Monday, December 30, 2024
Santa the Oslo Dildo Gnome
Friday, July 14, 2023
Dark Gnomes ... Reverse Napping
I love stand-up comedy. I follow a variety of funny people, including Bert Kreischer, Michelle Wolf, Kate Micucci, Jimmy Cash, Saaniya, and Adam Conover. As a consequence, my social media feeds are loaded with suggested videos of stand-up bits from a variety of comedians. I stumbled into Shahak Shapira this way. This guy is pretty incredible.
Born in Israel, immigrated to Germany as a boy, one of Shapira's grandfathers survived the Holocaust, and the other was murdered during the infamous Munich Olympic Games. He has made a name for himself as an activist by challenging Twitter for being unwilling to take down racist and antisemitic tweets, and working with Die Parte to undermine Nazi Party social media groups.
He also does stand-up, which I'm grateful for. In the clip above, he begins a bit about the Dark Web, but gets hijacked by an audience member. I am also grateful for this woman from Slovakia who shared with everyone the very real (probably) website called Get Gnomed. The site promises to "gnome" a target's house with garden gnomes for a fee. Tappy tap the image below for the Know Your Meme entry, complete with videos.
Wednesday, February 17, 2021
AniGnomiacs
One of the greatest cartoons since the 40s was produced in the 1990s. Disney had a bit of a television animation renaissance in the late 80s and early 90s. They produced some great shows, including Duck Tales (woo hoo), Tailspin, and the Gargoyles. In response, Warner Brothers, through Nickelodeon, produced their own set of unique programming, including Ren and Stimpy, Doug, and Rugrats.
In 1995, though, on their CW network, Warner Brothers' produced
The Animaniacs.
Wednesday, December 23, 2020
DIY Decorations
Tuesday, October 22, 2019
Whats a Gnome to a Goblin?
Virtual Reality gaming is new and exciting, and still in its commercial infancy. However, there are production companies out there, working to bring better, affordable products to the masses.
Jon Favreau, the film director/writer/actor, not the political activist/speech writer, is currently dabbling in VR gaming in partnership with Wevr productions. His pet project is called Gnomes & Goblins. The interactive trailer was released in 2016.
It looks really good. The page from the production company gives information and testimonials on the creative process. I linked to it right here and on the picture above. It apparently hasn't been finished yet, and I could find no press releases or stories about why, or if it is still in production, or has been canceled. I will assume it has been in production for the last 3 years. Hopefully we can all see a finished product eventually.