So two main events seemed to dominate the proceedings this weekend. First, the wedding of Mike and Kerri, and second the long awaited crush of Potterpalooza
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am only at about page 350. So basically, if you've already made it to the end, kindly STFU until, oh, next Monday, lest you wish to be tossed into a lake full of inferi.
John, whenever you talk like this I'm constantly reminded of this scene in American Splendor:
Toby Radloff: It's a new film called Revenge of the Nerds. It's about a group of nerd college students who are being picked on all the time by the jocks. So they decide to take revenge. Harvey Pekar: So what you're saying is, you identify with those nerds. Toby Radloff: Yes. I consider myself a nerd. And this movie has uplifted me. There's this one scene, where a nerd grabs the microphone during a pep rally and announces that he is a nerd and that he is proud of it and stands up for the rights of other nerds. Harvey Pekar: Right on. Toby Radloff: Then he asks all the kids at the pep rally who think they are nerds to come forward, so nearly everybody in the place does. That's the way the movie ends. Harvey Pekar: Uhhmmm, so the nerds won, huh? Toby Radloff: Yes.
I was in a not so great mood Friday and I walked to Harvard to sell some more CDs to Newbury Comics, only to be met by throngs of decked out Potter-dweebs wearing capes and carrying magic wands. And that was just the childless over 50 crowd.
Yes, I saw a number of pathetic attempts by local businesses to cash in on the thing. One of the Newbury employees was wearing a plain white t shirt with "Wizard School Dropout" crudely written on the front with a black Sharpie.
I think that a lot of stores had big plans, and were then given cease and desist orders by the book's publisher. Some kind of unauthorized use of the characters thing. So I guess a lot of businesses had to do a lot of half-assed last minute shennanigans like the shirt with the black sharpie.
I wonder how Harry and the Potters get away with their special brand of copyright enfringement? Can I form a band called Mickey and the Mouses, dress up in the ears and tour Japan?
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Toby Radloff: It's a new film called Revenge of the Nerds. It's about a group of nerd college students who are being picked on all the time by the jocks. So they decide to take revenge.
Harvey Pekar: So what you're saying is, you identify with those nerds.
Toby Radloff: Yes. I consider myself a nerd. And this movie has uplifted me. There's this one scene, where a nerd grabs the microphone during a pep rally and announces that he is a nerd and that he is proud of it and stands up for the rights of other nerds.
Harvey Pekar: Right on.
Toby Radloff: Then he asks all the kids at the pep rally who think they are nerds to come forward, so nearly everybody in the place does. That's the way the movie ends.
Harvey Pekar: Uhhmmm, so the nerds won, huh?
Toby Radloff: Yes.
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Yes, I saw a number of pathetic attempts by local businesses to cash in on the thing. One of the Newbury employees was wearing a plain white t shirt with "Wizard School Dropout" crudely written on the front with a black Sharpie.
Ugh.
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