Zombie Joke of the Day . . .

Q) What were the vegan's first words after being turned into a zombie?

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A) "Grains! GRAAAAAAAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNS!!!"

Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes

Dear Wonderful Wonderblog readers,

On October 5th I'm taking a very important step in the fight against diabetes. I'm going to join 200,000 participants and the American Diabetes Association (ADA) to Step Out to Fight Diabetes.

I've participated in this event almost every year for over 10 years.

Step Out: Walk to Fight Diabetes is a fund-raising walk, benefiting the ADA's mission: to prevent and cure diabetes and to improve the lives of all people affected by diabetes. Please support me by donating to my campaign.

Need more reasons to give? More than 20 million Americans suffer from diabetes, and another 54 million are at risk for developing diabetes.

Need another? It is fast and easy to support this great cause! You can make your donation online by clicking the link near the bottom of this message.

I appreciate your support and I'll keep you posted on my progress. Thank you very much!

The photos in this post are from the 2006 Walk and feature me, my son Kenny and my dog Lady.

Click here to visit my personal page and to make a donation.

Click here to find out all about diabetes.

Click here to take the diabetes risk test.

Least Favorite Downloads

I wanted to post this on the 2nd anniversary of the Wonderful Wonderblog (which was July 18) but I'm a slacker.

I currently have 42 active downloads posted on my blog. Nobody seems to have a problem finding the more popular ones, so I thought I'd list the top 10 LEAST downloaded files. Here they are --

Don Ho, Hawaiian Crooner, Dies

If Anybody Calls, Tell Them Barnaby Said 'Hello'...

20 Greatest Movies Based On Comic Books - The Music

Rubber Room by Porter Wagoner

Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde by The Who

Shell Kepler Tribute

Independence Day Mix

Return of the Jedi OST

America The Beautiful by Tennessee Ernie Ford

America For Me by Vincent Price

Wonderful Widget

Hey kids! I created a widget for my blog. Add it to your blog or website and let the world know of the wonders of the Wonderful Wonderblog. Get it here.

I couldn't get it to display here. If anyone snags it, let me know if it works.

Quark Coming To DVD

Sony Pictures Home Entertainment is releasing the late 70's sci-fi comedy TV series Quark on DVD October 14th. Read the full story here.

Happy Birthday

Today's my birthday, happy birthday to me! And to celebrate here's a clip courtesy of Handini7 --


Today is also actor and author Wil Wheaton's birthday. Check out his Halloween and other photos on Flickr.

To find out what Wil's been up to, take a look at his blog -- WWdN: In Exile.

Monster View-Masters

I won this on eBay last week. It's a Wolf Man View-Master set from 1978. It's still shrinkwrapped with an unpunched card. Now, here's the dilema. Should I open it? I have the Frankenstein and Dracula View-Master sets and they are open. I've never seen the Wolf Man reels. What should I do?

Cheap DVD's At Big Lots II: More Craptastic Flicks

The wife and I hit three more Big Lots and bought 14 more DVD's. We'll probably never watch half of them, but at least we have them :) --

My Picks --

The Fog: Special Edition (1979)
The Amityville Horror (1979)
Amityville II: The Possession (1982)
Robocop 3 (1993)
The Phantom Of The Opera (1989)
Needful Things (1993)
Jack The Giant Killer (1962)
The Magic Sword (1962)
A Bucket Of Blood (1959)
Frogs (1972)
The Deep (1977)

My Wife's Picks --

Mixed Nuts (1994)
Hideaway (1995)
National Lampoon Presents Dorm Daze: Unrated (2003)

I also bought a CD called The Story Of Frankenstein, Dracula And The Wolfman for $1.50. I haven't listened to it yet, but I wonder if this is a re-release of the old Power Records A Story Of Dracula, The Wolfman And Frankenstein (as seen on Mostly Ghostly Music Sharing Blaaahhhggg! and Scar Stuff).

