The Adventures of Accordion Guy in the 21st Century

This weekend, I’m flying down to Boston, and from there Wendy and I

will drive to the home of our friends Rachel “Velveteen Rabbi”

Barenblat and Ethan “Global Bacontarian” Zuckerman. Rachel will be the

rabbi at our wedding (with AKMA as the Christian ambassador), and we’ll

be there to discuss how we’re going to blend Filipino and Jewish

traditions in the ceremony.

There may also be some pre-marriage

counselling involved. Wendy and I have already done our homework; we’ve

listened to this 1950’s recording, The Marriage Union [4.3MB MP3]. Hey, Rachel, maybe you’d like to give this a listen  — y’know, just so we’re all on the same page…

Apparently, back in the 1950s, they thought they could get away

with an adult voice-acting the

part of an adolescent girl. Give it a listen, but be warned — this

piece is so full of treacle and cheese that you might want to keep an

insulin shot handy.

At GheeHappy.com

(ghee is Indian clarified butter), you’re going to find a goregously

cute site devoted to Indian culture. The artwork is gorgeous, from the highly stylized rendition of the Hindu gods to the playful typography that gives the site an India flavour without falling into cliche.

GheeHappy is the creation of Sanjay Patel, who in addition to having an interesting site also has an interesting job: he works at Pixar.

Here are some of his renditions of the Hindu gods…

Ganesha. “Please do not offer my god a peanut.”

Kali. This looks like what will happen to me if I am late to pick up Wendy from the aiport again.

Rama. He bears a striking resemblance to Roger Ramjet in both name and appearance.

Shiva. For the destroyer of worlds, he’s pretty cute.

“Launch lucrative toys!…erm, I mean, fighters!”

If you know where to look, you can find both the script and the comic book adaptation of the upcoming Star Wars installment, Revenge of the Sith…

“I have you now, Saruman!…er, I mean, Count Dooku!”

Anyone know where I can get my hands on any of those old Warner

Brothers cartoons featuring Spike the bulldog and Chester the terrier?

Their cartoons always start with Chester bouncing around Spike, going

“C’mon, Spike, let’s do somethin’!”. Chester would suggest an activity, to which Spike respond with a “Naaaah!” and

slap Chester, who would fly backwards into a nearby wall. Chester would chuckle, brush himself off and say

“Yeah, that was a dumb idea,” then look at the camera and say “I like

Spike, ’cause Spike’s my friend!”

If you know where I can find these — either online or if it was ever

released for sale on video or DVD, let me know in the comments!