The Giant Rubber Stamp!
Hello, cineophiles. Welcome to a new opening at the Comfy Chair.
And yes, we at the Comfy Chair have yet another travelogue movie for you tonight. It came about during another trip to Cleveland, one we took last weekend with Mr M. Oh, but this isn't snappy car banter - this is something else!
See, back in 2005 we at the Comfy Chair had the chance to see the Giant Rubber Stamp in Cleveland. Of course we were awed, but we didn't have the Comfy Chair Cinema at that time, and couldn't give it its due. So we did just that this time around.
And in a stunning twist of events, this movie ends with a bang - a surprise none of us was expecting. So be sure to stay tuned until the end!
As with anyone's home movies, pop some popcorn (or buy some from Ethel at the popcorn stand - remember, she didn't get a raise in Social Security this year) and get a cold drink. Then sit back and enjoy "The Giant Rubber Stamp!"
Monday, October 12, 2009
Tuesday, September 8, 2009
Triple Feature!
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome back to the Comfy Chair Cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair know we've been gone a while. It's easy to explain. We at the Comfy Chair got a doggie.
It's very hard to make movies when there's a puppy bounding all over the sets, and we've been trying to get some footage together to turn the puppy into the movie, but so far when we've pointed the camera at him, he simply looks at us and goes, "Huh?"
But never fear!
We've made up for the lack of movies with a triple feature. The Cleveland Trilogy, it is, and it's a travelogue of Bet & Mr M's weekend trip to Cleveland to see the Big Air Show. And with three installments all over six minutes, there's enough to here to keep you occupied for some time, hopefully until the doggie stops looking at us and gonig, "Huh?"
So sit back, relax, get a snack and a drink (sold in the lobby for a nominal fee), and enjoy "The Road To Cleveland." Parts One, Two, and Three.
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome back to the Comfy Chair Cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair know we've been gone a while. It's easy to explain. We at the Comfy Chair got a doggie.
It's very hard to make movies when there's a puppy bounding all over the sets, and we've been trying to get some footage together to turn the puppy into the movie, but so far when we've pointed the camera at him, he simply looks at us and goes, "Huh?"
But never fear!
We've made up for the lack of movies with a triple feature. The Cleveland Trilogy, it is, and it's a travelogue of Bet & Mr M's weekend trip to Cleveland to see the Big Air Show. And with three installments all over six minutes, there's enough to here to keep you occupied for some time, hopefully until the doggie stops looking at us and gonig, "Huh?"
So sit back, relax, get a snack and a drink (sold in the lobby for a nominal fee), and enjoy "The Road To Cleveland." Parts One, Two, and Three.
Sunday, June 14, 2009
Ciao!
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome to the opening of another offering at the Comfy Chair cinema.
Talk about happy accidents. The latest film, "Ciao!" is just that.
See, the movie started out as nothing more than an experiment. We at the Comfy Chair have seen a thousand times old movies where a character is driving, and it's quite obvious that the "driving" is simply the character sitting in a stationary car and has a screen behind them containing the road and background.
And we here at the Comfy Chair wanted to see if we could do that for ourselves.
Last week WATCC got invaluable technical assistance from friend the DeepFatFriar (who will be appearing in the credits as "boa"). He came up with the camera placement idea and made it work. Afterward we had 25 minutes of car trip around B'burg that was beautiful - all that remained was editing it to a suitable length, putting a car and driver in front of it, and letting the good times roll.
However, the good times, which consisted of Comfy Chair favorite Sherman in his convertible, did not roll. Filming the finished product was fairly miserable, but was completed, edited, given titles, and wrapped up. The Comfy Chair was left with a finished movie that was over seven minutes long and not making us happy.
But sometimes things take a turn, movie lovers, and on Saturday while in B'burg, that turn came. See, we here at the Comfy Chair had gone to B'burg with more toys in tow, for we had the idea of a little "extra" to have as a companion piece to the original driving video. It would be about a minute of Sherman on his Vespa toodling through town.
WATTCC took a few minutes to film that, brought it back to the Comfy Chair Labs, and started playing with it. And realized that our seven minute original was not the newest Comfy Chair movie - this was. And so the Comfy Chair went all out and played with it some more and here is your new Comfy Chair offering.
So sit back, relax, get a snack (sold in the lobby at a nominal fee - please, we need the revenue, and after attending the real cinema last week, we at the Comfy Chair realize we're underpricing our snacks), and enjoy Sherman in "Ciao!"
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome to the opening of another offering at the Comfy Chair cinema.
