06/11/2006: Everything to do with apples.
Got busy, so it’s going to be a few more days before Disney Part 2. In a disastrous move, I’ll try to tide you over with a new Kool-Aid review, knowing full well that this replacement is akin to that episode where the crowd was expecting a Chipmunks concert and booed the holy fuck out of the Chipettes. Today’s featured flavor: Candy Apple.
In other news, some may remember the Shrunken Head Apple Project article from 2003, and the subsequent blog update from June, 2005. It’s been just about a year since we last heard from Mr. Apple, and indeed, he’s still kicking ass.
So yes, even after all these years, the Shrunken Head Apple dude hasn’t disintegrated and hasn’t once been infested with gnats. He just keeps getting cooler and cooler with age, like a wine or a cheese or a something else. Yes. Okay, back to writing about Disney…see you.
Discussion Thread: 125 comments
reeeee
shrunken apples are cool
But disney land would be even cooler.
eh
i can wait
Haha! That’s amazing. Man do I love this site.
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Ralph @ 06/11/2006 10:58 PM EDT
Man, I need to make a shrunken head apple.
Come October, you should get everyone to make their own shrunken heads and send in pictures. Kinda like the Halloween art thing from last year, but with apples.
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Jeff @ 06/11/2006 11:03 PM EDT
Ahhhh, the eyes look bigger each time! 
I know it’s because of his appley skin pulling back with age… but, still.
It’s ok, about the Disney pt 2 delay. It will make finally reading it that much sweeter.
I didn’t know about Candy Apple Kool Aid! Gonna go read it…
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Ryane @ 06/11/2006 11:17 PM EDT
that shrunken head apple looks delicious!!!
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Kevin @ 06/11/2006 11:17 PM EDT
I really wish I’d been alive for candy apple-flavored Kool-Aid. Sounds so tasty.
I really wonder how much you pay for these things sometimes. (Says the person who paid 65 dollars - American - for a My Little Pony.)
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Molly @ 06/11/2006 11:20 PM EDT
Holy hell, I say we each write the Kool Aid people and demand that they start making this again! It sounds absolutely delicious for a 30 year old packet, could you imagine what a fresh packet would taste like? Mmm…
ps - I’ve never eaten a candy apple in my life! :X
pps - Matt, you are making me crave Halloween! :’(
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Ryane @ 06/11/2006 11:28 PM EDT
I thought I could do some easy research, so I decided to go to wikipedia for a lead on the candy apple Kool-Aid (if ANYONE has an answer, or hint, it’s them right?).
Practically every link in the "flavors" secton of their entry links to X-E!
I may have to actually crack one of those mythological things called "books" to find an answer on this one.
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Dementropy @ 06/11/2006 11:28 PM EDT
"…knowing full well that this replacement is akin to that episode where the crowd was expecting a Chipmunks concert and booed the holy fuck out of the Chipettes."
Awwwwwwwwww. 
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Denise @ 06/11/2006 11:42 PM EDT
I actually remember seeing that Alvin & The Chipmunks episode. It was just as strange as the episode where they were Geishas and convinced Dave that they were girls.
And this reminds me of the horrific Caramel Apple Jones Soda from last Halloween.
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Invader Norbert @ 06/11/2006 11:50 PM EDT
To the person who asked who articuno was it is one of the ice bird out of the three legendary birds from pokkemmmon.
Hah! Yes! Herr Shrunken Head Apple has officially made the jump from "interestingly gruesome arts and crafts project" to "renegade folk hero." And don’t you think he doesn’t know it, either.
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Jedoc @ 06/12/2006 7:27 AM EDT
These Kool-Aid people never half-assed anything.
Sometimes lines like this make me laugh longer than I should while pretending to do the books at work.
I too, am craving fall. Summer merchandising at Target is lost on me.
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kb @ 06/12/2006 7:47 AM EDT
Why was Candy Apple Kool-Aid so shortlived? Most likely because it wasn’t different enough to warrant continued shelfspace devoted to it. It’s basically just a Cherry and Apple mix with cinammon added, and supermarket distributors were uppity like that.
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Der Super @ 06/12/2006 8:11 AM EDT
Ewwww. He looks nasty nasty. Like if you dressed up a pile o’ poo with a wig.
Having started a diet, I’ve cut out soda intake, including diet ones, which I suspect as having equally foul affects upon our anatomies. And thus, have rediscovered Kool Aid and similar drinks, making them with Splenda instead of sugar or some weird chemical substitute. Even more, I find myself drinking lemonade most of all, putting away a pitcher a day. Easy to make- one cup lemon juice, one cup Splenda, about 3 - 3 1/2 cups H20. Sometimes I add lime juice in there, as well. Yum!
