all had visited Journey's stylists.
The movie is notable for a number of reasons:
It co-stars Fred Williamson, who has been in more than 100 films and TV shows. I sort of recognized him from some of his Blaxploitation work. Here, he plays a guy with a rad mustache and who uses a bow & arrow with explosive tips. Eat it, Hawkeye.
Everything about the movie's character designs would become prevalent in comics in 1992 or so thanks to the influence of artists like those who would go on to work on books like "Lady Death". I have to assume they designed any number of female characters based upon the look of "Alma" in the movie, what with her huge shoulder pads, amazing bouffant hair-do, and then, inexplicably, just a pair of underwear and shoes below the ribcage. And, of course, all the men are decked out in terribly impractical armor.
Fun fact: in comics, that look just never really went away.
And there's a little Dennis the Menace-like scamp who is a murdering psychopath and a hero.
Go figure.
The RiffTrax on this one are absolutely spot on, and, frankly, if they can make viewing this trainwreck not just bearable but fun? I tip my hat.
Movie itself: no recommendation.
With RiffTrax? A must see.
Warriors of the Wasteland is a 1983 Italian knock-off of The Road Warrior, sort of. I mean, if The Road Warrior were filtered through the mind of a guy who was reading too many Humanoids comics, had no budget and had possibly suffered a severe blow to the head.
Its basically a guy with a really goofy-looking muscle car with a plexi-glass dome affixed to the roof for no reason driving around and picking fights with a bunch of guys in odd Storm Trooper-like outfits if the helmets were missing and they all had visited Journey's stylists.
The movie is notable for a number of reasons:
It co-stars Fred Williamson, who has been in more than 100 films and TV shows. I sort of recognized him from some of his Blaxploitation work. Here, he plays a guy with a rad mustache and who uses a bow & arrow with explosive tips. Eat it, Hawkeye.
Everything about the movie's character designs would become prevalent in comics in 1992 or so thanks to the influence of artists like those who would go on to work on books like "Lady Death". I have to assume they designed any number of female characters based upon the look of "Alma" in the movie, what with her huge shoulder pads, amazing bouffant hair-do, and then, inexplicably, just a pair of underwear and shoes below the ribcage. And, of course, all the men are decked out in terribly impractical armor.
Fun fact: in comics, that look just never really went away.
And there's a little Dennis the Menace-like scamp who is a murdering psychopath and a hero.
Go figure.
The RiffTrax on this one are absolutely spot on, and, frankly, if they can make viewing this trainwreck not just bearable but fun? I tip my hat.
Movie itself: no recommendation.
With RiffTrax? A must see.
Saturday, May 5, 2012
Rude George Returns!
CarlaB was good enough to share some pics of the aforementioned Rude George!
Brought to you by CarlaB, David and, of course, Xander!
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| Rude George is just going to stand really close in your personal space, if that's okay |
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| Rude George does not care for your attitude |
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| Rude George does not care to make amends, but he's willing to stare at you while you talk |
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| Wise Ben is here to set things straight |
Brought to you by CarlaB, David and, of course, Xander!
Monday, September 26, 2011
Our Valued Customers has the Final Word on the Real Problem with Sex and Sexiness in Comics
The problems with comics, writers and readers - they run deep.
If you haven't bookmarked Our Valuable Customers, do so now (but never, ever stray into the comments).
Thursday, July 14, 2011
FNL Wrap-Up: The Many "Y'all's" of Tami Taylor
Nobody fakes a Texas accent like Connie Britton. Maxwell posted this, and I'm stealing it.
I know "y'all" has taken off in the national lexicon thanks to the adoption in hip-hop, but it was a Southern thing. At that, when I was a kid and everyone was a transplant, we were being taught not to say "y'all" in school as it supposedly made us look a bit hill-billyish. It did not stick.
"Y'all" is a highly functional word, and anyone who lives in Texas knows the many, many meanings of the word (as demonstrated above by Ms. Tami Taylor). Yup, it's from "You all", which up north, I guess is "You guys". But it tends to pepper the conversation quite a bit more as a friendly, informal manner of address, and is used to warm up formal situations.
By the way, you hear people imitating Texans saying "y'all" to a single individual. This is incorrect. If "y'all" is said to an individual, say, over the phone, you should assume they have just asked about either everyone in your immediate vicinity ("Are y'all about to leave?") or your entire family or household ("what are y'all up to this weekend?"). It's a form of address to large crowds ("Y'all, I need your attention.") and a way of expressing despair ("Aw, y'all...").
A warning to those not from below the Mason-Dixon line: if you ever hear the phrase "f-bomb all y'all", something has gone very wrong, indeed, with the Texan with whom you are conversing. You can assume the famous Southern hospitality has just been dropped for that famous Southern hostility.
I know "y'all" has taken off in the national lexicon thanks to the adoption in hip-hop, but it was a Southern thing. At that, when I was a kid and everyone was a transplant, we were being taught not to say "y'all" in school as it supposedly made us look a bit hill-billyish. It did not stick.
"Y'all" is a highly functional word, and anyone who lives in Texas knows the many, many meanings of the word (as demonstrated above by Ms. Tami Taylor). Yup, it's from "You all", which up north, I guess is "You guys". But it tends to pepper the conversation quite a bit more as a friendly, informal manner of address, and is used to warm up formal situations.
By the way, you hear people imitating Texans saying "y'all" to a single individual. This is incorrect. If "y'all" is said to an individual, say, over the phone, you should assume they have just asked about either everyone in your immediate vicinity ("Are y'all about to leave?") or your entire family or household ("what are y'all up to this weekend?"). It's a form of address to large crowds ("Y'all, I need your attention.") and a way of expressing despair ("Aw, y'all...").
A warning to those not from below the Mason-Dixon line: if you ever hear the phrase "f-bomb all y'all", something has gone very wrong, indeed, with the Texan with whom you are conversing. You can assume the famous Southern hospitality has just been dropped for that famous Southern hostility.
Tuesday, July 5, 2011
New Roadrunner and Wile E. Coyote cartoon - Silent But Deadly (Ninjas!)
A pretty good way to kill 2 and a half minutes.
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Sexy Sax Man IS above The Law (this is the best thing you will see all day)
Thanks to JasonC for the link
Friday, December 10, 2010
Thursday, June 24, 2010
Dinosaur Comedy
Do you have a favorite dinosaur? Sure, we all do! (Triceratops is the Mad Max vehicle of dinosaurs.) This dude explains why your favorite dinosaur is lame.
However, he uses lots of naughty language. Beware.
This may be the nerdiest thing I've ever laughed at.
However, he uses lots of naughty language. Beware.
This may be the nerdiest thing I've ever laughed at.
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