Miorry Nobitto

Haunting of Mort through Murray (Monkey Island series)

First off, Murray is a fan favorite. Guybrush blows up a boat full of evil skeletons and “Murray's head is the only thing left. Murray was only supposed to be in one scene in the game, but the producers liked him so much that they kept finding ways to incorporate him into the game later on.

Denny Delk does the voice of the infamous Murray. He works for Lucas-Arts in numerous voice functions. Delk has a web page and Twitter page.

Murray ends up in the swamp.

Murray returns for the fourth game.

Murray shows up in the new game Tales of Monkey Island.

Haunting of Mort through Murray (Monkey Island series)

First off, Murray is a fan favorite. Guybrush blows up a boat full of evil skeletons and “Murray's head is the only thing left. Murray was only supposed to be in one scene in the game, but the producers liked him so much that they kept finding ways to incorporate him into the game later on.

Denny Delk does the voice of the infamous Murray. He works for Lucas-Arts in numerous voice functions. Delk has a web page and Twitter page.

Murray ends up in the swamp.

Murray returns for the fourth game.

Murray shows up in the new game Tales of Monkey Island.

Dennis Hopper (RIP) Nike Ads

Hopper was a legend and he was a major character actor. I'm not going to get into his career because other bloggers have covered it rather successfully. While thinking about his career, I remember all those really cool Nike commercials with Hopper acting like a crazy fan talking about sports people.

Hopper's character would stroll around in a baseball hat, long coat and backpack. His character was supposed to be a crazed fan, but I think Hopper's performance was probably closer to many of the crazy sports fans of today. Looking around the Web, it looks like Hopper's character was names Stanley the Referee.

Dennis Hopper Horse Shoes & Hand Grenades Nike Commercial: He sneaks into a sport media room and starts shouting “Horse Shoes and Grenades, man!”

Dennis Hopper Nike Commercial W/Sterling Sharpe:

Junior Seau's Footprint Man: Junior Seau actually shows up in the ad and messes up the sand castle.

Deion Sanders' shoe:

Dennis Hopper (RIP) Nike Ads

Hopper was a legend and he was a major character actor. I'm not going to get into his career because other bloggers have covered it rather successfully. While thinking about his career, I remember all those really cool Nike commercials with Hopper acting like a crazy fan talking about sports people.

Hopper's character would stroll around in a baseball hat, long coat and backpack. His character was supposed to be a crazed fan, but I think Hopper's performance was probably closer to many of the crazy sports fans of today. Looking around the Web, it looks like Hopper's character was names Stanley the Referee.

Dennis Hopper Horse Shoes & Hand Grenades Nike Commercial: He sneaks into a sport media room and starts shouting “Horse Shoes and Grenades, man!”

Dennis Hopper Nike Commercial W/Sterling Sharpe:

Junior Seau's Footprint Man: Junior Seau actually shows up in the ad and messes up the sand castle.

Deion Sanders' shoe:

Diff’rent Strokes: The Bicycle Man

Due to Gary Coleman’s death, I figured I’d revisit one of Diff’rent Strokes’ most noted episodes other than that Nancy Regan episode.

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.16 - The Bicycle Man (1) (2 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.16 - The Bicycle Man (1) (3 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (1 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (2 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (3 of 3)

This is one of the very famous “Very Special Episodes” that the show was known for. After renting out bicycles, Arnold and Dudley find themselves caught up in this strange pedo thing with a creepy bike shop owner (played by the late Gordon Jump).

The silly jokes by Arnold do get annoying at times, but even today I think letting kids know that are “bad” people out there that want to harm them is important. I don’t see Sponge Bob talking about pedos. Like most DS very special episodes, it is very ham-fisted.

Because this was a season five episode, all the actors seem to really be in the swing of things.

-The Bicycle Man gives the two kids wine. That must make him extra evil.

-Kimberly Drummond is the one that smells the alcohol on Arnold's breath. Is this a bit of foreshadowing into Dana Plato's future?

-The episodes get even creepier when Dudley and Arnold start taking pictures with the creepy Bicycle Man.

-Philip Drummond shows up to the shop when the Bicycle Man is having Dudley and Arnold over. It really is a creepy scene.