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The Kraken @ 06/12/2006 9:37 AM EDT
i know this has nothing to do with kool aid but does anyone remember the old dungeons and dragons cartoon, its on cartoon network at midnite in philly.
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pdac @ 06/12/2006 9:47 AM EDT
Candy apple Kool-aid, it rolls off the tongue. I’ve tired candy apples before, but I wasnt a fan of the apple feeling soggy, apples need to be crunchy. I would be will willing to try it again, but maybe I’ll buy a kit to make my own or something?
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IHAQ @ 06/12/2006 10:02 AM EDT
Wow, that apple article was from 2003? Jesus, time goes by WAY too fast!
Had a great weekend camping, I’m just sad I missed the Earthquake tribute night on the blog here. :0(
Can’t wait for Disney Part 2!
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Muppet Baby @ 06/12/2006 10:58 AM EDT
Doesn’t Matt just end up destroying his collection in the process of these articles? I mean… jeez.. It’s like a poor man’s **Brewster’s Millions** or sumtin’.
Matt… Don’t take up stamp collecting. Unless we’re pen pals, ok?
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Amanda Huggenkiss @ 06/12/2006 10:59 AM EDT
I know that summer vacation just started but holy crap in a hat do I want October to come. You’re not helping any Matt!
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Darth Poop @ 06/12/2006 11:06 AM EDT
Wow, Candy Apple Kool-Aid…that’s amazing.
Had to laugh at the person who said they use Splenda instead of some "weird chemical substitute" for sugar. What do you think they did to the sugar to make it so your body doesn’t absorb it? Surely nothing weird or chemical-ly.
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Ariel @ 06/12/2006 11:32 AM EDT
There’s nothing weird or chemical-ly about Splenda. It’s merely the hopeless tears of imprisoned pixies. Pixies, of course, being wholly sucrose-based organisms. Hence, pixie stix, the dried and ground remnants of specially fruit-fed pixies. That’s why people don’t applaud in movie theaters. Some might say that it’s because moviegoers recognize that the characters on the screen are unable to register or appreciate the applause, but in actuality it’s because all that clapping partially resurrects the pixie stix in the concession stand into a hellish, powdery half-life. And there’s really no quicker way to ruin a date than to have a packet of pixie stix start squirming all over the place inchworm-style, pathetically begging for death in squeaky little cries. And man, don’t even get me started on Sweet ‘n Low. You’ve tasted the stuff, you can probably fill in the blanks on your own.
Trust me, you want to stick with sugar. The carbs and possible type two diabetes are a small price to pay for peace of mind.
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Jedoc @ 06/12/2006 11:50 AM EDT
Ryanne: Count me also as another person who’s never had a candy apple either. I’ve had plenty of caramel apples though when I was younger. My great-grandma made them for halloween.
What’s articuno?
Speaking of the Chipmunks, I remember when they did those old Saturday Morning Preview specials. One particular year they had people in Chipmunk costumes be teachers at a school. Among the faculty was Bull from Night Court as a gym teacher, Jackee Harry as a secretary, and the Punky Brewster kids as students.
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JLAJRC @ 06/12/2006 12:31 PM EDT
Ol’ Doc still looking great!
I love candy apples way over their caramel cousins. That snazzy white package is fetching as well.
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squee4242 @ 06/12/2006 12:34 PM EDT
Yeah, Splenda isn’t what they claim it to be.
Jedoc… Oh … my. That post topped all other posts you’ve ever posted! I’m not sure in what fashion, though. 
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Ryane @ 06/12/2006 12:35 PM EDT
WHOA! Now it all makes sense!
Anyway, Bravo Jedoc! I’d applaud but I have Pixi-sitcks nearby.
Love the Articuno mention! Keep those Pokémon referrences coming, you’re an inspiration to us older Poké-fans.
Also, that article left me really hungry for a candy-apple. And, really in the mood to draw a picture of King Halloween.
Oh wow 2003.. that makes me feel old for some reason. Anyway, at least it serves to be a Halloween mini-pump! Now only a couple more months
Old, old stuff. Wasn’t really looking for it specifically… Don’t know if it’s worth 20 bucks, though.
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cancermerchant @ 06/12/2006 1:20 PM EDT
I haven’t eaten a candy apple sicne I went to a carnival when i was ten, then found out the next morning that my puppy got run over and killed.
I can’t believe the shrunken head was one of the important things you took on your big move. That astounds me.
