horror movies, exploitation movies, psychotronic video, dark humor, absurdist humor, dvd's, dvd commentary tracks, cartoons, tivo, wii, action figures, lucasarts SCUMM adventure games, the dharma initiative, comics, soda, improvised comedy, comedy writing, working. i own over a thousand videos and dvds, so yeah, i'm kind of a nerd. but not in that trendy way.
the other day at work i caught a kid attempting to steal a mortal kombat video game. i was walking out of the warehouse and spotted the lad, who looked around 14, trying to tear open the packaging. i thought perhaps since i caught him, it'd be fun to make him sweat a little...
ATTENTION: for the purposes of this story, the part of "Young Boy" will be played by writer and noted wit Dorothy Parker, while the role of "Rich" will be played by Lou Rawls Appearance On The Muppet Show.
Ghostbusters, Fargo, Harold & Maude, The Royal Tenenbaums, Rushmore, Anchorman, Boogie Nights, Annie Hall, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, Night of the Living Dead, Dawn of the Dead, Creepshow, The Wicker Man, The Beyond, House By The Cemetery, Halloween, The Devil's Rejects, The Nightmare Before Christmas, Toy Story 1 & 2, Gremlins 1 & 2, Airplane, Clerks, Little Shop of Horrors, Serial Mom, The Truman Show, Dead Alive, Nightmare on Elm Street Series, Star Wars series, Friday the 13th series, Robocop, Cabin Fever, Escape From New York, Brazil, The Iron Giant...yeah, pretty much anything by wes anderson, joe dante, john carpenter, sam raimi, robert rodriguez, quentin tarantino, jack hill, kevin smith, brad bird, robert altman, john waters, larry cohen, lucio fulci, terry gilliam, martin scorsese, the coen brothers, paul thomas anderson, the zucker brothers, david lynch, dario argento, peter jackson, george romero, francois truffaut, woody allen, eli roth, david cronenberg, adam mckay...i sorta believe in the auteur theory, but still, no one person makes a movie. ok bye.
i have tivo, which is crazy....LOST, the simpsons, mystery science theater 3000, spaced, the daily show, the colbert report, futurama, it's always sunny in philadelphia, tom goes to the mayor, 30 rock, tim and eric awesome show great job, the venture brothers, battlestar galactica, freaks and geeks, arrested development, mr show, studio 60 on the sunset strip, pee-wee's playhouse, firefly, heroes, the various alan partridge shows, south park, the office (both the bcc and us versions), the state, the greatest american hero, ace of cakes, buffy the vampire slayer, strangers with candy, sctv, upright citizens birgade, scrubs, curb your enthusiasm, foster's home for imaginary friends, aqua teen hunger force, freakazoid, ren & stimpy, animaniacs, the boondocks, home movies, metalocalypse, best week ever, the soup, the maxx, the critic, stella, space ghost coast to coast, invader zim, harvey birdman, the tick, lingo, whammy, the ben stiller show, reno 911, 40s/50s looney tunes, conan o'brien, david letterman, twin peaks, wonder showzen, history channel, cartoon network, gameshow network, vh1, 5 o'clock news on channel 7.
a confederacy of dunces, live from new york: an uncensored history of saturday night live, things by kurt vonnegut, john hodgman, john swatrzwelder, sarah vowell, dave eggers, douglas adams, hunter s thompson, chris ware, stephen king, daniel handler, woody allen, etc. comics: hellboy, y the last man, batman, fantasic four, daredevil, spider-man, preacher, the tick, watchmen, v for vendetta, evan dorkin stuff, squee, jthm, 60's marvel stuff.
joe dante - john waters - brad bird - trey parker - eli roth - larry david - chuck jones - bill lustig - robert smigel - conan o'brien - larry cohen - ben edlund - joe ranft - wes anderson - simon pegg - guillermo del toro - bruce timm - evan dorkin - bill waterson - gary larson - guybrush threepwood