Sun, November 25, 2012

Flopcast 029: Jolly Green Unmentionables

Kornflake attends a Wazzumhog party (not sure of the spelling on that — and AutoCorrect did NOT help); Kevin and a bunch of other comic book geeks invade the Norman Rockwell Museum for an Alex Ross exhibition; Kornflake prepares for Bad Movie Night, which will hopefully feature Mindy Cohn; we are freaked out by Pinchy the Split Lobster; and we present a Top 4 ½ List of our favorite giants. (Why didn't Paul Bunyan make the list? Maybe because in reality, he stood just five feet tall. It's true. Check Snopes.)

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Show Notes

This week's guest ID was provided by Marian Call, featuring "Good Morning Moon" from her album Something Fierce.

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"Heroes & Villains: The Comic Book Art of Alex Ross" is a wonderful exhibition at the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. (It'll be there through February 24, 2013, if you're up for a geeky road trip.) Here's an excellent group of costumers we met at the opening reception: Scarlet Witch, Zatanna, Wonder Girl, and Captain Marvel.

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Here, you should be freaked out too. Pinchy, a super-rare "split lobster," is our Lobster in the News.

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Top 4 ½ Giants:

Andre the Giant was Kornflake's #2 pick (for his role in The Princess Bride) and Kevin's #4 pick (for his portayal of an alien robot Bigfoot on The Six Million Dollar Man, as illustrated below by Alex Ross).

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Jolly Green Giant statue in Blue Earth, Minnesota:

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Can you spot Apache Chief and Giganta in these gorgeous Alex Ross paintings?

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An artist's depiction of a hypergiant star. (Note: we may have added one element to this picture.)

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The Giant Chicken (with its trusty bottle of Joe Chickenhead's Angry Glögg):

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Herman the German Giant Rabbit (and yes, he's still on Myspace):

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They Might Be Giants: