Hi!
Just watched a ep of Simpsons when Bart was the "I didn't do it boy".. In that there was a short gameshow bit where one of the contenders was someone famous' head in a jar... That made me wonder when heads in jars first occurred, until now I thought that it was something futuristic Futurama only thingie...
Best Wishes Thomas
<< Just watched a ep of Simpsons when Bart was the "I didn't do it boy".. In that there was a short gameshow bit where one of the contenders was someone famous' head in a jar... That made me wonder when heads in jars first occurred, until now I thought that it was something futuristic Futurama only thingie... >>
It's been done in many old sci-fi movies ages ago. I'm sure some others on the group can give you complete lists of them. ;-)
In article , Saturn S. Padua wrote:
that's Kitty Carlisle. She's probably most famous for being one of the four celebrity panelists on a popular 1950s/60s game show called_To Tell The Truth_ , in which they were presented with three people who all claimed to be the same person, and had to figure who was the real deal by asking them questions.
As to what she did to have her be a celebrity, I think she was a minor actress.
i figured it started after world war 2 when people thought that they were keeping hitlers brain alive in a jar somewhere in paraguay
wrote in message news:q%2Q8.2082$[email]...
That idea came from the schlock B-movie, "They Saved Hitler's Brain", which some people have called the worst film ever made. (Search for the DVD review at amazon.com). Groening is certainly familiar with it as shown by references in the Simpsons. For example, Bart plays a video game called "Save Hitler's Brain" in one episode.
but where did they get the idea for that movie
it was a common urban legend
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 15:45:14 GMT, [email] spewed forth:
Uh, cite ? I sincerely doubt anyone truly thought there was a living brain in a jar somewhere.
<< I sincerely doubt anyone truly thought there was a living brain in a jar somewhere. >>
There was a conspiracy theory in the 1970's which said that after WWII, Hitler and some of his men had escaped to Argentina, then to the South Pole, where they went inside of the earth and established a military colony that developed flying saucers. This is true; they even went as far to say that Admiral Byrd went to the Pole with military equipment from the Allies and attempted to defeat them, but lost the battle.
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:11:43 GMT, "Robert J. Muldoon" spewed forth:
You know, I tried to think of a better reply, but all I can manage is this - :|
Rev. Bleech_ wrote in news:[email]:
Don't you listen to Weird Al? From the song 'Midnight Star':
"They're keeping Hitler's brain alive inside a jar"!
Howard
On 21 Jun 2002 04:39:05 GMT, Howard Wilson II spewed forth:
DAMMIT. Foiled again by that magnificent bastard
=v= "But when you put it in the body of a great white shark, uh-uhh, suddenly you've gone to far!" <_Jym_>
=v= "But when you put it in the body of a great white shark, uh-uhh, suddenly you've gone too far!" <_Jym_>
Yeah, I think that's totally it. In addition to the Epistemology 101 problem of "how do I tell I'm not just a brain in a vat?" (a la The Matrix).
I'm not sure where the concept of *live*, complete heads-in-jars with full sensory contact with the world seems to have come from, though.
In article ,
Ron Popiel... "Hi, I'm the head of Ron Popiel. I invented the technology for keeping human heads alive in jars indefinitely".
not the first, but what about steve martin's "the man with two brains"? didn't he put wax lips on a brain in a jar so he could kiss it?
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On 22 Jun 2002 14:21:27 GMT, [email] (Wetlab2) wrote:
That movie was totally under-rated. I thought the "drunk test" scene was a classic.
Yes, he did indeed. Well, he put the lips on the jar, not the brain.
--Larry
On Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:20:41 +0100, "JC" spewed forth:
And my personal fave, Abe's "They'll never save your brain now, Hitler !"
On or about Thu, 20 Jun 2002 14:20:41 +0100, JC made the sensational claim that:
I remember an old b&w movie which featured a bodyless woman's head, and I *think* a man's as well. It was parodied in another movie I can't recall the name of, but the heads ended up on dog bodies.
"LooseChanj" wrote in message news:R4vQ8.13791$[email]...
Mars Attacks!
;)
<< Mars Attacks! >>
Yeesh! Talk about MST3K material....
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 02:53:54 GMT, "Robert J. Muldoon" spewed forth:
heh, well that was kind of the point...
-Bleech_ (who still thinks it was a better alien invasion movie than Independence Day)
<< who still thinks it was a better alien invasion movie than Independence Day >>
"The Deadly Mantis" was better!
If they're talking about the movie I think they're talking about, then it WAS made into an episode of MST3K...
I know for sure, there is an episode of MST3K using a movie I believe was called "The Head That Wouldn't Die" or something to that effect...
On or about Fri, 21 Jun 2002 03:16:13 +0200, Thomas Andersson made the sensational claim that:
Oh for pete's sake, how did I ever forget that.
