Here’s our latest video.
Special thanks to Director/Editor Matt Walczak and Sound Engineer Andrew Ringler.
This was posted from a fake account, but I look forward to similar, legitimate soundbites in the months ahead.
Seeds
One Way to Finish a Crossword Puzzle
By Mike
Each week, my brother and I work together on the Sunday New York Times crossword puzzle. I start it and get as far as I can before handing it off to him. He does what he can, and gives it back to me. We go back and forth, incrementally solving the puzzle. We started doing the puzzle about eight years ago, and we were almost finished with it.
Last week, we were on the subway together discussing potential answers, when a man wearing way too many winter coats stepped into our subway car. As soon as the doors closed, this man began booming at his fellow passengers:
EXCUSE ME!
PARDON ME!
I DON’T MEAN TO BOTHER YOU!
I’M JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE HELP!
I’M NOT A THIEF!
I’M NOT ON DRUGS!
I’D JUST LIKE TO GET SOMETHING TO EAT!
PLEASE!
A QUARTER, A DIME!
ANYTHING WOULD HELP!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
These were his exact words. I know this because he repeated them (quite loudly) four times as he slowly walked the length of the car, jingling his 7-11 cup of change.
As he reached the end of the car, having collected cuploads of apathy, along with a few spare coins, the train pulled into the next station and he disembarked to try his luck elsewhere. The doors closed behind him, and as they did, my brother stood up, and began to boom at the passengers:
EXCUSE ME!
PARDON ME!
I DON’T MEAN TO BOTHER YOU!
I’M JUST LOOKING FOR A LITTLE HELP!
I’M NOT A THIEF!
I’M NOT ON DRUGS!
I JUST NEED A NINE-LETTER WORD FOR LOLLYGAG!
PLEASE!
A VOWEL, A SYLLABLE!
ANYTHING WOULD HELP!
THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION!
He repeated his plea four times, and he got his share of apathy as well, as it appears many commuters go stone deaf the moment someone on the train starts canvassing for assistance. But a few intrepid souls helped us out, and we were finally able to complete the Sunday Times crossword puzzle.
Now…onto the Jumble!
P.S. You’ll have to guess the answer.
Green Monster Ticket Winner
Thank you to everyone who participated in our first contest. We received plenty of great baseball names and had a difficult time choosing. To make things easier for us, we set aside any submission that appeared more than once, as choosing one person out of a pool that submitted the same name seemed unfair on some level.
Some of our favorites were Dick Pole, Rusty Kuntz, Charlie Gasseway, Boof Bonser and Coco Crisp.
But there could be only one winner, and that was Johnny “Ugly” Dickshot. Congratulations to Greg Florentine.
Once again, thank you to everyone who entered. We’re currently working on a few small pieces as well as our half hour/45 minute film, so expect updates as well as more content from us somewhat soon.
Win 2 Green Monster Tickets! Enter Now!
We’re really excited about the arrival of baseball season here in Boston. We’ve already been to Fenway Park to soak in the atmosphere (and by that we mean beer and Fenway Franks). But now it’s your turn!
You can be the proud owner of two Green Monster standing room tickets and entering is as easy as catching a can of corn. Here’s how to enter:
- Either “like” our page on facebook or “follow” us on twitter.
- Post your favorite funny baseball name on our page or tweet it to the #TMfunnybaseball hash tag on twitter.
- We’ll select our favorite submission.
Three up, three down. But there’s one small catch. We need to hit the Mendoza line, a total of 200 followers/digital friends by the end of the contest, in order to issue the prize.
The game is an August 1st match up between the Boston Red Sox and the Cleveland Indians. If you’ve never been atop the Green Monster, we highly recommend it. A great view of the action, plenty of home run ball possibilities, plus the section has all of its own amenities. No lines. If it’s a close one, watch the game. If it’s a blowout, you can taunt the drunks on Lansdowne Street from on high. Either way, you’ll have a blast.
So spread the word. Let’s get up to 200. This contest will end at 12:01 AM on Sunday, April 24th, but it begins right now. Play ball!
Our half hour film project is really coming together. The script is being written. A production meeting last night with our partner, the the lovely and talented Honah Lee Milne, went swimmingly. She’s already begun to line up some of the behind the scenes crew that we’ll need in order to pull this thing off. She’ll be leaving shortly to work on the new Wes Anderson film. While she’s off hobnobbing with Hollywood types, we’ll continue to toil away, working on the script. (In our moms’ basements.)
We’re aiming for a late summer or early fall shoot.
Things are happening, people.
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Here’s a little something we whipped up to mark the start of the baseball season. In days gone by, when you listened to a baseball game on the radio, the announcers actually told you what was happening in the game. Nowadays? Not so much…
