Though I really enjoyed Spider-Man (2002), that partcular depiction of The Green Goblin left me wanting a bit more. The acting was fine, I just didn’t care for the visual.
Well, here’s some abandoned makeup designs for The Green Goblin. I really like the look, and I wished they would have used it.
Kermit the Frog and Miss Piggy deliver a real crowdpleaser in The Muppets (2011), with their duet of Paul Williams’s memorable song, The Rainbow Connection.
A full review is coming up at The SSC in a couple of days!
On the eve of the eve of the State of the Union Address tonight (to be given by Barack Obama, star of The Barack Obama Show) I’m reminded of one of my favorite films, The Love God?, starring one of my favorite funny men, Don Knotts.
Don’t make the connection? Well, The Love God? was made in 1969 as a Don Knotts vehicle. Don plays Abner Audubon Peacock, the publisher of a fading bird-watcher’s magazine named Peacock Magazine which a sleazy promoter named Osborn Tremaine (played by Edmond O’Brien) converts into a hip nudie magazine. This catapults the new Peacock Magazine into a national phenomenon, so they need the publisher (Knotts) to play their Hugh Hefner character in order to give the franchise a personality.
The only problem is that Mr Peacock is in reality an awkward, square character, not suited to the free love scene of the late 1960s and early 1970s. No problem, really: threw shrewd media manipulation they manage to convince the American public that the awkward, shy, and unglamorous Abner Peacock. And from there forward, the sky is the limit!
Remind you of anyone we know?
In my favorite scene from the film, Abner (now the free love icon of the era) is honored by fawning, gullible elites, who are too dim to realize that their ‘Mr Peacock’ is a figment of their imaginations. The showstopper features the beautiful Darlene Love with The Blossoms on backup vocals, the keen musical sound of Orange Colored Sky, a half dozen leggy showgirls, and a dancing Don Kotts. In other words, there’s no way this musical number can be improved upon!
Enjoy!
PS: Yes, I know all the lyrics to this song, and have known them for over 20 years. But I suspect you had guessed that.
PPS: Special thanks to my friend Donna Marie Majoros Oswald for creating the idea, which was that spark that inspired me to write this post. Thank you!
Stan Lee Tribute Weekend honors the comics creator’s seven decades of bringing entertainment to the world
One lucky winner will win exclusive VIP Passes for Stan Lee Tribute Weekend May 6-8, 2010
On Thursday, May 6, the N9NE Group with Brenden Theatres and the Palms Casino Resort will present Iron Man 2 Launch Party at the MOON Nightclub. MOON opens to the public at 10:30 p.m. and will feature an “Iron Man” themed night with appearances by Stan Lee and other celebrity guests. General admission applies.
Stan Lee’s Brenden Celebrity Star presentation will take place on Friday, May 7, 2010, the opening day of the new Paramount Pictures “Iron Man 2” film starring Robert Downey, Jr. which Lee served as an executive producer. The ceremony to be hosted by Celebrity Journalist Robin Leach will take place in the Brenden Theaters at the Palms lobby at 7:30 p.m. The Brenden Celebrity Star presentation is co-sponsored by Derrick Taylor’s Comic Oasis.
The weekend wraps with an invited guest tribute reception and dinner May 8, 2010 hosted by the Walt Disney Company and featuring Stan Lee’s Time Jumper. Red carpet arrivals begin at 6:00 p.m. with celebrity appearances. Guests will also preview clips from Stan Lee’s documentary “With Great Power – The Stan Lee Story.” Celebrities from all of Lee’s films and creations have been invited to attend this special event.
With the world now aware of his dual life as the armored superhero Iron Man, billionaire inventor Tony Stark (Robert Downey Jr.) faces pressure from the government, the press, and the public to share his technology with the military. Unwilling to let go of his invention, Stark, along with Pepper Potts (Gwyneth Paltrow), and James “Rhodey” Rhodes (Don Cheadle) at his side, must forge new alliances — and confront powerful enemies: Whiplash and Justin Hammer!
It appears that our friends in the Land of the Rising Sun decided to make a brief musical video of one of my wildest fantasies. I am forever grateful! Oh mama!
