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The Making of The Blogfather

Tuning Spork has salvaged some discarded footage from the production of The Blogfather and used it to produce a unique look behind the scenes.

My life is now complete.

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Doctor Blog

In Episode 14 of The Blogfather: Doctor Blog, Glenn Reynolds discovers that it isn't easy being a heron. Also, the real reason behind the recent lack of Bleatage.

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The Other Shoe

According to news.com.com.com, the other shoe has finally dropped, and it's a size 13 steel-capped boot. IBM has countersued SCO for patent infringement and business interference. A major difference between the two suits is that IBM specifically name the patents involved, where SCO can't even decide if their suit regards copyright, patent or trade secret infringement. If you were wondering why IBM hadn't responded earlier, it would seem that they were combing through their vast patent library to see just what they could nail SCO with.

IBM have also pointed out that since SCO themselves distributed the Linux kernel, SCO is specifically prohibited from claiming any rights to the Linux kernel code under the terms of the GPL (GNU Public License).

Apparently Novell, the company that sold Unix to SCO (after buying the rights from AT&T themselves) are also considering suing SCO.

Dogpile!

(via Slashdot)

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Blogtrends

We all know that D.Filmania is sweeping the blogosphere. Recent victims include:

Susie, suffering a relapse with Paul made me cry
Tiger who has became a repeat offender with Behind the Behind
Silverblue, who notes that UR Heart's Not In It
And Ith with her three-parter, When Asshats Attack

You'd think that someone like Glenn Reynolds would be all over such an important story, but no, he's out driving his RX-8 or quoting James Lileks on the Californian recall story. (If you haven't been following this one, it seems that the entire state of California has been recalled due to defective wiring.)

When will the InstaBot get with the real story? Oh, that's right, Susie flamed him into robot crispies. Which means... Who's running InstaPundit?!

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For Your Blog Only

Everything becomes clear - or at least, slightly less murky - in Episode 13 of The Blogfather: For Your Blog Only.

Not actually appearing in this film are Mickey Kaus, Andrew Sullivan, Eugene Volokh, Michele of A Small Victory, and Dave Barry.

Newcomers can find the rest of the series here.

Meanwhile, Susie (or possibly her robot twin, it's hard to tell) reports on the latest bloggers to fall victim to D.Film.

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Hail Empress Condi

Her Imperial Highness, Condi, has declared war on Saint Helena, Saint Kitts and Nevis (is that in Scotland?), Saint Lucia, Saint Pierre and Miquelon (sounds French. Good call, Condi), Saint Vincent and the Grenadines (sounds like a really lousy band. Paging Dave Barry...), Samoa, San Marino, Sao Tome and Principe (are they anything like The Captain and Tenille? If so, they deserve it.), Saudi Arabia (our friends!), Senegal, Serbia and Montenegro (seems rather pointless), Seychelles (she shells Seychelles from off the sea shore), Sierra Leone, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia (are you trying to tell me that Slovakia and Slovenia are two different countries?), Solomon Islands, Somalia (another pointless exercise), South Africa, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands (at least the troops won't go hungry), Spain (hang on, Spain?), Spratly Islands (whatly islands?), Sri Lanka (where the tea comes from), Sudan (and Coupe as well), Suriname, Svalbard (and his half-brother Aethelbard), Swaziland (perhaps because it sounds like you-know-who-land), Sweden (commies had it coming!), Switzerland (see Sweden), and last but probably least, Syria.

Yes, it's another In My World by Frnak, but I'm not linking to him right now.

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You Only Blog Twice

Today's episode of The Blogfather, number, um, twelve, is called You Only Blog Twice.

And you thought James Lileks' server had crashed! Only Ambient Irony brings you the real story!

Don't forget my Blurb Contest! You too can appear in a poorly-conceived cartoon dressed as a heron! C'mon, who else offers you that sort of opportunity?

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Blurb Me!

Glenn (Reynolds) continues to link to movie blurbs you're not likely to see, but fails to link to his own life story.

So, I'm having a blurb contest! The winner - to be decided by a poll, of course - gets a cameo in an upcoming episode of The Blogfather. Or, if the winner happens to be Susie, Jennifer, Tiger, Kevin, Frnak or Glenn (Reynolds) himself (all of whom feature already and are scheduled for further appearances), they will get... Um, I'll think of something. But it will be cool! Whatever it is.

You can blurb any episode of The Blogfather, the four previous short films, or any of the prequels by Jennifer and Susie.

The sort of thing I'm looking for is:

Contains more robotic Glenn Reynolds than most recent Hollywood features.

Or

Possibly the only film featuring a spaceship controlled by a vending machine labelled in Ancient Greek.

Only funnier. Right?

Blurb away! Leave them in the comments, or email me if you want to keep your genius hidden from your competitors.

Update:

In answer to Susie's question (see comments), I was thinking of review blurbs, particularly nasty review blurbs, the art of the subtle put-down, back-handed compliment, damning with faint praise and all that, but advertising blurbs are also welcome if they are funny.

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Texas Tiger

Tiger found this poem which describes how Texas came to be... Texas, but couldn't find the author of the poem. Using my Super Googling Power™ (and a certain amount of persistence), I tracked down this page which attributes the poem to E. U. Cook. Searching on this name unfortunately produces vast amounts of cruft from some Euroweenie named Cook, but more persistence found this page about The First Mortgage, also by one E. U. Cook, containing this poem:

Author's Preface

Now reader, go along with me,
Away back to Eternity;
Go back beyond the days of youth,
Where everything that was, was truth.

Beyond the sorrow and the tears,
Beyond the suffering and fears,
Beyond the anguish and the gloom,
Beyond the shadow of the tomb.

Beyond all trouble and all pain,
Beyond all losses and all gain,
Beyond all sobs and bitter sighs,
Beyond the limit of the skies.

Before there was a ray of light,
Before there was a day or night,
Before a prayer was ever prayed,
Before the world was ever made.

Before there was a moon, or sun,
Before old time itself begun;
Before there was a now, or then,
Before there was a where, or when.

Before there was a 'here', or 'there',
Or anything, or anywhere;
Go back a hundred thousand years,
And farther still, though filled with fears.

Go back until within the past,
You fail to find the place at last
Where the beginning you can see,
At one end of Eternity.

Go back until there's not a trace
Of anything, but God and space;
God all around, below, above;
Unlimited in power and love.

Away back here removed from sight,
Where everything that was, was right;
Away back here removed from sin,
Is where my story does begin.

The style of which seems to clinch the question. Google does indeed know everything - except what question you need to ask it...

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West Sidestory

While you're waiting for your next helping of The Blogfather, take a look at these works from two fine young independent filmmakers:

First, When Frnak Attacks by Jennifer.
Then Cruisin' by Susie.
And then A New Hope by Jennifer again.

Update:

And then Frnak Lives! by Susie again.

And then there's No Moonies for Oil, which is by Susie* but is found on Tiger's blog. (And is now to be found on Susie's blog too.)

Update:

And then again, there's Idle Chatter by Jennifer once more.

Update:

Somehow I missed Presidential Fun Facts! by Tuning Spork. This has now been corrected.

Update:

And now Tiger has got into the act with Frnak Must Die!

I'm not sure exactly where these fit into the plot... Presumably before Susie and Jennifer were abducted by Movable Frnak.

*Random linkage again.

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