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Ninja Turtles Bike Safety PSA.

I mentioned this ad in an old article, but figured a lot of you would enjoy seeing it for yourself. It's an early 90s PSA starring Michaelangelo of the Ninja Turtles, who was absolutely shocked...SHOCKED! Shocked...by the level of bike-related negligence spewed forth by his legions of wish-they-had-a-shell fans. Yes folks, it's the Ninja Turtles on bike safety.

I can't tell if the original voice actor was used, but if not, the new guy did his homework. Mikey retains his slimy charm and penchant for calling everything awesome, but speaks in a noticeably subdued manner. His words are uncharacteristically spaced; he even looks a bit apprehensive. The message is simple enough -- wear your bike helmet or suffer an unimaginable fate. Click here to watch the magic. Please take note of Michaelangelo's indisputably apologetic "cowabunga" thrown in at the end of the spot. He knew he wasn't supposed to do things like this.

New Survey Yay: Recommend a movie you don't believe many people have seen / would have bothered to see. I'll start: Mother, starring Albert Brooks. Groan all you want. Where else can you see Debbie Reynolds coin the phrase "bullshit jam?"

Posted by Matt on 09/07/2004. E-mail me!



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I love coming to X-E and getting little surprises like this. :)

Chestnuts roasted by Random @ 09/07/2004 10:49 PM

wow, I look at the blog, see nothing new, spend 4 hours looking at last year’s Halloween countdown and like magic, there’s a new post!

Sadly I am not first though.

As for the movie…hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm….mmmmmmmmm…I dunno if this is cultier than I imagine, but "The Incubus" is pretty good. I know of two named thusly, and the one starring William Shatner is by far the superior. But there’s a method to watching it: you have to read the subtitles aloud (that’s right, I said subtitles, because Shatner speaks Esperanto, I kid you not) and add the word "naked" to the end of every sentence. You’d be surprised how many times you say "naked naked" because it’s just written that way.

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 09/07/2004 10:53 PM

Josie and the Pussycats. Actually, honestly, I swear to God my favorite movie. I make myself look stupider here everyday, don’t I?

Chestnuts roasted by Knegative @ 09/07/2004 11:01 PM

"Mother" wasn’t a bad movie, I’ve seen it but "Defending Your Life" is a better one

Chestnuts roasted by Mr King @ 09/07/2004 11:03 PM

"The Boondock Saints" is a great movie. That’s not an opinion.

And "Mother" was a big disappointment, although I was probably expecting too much from it since it cost me $8.95 on VHS.

Chestnuts roasted by KSyn @ 09/07/2004 11:11 PM

The Cube….it’s an older sci-fi movie…not sure if it’s wide-spread or not…but it’s great in it’s quiet indie kind of way…and stay away from the sequel…jesus

Chestnuts roasted by Ant @ 09/07/2004 11:27 PM

Trolls 2 and The Willies. Two of the worst/best movies ever produced!

Chestnuts roasted by Psuedo Bohemian @ 09/07/2004 11:29 PM

There’re 2:

1) The Station Agent.
2) Spun.

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 09/07/2004 11:36 PM

SLC Punk. Matthew Lillard has done a lot of bad acting in a lot of bad movies, but here he’s actually good. That alone is makes it worth seeing.

Chestnuts roasted by Emperor_Zorak @ 09/08/2004 12:00 PM

The Cube was good but the ending was a huge let down.

Chestnuts roasted by Mr King @ 09/08/2004 12:06 PM

Yay! SLC Punk!

Chestnuts roasted by Mara @ 09/08/2004 12:16 PM

‘the unholy’ is a sacreligious horror farce advertised in the beginning of ‘the monster squad’. the trailer scared me, but satan shitting midgits dressed in foam rubber just killed it for me (by the way, the dad from ‘boy meets world’ plays the baddie)

Chestnuts roasted by eurosteveperry @ 09/08/2004 12:18 PM

Freaks that was a cool movie. I love the Josie and the Pussycats movie.

