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April 13, 2006

Thunberdirds Ikimashoo!

Thunberdirds [link] is an odd and mildly disturbing Japanese parody of Gerry Anderson's classic television puppet show, Thunderbirds. My Japanese is far too rusty to make any sense out of the dialogue, but I really don't think it matters. Lemme tell ya, I'll be seeing those fake lips in my nightmares tonight.

In addition to this clip, YouTube is a treasure trove of Supermarionation-related trivia and oddities. Check it out:

Reservoir Thunderbirds: a Reservoir Dogs mash-up [link]
The Making of Thunderbirds documentary [link]
Stingray Intro [link]
Terrahawks Intro [link]

There's a lot more, but you can find it yourself.

April 6, 2006

Unbekannte Flugobjekte

Once again, the Cartoonist proves that he has cooler junk than I do by posting these ultra-fab scans of UFO-abilia found in boxes lying around his house. I'm going down to my tiki bar to drink Zombies, play pinball, and sulk now.

[Link: UFO television book]
[Link: UFO trading card album]