In sympathy with Pyrophage’s plumbing problems, I present The Plumber
Have traced it back to the source via the name of the production company credited in the video and wish to give credit to Redrover Animation Studios and RichardRosenman.com
{ Monthly Archives }
January 2008
Lovecraft Public Domain Scare
Over the years fans of H.P. Lovecraft have wondered when crazy people would stop claiming to own rights to Lovecraft’s work.
Recently, I was looking into doing some animation style work, and, being not particularly creative, thought I’d play with some of Lovecraft’s work. In order to avoid a lawsuit I thought it a good idea to find something no longer under copyright, which is a task easier said than done. In fact Chris Karr wrote this snazzy essay on the Lovecraft copyright insanity.
However, the old rule on copyright was that a work, if properly copyright to begin with, is covered until 70 years after the author’s death, a date that just came and went last year. The new rule is something about 95 years after publication if properly renewed. (This whole thing is way more complicated than I’m letting on, just read Karr’s essay. It helps.) Well, depending on how you look at it, nearly all of Lovecraft’s work should be in the Public Domain. Or not.
On the bright side, all of Lovecraft’s work written pre-1923 is in the Public Domain, no matter how many crazy people claim to own it. Handly within that time period is Herbert West: Reanimator. Made into a film by Charles Band some time ago (I’m too lazy to look it up right now) starring Jeffrey Combs. Very funny movie.
Now, animating Reanimator while conceptually funny, would be a bear as a first project, so I decided to just make a recording of it. And the first part of it I finished up just last week. However, I sound like I have a head cold throughout most of it, so I might have to give it another go. If I still sound all stuffy I guess I’ll have to come to terms with the fact that I sound like some kind of plague rat most of the time and post the thing here.
And that’s what’s in your future, a modern Frankenstein story read by a guy with a head cold. Tune in next time or you just might miss out on that.
Care Bear humor, pt. V
Life rule #831: Never drink alcohol when a camera is present in the building.
Image found at CISATBloggers.com
Care Bear humor, pt. IV
The Care Bears fame ended up warping their view of how society should relate to them, as it does many young stars, eventually leading to the development of several neuroses and psychoses.
Found at DeviantArt.com.
Care Bear humor, pt. II
Language warning!
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Care Bear humor, pt. I
Available at GlamGuns.com
Famous Last Words ~ Winston Churchill
I’m bored with it all.
Before slipping into a coma. He died 9 days later.
Died January 24, 1965
TV Eclipse
Occasionally someone will put something out that kind of kicks their own audience in the groin. Personally, I like to do that on a daily basis, which may explain our wildly fluctuating numbers. It’s either that or the incredibly erratic posting schedule. But I digress.
The new (new to me, anyway) commercial for the Eclipse Big E Pak takes a subtle stab at most of the TV viewing public. My favorite line in it is “If you don’t have a job you shouldn’t be watching TV.” And as soon as he said that a parade of people I know went buzzing past my head, most of which wouldn’t realize the announcer was talking to them.
Like I said yesterday, I’ve been watching too much TV lately. It’s a good thing we’re canceling the cable when we finally move. Maybe I’ll get something done with my time.
Tune in next time when I try to remember just what it is that’s so funny about CareBears.
