Double Feature!

The Script Ohio

Hello, cinema fans, and welcome back to another week at the Comfy Chair Cinema.

Ahh, marching bands. As you all know, we here at the Comfy Chair Cinema love our marching bands. And where marching bands are concerned, nothing has ever or will ever beat the grand tradition of Ohio State University's "Script Ohio." For the uninitiated, the band spells out "Ohio" not by all heading to their assigned spots on the field, but by banding together to actually write it out in cursive. I can't imagine there's anyone out there who hasn't seen it, but just in case, here you go.

We at the Comfy Chair have toyed with the idea of the Script Ohio more than once. When we made "Kisses Regiment" lo those many months ago, we wanted to incorporate script into the mix. It was quickly realized that with our small knowledge of stop-motion that would take upwards of 15 years, and so we just doffed our caps to the OSU band in the dotting of the i.

Then it was Mr M's idea to forge ahead with a stop-motion Script Ohio using pennies, he was keen to help, then he too realized it was just too big an undertaking.

But Mr M had a contingency plan!

He himself volunteered to star in this week's movie, which is a rendering of the Script Ohio like you've never seen before.

So sit back, grab a snack and a drink (sold in the lobby at a nominal fee), and enjoy "The Script Ohio." And please, I beseech you. You will not want to miss the entry below this one, the second part of our double feature - "The Script Ohio: The Outtakes." You'll be sorry if you do.