Komiko, a Japanese girl living in Tokyo, befriends an orphaned American toddler she finds in a parking garage.
A popular tourist shopping mall sits at the top of the parking structure, and the two friends eavesdrop on passersby from underneath a frayed Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade serape.
"They have escorts!" one shopper exclaims.
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Friday, November 28, 2008
Dad & Son At The Movies
Today's feature is a 30 minute Alice In Wonderland spoof.
Dad pulls out pocketfuls of quarters and dimes, and arranges them in two dollar-sized piles in order to buy nachos. The cashier stands inappropriately close.
After the show there's always an arcade game to play. Today it is a first-person virtual reality helicopter simulation flying over battlefields in World War II. Dad scoffs at the historical inaccuracy as Nazi machine gun nests open fire on his sickeningly circling gunship. In the next scenario the helicopter is circling inside a hotel courtyard as enemy soldiers stream from inside the rooms.
Dad pulls out pocketfuls of quarters and dimes, and arranges them in two dollar-sized piles in order to buy nachos. The cashier stands inappropriately close.
After the show there's always an arcade game to play. Today it is a first-person virtual reality helicopter simulation flying over battlefields in World War II. Dad scoffs at the historical inaccuracy as Nazi machine gun nests open fire on his sickeningly circling gunship. In the next scenario the helicopter is circling inside a hotel courtyard as enemy soldiers stream from inside the rooms.
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Black Cube Nickel
The Black Cube Nickel is a federally recognized unit of currency with a face value of 5 cents. It weighs 4 ounces, measures 2 inches on an edge, is made of 100% black aluminum and engraved on 5 of the six sides with Jefferson's profile, the Monticello, and the requisite United States mottos, phrases, date, and mintmark.
The sixth side is missing, allowing exactly 20 'regular' nickels to fit inside a specially-shaped hollow cavity.
Unfortunately, besides it being unique, the Black Cube Nickel is endowed with a mysterious and powerful ancient and foul curse which bestows incredibly bad luck on its owner. Negative effects that have afflicted owners include depression, weakness, loss of appetite, intoxication, memory loss, foul body odor, blindness, physical mutation, rotting flesh disease, arterio-venous malformation, being visited by cyberdemons, and death.
The sixth side is missing, allowing exactly 20 'regular' nickels to fit inside a specially-shaped hollow cavity.
Unfortunately, besides it being unique, the Black Cube Nickel is endowed with a mysterious and powerful ancient and foul curse which bestows incredibly bad luck on its owner. Negative effects that have afflicted owners include depression, weakness, loss of appetite, intoxication, memory loss, foul body odor, blindness, physical mutation, rotting flesh disease, arterio-venous malformation, being visited by cyberdemons, and death.
Saturday, November 22, 2008
675 Sycamore Drive
Friday and Saturday night parties in a converted office building.
A local collector has set up four transforming gaming machines that look at first like a wheel-less version of Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine, then open up and expand to reveal 8 San Francisco Rush The Rock linked arcade units.
On a nearby whiteboard a message is scribbled in green dry-erase marker, "There's a BONG on floor 3nd and NOTHING ELSE!" The building is a single-story structure.
A local collector has set up four transforming gaming machines that look at first like a wheel-less version of Scooby-Doo's Mystery Machine, then open up and expand to reveal 8 San Francisco Rush The Rock linked arcade units.
On a nearby whiteboard a message is scribbled in green dry-erase marker, "There's a BONG on floor 3nd and NOTHING ELSE!" The building is a single-story structure.
Four Reunions and a Wedding
This show combines a four-year high school reunion and the marriage between two of the attendees.
Tonight's show spotlight's the 1988-1991 graduating classes from Leigh High School in San Jose, California. The reunion and wedding take place in an auditorium and we see each graduating class file in following an announcement and roll call.
Ron Bryan, Phil Clark, Darrin Garcia, Raymon Powers, and Stephen Riesenberger are among a few of the representatives from the Track Team in attendance.
Darrin's twin toddlers dance to Grover Washington Jr.'s - Just The Two Of Us on top of a table.
Tonight's show spotlight's the 1988-1991 graduating classes from Leigh High School in San Jose, California. The reunion and wedding take place in an auditorium and we see each graduating class file in following an announcement and roll call.
Ron Bryan, Phil Clark, Darrin Garcia, Raymon Powers, and Stephen Riesenberger are among a few of the representatives from the Track Team in attendance.
Darrin's twin toddlers dance to Grover Washington Jr.'s - Just The Two Of Us on top of a table.
Wednesday, November 19, 2008
French Creative Writing
Eager to discover his grades on the most recent writing assignments, Steve rifles through the pile of graded papers for his own, stopping to gloat to Phil Campbell over the 'A' he received on his poem on the subject of meat, complete with a cut-out illustration from the cover of Eric Carle's The Very Hungry Caterpillar.
