Life Imitates Art
The other day, I posted some Friar-O-Lantern cartoons. One made a reference to 2001 Space Odyssey:
Well, last night, after the trick-or-treating was done and his kids in bed, Brett came over, and he brought over a real-life version.
Best. Friar-O-Lantern. Ever.
Well done, Brett. (He even got the quote right). Eyeteaguy will be proud.
It was the perfect accessory to our decadent evening of beer, Zesty-Mordant Nachos, left-over candy and a bad Zombie movie.
Tags: cartoon, halloween, bad movies, trick-or-treat, friar-o-lantern
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November 1, 2009 at 12:53 pm
Geez, I have to be the first to comment
a bit of back story, one of the kids kicked this particular pumpkin off the steps last week, before I carved it.
So it had a little “wound” about centre of the elliptical hole I ended up carving in it.
That part started to soften and rot a bit. I didn’t know how I’d carve it up but then when I saw the Friar-O-Lantern… perfect for a geek like me.
November 1, 2009 at 1:52 pm
@ Brett – GEEK!
November 1, 2009 at 4:38 pm
You know it baby…
November 1, 2009 at 5:54 pm
I used to have a boss named Dave, he also liked 2001.
But he used to hate coming into my office to ask me to do somehting. “I’m sorry Dave, but I’m afraid I can’t do that”
EyeHALguy
P.S. Nice pumpkin, gib it to me.
November 1, 2009 at 6:00 pm
“These are the Daves I know, I know…these are the Daves I know…”
November 1, 2009 at 8:43 pm
Looking forward to more Friar-o-lanterns next year. Hope you had a good halloween
November 1, 2009 at 8:50 pm
Friar… Mmmm Caramilk AND Zesty Nachos.
@Brett… you’ve done the environment proud, recycling that damaged pumpkin for the good of art. Nicely done!
November 1, 2009 at 9:08 pm
@Davina,
Hey, I have to make up for my dog ownership (I read recently, someone was trying to say owning a dog has a greater footprint than owning an SUV… to which I say “bullshit” but anyway…)
November 1, 2009 at 9:51 pm
@Brett
That Brett-O-Lantern made my Halloween!
@Karen
I thought I was the GEEK!
Next thing you know, you’ll be calling Brett an Enema Bag.
@Eyeteaguy
If you want it, I can mail it to you (though it might get a little smelly).,
Better yet, how about we put together a few coat-hangers and a plastic man, and sell it as a “2001 Space Odyssey” kit for $29.99.
@Don
The trick-or-treating part of the Halloween kind of sucked. Like I commented on your blog, I only had 8 kids, and they were all teenagers. Most of them without costumes.
But the evening was a lot more fun after Brett showed up with his pumpkin, and we drank beer and watched scary movies.
Too bad you didn’t live closer. We’d have had you over for a few glasses of rye. I think you’d enjoy an evening chatting with us.
@Davina
And you forgot the BEER…Mmmm. Chocolate. Nachos. And Beer. A winning combination.
And of course, the left-over candy’s half price today.
@Brett
Walt does this a lot of little carbon-based piles everywhere. But as much as an SUV? No, somehow I doubt that.
I bet you the people who say that are the Big Oil Companies, and the Hummer Dealers.
November 1, 2009 at 9:56 pm
@ Brett – ENEMA BAG! (Friar made me)
(Did anyone catch my ‘Kids in the Hall’ reference? I need validation.)
November 1, 2009 at 10:32 pm
@Karen
Ahh..so THAT’s where I heard that from!
(Sorry, it’s been a while since I saw that show).
Now…I’m SQUISHING your HEAD!
November 2, 2009 at 3:24 pm
Best version ever!
November 2, 2009 at 3:25 pm
WordPress ate my link!
http://www.stupidvideos.com/video/song_dance/2001_Space_Odyseey_School_Band_Performance/
Eyeteaguy
November 2, 2009 at 6:26 pm
@Eyeteaguy
AHAHAHAHHAH!
Oh, Lord.
That is SO bad.
And I can identify. I used to be in a really shitty school band too.
(I played clarinet, if you can believe that). And I was almost as good as the kids in that video.