GOOD-BYE, MCSWEENEY
GOOD-BYE and safe travels, Timothy McSweeney.
That is all.
I CANNOT EXPRESS my happiness for Henry Selick, Neil Gaiman, and all the crazy tiny-sweater-knitters and miniature-rat-wranglers, regarding the Oscar nomination of the film, CORALINE.
I HOPE THE ACADEMY LIKES CRYSTAL HEAD VODKA, because they are going to be getting a lot of it from me in a shameless attempt to buy their vote.
BUT BRIBERY IS NOT NECESSARY. It is an astonishing film, and I am so proud to be a part of it.
ONE TRAVESTY, however, is that THEY MIGHT BE GIANTS were not nominated for BEST SONG.
WITNESS:
THAT’S JOHN LINNELL SINGING, of course. Not me. I did record a version of the song, but thankfully, they came to their senses.
That is all.
PERHAPS YOU KNOW THAT I will be traveling tomorrow to implausible city of San Francisco to take part in the SF SKETCHFEST.
I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE.
SPECIFICALLY, I will attempt to see you at these locations:
ON SATURDAY, at 2PM, at Cobb’s Comedy Club, where I will once again be having a conversation on stage with DAVE EGGERS, a tradition I refer to as “THE SAN FRANCISCO TREAT,” and then taking your questions.
PLEASE NOTE THAT SOME FAMILIARITY WITH THE TELEVISION MOVIE “MAZES AND MONSTERS” will be helpful at this event.
AND THEN LATER ON SATURDAY, at 10:30PM, at The Eureka Theater, I will be visiting with the famous feral boy/famous sketch comedy troupe “KASPER HAUSER.”
AND THEN ON SUNDAY, at 9pm, at the Mezzanine, I will join H. Jon Benjamin and Todd Barry, aka THE RED WINE BOYS.
I MAY ALSO SEE YOU at other places in San Francisco: ALCATRAZ! FISHERMAN’S WHARF! EATING RICE PILAF ON TOP OF THE FAMOUS CABLE CARS! OR OTHER COMEDY CLUBS! Oh, it truly is a city of prisons and bread bowls and strange trolleys and ha ha, right there by the bay.
UNTIL THEN
That is all.
I HAVE BEEN AWAY FROM THIS IMITATION BLOG FOR SO LONG, I feel like I am part of a one-year-later storyline.
I SHALL RETURN TOMORROW with links to things of interest, including the upcoming SF SKETCHFEST.
AND FOR NOW, you will just have to live with the mystery of why I suddenly have a peg leg and am president of the colonies.
That is all.
PER @randazzoj THIS MORNING on Twitter,
EVERY NOW AND THEN, when bones are slow, I require myself to watch these film clips.
HERE IS CLIP ONE
AND HERE IS CLIP “HOMAGE”
THAT IS ALL