Original LAND OF THE LOST stars' cameo scene from that stupid movie

If you've been reading this blog for a while, you know I'm a maniac for the original Land of the Lost and I hated that stupid (stupid, stupid) movie. I'd heard that the filmmakers shot a scene featuring a cameo by original series stars Wesley Eure and Kathy Coleman and then they cut it out, and I was curious to see it. Now it's online, and it's a pretty strange clip. Coleman's about two feet taller than Eure! (Did she grow up to be as tall as a Sleestak, or did Eure shrink?) Also: that voice. I guess all those years she spent screaming when she was running away from dinosaurs took a toll on her vocal cords.

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USSR MST3K

Apparently some years back Russia had its own Mystery Science Theater 3000 rip-off series, Project Popcorn. I don't know it if was funny or not, but somehow it actually managed to look even cheaper and more hotglued-together than the original.

I'd love to hear what the MST3K guys think of this thing. Something tells me they'd be more amused than annoyed by it.

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MUSIC FROM SPACE: Adriano Celentano - PRISENCOLINENSINAINCIUSO

I feel like your grandma, sending you viral videos a month or two after everybody else has gotten sick of them... But I hadn't experienced the wonder of Prisencolinensinainciuso until now, and if you've also been missing out this is a situation you must correct right now. It's a kind of proto-hip-hop glam rock thing with a beat like a freight train to Funkytown, sung in a made-up language that keeps almost turning into English without quite getting there. (There are moments when I could swear he's singing about shoes in a colorful style, but... No, probably not.)

If I didn't have errands to run, I could spend all day watching this Italian dude with a spectacular combover strut around like Mick Jagger in his prime while he hollers nonsense to a bunch of bouncy, 30-year-old schoolgirls.

For bonus fun, here's a clip of Will Smith being utterly baffled by the song. OLL RAIGTH!

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STEAMPUNK PALIN

Somebody made a comic book about a steam-powered, bionic Sarah Palin. The plot sounds even more wacky than you'd think.

I can think of several possible explanations for how this thing came to be...

* The book's creators were brainstorming one night, and they came up with a seemingly foolproof plan: Steampunk is popular, and Sarah Palin is (sadly) popular... So, steampunk + Sarah Palin = PROFIT!!!

* It started as one of those improv writing exercises where you scribble a bunch of random crap on pieces of paper, draw them out of a hat and then try to combine them into a story. So it was either Steampunk Palin or something about Lady Gaga and a rollerskating bear in a waffle house. (Actually, I think I'd much rather read that comic book.)

* Somebody has a very exotic fetish. The cyborg Sarah Palin pinup pages (Choke!) in the book would seem to bear this one out.

Come to think of it, this book may well qualify as a Hi-Fi Pizza of the Apocalypse.

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James Franco stars in THREE'S COMPANY: THE DRAMA

Now playing at Sundance, James Franco takes on the role of Jack Tripper in an indie picture that adapts the first three episodes of Three's Company as a drama. Chrissie is played by a dude in a wig, because the whole thing wasn't already weird enough.

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Spock Sunday

No Shatner Sunday this week, but please enjoy this montage of Mr. Spock finding many things fascinating.

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Guy builds MASH set in his backyard

As a pretty major MASH fan myself, I am drooling over these photos of a full-size recreation of the 4077 camp that David Dilday built in his backyard. (See one photo below.) To quote another sitcom: I want to go to there.

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Lego Da Vinci Flyer

This Da Vinci-esque flying machine is made from Legos, just because. While it flaps in a most impressive, graceful manner, it does not actually fly... But hey, Da Vinci's flying machines never actually flew, either.

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Steampunk Lightcycle!

Doctor A's custom steampunk Tron lightcycle is two great tastes that taste great together. Click pic to em-big-ulate.

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NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN

Nothing is Forgotten, via Metafilter: "A lovely little wordless comic about loss, fear, kindness, and memory." A young boy, struggling to cope with the loss of his father, encounters a mysterious presence living in the forest near his home. It's really moving, gorgeous work, which is all the more remarkable given that I gather this is one of the first comics Ryan Andrew has even completed!

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Footage from King Kong's 2010 LA attack

Last summer, to promote their new King Kong attraction, Universal Studios devised a genius PR stunt when they set up some giant footprints and other signs of Kong-esque devastation on the Santa Monica beach. This mock-news footage shows us the results, which are impressive indeed... Although I must point out that those sure don't look like gorilla feet.

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