The .Gif Friday Post No.353 – Happy Halloween!

Tim Burton's CakeTim Burton's Cake 2

“Tim Burton received this handmade cake from his animation team and it’s basically the coolest shit ever.”

[Found here. More Samhain stuff here.]

Squirrels Carve Demonic Pumpkin = WIN [Updated]

Squirrel Pumpkin Carving

[Found here. Stitched ’em all together into one gif. All I can figger is that the perp painted some honey on the pumpkin for the cheat, but the WIN is awesome.]

UPDATE: Here’s the source vid:

Dogs really hate this x 11. [updated]

eleven cans

[Found here. I cropped it.]

UPDATE: I fell for this photoshop. Found it via a Tineye search; it appeared on Reddit in 2014. Here’s another:

Hello Grubby

Grubby
According to the source of that image, this happy guy was discovered after someone cut down a cherry tree, and one of the commenters believed it to be the larva of some type of long-horned beetle. Beetles come in all shapes and sizes, and the Xixuthrus Heros is one of the largest.

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[Bottom image (with an interesting story) found in here. Related posts here and here.]

 

Saturday Matinee – Halloween Pumpkin Carving, Frank Zappa & Oingo Boingo

Nice pumpkin carving tips. I use an orange Sharpie to mark the design, and carve with a serrated fish boning knife. Pre-designed push-pin patterns are for pussies, and using a Dremel is cheating big time. BTW, this is NOT how to do it.

That’s from Frank Zappa’s MTV Halloween Show 1981 at the Palladium NY. “Doreen” is classic, with doo-wop lyrics and chord patterns done in 4/4 time. “Goblin Girl” is typical FZ snark and innuendo.

The best Halloween Band (IMO) is Oingo Boingo, and they got their start as “The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo on The Gong Show. Pure awesome.

Have a great weekend, folks. We’ll be back here tomorrow for more stupid.

 

 

 

The .Gif Friday Post No.352 – Mother Raven, The Birds & Trolling the Gulls

Mother Raven
The Birds Looped
trolling the seagulls

[Found here, here and here.]