Cheap DVD's At Big Lots

If you love DVD's, check out your nearest Big Lots. They have hundreds of them for $3.00 each. And not your cheap, low-quality dollar store DVD's, either. Classics from the 1930's right up until the last few years. I heard about this from a post at The Manchester Morgue. Click the link to see a partial list of what might be available at your local store.

My wife and I went to two different Big Lots and bought a total 18 DVD's. There were a few more we wanted, but we put them back. Maybe after next payday we'll hit a couple more stores and see what else we can find. This is what we got --

My Picks --

Bubba Ho-Tep: Collector's Edition (2003)
"X" The Man With The X-Ray Eyes (1963)
The Dunwich Horror (1970)
Killer Klowns From Outer Space (1988)
Invasion Of The Body Snatchers (1978)
Rollerball (1975)
The Ghoul (1933)
Swamp Thing (1982)
Konga (1961)
Bright Lights, Big City (1988)
Roadie (1980)
Johnny Be Good (1988)

My Wife's Picks --

Howling II: Your Sister Is A Werewolf (1986)
Sex And The Teenage Mind (2003)
Fuzz (1972)
The Crocodile Hunter: Collision Course: Special Edition (2002)
Another You (1991)
Piñata: Survival Island (2002)

Lost Footage Of "Metropolis" Found

I first read about this on the Azathoth's Abode On The Plateau Of Leng blog. There's still hope that they will find a lost copy of London After Midnight or other long lost classics. Here's the story from AOL News --

By NICHOLAS KUSNETZ,Associated Press
Posted: 2008-07-04 19:24:01
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) - Lost scenes from the sci-fi classic "Metropolis," recently discovered in the archives of a Buenos Aires museum, were shown to journalists for the first time in decades on Thursday.

A long-lost original cut of the 1927 silent film sat for 80 years in a private collection and then in the Museum of Cinema in Buenos Aires, where it was discovered in April with scratched images that hadn't been seen before.

Museum director Paula Felix-Didier said theirs is the only copy of German director Fritz Lang's complete film.

"This is the version Fritz Lang intended," said Martin Koerber, a curator at the Deutsche Kinemathek film museum in Berlin, Germany.

"Metropolis," written by Lang and his actress wife Thea von Harbou, depicts a 21st century world divided between a class of underworld workers and the "thinkers" above who control them.

Soon after its initial release at the height of Germany's Weimar Republic, distributors cut Lang's three-and-a-half-hour masterpiece into the shorter version since viewed by millions worldwide.

But a private collector carried an original version to Argentina in 1928, where it has stayed, Felix-Didier said.

In the 1980s, Argentine film fanatic Fernando Pena heard about a man who had propped up a broken projector for "hours" to screen "Metropolis" in the 1960s. But the version of the film he knew was only one-and-a-half hours long. For years, he begged Buenos Aires' museum to check their archives for the man's longer version.

This year, museum researchers finally agreed and in April uncovered the reels in the museum's archive.

In June, Felix-Didier flew with a DVD to the Friedrich Wilhelm Murnau Foundation in Wiesbaden, Germany, which owns the rights to "Metropolis." Researchers there confirmed that the scenes were original.

News of the find excited film enthusiasts worldwide.

"This is a movie that millions and millions of people have seen since its release and yet, in many ways, we've never seen the true film," said Mike Mashon, head of the Moving Image section of the U.S. Library of Congress in Washington.

"Metropolis" was reissued in the U.S. in 2002 by Kino International Corp., which owns the rights to distribute the film domestically, Kino's general manager Gary Palmucci said.

Kino may rerelease the new, complete version of the film.

Meanwhile, Buenos Aires' Museum of Cinema is holding its treasure tight.

"The film hasn't left the museum and it won't leave until the city government and the Murnau Foundation decide what to do," Felix-Didier said.

More news links --

Die Zeit
Slashdot
Reuters
Variety