-Why do the detectives look like they stepped out of mid-70s?

-The last 10 minutes comes across as a public service announcement. The characters almost break the fourth wall while talking about child abuse. However, when I was young the last scene was important for me to understand that. Children probably learned more about child abuse and pedophiles from this episode than any in school teachings.

-Gordon Jump: You have to wonder if he ever regretted playing one of the most famous Pedo-characters on TV…He was a rather famous comedic actor on TV for a long time. And, I wonder if this hurt his career in any way.

Diff’rent Strokes: The Bicycle Man

Due to Gary Coleman’s death, I figured I’d revisit one of Diff’rent Strokes’ most noted episodes other than that Nancy Regan episode.

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.16 - The Bicycle Man (1) (2 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.16 - The Bicycle Man (1) (3 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (1 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (2 of 3)

Diff'rent Strokes - 5.17 - The Bicycle Man (2) (3 of 3)

This is one of the very famous “Very Special Episodes” that the show was known for. After renting out bicycles, Arnold and Dudley find themselves caught up in this strange pedo thing with a creepy bike shop owner (played by the late Gordon Jump).

The silly jokes by Arnold do get annoying at times, but even today I think letting kids know that are “bad” people out there that want to harm them is important. I don’t see Sponge Bob talking about pedos. Like most DS very special episodes, it is very ham-fisted.

Because this was a season five episode, all the actors seem to really be in the swing of things.

-The Bicycle Man gives the two kids wine. That must make him extra evil.

-Kimberly Drummond is the one that smells the alcohol on Arnold's breath. Is this a bit of foreshadowing into Dana Plato's future?

-The episodes get even creepier when Dudley and Arnold start taking pictures with the creepy Bicycle Man.

-Philip Drummond shows up to the shop when the Bicycle Man is having Dudley and Arnold over. It really is a creepy scene.

-Why do the detectives look like they stepped out of mid-70s?

-The last 10 minutes comes across as a public service announcement. The characters almost break the fourth wall while talking about child abuse. However, when I was young the last scene was important for me to understand that. Children probably learned more about child abuse and pedophiles from this episode than any in school teachings.

-Gordon Jump: You have to wonder if he ever regretted playing one of the most famous Pedo-characters on TV…He was a rather famous comedic actor on TV for a long time. And, I wonder if this hurt his career in any way.

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Launch Base Zone remix)

Yuzoboy created another good remix with MJ's Sonic 3 track Launch Base Zone with his Dangerous track. Launch Base Zone is one of those famous tracks that has MJ's style and feel throughout it. Right along with Ice Cap Zone and Carnival Night Zone, it is one of the my favorite MJ tracks from Sonic 3.

Act 1 version

Act 2 Version: This version is slightly faster than Act 1.

Michael Jackson: Dangerous (Launch Base Zone remix)

Yuzoboy created another good remix with MJ's Sonic 3 track Launch Base Zone with his Dangerous track. Launch Base Zone is one of those famous tracks that has MJ's style and feel throughout it. Right along with Ice Cap Zone and Carnival Night Zone, it is one of the my favorite MJ tracks from Sonic 3.

Act 1 version

Act 2 Version: This version is slightly faster than Act 1.

50 Cent has lost a considerable amount of weight.

It is crazy that he loss this much weight for a role. The role is for a movie called “Things Fall Apart” directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by 50 Cent and Brian Miller. He lost a 54 pounds to play the role of a character with cancer.

From MTV, (("It's myself, Mario Van Peebles, Ray Liotta, Lynn Whitfield, and it's a project that I wrote, produced and financed myself," he said of the film. "It's about a Heisman hopeful who could possibly be going to the league and everyone is assuming he's gonna make it, and then he's hit with an illness. I had a friend of mine who actually experienced cancer, and it's what motivated me to write this screenplay. You don't have to make everything personal, but that project was. That's why I committed to playing a role where I lost 54 pounds. I had to discipline myself enough until I achieved it but ... I got it." ))

50 Cent has lost a considerable amount of weight.

It is crazy that he loss this much weight for a role. The role is for a movie called “Things Fall Apart” directed by Mario Van Peebles and written by 50 Cent and Brian Miller. He lost a 54 pounds to play the role of a character with cancer.

