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The Wilson Baby Rocks the DPS, John McCain as a DragonBall Z Character, Shopping for Homophobes, Classic Rock Pwnage, Neil Young Loves Trains, the Mind-Boggling Success of “Daft Hands,” and How Many Five Year Olds Can You Take Down?
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Chicken-infected Salt, Microwaving for Great Justice, Small Town Stores, The Great/Terrible Debate about GE Foods, Rehabbing from BoingBoing, Trapped in Jdate Vortexes, Pining for Universal Zombism, and the True Origins of Nien Nunb.
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On a whim, Johannes and I decided to hit up a corporate headquarters and see if we could score an interview with a PR rep about their company’s anthem. Of course, you usually need more than one night to plan this sort of thing, so we got what we could get on the fly.
My last minute idea for a BBtv April Fool’s episode… The theme in the elevator scene is a version of the Numa Numa song composed by my cousin, musician Reed Black.
This was made from footage of Johannes in Ambassador Chrusov mode. Along with cohort, David Fine, these two visited an old nuclear silo (now museum) in the New Mexican desert and pretended to infiltrate it. They had such amazing physical presences that I decided to turn the piece into a silent film. Concept executed to perfection by editor Kevin Pietila.
Little is written about the art of turning crap footage into something entertaining. These guys have mastered it. Here was an attempt of mine to take some highly crappy footage of these San Fran-based cupcake car enthusiasts, and make it into something. I decided to go for a 70s version of a Guy Ritchie stylized kind of thing. This was edited by Jyrki Rantasuo, who is an absolute fucking genius. He will undoubtedly be a famous Hollywood director someday.
Another ad hoc piece. We decided to stage an argument between Klaus Pierre and his on site Producer (played by actual producer, Dana Devonshire). I played the cameraman who happens to discover the fight and turn on the camera. At the time of filming, I was convinced that this footage was headed for internet Internet immortality. It may yet.
One of my favorite Klaus Pierre pieces. We set him loose around Santa Monica where he literally stopped traffic with his attempts to woo local females. A lot of this is just spot-on Klaus improv.
The silliest 8-bit Adventure creation of mine… Yes, my narration voice here is somewhat similar to Byron Orpheus. I will grant you that.