Searching the stack of papers further, he finds his second poem, a ballad on the subject of his assault on the world-record high score for the video game, Robotron: 2084, and ascending to the rank of 5th place on Twin Galaxies' websites. Even with additional liner notes composed by Jared Greene, Steve still only earns a 'B' on the opus.
Searching the stack of papers further, he finds his second poem, a ballad on the subject of his assault on the world-record high score for the video game, Robotron: 2084, and ascending to the rank of 5th place on Twin Galaxies' websites. Even with additional liner notes composed by Jared Greene, Steve still only earns a 'B' on the opus.
Monday, November 17, 2008
LTV - Life Television
Amateur video clips are broadcast in 2-3 minute bite-sized ADD-friendly chunks.
Caught on mobile video, a group of teenagers break into an abandoned shack and proceed to cull together ingredients to make Jose Cuervo margaritas.
Later, at a college football game, a group of spectators smoke marijuana cigarettes, not knowing that Mother Nature looks on from the sidelines. Later, she confronts one of the miscreants from inside a glowing coffin.
Finally, a security guard attempts to confuse a Lovecraftian octapus-tentacled demon by turning on showers in the men's locker room showers. The demon manifests itself as a female torso with impossibly long flowing black hair. The hair follows the flowing water down the drains, clogging them.
Caught on mobile video, a group of teenagers break into an abandoned shack and proceed to cull together ingredients to make Jose Cuervo margaritas.
Later, at a college football game, a group of spectators smoke marijuana cigarettes, not knowing that Mother Nature looks on from the sidelines. Later, she confronts one of the miscreants from inside a glowing coffin.
Finally, a security guard attempts to confuse a Lovecraftian octapus-tentacled demon by turning on showers in the men's locker room showers. The demon manifests itself as a female torso with impossibly long flowing black hair. The hair follows the flowing water down the drains, clogging them.
Sunday, November 16, 2008
The Clarinet Case
The Case is at an airport, in a cab, then on a bus.
One of the twins buys Princess Zelda a new part for her flute.
One of the twins buys Princess Zelda a new part for her flute.
Monday, November 10, 2008
Sunday, November 9, 2008
Text Adventure Reality TV
A text log scrolls along the bottom of the screen while actors in a Reality TV show carry out the instructions in real-time. In an atrium at the center of one of P-Diddy's mansions, a Vanessa tastes a Capri-Sun, decides she doesn't like it, then shoves it into Carlos' mouth. Steve asks her what her favorite drink is and she responds, "Stoli". Steve exits the atrium to the >EAST and takes a >LOOK around.
A number of men and women are performing yoga in an indoor gymnasium. The female instructor is topless. Double doors lead >NORTH
Steve is in a room over a garage. In a corner of the room a dog-nosed boy watches a television as his nanny looks on. "I in here," says the boy. A long hallway leads away to the >WEST
Steve runs down the long hallway, side-stepping the receptionist in a dog-leg of the hall. The hallway bends to the >SOUTHand Steve emerges into an atrium. Doorways lead off in 4 directions. He hears the sound of approaching running footsteps so he decides to jump >DOWN through an opening in the ceiling panels below.
Steve is in the midst of a collection of office cubicles that are tracking the Pogo.com subscriptions of the women on Morgan Street in Flagstaff Arizona. The office workers notice Steve as he remarks, "I just set up my account last week!"
A number of men and women are performing yoga in an indoor gymnasium. The female instructor is topless. Double doors lead >NORTH
Steve is in a room over a garage. In a corner of the room a dog-nosed boy watches a television as his nanny looks on. "I in here," says the boy. A long hallway leads away to the >WEST
Steve runs down the long hallway, side-stepping the receptionist in a dog-leg of the hall. The hallway bends to the >SOUTH
Steve is in the midst of a collection of office cubicles that are tracking the Pogo.com subscriptions of the women on Morgan Street in Flagstaff Arizona. The office workers notice Steve as he remarks, "I just set up my account last week!"
Gameshow Network Scandinavia
On a Swedish gameshow, contestants are challenged to answer questions on geography while riding a bicycle down a street with an enormous electromagnet embedded in the asphalt in order to win a Swatch wristwatch.
During a commercial break, a plumber up the street from where the game is taking place urinates into the sink since the toilet has not yet been installed.
During a commercial break, a plumber up the street from where the game is taking place urinates into the sink since the toilet has not yet been installed.
Friday, November 7, 2008
Wednesday, November 5, 2008
New Millennia Thriftshop
Mr. Kenneth Kambara Ph. D. helps customers with electronic devices in a 21st century Goodwill.
Tonight's episode focuses on aural, visual, and electro-stimulating brainwave entrainment devices and plasma TV's.
Tonight's episode focuses on aural, visual, and electro-stimulating brainwave entrainment devices and plasma TV's.