From MTV, (("It's myself, Mario Van Peebles, Ray Liotta, Lynn Whitfield, and it's a project that I wrote, produced and financed myself," he said of the film. "It's about a Heisman hopeful who could possibly be going to the league and everyone is assuming he's gonna make it, and then he's hit with an illness. I had a friend of mine who actually experienced cancer, and it's what motivated me to write this screenplay. You don't have to make everything personal, but that project was. That's why I committed to playing a role where I lost 54 pounds. I had to discipline myself enough until I achieved it but ... I got it." ))

Hulk Hogan sues Cocoa Pebbles Cereal (Fred Flintstone)

Behold the commercial that offended Hollywood Hogan.

For some reason, Hulk found this ad very embarrassing. From ABC, ((The Hulkster says Post Foods stole his likeness to depict him suffering humiliating defeat to Bam-Bam of "Flintstones" fame.

Terry Bollea (Hulk's real name) filed the lawsuit in Tampa District Court alleging misappropriation of name and likeness and false endorsement.))

Uh, Hulk, I hate to break it to you but Bam-Bam is a cartoon character. Are you that afraid of Bam-Bam or Fred Flintstone? I can’t believe I looked up to Hulk Hogan back in the day as a hero. Now, he’s a self-centered asshole looking for the next trick to boost his waning career. He forced the cameras into his house and it helped wreck his marriage. He acted like a complete douche when his son was in jail. It is no wonder that most of the wrestlers from his era hate him.

Yeah, the ad does use his old name “Hulk Boulder” from the 70s. But something tells me the creators of the ad had no idea Hulk used that name early in his career. I think these were young ad people that never bothered to do some research for the ad and went with “Boulder” because of the Flintstones rock names.

Hulk, it’s just a parody of you. Why are you getting upset? If you’re going to sue for likeness rights, why aren’t you suing Tecmo for having a character based completely off your NWO days under the name Bass Armstrong.

People also forget that Hulk Hogan did a rather stupid ad for Honey Nut Cheerios. I guess the Hulk is more of a fan of General Mills than Post Foods. I hate to say it but this ad makes him look just as bad as the Cocoa Peddles ad.

People also forget that he had his own Cereal called Hulk Hogan WWF Superstars!

Hulk Hogan sues Cocoa Pebbles Cereal (Fred Flintstone)

Behold the commercial that offended Hollywood Hogan.

For some reason, Hulk found this ad very embarrassing. From ABC, ((The Hulkster says Post Foods stole his likeness to depict him suffering humiliating defeat to Bam-Bam of "Flintstones" fame.

Terry Bollea (Hulk's real name) filed the lawsuit in Tampa District Court alleging misappropriation of name and likeness and false endorsement.))

Uh, Hulk, I hate to break it to you but Bam-Bam is a cartoon character. Are you that afraid of Bam-Bam or Fred Flintstone? I can’t believe I looked up to Hulk Hogan back in the day as a hero. Now, he’s a self-centered asshole looking for the next trick to boost his waning career. He forced the cameras into his house and it helped wreck his marriage. He acted like a complete douche when his son was in jail. It is no wonder that most of the wrestlers from his era hate him.

Yeah, the ad does use his old name “Hulk Boulder” from the 70s. But something tells me the creators of the ad had no idea Hulk used that name early in his career. I think these were young ad people that never bothered to do some research for the ad and went with “Boulder” because of the Flintstones rock names.

Hulk, it’s just a parody of you. Why are you getting upset? If you’re going to sue for likeness rights, why aren’t you suing Tecmo for having a character based completely off your NWO days under the name Bass Armstrong.

People also forget that Hulk Hogan did a rather stupid ad for Honey Nut Cheerios. I guess the Hulk is more of a fan of General Mills than Post Foods. I hate to say it but this ad makes him look just as bad as the Cocoa Peddles ad.

People also forget that he had his own Cereal called Hulk Hogan WWF Superstars!

Gary Coleman dies at 42 (RIP Arnold Jackson)

With countless heath problems, I had a feeling Coleman was going to die this year. Health-wise, he was in very bad shape. He suffered a brain hemorrhage earlier in the week and they took him off of life support on Friday. It has become surreal to be that most of my childhood personalities have died recently. First Michael Jackson and now Coleman, there have been others that make the list too long.

