Another Random Tangent...

Gonorrhea Man!
The Justice League Of America has recruited a new addition to their super power team: Gonorrhea Man. While Superman has his super strength, Wonder Woman has her magic lasso, and Batman has his utility belt, Gonorrhea Man has the power to fight the sexually transmitted disease caused by gonococcal bacteria that affects the mucous membrane, chiefly of the genital and urinary tracts. His evil nemesis is Neisseria Gonorrhoeae, the giant bacteria creature that grows and multiplies in the moist swamps of society's reproductive tracts. When this evil STD attacks, Gonorrhea Man renders the offender unconscious by unleashing the deadly combination of tretracyline, ciprofloxacin, and azithromycin from his resevoir tip head shield. There is an epidemic, and this superhero was enlisted to put an end to it. The best prevention is abstinence, but since we live in a horny world, Gonorrhea Man is summoned to protect the universe from any acute purulent havoc inflicted by these menaces to society. It's a burn, it's a pain, it's Gonorrhea Man!

But I'm An Angel, Really.

Toni From It Donned On Me

A few weeks ago, I approached one of the film makers of the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project after her screening and let her to know that her film from the prior year made such an impression on me that I bookmarked the YouTube version on my web browser. I also noted that more often then not, I find myself singing the song from her movie. Her film was so memorable that a year later I'm still talking about it! I stopped her after the screening and had a good six to seven minute face to face conversation with her. Fast forward a few weeks, I see this posted on the San Jose 48 Hour Film Project message board:

I spoke with Toni from It Donned On Me this year, and she complimented me on last year's film! She said she had the YouTube link bookmarked in her Web browser. That means more to me than any award! And I still love the line from their entry last year, uttered by the character with the German accent: "I'm starting to like your dogs!"

Do I look a woman? Apparently so! I couldn't help but laugh out loud. "Toni" from It Donned On Me. It's so funny because she remembered our conversation very well, yet I don't think she really knew exactly who she was talking to. I emailed her back and asked if I look like a woman to her. I also added "just for the record, it's Tony with a y. 'Y' as in the 'y' chromosome. In other words, I am male :-) " How funny is that? In any case, if I were a girl, I'd like to look like this:

TwirlyBoy Grows Up

The IDOM Creative Process

The IDOM creative process is very...uh, what's the word I'm looking for...creative! Our brainstorming sessions often turn into IDOM hurricanes where the wackiest of ideas get tossed around. I swear, if we had made films based on some of these ideas, people would probably think we're sniffing too much White Out.

If I had my way, every film we make would have Lynn Ruth Miller's cleavage and my butt crack prominently shown.


If Rob had been the mastermind behind "Tail," we would have had two horses dancing to a fiddler's jig. Of course, I would convince Rob to make those ponies Vietnamese.


Finally, if Rick ran the show, we'd have hot girls in lingerie running around with their prop and line of dialog.


I like that we go off on tangents like this. It's fun. It keeps us moving along. Please do note that this is just a parody and not meant to be taken seriously. Oh, another thing, Mike Eyvazov would appear in all of those films.

IDOM On Crack!

How's This For A Logo?

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From: Dinah Despenza
Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2008 11:36 AM
To: Signe Ann; Tony Nguyen
Subject: Re: Susannah

Sunday was sooooooo cool. I so like working w/the 2 of you. Next time I will not burn the popcorn (swear that never happened to me before.

Hat's off to Gary again for that wonderful dinner. I can still taste that pasta in the mouth of my mind. And those wonderful bread crumbs. I can just eat a bowl of those alone.
I know Spielberg's crew don't eat that well.

Sig, thanks for the note about the DVD. I was hoping it didn't fall out of my bag on Bart. If you have time watch "James Journey". This is interesting. It's about Africans in Israel. They use 3-4 different languages in this film.

I just saw Morgan this morning...as a matter of fact she's sitting a few tables over from me. She's going to spend the next couple of nights composing for us. She's been listening to the Funky Meters, so she has an idea about the sound we're looking for.

Anyway, I'm sooooo pumped up about our guuurrrl Susannah.

D2

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Signe Ann wrote:

Hi guys,

Thanks for a fun Sunday. I am looking forward to our next editing
session. Tony, do you know where we get the missing (green) footage?

Sig

p.s. Dinah, I have your DVD that we watched this morning...

Are You Reading This Rufus?

Y'all come on in now
Come right on down front
I got something I want to show you
Now y'all heard of the Popcorn
Y'all heard of the Dog
You heard about all your other dances
But now there's a brand new dance
That's going around
I want to show you exactly what I'm talking about
I'm talking about the funky chicken, y'all ready?

You raise the left arm up
and your right arm too
Let me tell you just what to do
Start both of 'em to flapping
You start your feet to kicking
That's when you know
You doin' the funky chicken

You put both arms up across your face
You knees start wiggling all over the place
You flap your arms
and your feet start kicking
Then you know you doin' the funky chicken

Oh, I'm feeling it now
I feel so unnecessary
This is the kind
This is the kind of stuff
To make you feel like you
Want to do something nasty
Like waste some chicken gravy
On your white shirt
Right down front here we go y'all

You work both arms and you work both feet
Use a dab of gravy, you right on the beat
You flap your arms
And your feet start kicking
The you know you doin' the funky chicken

I haven't flown off the deep end, so there's no need to get me committed. "The Funky Chicken" is actually relevant to this project. Really. Our interpretation of Susannah requires a little funk, so the MacDiva herself channeled Rufus Thomas and gave her Donnettes a crash course in the fowl frenzy of yesteryear, and I ain't talking no Colonel Sanders finger lickin' good kinda stuff. Unfortunately, because of copyright issues, we won't be able to use "The Funky Chicken" in our piece, but we're certainly going to find something similar. I can't give away too much of Susannah, but let's just say that the score will make y'all get up flappin' your wings and kickin' your feet.