Up on Vimeo.com, there’s a series of videos by Mark Bunker of an interview he had with actor Jason Beghe, who was a Scientologist since 1994 or so, and left earlier this year. Looks like a pretty interesting interview.
For all your other Scientology criticism needs, see Operation Clambake.
There’s an animation I caught on TV once about Easter many years ago (circa 1992). It was called “A Claymation Easter” and was about a pig who kidnaps the Easter Bunny days before “the big event” in an attempt to take his place (you know, the version that got turned down for the Bible). Yes, yes, it’s an old story. One in which many Santa Claus fans are well versed. It’s a stop-motion animation, and was pretty good for it’s time. And it’s pretty dern funny. It also introduced me to the song “Low Rider” (I led a very sheltered life) and Engelbert Humperdinck’s “Release Me.” I’d even wager that there’s probably a line from this programme that I still quote nowadays without even remembering its source.
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Another stop-motion animation I remember seeing around the same time was Terry Pratchett’s “Truckers,” which was my first introduction to all things Pratchett-esque, and eventually led me to my love of his Discworld series.
Spotted on John Gruber’s blog.
At first I didn’t notice what was happening until half way through. I had to go back and rewatch it. But then I was laughing for five minutes straight. It still makes me laugh now, even after watching it for probably my tenth time.
A higher quality version is available at their site. There are also others available. Dynasty, Golden Girls, Designing Women, and Cheers, I thought were also well done. The remaining were a little more mature or risqué, and IMHO not quite as funny.