HENSON RARITIES

fidgetcub and I went tonight to see some rare commercials and experimental films from Jim Henson. As expected, it was awesome, and lousy with hipsters (they actually added two more shows tonight because of the packed turnout).

The pre-show entertainment was the first episode of Sesame Street, which has numerous things you'd never show to kids today (adults inviting kids in for cookies, kids climbing through drainpipes and over sawhorses). Fun stuff.

The main show consisted of a bunch of early commercials (my favorites being the LaChoy Dragon, and a hilariously explosive telephone directory ad), excerpts from Youth 68 and the very odd The Cube, two episodes created for NBC's Experiment in Television, and a 35mm print of the Academy-Award-nominated Time Piece, which is at turns both hippie-dippy-pretentious and brilliantly dada.

I have very few heroes, and very few dead celebrities that I mourn -- but Jim Henson definitely fits the bill on both counts.

Check out this guy on YouTube, who seems to have a pretty good collection of old Henson shorts and commercials, which then link to many, many others.

ALL WORK, SOME PLAY

Some friends have been asking me about work lately, because I've been relatively quiet both on and offline. Rest assured, it's great. Beyond great.

Mentally, it's very exhausting -- I have a ton of things to keep track of and keep on track, resulting in a workload that's three or four times bigger than I've ever had before. But it's still great. Beyond great.

Of course, it's highly confidential so I can't really say much about the specifics. And since my days are a lot busier at work than they used to be, I don't get as much surfing or blogging time as I used to. :)

But even if you don't hear from me, or I don't seem to be joining in the LJ fray as much as I used to, it's not because anything is wrong. It's just the opposite. :)

Oh, and fidgetcub and I leave for our cruise in a little over a week. Yay!

FIERCE ME IN THE MORNING

FIERCE ME IN THE MORNING
Originally uploaded by davecobb

Thanks, chrisglass!

NANNY & POTATO

NANNY & POTATO
Originally uploaded by davecobb

That's Nanny. She carved me a potato man at the Uke-Lady's Pony Show at Asylum tonight (oh yeah, and Sean zombietruckstop & Bobaloo bobaloo did some standup, too).