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The TV Wheel, created by MST3K’s Joel Hodgson, featured David Cross, Paul Feig, Doug Benson, Dave ‘Gruber’ Allen, Fred Stoller and Andy Kindler with writing by Judd Apatow.

More info via Wikipedia:

The TV Wheel was a television experiment created by and starring Joel Hodgson, of Mystery Science Theater 3000 fame. Cable network HBO ordered a pilot, but ultimately passed on picking up the show. The pilot episode eventually aired once on Comedy Central as a special presentation following the last new episode of MST3K to be broadcast on that network.

The program was a sketch comedy show. A single stationary camera was mounted inside the center of a large rotating platform. As the platform rotated around the camera, a scene would come into view of the camera. The wheel would stop and a sketch would play out in the scene, which was often framed by some piece of appropriate artwork or prop (for the purposes of forced perspective). At the end of the scene, the wheel would rotate, carrying one scene out of the camera’s view and bringing another in, and a new sketch would begin in the new scene. Some scenes were self-contained on the platform, while others were open to the studio beyond the platform (and additional action would take place in the background).

In early designs, the project was known as the “X-Box” (unrelated to Microsoft’s later gaming system), and was designed as an X-shaped enclosure that would rotate around the camera.

via Frank Conniff (aka TV’s Frank from MST3K)

Many of my friends are friends with Weird Al Yankovic, and they all love him, but I have never had the pleasure of meeting the man. The other day, out of the blue, he sent me a message asking for my address so he could send me a holiday greeting. Needless to say, I was honored and touched. I just received it. and I hope it’s okay for me to post this, but I just think that especially right now, with so much unfathomably awful things at the forefront of our minds, it’s important to remember that there are pure sources of light and fun and happiness like Weird Al Yankovic. Joy to the world, indeed!

A couple art mashups of John Kricfalusi’s Ren & Stimpy mixed with Raoul Duke & Dr. Gonzo from Hunter S. Thompson’s Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas.

Artwork by Justin Smith and Alejandro Murillo.

Carrie Kelly as Robin from Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns.

Artwork by Rahzzah.

Artwork by Craig Ashforth

Community’s Abed Nadir and Troy Barnes as Inspector SpaceTime and Constable Reggie Wigglesworth in this mashup with Bill & Ted’s Excellent Adventure. Looks like they are traveling with The Greendale Human Being, Garrett Lambert, Cornelius Hawthorne, and Napoleon.

Great scene from Quentin Tarantino’s Inglourious Basterds (2009) where Col. Hans Landa (Christoph Waltz) tests Lt. Aldo Raine’s awful Italian pronunciation skills.

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Batman (Adam West) paid a visit to Memphis Wrestling in 1976 and had this memorable encounter with Jerry “The King” Lawler who was dressed in a Superman costume.

Here’s a breakdown from Comics Alliance:

#1: Adam West is clearly inebriated. And judging by the fact that he mentions that Lawler was wrestling “this morning” (and the show’s traditional 11 AM time-slot), I’m pretty sure that means that he straight up kicked off his day with a few of Alfred’s traditional breakfast cocktails.

#2: Batman is meant to be traveling incognito. And by that, I mean that he’s cold wearing a velour tracksuit, plus his mask and gloves. You want to see the whole suit? Pay your two bucks to get into the Memphis Auto Show, son.

#3: Mr. Freeze and the Penguin have teamed up to cause an unseasonably cold winter in Tennessee. That might seem ridiculous, but let’s be real here, folks: This whole “Gotham City” thing was clearly not working out for them. It only makes sense that they’d give it a go somewhere else, but true to form, they didn’t consider that their evil crime would coincide with a car show. The fatal flaw that brings down their house of cards.

#4: They Have a “Hook Up” With Jerry Lawler, the Evil King of Memphis. I have been watching professional wrestling for my entire life, and never have I seen a heel so evil that he would team up with actual super-villains in order to secure a victory in the ring. At long last, Jerry Lawler, have you no decency?!

#5. Jerry Lawler? Full Superman costume. Adam West? Tracksuit plus cowl. No wonder he seems a little grumpy that the short-tied interviewer is asking him what’s up with his outfit.

#6. “I’ve heard about your box.” I have not actually been able to verify this, but apparently, the box contained Frankenstein. No joke.