I have never ate a candy apple, for some reason I would imagine the candy taste would taste like red licorce even though I have heard different. Cinnamon disks type of taste I have heard? I might have to try one this halloween season!! I will definitely double boil me some carmel for some carmel apples, my fave carmel apple brand carmel is the kraft kind. You get free sticks!! And I assume the texture would be the right texture for carmel apple making.
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Goob @ 06/12/2006 1:42 PM EDT
Bugs Bunny and the Monkees shill Kool-Aid!
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Mars @ 06/12/2006 1:46 PM EDT
Mmmmm…. dried pixies.
I just declared the Season of Hallowe’en Officially Open! Prepare the Dried Apple Zombies, load up the Candy Corn rail guns, and raise your Fun Size Battle Clubs! No mercy to the houses that give out pennies!
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kingklash @ 06/12/2006 1:47 PM EDT
Has there been a freaky freezies article on here? Or one about those mugs that chnaged colors the same as the gloves did?
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kj in nj @ 06/12/2006 1:48 PM EDT
141 days to Halloween
I know it’s not X-E’s countdown, but now you can get your fix.
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kb @ 06/12/2006 1:57 PM EDT
The Wizard is finally coming to DVD!!! This August! Check it out on Amazon…
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Cameron T. @ 06/12/2006 2:18 PM EDT
Those apple things creep me out. My mother has this one (has had this one for years) that’s like dressed like with with green hair and clove eyes. I still have nightmares about that f*cker. Worst part is, my sister-in-law’s aunts all look exactly like it.
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LemurCat @ 06/12/2006 3:50 PM EDT
Wow I mention Splenda and it gets all this hate. If anyone has a shred of proof that it’s harmful, I’d like to be pointed in the direction of that information. Meanwhile, I’ll leave you to your diabetes-inducing sugar and your cancer-causing nutrasweet ( and there is plenty of documentation to support this claim, unlike the slander on my poor, wonderous, futur-tastic Splenda ). Not to sound too harsh, but if it’s good enough for my 85 year old diabetic grandmother, it’s good enough for me! And now, back to my lemonade.
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The Kraken @ 06/12/2006 3:56 PM EDT
Actually, Kraken, several studies show that in a good percentage of people, their bodies treat Splenda the same as sugar — except worse because it’s a million times sweeter. Just as diabetes-causing as the real stuff for some of us.
And if the NutraSweet does’t get me, the eight years of a pack-and-a-half a day or the asbestos will.
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LemurCat @ 06/12/2006 4:07 PM EDT
From the Ebay listing mentioned above:
"Not sold for cunsupmtion". Cunsumpmtion - it almost sounds dirty. If I wasn’t saving for my own Disneyworld fantasmagorical time next year (10 whole days, woohoo!), I’d bid on that homing beacon of goodness and drink that bitch up!
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freudguy @ 06/12/2006 4:10 PM EDT
NEEED…INSTRUCTIONS…HOW….MAKE…OWWWWWN!!!!
please, help a brother out here matt!
El-Josh-0
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JoshC @ 06/12/2006 4:16 PM EDT
NEEED…INSTRUCTIONS…HOW….MAKE…OWWWWWN!!!!
please, help a brother out here matt!
El-Josh-0
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JoshC @ 06/12/2006 4:30 PM EDT
I’m digging all this apple talk. It’s making me enjoy each sip of my snapple apple even more.
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BOAT @ 06/12/2006 4:57 PM EDT
Snapple apple is the. Best. Snapple. Ever!
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PRSense @ 06/12/2006 6:48 PM EDT
Eating apples makes my mouth swell up.
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Jessica Marie @ 06/12/2006 6:52 PM EDT
I started my own shrunken head last night. I ate his flesh right off rather than peeling it like a woman. He needs to marinate in his saltwater pool for a few more hours. I cant wait.
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Horatio @ 06/12/2006 7:06 PM EDT
Mmmmmm….candy apple Kool-Aid!! Whatever happened to the days when the Kool-Aid people constantly churned out new and exciting flavors? It seems that all the flavors out (in this area, at least) are the traditional Fruit Punch, Cherry, Orange, Grape, etc. Even the Kool-Aid guy has resorted to wearing a simple pair of shorts and a regular old shirt. Or maybe I’m just getting old
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DeeJay @ 06/12/2006 7:18 PM EDT
Im gonna have to talk to Katie about buying that eBay koolaid
she still has the 15 or so packets of shark and purple dinosaur koolaids too.. what a wacky party that would be
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AJ @ 06/12/2006 7:20 PM EDT
Long after the human race has blown itself up, Shrunken Head Apple guy will still live on.
He will greet the eventual alien landing party and will share his sage wisdom with them.
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Wukong @ 06/12/2006 7:25 PM EDT
Well, the whole Splenda debate isn’t really if it’s sugar or not, because it’s made from sugar, to begin with. It’s what ELSE is in it and the fact that some people process it differently, so it could very well be absorbing into your body like sugar. Just do a web search and you will get all kinds of stuff about toxicity and chlorine and molecules and blah blah. My question is, why on earth would anyone want to eat a modified food that isn’t given the holy green light of safety? I’m vegan, so I try to use raw sugar as much as possible, but I know I still eat regular sugar in prepackaged foods, but at least I’m glad it’s not Splenda. If I was diabetic, I’d just try to stay away from sugar as much as possible. Oh and starch, because that is the main culprit alot of times.
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Ryane @ 06/12/2006 8:03 PM EDT
Ariel, I always think the same thing when someone says they wouldn’t want that birth control that gives you fewer periods, because that’s unnatural. Like a pill that makes your body think it’s already pregnant is natural.
I’ll stick to the Snapple teas, because last year’s special edition "Snapple Pie" fruit drinks made me want to kill myself. And I tried both apple and berry, because I’m an idiot. Spices + milk + fruity water = crappy holidays.
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Welsh Rabbit @ 06/12/2006 8:41 PM EDT
I am new to this site do to a fine plug by the guys at TBS.com. Can I put two periods that close together? Oh well, fuck it. Anyway, I have been pissing myself in laughter over your Fireball Island article, and now I have made my own Shrunken Aplle Head Thingy. It is awesome, but now I am infested with fruit flies. I fuckin hate flies. I go on a killing spree every night with the fly swatter. Kudos on the project though, and I can’t wait to see a complete review of some Thundercats shit, because they were way awesome.
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Old E @ 06/12/2006 9:00 PM EDT
See, this is why I need to move out! If I was making shrunken apple heads in my room, my mom would toss their asses after 2 days and then bitch about what a freak I am. Damnable not making living wage!!
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Mystie @ 06/12/2006 9:43 PM EDT
matt how babd does the shrunken head apple smell.
I am taking my shrunken head apple to disneyland!!
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cale @ 06/12/2006 10:03 PM EDT
The Shrunken Head Apple DOES NOT SMELL! Not even a little!
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Matt @ 06/12/2006 10:06 PM EDT
When you say it doesn’t smell, do you mean that it has no scent whatsoever, or that it just doesn’t smell bad? You’d think it would at least smell like apples.
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Jeff @ 06/12/2006 10:40 PM EDT
I’m sure if you dug your face into it, you’d smell something, but it’s rather odorless otherwise.
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Matt @ 06/12/2006 10:47 PM EDT
Didn’t people used to hang strings of apples in the rafters to dry for winter in Ye Olden Dayes? I feel like I remember it from the Little House books or the Brambly Hedge books. Either way, pioneers and/or anthropomorphic mice would want the apples to still be edible for those long winter months. Maybe they have to be treated with something, or be a certain high-acid variety?
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Welsh Rabbit @ 06/12/2006 11:22 PM EDT
I saw the new "subliminal" Lymon ad tacked on to the preview reel for "Cars" It freaks me out, man…seriously creepy…
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Cameron T. @ 06/13/2006 1:45 AM EDT
Does anyone else think that the shrunken head apple dude looks a lot like that crazy scientist from the muppets?
Just a thought was all
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Nick @ 06/13/2006 2:00 AM EDT
I googled "Splenda" and aside from the offical Splenda homepage, all the results were "Splenda = bad; for the love of god, do not put it in your body".
I didn’t even say Splenda was bad, just that it was every bit as weird and chemical-y as any other artifical sweetener.
And for the record, I avoid any sugar as much as possible, except for that which naturally occurs in fruit…
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Ariel @ 06/13/2006 2:31 AM EDT
Welsh Rabbit — if it’s any consolation, I was reading a book on the American Civil War and they were talking various supplies they had for the soldiers. Barrels of dried apples were included. Apparently, with a little water, sugar (or splenda, nutrasweet, whatever)and heat, they’re quite tasty. Though I don’t know if what drying method was used, and if it was similar to Matt’s.
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LemurCat @ 06/13/2006 9:19 AM EDT
Jesus, he does look like Beaker! Just put a big honkin’ nose on him, and it’s perfect… aside from the colors.
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Ryane @ 06/13/2006 10:06 AM EDT
Hmm, I know my Ingalls Wilder pretty well and it doesn’t ring any bells but I could be wrong.
Count me in as another who’s shocked that you schlepped that thing to your new place. There’s an apple browning in my kitchen right now, I might have to give in to the temptation. It would have plenty of time to wrinkle before Halloween…
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squee4242 @ 06/13/2006 12:03 PM EDT
SubLYMONal advertising my shiny metal ass! It’s Blipverts, is what it is! Soon chronic couch potatos all over will be ’sploding where they sit! I don’t want to go Foom!
Apple Head also looks kinda like Large Marge.
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kingklash @ 06/13/2006 12:14 PM EDT
You kmow that old report where you found the limon from the Sprite ads? They brought the limon back for a recent advertisement involving subliminal advertising. The ad says it’s DVR-friendly, which is a recent trend in trying to get people with DVR boxes to watch ads (pause it and watch frame-by-frame or in slow motion to get everything). NBC showed some GE ads like that recently.
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mjf7583 @ 06/13/2006 12:29 PM EDT
I know I’m a thread or two behind, but I wanted everyone to know that Earthquake isn’t dead. I saw him at Wendy’s yesterday.
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bitchpants @ 06/13/2006 1:17 PM EDT
bitchpants (I love that name), that must have been my friend Danny, he looks a hell of a lot like him.
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Invader Norbert @ 06/13/2006 1:46 PM EDT
Yeah, those Sprite ads are horrible…Call me crazy, but I count subliminal messaging as one of the things that isn’t funny to joke about. And I’m the kind of person who laughs at dead baby jokes, very little is off limits to me.
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Mara @ 06/13/2006 1:53 PM EDT
Lost also did a tie-in with the subLYMONal ads. I don’t know why subliminal messages would be offensive to joke about; though I suppose you could probably make a pretty good case of it based solely on the infamous "Turnaround Dance" episode of Saved By The Bell. If that’s not offensive I don’t know what is.
Not to drift too far from the subject of apples, but king’s comment about it spurred me to watch Shaun of the Dead and I enjoyed it immensely. It managed the funny/scary ratio better than anything I’ve seen in as long as I can remember, not to mention the awesomeness of seeing Peter from Look Around You all zombified.
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squee4242 @ 06/13/2006 2:31 PM EDT
For some reason Mr.Shrunken-Apple Head-Guy reminds me of those "Eeep-eep-eep-eep-eep-uh-huh-uh-huh" aliens from Sesame Street that attacked Old Macdonalds farm. Don’t pretend like you don’t know what I’m talking about.
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Chris D. @ 06/13/2006 4:32 PM EDT
I always thought they said "Yep-yep-yep yepyepeyepeyep uh-huh, uh-huh."
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Jessica Marie @ 06/13/2006 5:09 PM EDT
ok, i dont think my message was coherant enough, lets try this again shall we?
can anyone direct me to the article in which matt explains how he made the DOC?>
im dying to make one and put pins all over his "head" a apple-homage to hellraiser if you will
anyway, help would be greatly appreciated!!
peace biiiiiiitches
El-Josh-0-666
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JoshC @ 06/13/2006 5:23 PM EDT
Let’s play "Caption the Apple Head!"
Holy Crap! Someone left the seat up!
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kingklash @ 06/13/2006 5:33 PM EDT
Uh, JoshC, the link is in the News post. But just in case, here it is:
http://www.x-entertainment.com/articles/0837/
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Cameron T. @ 06/13/2006 5:45 PM EDT
hahaha fuck. im an idiot, i didntg even see it there, thanks cam. T
peACe
El-Josh-0-666
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JoshC @ 06/13/2006 6:29 PM EDT
Chris D. and Jessica Marie (that has a nice ring to it): yep yep yep yep (or, apparently, I should say "yip yip yip yip) http://www.sesame-encyclopedia...et/SesameY/YipYipMartians.html
here they are!!
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DeeJay @ 06/13/2006 6:55 PM EDT
Man, he went from Doc Brown to zombie Beeker in just a few years. The eyes totally make it awesome.
This reminds me of that wonderful faygo product, candy-apple flavored soda. Mixed with Absolut Peppar and apple schnapps it made the best mixed drink ever.
Wow, you STILL have the Apple? That thing always reminded me of Large Marge, too.
I use everything - Sweet ‘n Low, sugar, even honey - depending on what it’s being used in.
Candy Apple Kool Aid sounds so yummy, I’m surprised it didn’t stick around longer. I’ve had one candy apple. It tasted good, but that candy coating got too stuck in my teeth to want to try another one.
Fall? Heck, I’m just happy for it to be near summer in a place that isn’t being invaded by tourists. I’ll start thinking of fall when we get a little closer to August and September.
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starwenn @ 06/13/2006 9:10 PM EDT
I like fall. Around here, that’s the magical time of the year when the asphalt stops bubbling.
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Jedoc @ 06/13/2006 10:14 PM EDT
DeeJay -
That’s the most useful piece of information I’ve learned all day. Thanks.
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Jessica Marie @ 06/13/2006 10:21 PM EDT
Did anyone see the ECW show on Sci Fi tonight?
There was a wrestler named The Zombie. He was a zombie. Sandman beat his ass with a kendo stick and dust flew everywhere.
It was awesome.
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Wukong @ 06/14/2006 1:29 AM EDT
Matt, just in case you’ve never seen it…
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-Entertainment
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xero @ 06/14/2006 1:37 AM EDT
Spaz307:
Agreed, New Battlestar Galactica is AWESOME…I just hate having to wait until October to see new ones.
Wow, The X-E Wiki has really grown since the last time I saw it…
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Cameron T. @ 06/14/2006 3:22 AM EDT
GREAT SCOTT! Finding out about this Candy Apple Kool aid is shocking. It’s like finding out that … your adopted or something! This Matt is a very shocking revelation. How did you keep this under your hat for so long?
I don’t think south africa has kool-aid. We have some really gross substitutes Made In China, quite possibly.
Your fall (it’s "autumn", dammit) is our Spring in the south, so you may crave fall all you like, I’ve already had it. Yaaaay Spring!
In winter the cats all gravitate to my bed, anyhow. You wake up all stiff in a tiny corner of your bed, cos they ooooze into a radius of two feet around them, with a weight that is definitely greater than the equivalent amount of lead, but pliable and furry. (That was a long sentence.)
I haven’t seen Shaun of the Dead, but I love Mel Brooks. Love love love. Ps I’ve updated the webpage, but it’s still not quite snazzy enough…
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arete @ 06/14/2006 5:04 AM EDT
How does one pack Shrunken Apple Head for a move?
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kb @ 06/14/2006 7:45 AM EDT
Wukong, yes I did see that and it was the worst thing I’ve ever seen in a wrestling ring? I mean cmon, the zombie? That was until the sandman kick his ass with that kendo stick. Then it was down right hilarious! This is great where I live I can watch wrestling monday tuesday thursday and friday. Its gonna seriously cut into my videogame time tho. You know its hard out here for a geek.
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PRSense @ 06/14/2006 9:52 AM EDT
My wife and son always look at me strangely when I do that at home (usually when I’m working on something) - "Yip Yip Radio, Yip Yip". I always end up sounding like Carl from Slingblade by the time I finish, though. "Yip Yip, Radio, HmmHmmm" if you can visualize it.
PS: The Steve Martin Pink Panther movie is the worst movie ever released by a major studio (hyperbole aside). Stay awayyyyyy!
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freudguy @ 06/14/2006 9:56 AM EDT
It is 11:30 am, I am at work, and I am starving. Hell, even the shrunken apple is starting to look good..reading this candy apple Kool Aid post made me thirsty as well. Are there any petitions to bring this flavor back? Because I think it would be worth signing- it sounds awesome!
Off topic, but I saw a bear while camping this weekend! Check out the pics of my camping excursion if you are as bored at work as I am:
http://s76.photobucket.com/albums/j5/nyrangerlover/
I am in the chick in the photos, incidentally.
freudguy: That movie LOOKED so bad that I haven’t yet seen it.
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Muppet Baby @ 06/14/2006 11:25 AM EDT
Sitting at work in the rain and bored, havn’t posted in a while, so…."hey".
Also saw a sneak preview of Nacho Libre last night. Awesome stuff. I would say go and see it, lives up to the hype in every way.
Got a Snakes on a Plane poster secured too. Life is good right now.
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Fox @ 06/14/2006 11:27 AM EDT
Oh God I loved the Yip Yip Yip monsters.
Jedoc - You never cease to make me laugh out loud. Yes, even over 2 sentences about autumn and asphalt bubbling.
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Ryane @ 06/14/2006 12:44 PM EDT
And when they pulled the Apple from the twisted, warped, pop culture website, it looked… like…. THIS!
Mwa-hahahahahaha!
Tell ‘em Doc Brown sent ya!
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kingklash @ 06/14/2006 12:46 PM EDT
Unrelated to apples, Kool-Aid, or Disney, I’ve been re-watching the new Battlestar Galactica on DVD. Really awesome stuff. If you haven’t been watching it because the cheese factor on the original series was so high, you’re doing yourself a disservice. This is sci-fi TV at it’s finest. On the other hand, a review of one of the original episodes by Matt would surely be hilarious, although it’s pop culture before his time.
Also unrelated to the current topic, I hate lawyers. If I took a car in for service and it didn’t get fixed, I would expect the shop to either reimburse me or try again for free. However, if my lawyer doesn’t get me out of my traffic ticket for my recent incident of sleep-driving, I’m still out what I pay him plus the fines and possible !jail time! that I could be stuck with. Pretty shady if you ask me.
That is all.
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spaz307 @ 06/14/2006 12:49 PM EDT
Bwahahahahaha! I haven’t been here in a while, but this site never lets me down. That apple is the GREATEST THING I HAVE EVER SEEN! Thank you for a much needed laugh. (*actual tears fell when viewing this apple)
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bloodybrilliantme @ 06/14/2006 12:58 PM EDT
Fox: In the trailers, they show a lot of physical comedy (Ie: Slapping, punching, people falling down) for "Nacho Libre" when all I want is to see Jack Black act, since he is comedic gold…was the movie mostly physical comedy, or did it have good dialogue also? Also, nice score on the poster!
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Muppet Baby @ 06/14/2006 1:32 PM EDT
Hmm… has anyone tried drying then candying an apple? It’d be like a glowing combination of Matt’s updates.
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Vegan Mike @ 06/14/2006 1:34 PM EDT
There was a lot of physical comedy in the movie, some actually made me laugh (I’m sorry). And also a few fart jokes, but all in all, it had the same atmosphere and funky retro odd feel that Napoleon Dynamite has. There are some lines that I can’t wait to hear again. Some of the stuff in the movie can only be laughed at by warped people.
There were a couple of parts that only my group laughed at pretty hard, and the place was full of people lacking that certain sense of humor that makes Napoleon Dynamite great.
Ramble, ramble, ramble, Now I’m going to go hang up my Nacho Libre hanging cut out the studio sent us in my office.
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Muppet Baby @ 06/14/2006 2:12 PM EDT
Uh…FOX? Was that you that posted just now using my name?? Maybe you were trying to write a reply to me, but accidently wrote ‘Muppet Baby’ in the name box..??? I hope so, we don’t want 2 of ME running around!
Thanks for the reply, by the way. I loved Napolean Dynamite, so I am sure I will love Nacho Libre!
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Muppet Baby @ 06/14/2006 2:19 PM EDT
That could get confusing.
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Muppet Baby, I mean dohopoki. @ 06/14/2006 2:39 PM EDT
I avoided Napo Dyna for a long while based on the inanity of the promos so I’m taking the Nacho ones with a grain of salt. Congrats on getting to see it early, Fox.
I just bought my tickets to go see Pirates at the El Capitan theater (they do a bit of a stage show and have lots of goodies for all the Disney releases) on opening night. The good tix (and then all the tix) sold out for the midnight show so I’m going to the newly added 3 am showtime. Got some great seats for it, now my only worry is I might be seeing the movie with obsessofans who saw the midnight show and stuck around to see it again and "prelaugh" all the jokes.
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squee4242 @ 06/14/2006 2:39 PM EDT
Muppet Baby’s clone, you have just talked me out of seeing Nacho Libre. I honestly can’t see how anyone can stand Napoleon Dynomite.
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Jeff @ 06/14/2006 3:47 PM EDT
I must be the only person left on this planet that hasn’t seen Napolean Dynamite. Well, me and some poor street urchins in India or Brazil.
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LemurCat @ 06/14/2006 3:51 PM EDT
LemurCat: I haven’t seen Napolean Dynamite yet either. That’s mainly due to my buddy telling me it sucked.
What was the deal with ECW being on the SciFi channel anyways? Am I the only one who doesn’t get that?
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Deuce @ 06/14/2006 4:22 PM EDT
Deuce, I’m guessin the USA network owns sci-fi so they put it on there. Doesn’t really make much sense to me either. Lets hope they don’t have anymore zombie type characters.
And I’m sorry everyone but I must admit……..I actually enjoyed napolean dynamite. I won’t say its my favorite movie of all time but it was kinda funny.
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PRSense @ 06/14/2006 4:48 PM EDT
SciFi is owned by USA Networks, and it looks like they needed a place to put ECW, and decided that they had only one other high-profile channel to shunt it to. Even geeks and nerds enjoy some wrasslin’ from time to time.
(and yes, "wrasslin’" is considered the proper familiarity by the old school players and announcers. listen to your elders.)
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kingklash @ 06/14/2006 4:48 PM EDT
Ahhh…. Now it all becomes clear. I forgot that USA owned SciFi and ECW.
In all honesty, I was kind of glad to see ECW on TV at all. It’s been awhile, and I quit watching WWF when they "got the f out".
Call me crazy, but I think I’m starting to miss WCW!