Diff’rent Strokes was a huge part of my childhood. Strangely enough, I watched most of the series on its second run through syndication. They would rerun the show on a local station every weekday. I grew up watching the show and even watched the Spinoff The Facts of Life. You can go to any person my age and say, “Whatca talking about?” and they’ll know what your saying.

On the other hand, Coleman always seemed like a bitter little guy that always had a chip on his shoulder. Instead of fully embracing his typecasting as Arnold Jackson, he went around being angry to anyone that mentioned. I remember when he had a meltdown on the Surreal Life and promptly left the show as a guest star. Yet, when he needed the money, he would fall back to that character type.

Never has an actor been more important to pop culture since MJ. Coleman has been on everything from reality shows, videogames and ads. Given the way the Internet works, it is a shame he didn’t fully explore his retro fame.

It should be noted that Coleman had a relationship with Professional Wrestling. He showed up on WCW and had a famous encounter with Jeff Jarrett in a TNA battle ten years ago. I believe John Cena has some nice words to say about him. From Cena ((CeNation. Received word of gary coleman's passing. Very sad. He was a pleasure to work with. He will be missed. ))

Janet Jackson sings: I had completely forgotten that Jackson showed up on the show.

Arnold and Mr. Drummond show up on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air: I had no idea the characters from the old show appeared on Fresh Prince. One commenter states that this was the last time Conrad Bain and he appeared on screen.

Is this the only benefit of being short (boob level sights)?

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Gary Coleman dies at 42 (RIP Arnold Jackson)

With countless heath problems, I had a feeling Coleman was going to die this year. Health-wise, he was in very bad shape. He suffered a brain hemorrhage earlier in the week and they took him off of life support on Friday. It has become surreal to be that most of my childhood personalities have died recently. First Michael Jackson and now Coleman, there have been others that make the list too long.

Diff’rent Strokes was a huge part of my childhood. Strangely enough, I watched most of the series on its second run through syndication. They would rerun the show on a local station every weekday. I grew up watching the show and even watched the Spinoff The Facts of Life. You can go to any person my age and say, “Whatca talking about?” and they’ll know what your saying.

On the other hand, Coleman always seemed like a bitter little guy that always had a chip on his shoulder. Instead of fully embracing his typecasting as Arnold Jackson, he went around being angry to anyone that mentioned. I remember when he had a meltdown on the Surreal Life and promptly left the show as a guest star. Yet, when he needed the money, he would fall back to that character type.

Never has an actor been more important to pop culture since MJ. Coleman has been on everything from reality shows, videogames and ads. Given the way the Internet works, it is a shame he didn’t fully explore his retro fame.

It should be noted that Coleman had a relationship with Professional Wrestling. He showed up on WCW and had a famous encounter with Jeff Jarrett in a TNA battle ten years ago. I believe John Cena has some nice words to say about him. From Cena ((CeNation. Received word of gary coleman's passing. Very sad. He was a pleasure to work with. He will be missed. ))

Janet Jackson sings: I had completely forgotten that Jackson showed up on the show.

Arnold and Mr. Drummond show up on the Fresh Prince of Bel Air: I had no idea the characters from the old show appeared on Fresh Prince. One commenter states that this was the last time Conrad Bain and he appeared on screen.

Is this the only benefit of being short (boob level sights)?

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Hayley Williams: Nude on purpose or accident?

You can check out the actual picture here (Not safe for work) She's certainly cute in the face. But, I wouldn't say the picture is that scandalous. It's just her topless looking sexually into the camera. Now, the question is; Did she release the photo on purpose?

Hmm, hard to tell. Hayley Williams claims that the topless photo was leaked because someone hacked into her twitter page.

From MTV.com, ((The Tweet was in response to a topless photo of the 21-year-old singer that began making the rounds that day, which Williams alleged was sent out without her consent by someone who cracked her Twitpic account, but which some online reports suggested may have been accidentally posted by the singer and then quickly removed — but not before it began rocketing across the Internet. ))

Now, why would you have a nude picture floating around Twitpic (unless you're a pornstar)? On the other hand, I'm unpleasant to look at and I have zero picture of myself nude on my computer. I guess good-looking people enjoy seeing themselves naked so they have nude pictures everywhere.