Oldfellas
Four Italian-American men - "Fat One" Jimmy Fatone, "Val's husband" Sal, Tommy "Ten Times", and Vinnie "The Barber" Barbarino - in their late 60's have a sit-down meeting to discuss their plans to import deli sandwiches from Italy.
One of them does a Regis Philbin impression to emphasize how 'out of control' the sandwiches are.
At the time of this posting, Abe Vigoda is ALIVE!
One of them does a Regis Philbin impression to emphasize how 'out of control' the sandwiches are.
At the time of this posting, Abe Vigoda is ALIVE!
Monday, November 3, 2008
Weird Alleys
Steve and Piggyback Jake take you on a tour of little-known shopping streets in San Francisco. At a corner store there are no signs or welcoming doors. Entering is like letting yourself into an abandoned house. The merchandise is not marked. Browsing the various rooms gives you the feeling of walking through an insane serial killer's home, stepping gingerly on squeaky floorboards and avoiding eye contact with zombielike characters watching television. Squeezing through a boarded-up door on their way out the guard dog barely shuffles.
Day turns instantly to night (or do they wander indoors?) as they stroll teeteringly down the street. The alley is confusingly wide, forcing one to swivel one's head completely around to see the other side. Silent shoppers in ski masks peruse the contents of another store through the front window, deciding whether to enter the dark premises or investigate the new double-headed shopper that has emerged on the street.
A makeshift arcade boasts black-lit garish swirls and patterns, as well as a Whack-a-Elmo game. A sit-down thrill ride entitled "GEEZ" releases its passengers as the barker inside ushers them out with spooky clichés and cackles.
Day turns instantly to night (or do they wander indoors?) as they stroll teeteringly down the street. The alley is confusingly wide, forcing one to swivel one's head completely around to see the other side. Silent shoppers in ski masks peruse the contents of another store through the front window, deciding whether to enter the dark premises or investigate the new double-headed shopper that has emerged on the street.
A makeshift arcade boasts black-lit garish swirls and patterns, as well as a Whack-a-Elmo game. A sit-down thrill ride entitled "GEEZ" releases its passengers as the barker inside ushers them out with spooky clichés and cackles.
Sunday, November 2, 2008
Ad-mageddon
Mervyn's going-out-of-business sales advertisement campaign is a celebration in devastation. Using a post-apocalyptic 'motif' to drive victims of the fallout towards their 'shelters' Mervyn's stores have installed afflicted neighborhoods surrounding stores with destroyed buildings, debris, flaming wreckage, and even actors hired to fill the roles of dead and dying victims.
When potential customers walk or drive past these 'fallout' survivors, the actors are armed with flyers and discount coupons redeemable at the stores.
When potential customers walk or drive past these 'fallout' survivors, the actors are armed with flyers and discount coupons redeemable at the stores.
Emergent Sporting
Tonight's show focuses on the combination of competitive Water Polo and Hacky Sack.
The new rules of the sport require the players to tread water to remain off the bottom of the pool as in Water Polo, but the opposing goals are both underwater, as is the ball for the majority of the game. Athletes pass the ball, which is a cross between the Hacky Sack and a Water Polo ball; its buoyancy is governed by fluid inside the ball. Athletes are prohibited from using their hands or forearms to contact the ball.
During an exhibition match, a spectator falls into the pool, remarking that only 3M's Mucilage glue would feel stickier than the water in the pool.
The new rules of the sport require the players to tread water to remain off the bottom of the pool as in Water Polo, but the opposing goals are both underwater, as is the ball for the majority of the game. Athletes pass the ball, which is a cross between the Hacky Sack and a Water Polo ball; its buoyancy is governed by fluid inside the ball. Athletes are prohibited from using their hands or forearms to contact the ball.
During an exhibition match, a spectator falls into the pool, remarking that only 3M's Mucilage glue would feel stickier than the water in the pool.
Saturday, November 1, 2008
CSI Anytown
Jeff Levy, owner of 'Fly By Night' helicopter pilot training school is under investigation after a motorist dials 911 after seeing two of his school's single-seater helicopters (which resemble Air Hogs toy helicopters) plummet from the sky over the freeway.
One of the small helicopters slammed straight into the pavement, bursting into flames, while the other one sped off. Even as the motorist was on the phone with 911, Levy arrived on the scene and began painting the pavement nearby with gasoline.
The remains of the bright green helicopter, along with its pilot were burned into ash before emergency services could arrive. The pilot of the bright yellow chopper has not been located.
One of the small helicopters slammed straight into the pavement, bursting into flames, while the other one sped off. Even as the motorist was on the phone with 911, Levy arrived on the scene and began painting the pavement nearby with gasoline.
The remains of the bright green helicopter, along with its pilot were burned into ash before emergency services could arrive. The pilot of the bright yellow chopper has not been located.
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