Talk about happy accidents. The latest film, "Ciao!" is just that.
See, the movie started out as nothing more than an experiment. We at the Comfy Chair have seen a thousand times old movies where a character is driving, and it's quite obvious that the "driving" is simply the character sitting in a stationary car and has a screen behind them containing the road and background.
And we here at the Comfy Chair wanted to see if we could do that for ourselves.
Last week WATCC got invaluable technical assistance from friend the DeepFatFriar (who will be appearing in the credits as "boa"). He came up with the camera placement idea and made it work. Afterward we had 25 minutes of car trip around B'burg that was beautiful - all that remained was editing it to a suitable length, putting a car and driver in front of it, and letting the good times roll.
However, the good times, which consisted of Comfy Chair favorite Sherman in his convertible, did not roll. Filming the finished product was fairly miserable, but was completed, edited, given titles, and wrapped up. The Comfy Chair was left with a finished movie that was over seven minutes long and not making us happy.
But sometimes things take a turn, movie lovers, and on Saturday while in B'burg, that turn came. See, we here at the Comfy Chair had gone to B'burg with more toys in tow, for we had the idea of a little "extra" to have as a companion piece to the original driving video. It would be about a minute of Sherman on his Vespa toodling through town.
WATTCC took a few minutes to film that, brought it back to the Comfy Chair Labs, and started playing with it. And realized that our seven minute original was not the newest Comfy Chair movie - this was. And so the Comfy Chair went all out and played with it some more and here is your new Comfy Chair offering.
So sit back, relax, get a snack (sold in the lobby at a nominal fee - please, we need the revenue, and after attending the real cinema last week, we at the Comfy Chair realize we're underpricing our snacks), and enjoy Sherman in "Ciao!"
Friday, May 1, 2009
What's on TV?
Hello, Comfy Chair friends, and welcome to a new feature at the cinema.
This movie, "What's on TV," was a long time in the making. It also features some new things for me. It's certainly the most stop-motion I've ever done at a stretch. It's the first time I've built scenery. It's also the first time I've tried to time the action to the music. And the first time I've tried to link scenes together instead of doing one long continuous scene.
It features my toys, most of them are the toys I have around my office at work, a couple are from home.
And now that it's done, I'm going to go rest.
So get a snack from the lobby (sold at a nominal fee), relax, and check out "What's on TV?"
Hello, Comfy Chair friends, and welcome to a new feature at the cinema.
This movie, "What's on TV," was a long time in the making. It also features some new things for me. It's certainly the most stop-motion I've ever done at a stretch. It's the first time I've built scenery. It's also the first time I've tried to time the action to the music. And the first time I've tried to link scenes together instead of doing one long continuous scene.
It features my toys, most of them are the toys I have around my office at work, a couple are from home.
And now that it's done, I'm going to go rest.
So get a snack from the lobby (sold at a nominal fee), relax, and check out "What's on TV?"
Tuesday, April 14, 2009
Bollypeep!
Hello, Comfy Chairers, and welcome to a new movie at the cinema.
We at the Comfy Chair have been away for way too long. Life calls, we answer. But hopefully things are slowing down a bit and we can keep the cinema going, thus giving Pops the usher and Ethel the popcorn lady a job. I'd hate to let them go, what with Pops and his gout and Ethel and her trick hip and all.
Well. Tonight's feature, "Bollypeep!" is brought to you by the Claymation Studio program we were given for our birthday (thanks, Stennie) and the new webcam we bought this weekend with the last of our Christmas bonus.
It's a rollicking dance number featuring everyone's favorite Easter marshmallowy snack. It's short, but really, would you want it to go on any longer than this?
So sit back, relax, get a snack, and tap your toes to the sounds of Mohammed Rafi for "Bollypeep!"
Hello, Comfy Chairers, and welcome to a new movie at the cinema.
We at the Comfy Chair have been away for way too long. Life calls, we answer. But hopefully things are slowing down a bit and we can keep the cinema going, thus giving Pops the usher and Ethel the popcorn lady a job. I'd hate to let them go, what with Pops and his gout and Ethel and her trick hip and all.
Well. Tonight's feature, "Bollypeep!" is brought to you by the Claymation Studio program we were given for our birthday (thanks, Stennie) and the new webcam we bought this weekend with the last of our Christmas bonus.
It's a rollicking dance number featuring everyone's favorite Easter marshmallowy snack. It's short, but really, would you want it to go on any longer than this?