Anyway, I had no idea who Hayley Williams was until this scandal broke. Congratulations, I guess.

By the way, I've listened to some of her songs and I'm not a big fan. I will give her credit for not relying on too much auto-tune or strange trance beats. And, she's not Kesha.

Hayley Williams: Nude on purpose or accident?

You can check out the actual picture here (Not safe for work) She's certainly cute in the face. But, I wouldn't say the picture is that scandalous. It's just her topless looking sexually into the camera. Now, the question is; Did she release the photo on purpose?

Hmm, hard to tell. Hayley Williams claims that the topless photo was leaked because someone hacked into her twitter page.

From MTV.com, ((The Tweet was in response to a topless photo of the 21-year-old singer that began making the rounds that day, which Williams alleged was sent out without her consent by someone who cracked her Twitpic account, but which some online reports suggested may have been accidentally posted by the singer and then quickly removed — but not before it began rocketing across the Internet. ))

Now, why would you have a nude picture floating around Twitpic (unless you're a pornstar)? On the other hand, I'm unpleasant to look at and I have zero picture of myself nude on my computer. I guess good-looking people enjoy seeing themselves naked so they have nude pictures everywhere.

Anyway, I had no idea who Hayley Williams was until this scandal broke. Congratulations, I guess.

By the way, I've listened to some of her songs and I'm not a big fan. I will give her credit for not relying on too much auto-tune or strange trance beats. And, she's not Kesha.

The Oozinator (The Return)

The board meeting

I posted about this thing a few years back, but I had to return this “toy”. After watching the ad, what parent in their right mind let their child have this thing? There just so much wrong with this product that I'm surprised Hasbro even let this thing get through the development stage. Here are a few things wrong with this product.

-It looks like a green tentacle thing from those forbidden anime videos.

-You have to pump it before shooting it.

-It shoots out goo after you pump it.

-You shoot your friends with the goo. How in the hell can this be fun for the family?

Supposedly, there were many amusing reviews for the Oozinator on Amazon.com, but the site took most of them down. However, there are two reviews still up that are funny.

(("SagaciousB": I got my 25 year-old friend this as a birthday gift. We all got to watch him open it in anticipation.

The comments made during the opening were well worth the price. My personal favorite was an additional warning: "Caution: may cause pregnancy"

A perfect gift for a college or early-20's aged friend. I would not recommend this for children.))

I have to agree with the poster.

Anonymous ((I love to ooze on my friends all the time. So satisfying. Very educational. 10/10))

I bet you do…

By the way, if you want to refill your oozinator with “ooze”, you can get it for around 4 bucks, enjoy.

If anyone shot me with the Oozinator, I'm knocking them out.

The Oozinator (The Return)

The board meeting

I posted about this thing a few years back, but I had to return this “toy”. After watching the ad, what parent in their right mind let their child have this thing? There just so much wrong with this product that I'm surprised Hasbro even let this thing get through the development stage. Here are a few things wrong with this product.

-It looks like a green tentacle thing from those forbidden anime videos.

-You have to pump it before shooting it.

-It shoots out goo after you pump it.

-You shoot your friends with the goo. How in the hell can this be fun for the family?

Supposedly, there were many amusing reviews for the Oozinator on Amazon.com, but the site took most of them down. However, there are two reviews still up that are funny.

(("SagaciousB": I got my 25 year-old friend this as a birthday gift. We all got to watch him open it in anticipation.

The comments made during the opening were well worth the price. My personal favorite was an additional warning: "Caution: may cause pregnancy"

A perfect gift for a college or early-20's aged friend. I would not recommend this for children.))

I have to agree with the poster.

Anonymous ((I love to ooze on my friends all the time. So satisfying. Very educational. 10/10))

I bet you do…

By the way, if you want to refill your oozinator with “ooze”, you can get it for around 4 bucks, enjoy.

If anyone shot me with the Oozinator, I'm knocking them out.

I have mentioned before about meeting Harlan Ellison. As today is his 76th birthday I thought it would be appropriate to cobble together my memories of that evening. So here it is: