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Glee Does Rocky Horror Picture Show for Halloween

by on October 19, 2010

in Entertainment, television

Tim Curry stars as Dr. Frank-N-Furter in The Rocky Horror Picture Show

Glee.  When you think of1975′s The Rocky Horror Picture Show starring the ever insightful, envelope bending Tim Curry, Susan Sarandon, Barry Bostwick, Richard O’Brien & Meatloaf, what do you think of?  Me, toilet paper, lighters, A LOT of rice and getting kicked out of theaters for my modified lighters.  I also remember many many midnight shows.  More than I will even admit.  I don’t hold any record, but I’m not sure too many can duplicate the show count!

GLEE: Chris Colfer behind the scenes in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

GLEE: Chris Colfer behind the scenes in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

When I first heard that Glee was going to tackle The Rocky Horror Picture Show I started to cringe.  I honestly started thinking, was nothing sacred any more?  But it is Halloween and this is a pretty decent platform to outline Halloween with.

GLEE: Brittany (Heather Morris) performs in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

GLEE: Brittany (Heather Morris) performs in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

Then I took a look.  And I was impressed.  Very impressed.  I saw what looked like a fantastic update.  I saw almost every single original character without a stretch.  I heard a rendition that is incredibly faithful to the original with just a touch of a modernization that seriously pays homage to the original.

GLEE: Artie (Kevin McHale) performs in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

GLEE: Artie (Kevin McHale) performs in "The Rocky Horror Glee Show" episode of GLEE airing Tuesday, Oct. 26

As far as I’m concerned, Glee’s take on the material hits it out of the park in every instance.  And that’s saying a lot coming from me.

The item below is the behind the scenes B-Roll behind the scenes bits for making the Time Warp.  Once you’ve checked that out, the hard-core Rocky fan has to check out the Glee version of The Time Warp and tell me they don’t nail it with a wonderful twist?

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Glee 3 minute preview clip of The Time Warp from the Rocky Horror Glee Show.  (Though this link led to the video the day of posting…  now leads to another vid… just look below that and find the 3:22 clip.  Grr.)  Oh hell, scratch that!!!  Check it out here:

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Kudos and appreciation to the GleeOnFox Channel on YouTube!

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Where Is Society Headed: Conveniences Galore

by on August 18, 2009

in bruce's thoughts

I thought I’d share a bit of a nightmare alternate reality look-see with you for just a moment.  If you’re over 30, you will get this.  If you’re under 30, you might cringe and wonder how we survived the 80′s.

- Imagine a world where you wanted to know something – and you had to go outside to a library!

- Imagine a world where writing someone meant pulling out your paper, your pen and doing the manual labor of actual writing.  And than having to leave your home to commence the delivery process!  A process that would take a week to complete.

- Imagine a world that if you wanted to steal music, you had to go outside and walk… yes, walk or drive to your favorite music store to actually commit the physical process of shoplifting!

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Is Palo Alto Really Shallow Alto?

by on June 29, 2009

in Uncategorized

Some snippets of thoughts from the last year about Palo Alto, CA:

March 2009

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Palo Alto’s Foothills Park will remain exclusively for city residents after the council had voted down a proposal to open its gates to local business owners.  Wow, a park owned by a city who won’t share it.

My first impression about Foothills Park:  How presumptuous of them to restrict a chunk of nature that everyone has a right to and restrict access via the residencies…  or income status.

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Just Another Bruice’s Wurld Traffic Moment

by on April 26, 2009

in bruce's thoughts

So I’m behind a pickup truck, waiting at a red light.  The light turns green.  The pickup waits for the opposing traffic that is not turning.  That makes perfect sense – right?

So I sidle around him to go straight across the intersection on El Camino Real, headed to Chili’s for lunch.  How wrong can that be?  There are pedestrians crossing the street so the Mercedes being driven by the stupid f***ing b***h that’s facing us won’t go.  Right?  (I’m already calling her names, so you know where this is going.)

What was I thinking?

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