Sep
2
2010
If you’re in the L.A. area, come see me do a full show of stand up comedy! I used to do this full-tilt for many years back in the day. Now with the opening of a new comedy club in Burbank, I’ve been asked to headline for ONE NIGHT.
If you’ve never seen me do my thing, come on out! It’ll be a good time. I’d describe what I do as a mix of Jerry Seinfeld, vintage Steve Martin and the energy of Brian Regan. You can bring ANYONE to this show because, believe it or not, it will be totally clean. I’ll bathe and everything.
102 East Magnolia, Burbank, CA 91502
Love to see you there.
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Aug
29
2010
I hate to see this film struggling at the box office, so I have to give it props. Most times, when I rave about “Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World” to friends, they are surprised. They tell me, “the ads didn’t make it look very good.”
Well, shame on you, marketing department! This thing is AWE-SOME.
It may be the coolest, most clever film I have seen all year. And visually groundbreaking, rebooting my expectations for what a film can be. Think “Sin City” to the next level… but with COLOR… and images that will delight you, not give you nightmares.
The reason this film catapults beyond your expectations is because the script is so, so brilliant and entertains on so many different levels. It’s a giant, dreamlike metaphor for the struggle to overcome the past baggage of ruined relationships, as well as the struggle to rebuild yourself and ultimately love yourself. See? Not in the ads.
I’m a big fan of Edgar Wright’s work, but “Shawn of the Dead” went too dark for me and the editing of “Hot Fuzz” gave me seizures. On this one, the man really fires on all cylinders. Easily his best work.
I hate to see GOOD FILMS not get the acknowledgement (and success) they deserve… so go see this crazy whirlwind of celluloid this week instead of “The Other Guys.”
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Aug
12
2010
Matt Baker and the popular fansite The Muppet Mindset have launched a campaign to persuade The Jim Henson Company to release unavailable music from the original Fraggle Rock television series on CD.
Take a moment to visit this great, comprehensive Muppet site and CAST YOUR VOTE. The world could use as much Fraggle attitude as we can give it right now. I mean, how can you “dance your cares away” if you don’t have all the right music?
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Aug
10
2010
I just caught this brand new word on Webster’s site today (the dictonary guys, not Emmanuel Lewis). It marks a trend I could get on board with.
RETROSEXUAL
Definition: A man who adopts a traditional masculine style in dress and manners.
As Lini S. Kadaba of the Philadelphia Inquirer writes, “Think of him as the anti-metrosexual, the opposite of that guy who emerged in the 1990’s in all his pedicured, moused-up, skinny-jeans glory. That man-boy was searching for his inner girl, it was argued. The retrosexual, however, wants to put the man back into manhood.” (Apr. 7, 2010)
I’m down with that. Bring back the fedoras and wingtips, fellas. Just hold the chauvinism.
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Aug
3
2010
If you want more of a detailed wrap-up of my time at Comic Con this year, I was guest host on a one-hour podcast with my friend Mark Steele. It was a fun show. You can listen here on the Steelehouse Podcast.
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Jul
25
2010
Look at the Con. Now look at me. Now look at the Con. Now look at me.
These nerds are now DIAMONDS. SWAN DIVE!
I’m on a Bantha.
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Jul
24
2010
Tron owns this year. If you were lucky enough to stumble into “Flynn’s Arcade” on sixth street, you were guided through a back door into Flynn’s secret lab… which opened up into a hallway that guided you into… the world of Tron. The new trailer played on the wall you see here. And I mean the WHOLE wall. Can. Not. Wait.
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Jul
22
2010
This is equal parts awesome, nerdy and funny. Awesome: This guy made his own War Machine suit from scratch himself. Nerdy: At some point, he had to stand at a Starbucks or an ATM or a urinal dressed like this. Funny: When you build a weapons suit, make sure your shoulder-mounted gatlin gun doesn’t point at the back of your head.
Okay, it’s probably just the camera angle. But I’m still concerned.
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Jul
20
2010
It’s only two days until the San Diego Comic Con (or “Christmas In July,” as I call it) and I’m as excited as THIS little guy here.
I’ll be at the geek mecca from Thursday to Sunday, when they will no doubt ask me to leave the exhibit floor as they turn the lights out. This is a great time for me. I get inspired by the new artists I discover, I am energized by the pure fanboy love, and I’m always interested to see what the studio hype machine rolls out, and how they do it. I’m looking forward to meeting up with several old friends in the business, and will hopefully meet some new ones.
Each year, I usually do a Comic Con wrap-up after it’s all over, with some pics. This year, I’m going to keep it simple, posting my “PIC OF THE DAY” each night. Just one image that rises to the top as the most funny, or frightening, or impressive.
And if YOU are going to Comic Con this year and you see someone who looks like the picture below, walk up and say hello! And if it’s not me, let me know, because I don’t want some punk walking around looking like me.
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