FLASHBACK FRIDAY 11 - “TANNER AND VICKI EDIT A STUDENT FILM”
My friend Nick took this polaroid of Vicki and I pulling an all-night editing session on one of our student films way back when (way back when I was thin and in-shape, that is). I believe the student film in question is called Platform. It dealt with the heavy issues of relationships and cloning. Several red jumpsuits were involved, it was pretty awesome.
That being said, all-night editing sessions can be quite rough. The lack of sleep combined with the realization that you forgot to record any freaking audio can take a heavy toll on one’s mind and body. A good example of what I’m talking about can be seen in the polaroid pictured above. If you look closely you will see that Vicki’s face looks absolutely terrible. Also, she appears to have gone a bit mad, and as such it looks like I’m probably doing all the work while she points maniacally at one of her missing teeth.
She lost her socks,
she lost her shoes,
so in the box,
they look for clues.
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HERB & MARY
On a Saturday morning in 1985 Herb and Mary drove to Sears and purchased their very first color television set. They quickly zoomed home in their Chevy Chevette so that they could catch their favorite cartoon, The Smurfs.
Once home, Herb struggled to carry the TV up the stairs as Mary made some popcorn. Once the popcorn was popped Herb plugged in the TV and they sat back to enjoy The Smurfs. What they saw was shocking in the worst imaginable way, it quite literally turned their world upside down…
You see, up until this point Herb and Mary had only seen the Smurfs in black and white, and as such, Herb had always assumed that they (the smurfs) were brown, and Mary had always assumed that they were purple. They simply could not wrap their heads around the newfound “blueness” of the Smurfs. Their brains quite literally could not process a “blue” they had never believed to be true.
Refusing to smurf in a world where Smurfs were blue, Herb and Mary quickly smurfed their brand new Magnavox on fire and smurfed it out the window. They spent the rest of the day smurfing around with the cardboard box that had once held their brand new Magnovox.
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A bumble bee,
stung his cheek,
he could not see,
for a week.
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Alone in bed,
she craves a s’more,
but will her head,
fit through the door?
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Since his skull,
swelled up real bad,
his hat’s too small,
it makes him sad.
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As he tries to smoke,
his heart is broken,
it ain’t no joke,
his mouth won’t open.
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Past Christmas Classics: RETRO SANTA ON GEOFF’S HEAD
No. 03 - “CHRISTMAS DREAMS AND LASER BEAMS”
This one’s pretty similar to the first one but I figured I’d post it for two reasons…
1. I’m rather fond of the title
2. It’s the only one left
Past Christmas Classics: RETRO SANTA ON GEOFF’S HEAD
No. 02 - “THE MERRY MECHANISM”
Pros: Hmmm… that’s a tough one. Are there any?
Cons: It’s freaking disturbing and has zero Christmas magic.
Past Christmas Classics: RETRO SANTA ON GEOFF’S HEAD
No. 01 - “SWEATER MAKES IT BETTER”
Not really sure what to say about the next few photos I’m going to post here, except for that once I realized this vintage Santa lawn ornament could fit on my friend Geoff’s head I got really excited.
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