#7. Batman’s Pal, Soup. See #1 above.

#8. Batman’s other pal, Spidey-Baby. If we get nothing else from the DC Reboot, I want Batman to start talking about this. And maybe explain why Spider-Man would give a crap about any of this.

#9. Batman’s Endorsement of Turn-Signals. Who knew that was all it took to be a good person?

#10. Bat-Fans or Rednecks? Guys, as someone who worked in a comic book store in South Carolina for six years, I can assure you that it is possible to be both.

Read More: http://www.comicsalliance.com/2011/06/09/batmans-1976-pro-wrestling-encounter-with-jerry-the-super-king/#ixzz2FF65yNN3

Smash TV presents MEMOREX

STARRING RONALD McDONALD

Memorex is the advertising industry’s collective wet dream. The sequel to Smash TV’s critically acclaimed “Skinemax”, Memorex is a 50 minute VJ odyssey, a tribute to an entire generation who grew up with only a TV and a VCR for a babysitter.

Sourced from over forty hours of 80s commercials pulled from warped VHS tapes, Memorex is a deep exploration of nostalgia and the fading cultural values of an era of excess. It’s a re-contextualization of ads – cultural detritus, the lowest of the low – into something altogether more profound, humorous, and at times, even beautiful.

Digging up long forgotten memories for a generation who spent their formative years glued to the boob tube, Memorex is a veritable nostalgia nuke for children of the 80s. Endless beach parties, Saturday morning cartoons, claymation everything, sleek cars, sexy babes, toys you forgot existed, station idents, primitive computer animation, all your favorite sugary cereal mascots, and so much more. An ode to the hyper consumerism and sleek veneer of a simpler time.

The audio provides a perfect accompaniment to the warped and weirdly nostalgic footage, like finding your favorite cassette from childhood after it’s been baking in the sun for 25 years. An authentic audio/visual package, Memorex was designed to look and feel like the real deal. The ultimate VHS tape.

Is it a lost cultural relic, melted to the dash of an ’83 Nissan Sentra?

Is it a sinister government experiment, designed to brainwash children into becoming consumer slaves?

Is it the pinnacle of blipverts, sent back in time from 20 minutes into the future?

Is it the holy grail of unlabeled VHS tapes, tucked away in the back room of an abandoned Blockbuster?

Is it live, or is it Memorex?

We didn’t create your childhood, we just organized it for you. How to brainwash an entire generation.
OBEY. CONSUME. THIS IS YOUR GOD.

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Tracklist:

Memorex Intro
VHS Head – Ident
Boxcutter – TV Troubles
Cuticle – Towel
Leyland Kirby – Neon Lit Atoms
Peaking Lights – Synthy
Hype Williams – Mitsubishi
Boards Of Canada – On A Rolling Sea
LA Vampires Featuring Matrix Metals – So Unreal
Rene Hell – Bordes Of Heaven
Laurie Anderson – O Superman (Smash TV Rewind)
VHS Head – Seen Enough
Outer Limits Recordings – Julie
Boards Of Canada – Dave (I’m A Real Traditionalist)
Ford & Lopatin – Rock Center Paranoia
Hype Williams – Businessline
LA Vampires Goes Ital – Tons Of Love
Boards Of Canada – Iraq Says / Nine-Rubber Wisdom
Niggas With Guitars – Milky White
Loverboy – When It’s Over (Brian E Remix / Smash TV Rewind)
Thompson Twins – If You Were Here (Smash TV Rewind)
Memorex Outro

Download the higher quality MP3 here

Also check out Smash TV’s mixtape tribute to 80s late night TV: Skinemax

• Cover art for Uncanny X-Force vol. 2 #1. Artwork by Olivier Coipel.
  

In the mid-’90s Kevin Eastman, co-creator of TMNT, drew concept art for a fourth live-action Ninja Turtle movie tentatively titled TMNT: The Next Mutation. The film never happened, but we can now see the concept art which was recently put up for auction. Some of his character ideas included a fifth turtle named after Jack Kirby, Casey Jones with “electric hands”, an evil nsfw version of April O’Neil, and the return of Super Shredder obviously.

Check out a few of them below. You can see the rest at CBM.

• Monkey Ikea Beast Jesus – Boing Boing