Star Wars weekend and George Carlin

Star Wars Weekend

We finally went to Star Wars weekend at the Disney Hollywood Studios. It rained while we were there, which was a mixed blessing because the overcast sky made it a very comfortable temperature. It was very crowded.


This year the posters are all for the "Clone Wars" animated feature.



Mini Maul. Good thing I didn't use "red eye reduction" settings taking this photo.



Making our escape. I forgot the warning about not operating the machinery wearing shorts.





My inner geek (tested below) loved seeing the $3.5k R2D2 video projector system, and the $325 R2D2 web cam and light saber remote in the merchandise area.

On the way out I saw this vision and just HAD to take a photo of. Unfortunately it's blurry from the rain and running after the people and my laughing, but it's tooo funny to leave out:



I guess the force is helpless against the rain.


My Inner Geek

I took the inner geek test. I answered the questions as honestly as I could and scored "Extreme Geek".




George Carlin

The past month has seen a lot of famous people I grew up with pass away. They are passing so quickly it's making me more aware of how much time I may have left myself. George Carlin died of heart failure today at 71.

His FM-AM record was the first comedy album I remember owning. Side one had "AM" material, which was mostly family friendly, Side "FM" had the adult material (which mostly meant swear words and drug references). To this day I can recite most of the dialog of these bits. The Hippy Dippy Weatherman ("Tonight's forcast: dark"), Ed Sullivan Acts, DJ bits, Games Shows, places for your stuff, and 7 words you can't say on television. He was the first host on Saturday Night live. He was Rufus in "Bill and Ted". He was the conductor for "Thomas the Train". He was Filmore in "Cars". He was a class clown. He was a part of my childhood.


Wall-E

I mentioned in the previous blog entry that I get to see a special premiere of "WALL-E" later this week. Today I received my ticket:



Inside my personalized envelope was a color ticket and coupons for a free popcorn and drink. Very cool :-) The movie is at 10am, so I guess this will be my breakfast.

Syndicated 2008-06-24 03:22:35 (Updated 2008-06-24 03:47:45) from Keith