Nan in the Pan
Most people probably know this movie from the MST3K version. It was the first episode hosted by Mike Nelson, and featured a cameo at the end featuring Mary Jo Pehl as The Head (or “Jan in the Pan” as they called her).
But me, I first saw this movie on the afternoon Creature Feature when I was a kid and it scared the hell out of me. I totally empathized with Jan in the Pan. What did all that stuff sound like splooshing around in the tubes? What if her nose itched?
The Ick Factor was enhanced by a very convincing imitation severed-head-in-a-pan at the state fair the next year, done using a variation of the Pepper’s ghost illusion.
Anyhow, at first I thought it was high-larious that Nancy wouldn’t step down and the remaining Dem caucus was all, like, “oh no — we weren’t liberal enough.” But my LULs are giving way to a pervading uneasiness. They either psychotically missed the world’s most obvious message, or they heard us loud and clear and just don’t give a shit. Not good, either way.
In a two-party system, it’s dangerously bad mojo if either party gets too crazy.
November 18, 2010 — 7:50 pm
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‘Tis the season
God, politics is weird these days. I never thought I’d be so angry at a Republican win, nor so delighted at a Democrat win. I speak, of course, of Murkowski and Pelosi.
Oh, well. Two ugly, selfish old broads. The illustrator in me should be delighted. (Speaking of dessicated old illustrations, that’s my Zombie-Santa-in-progress for this year. Also, don’t touch my junk, imagery shamelessly stolen from Iowahawk).
Oh, and I’ve been test-driving Rockmelt, a new browser that integrates Twitter and Facebook. If I know my clientele, I’d guess you guys are mostly dyed-in-the-wool Twitter/FB resisters, but it does have a few interesting features.
It’s built around Chrome, so it’s VERY nimble and quick. I’ve got FireFox going at the same time, and the difference is striking. Whatever you happened to be reading, you can click a button to Tweet it or put it into your status on FB. And it’s got a neat little translation program — land on a page in another language (happens to me a lot) and it’ll offer to translate it for you. Does a pretty good job, too.
Invitation only. You can probably wangle an invite out of them directly (it’s nowt more than a marketing gimmick, after all). If not, I have a couple to share. Drop me a line.
November 17, 2010 — 10:32 pm
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Do you smell something?
Ha! Just kidding! You have to have some degree of self-awareness to produce flop-sweat. This guy will go to his grave thinking he’s bestest president that ever was.
A whole forest of swinging clue-bats wouldn’t help this one “get it.”
Still, I’m stonked that there are already calls for him to stand down in 2012. I can smell the FAIL from over here.
November 15, 2010 — 11:15 pm
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In the spirit of helpful bipartisanship
Okay, I understand the point of view that Nancy Pelosi was only doing her job by putting the screws to her caucus and making them vote for shit. But she didn’t have to walk right through the middle of an enraged, chanting mob, laughing and carrying a huge fucking clownhammer of a gavel on her way to said vote.
She really didn’t.
There’s “getting the job done” and there’s “getting the job done then taking your opponent by the collar and smashing his face into the steamy shitpile you just passed.”
She deserves every drop of what’s headed her way.
November 11, 2010 — 9:35 pm
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Emo president is emo
I watched the whole hour of Obama’s post-election press conference and, honestly, I thought he did okay for the circumstances. And I thought the press did okay asking reasonably stiff questions.
Like he was ever in a bzillion years going to say, “Meh. I guess people just hate my ideas after all.”
Remember that weird obsession the press had with making Bush confess he’d made mistakes? And they thought it was super creepy that he wouldn’t?
Right. The guy on the raft says to the great white sharks, “excuse me, boys, while I toss a little chum your way.”
Same for Obama. So he keeps a straight face and drones on about electric cars and communication. Like Scarlett O’Hara in the slutty red dress, he had to go out there and say the words one more time. Must’ve hurt like a bastard. I cut him slack on this one.
But after this, the hairy eyeball.
If you don’t recognize the source image, punch here.
November 4, 2010 — 9:56 pm
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I call it “self portrait in pumpkin and fire”
Today is International Self Portrait Day. No, really.
Would you believe that’s the my best pumpkin ever? I suck at pumpkin carving. Which makes me mad, because I’m an artard and think I should be good at it.
Go look at Mitchell‘s (the artist formerly known as Enas Yorl). His are way better.
OKAY! Y’all know what to do tomorrow.
Make me laugh. Make me cry. Make me gnash my teeth that I’m not there.
FLY, MY PRETTIES!
Shall. We. Play. A. Game? Okay, noon tomorrow, Weasel Blog Time, I’ll put up my election day thread. In it, you can guess the composition of the new 112th Congress. The person coming closest will win a pair of fabulous Aunty’s Spotted Dicks. Exact rules will be posted tomorrow and probably amended several times, because I’m an utter mongtard with numbers.
November 1, 2010 — 7:35 pm
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It’s not easy being green
Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. But we won’t see the Incredible Sulk for another couple of weeks.
For those too young to remember — once upon a time, if you pissed off Bill Bixby, Lou Ferrigno turned green and ruined his trousers.
October 19, 2010 — 10:39 pm
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Vote Barack
…or Michelle will give you a Big Hug.
Just fold you right up in the giant mutant embrace of those…holy shit, lady, what have you been doing to yourself? It looks like she’s been benchpressing Barack’s ego.
My Google news search juxtaposed the source picture with the caption Democrats bring in heavy hitter: Michelle Obama.
‘Tcha! I guess!
October 13, 2010 — 9:45 pm
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Hm. No. Haven’t quite got him yet…
Here’s the weirdest ethnic stereotype you’ll hear all day: black men typically have very tiny ears. I guess black women do, too, but it’s particularly noticeable on men.
Not that I noticed this myself. My mother — who was a very talented portrait painter — pointed it out to me years ago. Check it out; it’s true.
Came to mind today when I saw a caricature of Obama that relied entirely on giving him HUGE ears. Just making stuff big is a lazy way to catch a likeness. The great caricaturist Al Hirschfeld captured likenesses with some spooky voodoo shit I don’t even understand. I never liked his work much, but he sure could do likenesses.
Anyhoo, dude’s ears are kinda big for a brother, but it’s really more that they stick out at a jaunty angle. Been playing with the president’s ears all evening. Haven’t quite got it yet.
October 4, 2010 — 10:32 pm
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Cock fighting, Ken Burns edition
Just a little silliness on an unproductive Tuesday.
September 14, 2010 — 9:55 pm
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