Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Oh, stuff

Stopping by in a bit of a rush today - inspiration has struck, and she is a cruel mistress. Wow, there's a sentence open to interpretation. Anyway, just two things that I've come across to drop into your amusement and edification shopping basket:

1. This link to a little collection of the worst bootlegs around. It's just very funny indeed.

2. And this, which reproduces a note the great David Mamet wrote to the writing staff of his TV show The Unit. Yes, he does write in ALL CAPS, which suggests he talks as fast as his scripts. Yes, he does make a feth of a lot of sense. File it under 'Dear Ryan writing tips'. I'm not saying it's the word of god, I'm saying chew on it.

9 comments:

frieslander said...

Zing
now to check out those links

frieslander said...

Haha lol. Some times it's amaizing tha bootlegers mack any money. They realy should find a dry country and go back to making booze.
The memo was most informative. Hope you give as good as you get vs inspiration.

Madclaw said...

Excellent! I really need to photo all of the bootleg toys I snatched up and post them somewhere. I favorite find has been the "Incredible changing robut lion thing".

Xhalax said...

The funniest by far is definitely the Star Wars one. Though the Engrish of the JayRo bag made me smile.

suneokun said...

Bootlegging in Asia is hilarious. I lived in Japan and the 'random English' used to have me laughing at soda cans, buses, shops and (mostly) people...

Its like watching your culture being digested and egressed by an alien race...not really far off.

On the Mamet thing... genius. He nailed that 'MEMO' down. Taking notes for Ultramarines, Mr Abnett?

Shadowheim said...

Hmm, I hope not - it's meant to have already be written hasn't it!?

Jack Badelaire said...

After watching Mamet's Spartan again this weekend, this memo drives home everything I love about that movie, and Mamet's works in general.

Pack_master said...

I want that Harry Obama Potter Sonic bag NOW! Filled with a Lexus-Smurf shirt.

Big said...

A guy came in the gym the pther flogging so called "Ralph Lauren" aftershave.It had a picture of a man riding a horse on the box, he said
"its from America, they call it Pony!"
well as you can imagine he got laughed out of the gym.