In article , LooseChanj wrote:
perhaps _The Brain That Wouldn't Die_? With that mad scientist who was keeping his fiancee's head in what looked like a cake pan full of alcohol. That one was so bad it wound up being on both _Elvira_ and _MST3K_ !
" boy, does she have a chip on her shoulder! Oh, sorry....." - Crow T. Robot commenting on _The Brain That Wouldn't Die_
Ah yes, that's the one to which I was referring...
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 07:43:41 GMT, Hundsfurtz wrote:
Plan 9 was indeed voted the worst ever, but that is still just a collective opinion. Destroy All Monsters is considered worst by some. If you watch Win Ben Stein's Money regularly, "Showgirls" has also been mentioned.
Since the higher the ideals of the movie's producer, the further it has to fall, I would nominate "Billy Jack Goes to Washington". If "The Trial of Billy Jack" was "Citizen Kane", then "Billy Jack Goes to Washington" would still suck.
As for the brain in a jar concept. Didn't Mary Shelley use that in the original "Frankenstein"? I've seen in a few movie versions, but I have never read the original.
--Larry
In article , Larry wrote:
though I'm a huge _Plan 9_ fan, there's a movie even more wretched than that - _The Creeping Terror_. Everything that could've went wrong did go wrong - the monsters were basically a carpet with college kids underneath it (you can even see their running shoes!), they lost the soundtrack so they got a driver's ed instructor to narrate the action. And the acting was more wooden than the utility shelf display at IKEA.
Apparently the story behind the film was more entertaining - it was all done by a slick con man who tricked the town of Lake Tahoe into investing in what he claimed would be the ultimate horror movie. He actually charged the actors and scriptwriter money for the privilege to work on his film! And the suckers came, the guy had to work in some mass carnage scenes in which all the "actors" were eaten in one gulp by the monster, despite the fact that it was so unwieldly they could've easily outrun it.
You know, if Mel Brooks hadn't used this con as the basis for _The Producers_, he should've.
"And what's you're favorite scary movie?" "_Showgirls_" - SCREAM 2
On Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:40:47 -0500, Daniel Dreibelbis wrote:
The Creeping Terror was certainly a smoldering pile of dog droppings. The "advantage" that Plan 9 has is that Ed Wood thought he was making an important point. Sort of "if we keep making bigger weapons, we'll piss off the aliens". The makers of "Attack of Some College Students Under a Shag Rug" knew very well they were making a piece of garbage.
Another of my personal favorites is "The Terror of Tiny Town". In general a forgettable western with two ranches feuding over some cattle rustling. Complete with a Romeo & Juliet style love interest. What made it memorable was the decision to cast the entire movie with midgets. They couldn't afford to build their own sets, so they ran around in full size buildings and rode ponies. The producers envisioned a whole series of movies using all midgets, but never broke even on the first one.
--Larry
To learn more about bad movies, read "The Golden Turkey Awards".
On or about Fri, 21 Jun 2002 09:17:28 GMT, Larry made the sensational claim that:
No, as a matter of fact, the original novel had absolutely no grave robbing, or even any implication human bodies were used at all. The "monster" was portrayed as an original construction, what anyone nowadays would call an android.
"Saturn S. Padua" wrote in message news:[email]...
When I first heard that the head-in-a-jar thing was going to be frequently used on Futurama, I thought it would get old fast. They still manage to write some good head-related jokes, but some of them are overused (breaking the jars of unpopular celebrities) or just not very funny ("Bravehead"? What 10-year-old came up with that?).
Nathan wrote:
Well, we only know the current celebs.. for the others we'd have to make them up.. and that would make the show unrealistic ;) ;)
On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 03:42:30 GMT, "Nathan" spewed forth:
More importantly, how the hell did they re-animate Nixon's head ?
Rev. Bleech_ wrote:
Yeah, and even more important: _WHY_?
Florian
"Florian Lambers" wrote in message news:[email]...
For the Hall of Presidents in the Head Museum. Gotta Collect 'em All!!!
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:25:57 +0200, Florian Lambers spewed forth:
Maybe he never really died in the first place. I always had my suspicions.
Good to see Washington was still so well-preserved though
On Tue, 2 Jul 2002 17:25:57 +0200, Florian Lambers wrote:
Perhaps as a bad example. Or, by the time they brought him back, they had forgotten what he really was.
Naturally, they'd need all the presidents, but someone else already said that.
--Larry
Hi!
Just watched a ep of Simpsons when Bart was the "I didn't do it boy".. In that there was a short gameshow bit where one of the contenders was someone famous' head in a jar... That made me wonder when heads in jars first occurred, until now I thought that it was something futuristic Futurama only thingie...
Best Wishes Thomas