Chestnuts roasted by pikachulover @ 09/08/2004 12:46 PM

On Conan O’Brien’s show right now, he has Andy Richter on as the guest, and he’s showing some of the toys his son plays with. One of the toys is a Playmobil toxic waste removal playset. The other is another Playmobil playset that comes with a toy port-a-potty and a worker figure that looks like a homeless person. I sure hope Mare Winningham doesn’t get any ideas…

Chestnuts roasted by Luap @ 09/08/2004 1:11 AM

As for movies I recommend "Return of the Killer Tomatoes". A cult comedy classic. George Clooney should be more ashamed of "Batman & Robin" than that film.

Also "Looney Tunes Back in Action". Not only did Joe "Gremlins" Dante direct the film, but it has cameos from everyone from Mr. Futterman to Ro-Man the robot monster.

There’s probably more but that’s what popped in my head so far.

Chestnuts roasted by Luap @ 09/08/2004 1:19 AM

Bubba Ho-Tep. It’s relatively new, but it’s amazing and it has Bruce Campbell. If you have seen it, however, I reccomend Jesus Christ Vampire Hunter.

Chestnuts roasted by AJ` @ 09/08/2004 1:20 AM

Boondock Saints and SLC Punk are definitely two unbelievable movies. They’re coming out with Boondock Saints II. !!!

As for my personal reccomendation…I would have to go with Goodbye, Lenin. It was an excellent, endearing, funny German comedy. Definitely brought back memories/nostalgia of the good ol’ soviet days, which I’m not sure how much of you guys can share… Nevertheless, its awesome cinematography and very entertaining. A++

Also, My Neighbor Totoro is my recomendation to all my friends. But Matt’s site has a lot of anime fans, so its probably on everyone’s top-10 list.

Chestnuts roasted by SovietRocket @ 09/08/2004 1:58 AM

The Salton Sea with Val Kilmer. It’s a really hip, crazy cool movie, and I don’t know anybody that’s seen it. Besides, you know it has to be good, because Rocky Horror Picture Show and Fight Club have already established the "Any movie with an appearance by Meatloaf will kick ass" rule. (Spice World is the exception that proves it!)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/08/2004 1:59 AM

Oh, and Wet, Hot, American Summer.

Go out, rent it and see it NOW!

Chestnuts roasted by SovietRocket @ 09/08/2004 1:59 AM

btw,Squee…your livejournal layout is lovely. I’m staying up reading for a politics class and I was bored…so I decided to see who else is commenting in Matt’s journal at this ungodly hour on a weekday. The Kill Bill and the magenta–definitely beats fucking public policy debates on land zoning.

Chestnuts roasted by SovietRocket @ 09/08/2004 2:04 AM

Shit, yeah, and Wet Hot American Summer. So good. *<3′s Janeane Garofalo*

Chestnuts roasted by Evin @ 09/08/2004 2:13 AM

Wet Hot American Summer is an AWESOME movie. But I’d have to say my favorite is Empire Records. Not sure on the obscurity, but it is a movie that I have to introduce people to pretty often. ALSO if you’re looking for something terribly, horrifyingly (is that a word?) awful… look for Cheerleader Ninjas. THAT will keep you entertained. But at the same time it may make you want to kill yourself. Damn double-edged swords…

Chestnuts roasted by Meg @ 09/08/2004 2:18 AM

Wow, thanks for the compliment SovietRocket! The picture is from the Japanese promos for Kill Bill, where they marketed it as a love story.

You Know You Read Too Much X-E When:

~You find yourself conversing in real-time on the blog
~When you finally get ahold of the elusive Squidward figure you’ve wasted too many quarters trying to attain you pump your fist into the air and let out a booyah. In the middle of a crowded restaurant. That you eat at everyday.
~You’ve gotten tired of explaining who "Matt" is, so "TheGuyFromXE" has become a regular part of your vocabulary.
~You spend significant time in the video store debating whether you should buy Gremlins 2 or My Pet Monster Volume 6. (Gremlins, BTW. More replay value ^_^)

Chestnuts roasted by squee4242 @ 09/08/2004 2:29 AM

Kentucky Fried Movie… nuff said.

Chestnuts roasted by Gnarkill @ 09/08/2004 3:32 AM

You can download an image of that TMNT sticker and print it out or something. Woo hoo! Cowabunga, indeed.

http://www.sph.emory.edu/Helmets/Headlines/spring98.html
(scroll down about halfway)

Chestnuts roasted by Destro @ 09/08/2004 3:34 AM

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