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Deuce @ 06/14/2006 5:10 PM EDT
No way!!! Ultimate Warrior burned wrestling into my head forever as a child. WWE is just getting good now anyways. DX has returned. Degeneration X, is at least interesting enough to keep me glued to my TV set on Monday and Friday nights. Not to mention that mexican guy who "manages" Umaga cracks my shit up.
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Old E @ 06/14/2006 6:06 PM EDT
LemurCat:
I haven’t seen Napolean Dynamite, either, and I really have no desire to.
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Cameron T. @ 06/14/2006 6:53 PM EDT
OMG it’s Vegan Mike! Holy crap, where have you been?
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Ryane @ 06/14/2006 7:00 PM EDT
I’m an unabashed fan of catchphrases, so Dynamite was amusing for me once I got past my reservations and watched it. There are plenty of recent movies (Shaun of the Dead, 40 Year Old Virgin, Wedding Crashers, off the top of my head) that are actually funnier though. Is it too early to start pining for the Tenacious D movie?
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squee4242 @ 06/14/2006 7:40 PM EDT
Yeah, Napolean Dynamite was NOT what I expected based on the hype. We watched it on an illegal copy we bought on the streets in Seoul, and it took me 2 viewings before I liked it. Once you accept the fact that nothing actually happens and enjoy it for what it is- a look in the life of these strange characters- then it can be appreciated.
I am SO GLAD to see both ECW and DX back- thank god! Maybe now we will see some actual wrestling and better storylines!
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Muppet Baby (The Original) @ 06/14/2006 8:46 PM EDT
You paid for an illegal copy? I thought that they invented the internet so that people wouldn’t have to do that anymore.
BTW, speaking of illegal copies. You never got back to me about those Serenity comics. I still have the scans. Send me an e-mail if you still need them. jeff@playervsfish.com
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Jeff @ 06/14/2006 10:15 PM EDT
Well "Eeep-eeep" or "Yip-yip" those Sesame Street aliens scared the shite out of me.
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Chris D. @ 06/15/2006 11:27 AM EDT
Hehe hi back Ryane! I’ve been overly busy with all kindsa stuff… finished my Master’s Degree, got into grad school for next year, might get into med school for next year (I should know tomorrow… eek!), got a med school application ready for ‘07… yeah, all that stuff. I’ve been reading X-E all the time, but for some stupid reason I stopped posting. I’m back now, though 
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Vegan Mike @ 06/15/2006 3:26 PM EDT
off topic, but i just found my complete set of army ants toys. i’m strapped for cash right now so i’m tempted to put them up on e-bay. there’s only like 2 or 3 weapons missing so i’ts an almsot complete set. on the other hand, if i end up getting anything less than a hundred or so for it then i’ll be depriving myself of nostalgia for inadequate compensation. so the question goes to matt and the rest of you toy collecting odd people. is it worth it to auction them?
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jon @ 06/16/2006 5:09 PM EDT
No. Do not sell your stuff. I sold all my Ninja Turtle, MOTU, and Voltron figures at a local Flea Market. I made some dough, but I really miss all that cool stuff and have regretted the decision ever since.
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Old E @ 06/17/2006 10:07 AM EDT
Movie companies release collectors dvd box sets….it would be cool if Kool-Aid would put out a special box containing one recreated packet each of every flavor they ever made. Maybe for their next 100 - 125 - 150th…whatever anniversary they’re nearest too.
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Garrison @ 06/19/2006 2:16 AM EDT
oh, man, that poor apple looks like a mummy.
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yelinna @ 06/19/2006 12:17 PM EDT
hey if anyone can find this…im lookin for the anti drug commercial from the early 90s that had the 2 brothers and it has that song "HE Aint Heavy,He’s My Brother" by the hollies..from what ive seen on this killer site someone should be able to help me..at least i hope.email me at giantkel@hotmail.com or post it on the site..i’ll be back
thx for ur help
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ky jelly @ 06/24/2006 7:39 AM EDT
i think the apple, in all its hilarity, looks like a cooked baby-christmas stocking with eyes…
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Jessealot @ 06/26/2006 8:57 PM EDT
I’m making an apple head first thing tommorow.
Oh and that whole sublyminol message thing is ridiculous. Is there a hidden message in it or not. If so it’s not making me want a lymon.
Last week i bought a pack of trident gum that said it was made with xylitol. Its a new sugar substitute. I looked it up on wikipedia and found out the only bad thing it can do is give you the shits if you consume more than your supposed to. Just don’t give it to your dog.
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Nikki @ 06/29/2006 12:59 PM EDT
Hi-C had The Jets pushing “Candy Apple Cooler” in 1986 - and they got me. I drank it every day during lunch in 3rd grade. I wonder how this Kool-Aid flavor compares to my beloved Candy Apple Cooler.
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