Wave Goodbye To Any Happy Childhood Memories

This clip is from 'The Orson Welles Show," an unaired talk show pilot.  In the clip, Orson Welles is interviewing creative geniuses Jim Henson and Frank Oz.  Welles' creepy, unorthodox, over the top dramatics places two of our favorite muppets in situations you'll never be able to unsee.  Enjoy!

I'm almost certain that the Kermit and Miss Piggy clips were not part of the original episode but they fit seemlessly into the dark, overscripted tapestry of the show.  So I guess we'll never know.

The episode also included an interview with Burt Reynolds and a segment in which Orson performs magic tricks with Angie Dickinson. Fascinating.

Lords of Salem Update

Rob Zombie posted this on his blog promoting his next film Lords of Salem.  He says the image comes from a very painful scene.  Sounds scary but I'm usually not frightened by horror films.  Though, throw a couple of vacuums into the mix and I will freak out.  The vacuum being my natural enemy.

Anyway, according to an interview in Empire filming is supposed to start in Salem, MA around April, 18.  That's Boston Marathon day for all the idiots who run.  Good luck dummies.

The rumor is that the film will start with a prologue set in the year 1692.  Then they will jump to present day and stuff starts to get weird.  Awesome, I'm so psyched I feel like rolling around on the floor and exposing my belly!

Yay!

Exemplary Safety Record

Transocean is the drilling firm that operated the Deepwater Horizon oil rig in the Gulf of Mexico.  It exploded last year killing 11 workers.  Then it dumped an estimated 250,000,000 gallons of oil into the ocean, damaging coastlines and killing thousands of animals.  (conservative government reported estimate)

Looks safe enough.

So, what do you do when you are a multi-billion dollar company that's down in the dumps?  You start to focus on the positive.  It was one measly explosion.  That's right.  Compared to all the other stuff they do, one explosion is a pretty good average.  In fact, their yearly safety report said just that:

"Notwithstanding the tragic loss of life in the Gulf of Mexico, we achieved an exemplary statistical safety record as measured by our total recordable incident rate and total potential severity rate."

Referencing "potential severity" just means they are psyched not all of their oil rigs exploded.  They have 24 other ultra deep water rigs and the report says that those are great.  Going 24 for 25 is an awesome average.  Give it up for these all-stars.  With history re-written they are now free to give huge bonuses to it's executives for it's "best year" in safety.

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Fearless Burrito

The newest in a series of great illustrated stories by Allie Brosh.  Enjoy.



Bleakfest

Later this spring, Haverhill native, Rob Zombie, will start principal photography on his newest project "Lords of Salem."  In an interview with Empire magazine, Zombie calls Lords of Salem "the bleakest" of his films.

Inspired by the Salem witch trials, the film won't be a period piece, but will sport a prologue set in 1692. "There were twenty people that everyone knows about - obviously all innocent - executed as witches in Salem," explains Rob. "The basic premise of the film is that there were a further four who actually were witches, who were killed secretly, and vowed one day to return to wreak havoc on Salem's descendants. That's when the movie jumps ahead to the present day and things start to go wrong..."

Sounds like a blast. 

I wonder if there is any room for a black cat in this film.  I can do bleak, my range is ridonculous. 

Boom! melancholy.