So sit back, relax, get a snack, and tap your toes to the sounds of Mohammed Rafi for "Bollypeep!"
Monday, February 23, 2009
Live Music!
Hello, Comfy Chairers, and welcome to another week at the cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair spent this past weekend enjoying the love that is The Hackensaw Boys. And in an effort for you to get out of your shells and go out and enjoy the love that is The Hackensaw Boys yourselves, we're posting some videos we took of Saturday's show.
This one features Shawn, known to the fold as Plang Tang Hackensaw, singing an old number called "Hope I'll Be Lucky Some Old Day." (And if one clip isn't enough for you - and really, it's not, you know it - head over to Betland to see another.)
So grab a snack (sold in the lobby, etc etc), and don't sit back as usual - we're clearing the aisles for this one so you can get up and dance.
Hello, Comfy Chairers, and welcome to another week at the cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair spent this past weekend enjoying the love that is The Hackensaw Boys. And in an effort for you to get out of your shells and go out and enjoy the love that is The Hackensaw Boys yourselves, we're posting some videos we took of Saturday's show.
This one features Shawn, known to the fold as Plang Tang Hackensaw, singing an old number called "Hope I'll Be Lucky Some Old Day." (And if one clip isn't enough for you - and really, it's not, you know it - head over to Betland to see another.)
So grab a snack (sold in the lobby, etc etc), and don't sit back as usual - we're clearing the aisles for this one so you can get up and dance.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
Kitchen Dance
Greetings, movie lovers, and welcome to another new feature at the Comfy Chair.
We at the Comfy Chair had an interesting weekend. We spent Sunday making this week's movie, "Kitchen Dance." We had an idea, a piece of music, and we prepared to let the good times roll. And we did, but things came to a dead halt when we saw our finished product. The Comfy Chair Still Camera was on the wrong setting, the lighting was bad, and the Comfy Chair's finger made several cameo appearances in the film.
And so we scrapped it. But were we at the Comfy Chair upset? Well, yeah, a little. But not so upset that we gave up. For we liked the idea and knew we could do better. And so after a very long day today, we tried again. And we think we got it.
"Kitchen Dance" is just that. It's Dance Night at The Egg, which is the name of the kitchen at the Comfy Chair's humble home, the Poderosa. And the lovely Ms Leopardskin Flask is looking to dance. And dance she does!
So sit back, grab the snack of your choice from the lobby (Lemonheads are half off this week), and enjoy this week's offering, "Kitchen Dance."
Greetings, movie lovers, and welcome to another new feature at the Comfy Chair.
We at the Comfy Chair had an interesting weekend. We spent Sunday making this week's movie, "Kitchen Dance." We had an idea, a piece of music, and we prepared to let the good times roll. And we did, but things came to a dead halt when we saw our finished product. The Comfy Chair Still Camera was on the wrong setting, the lighting was bad, and the Comfy Chair's finger made several cameo appearances in the film.
And so we scrapped it. But were we at the Comfy Chair upset? Well, yeah, a little. But not so upset that we gave up. For we liked the idea and knew we could do better. And so after a very long day today, we tried again. And we think we got it.
"Kitchen Dance" is just that. It's Dance Night at The Egg, which is the name of the kitchen at the Comfy Chair's humble home, the Poderosa. And the lovely Ms Leopardskin Flask is looking to dance. And dance she does!
So sit back, grab the snack of your choice from the lobby (Lemonheads are half off this week), and enjoy this week's offering, "Kitchen Dance."
Monday, February 2, 2009
Another Parade, More Wind-Ups
Well, hello, movie lovers, and welcome to a new week at the Comfy Chair Cinema.
It's been an odd weekend. It culminated in two important things. The first was we at the Comfy Chair admitting to our benefactor the nice new camera he gave us just doesn't work for certain things. Comfy Chair movies among them. (The benefactor was very nice about it.) And while that left us filming with the beloved Flip camera, it also left us with no program that recognized it.
However, that all-important second thing. Somewhere around midnight last night, WATCC did yet more research and may have found an answer to our problem. And we were so excited about that we just started putting together a movie then and there, which kept us up till about 2:30 am, which isn't so good as the Comfy Chair has to go to work at 9:00.
But there is a new movie, and so, well, screw work.
This week's movie is a sequel to our earlier "Wind-Ups on Parade." This time the wind-ups are from Mr M, friend and patron of the Comfy Chair. Not much to explain here, just wind them up and let them go.
So sit back, get a nice snack in the lobby (sold at a nominal fee, of course), and enjoy "Another Parade, More Wind-Ups."
Well, hello, movie lovers, and welcome to a new week at the Comfy Chair Cinema.
It's been an odd weekend. It culminated in two important things. The first was we at the Comfy Chair admitting to our benefactor the nice new camera he gave us just doesn't work for certain things. Comfy Chair movies among them. (The benefactor was very nice about it.) And while that left us filming with the beloved Flip camera, it also left us with no program that recognized it.
However, that all-important second thing. Somewhere around midnight last night, WATCC did yet more research and may have found an answer to our problem. And we were so excited about that we just started putting together a movie then and there, which kept us up till about 2:30 am, which isn't so good as the Comfy Chair has to go to work at 9:00.
But there is a new movie, and so, well, screw work.
This week's movie is a sequel to our earlier "Wind-Ups on Parade." This time the wind-ups are from Mr M, friend and patron of the Comfy Chair. Not much to explain here, just wind them up and let them go.
So sit back, get a nice snack in the lobby (sold at a nominal fee, of course), and enjoy "Another Parade, More Wind-Ups."
Monday, January 12, 2009
Girl
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome back to the Comfy Chair Cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair are still learning about our new camera, and in fact had a rather frustrating weekend trying to get things the way we wanted them. But we've soldiered ahead and are opening this week with a new movie, "Girl."
Our last film featured the dynamic Barnyard Singers. The Barnyard Singers are good boys. Nice boys. This film features - well, just like Pat Boone had his Elvis and the Beatles had their Rolling Stones, this film features the scruffy, scary rivals of the Barnyard Singers, the Guds.
The Guds are a video away from taking America by storm, and this just may be the video.
So sit back, have a snack (Ethel's popcorn is extra good this week), and enjoy the Guds in "Girl."
Hello, movie lovers, and welcome back to the Comfy Chair Cinema.
We here at the Comfy Chair are still learning about our new camera, and in fact had a rather frustrating weekend trying to get things the way we wanted them. But we've soldiered ahead and are opening this week with a new movie, "Girl."
Our last film featured the dynamic Barnyard Singers. The Barnyard Singers are good boys. Nice boys. This film features - well, just like Pat Boone had his Elvis and the Beatles had their Rolling Stones, this film features the scruffy, scary rivals of the Barnyard Singers, the Guds.
The Guds are a video away from taking America by storm, and this just may be the video.
So sit back, have a snack (Ethel's popcorn is extra good this week), and enjoy the Guds in "Girl."
Thursday, January 1, 2009
Another Grand Re-Opening!
The Barnyard Boys
Whew, it's been a while, hasn't it?
Well, we here at the Comfy Chair Cinema were starting to wonder if we'd ever open our doors again. Windows Vista didn't like the Flip camera, other video editing software didn't like the mental capacities of we at the Comfy Chair - it seemed hopeless.
And then we were benefacted with a new camera.
Which we still haven't learned all the ins and outs of.
However!
Has that stopped us before? Of course not. And so the Comfy Chair has opened its doors here on the first day of 2009 with a new movie.
"The Barnyard Boys" features a dynamic new act, The Barnyard Singers, that we at the Comfy Chair discovered on the shelf of a local Barnes and Noble. I'm sure you'll enjoy their immense vocal talents and stage presence.
Is it the best movie-making you've ever seen? Noooooo Waaaaay. But it's a start till we at the Comfy Chair can read our camera directions more and play around with the equipment in our spare time.
But please, give "The Barnyard Boys" a little of your time. 4 minutes, to be exact.
The Barnyard Boys
Whew, it's been a while, hasn't it?
Well, we here at the Comfy Chair Cinema were starting to wonder if we'd ever open our doors again. Windows Vista didn't like the Flip camera, other video editing software didn't like the mental capacities of we at the Comfy Chair - it seemed hopeless.
And then we were benefacted with a new camera.
Which we still haven't learned all the ins and outs of.
However!
Has that stopped us before? Of course not. And so the Comfy Chair has opened its doors here on the first day of 2009 with a new movie.
"The Barnyard Boys" features a dynamic new act, The Barnyard Singers, that we at the Comfy Chair discovered on the shelf of a local Barnes and Noble. I'm sure you'll enjoy their immense vocal talents and stage presence.
Is it the best movie-making you've ever seen? Noooooo Waaaaay. But it's a start till we at the Comfy Chair can read our camera directions more and play around with the equipment in our spare time.
But please, give "The Barnyard Boys" a little of your time. 4 minutes, to be exact.
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