Bright Ideas
May 2nd, 2011

Posted by Matt

Here’s a bright idea for you: watch our new video! you can find it here.

Truly I think this video outlines a problem I think we can all identify with. I’ll leave it to you to determine which problem that is, but I’m sure it identifiies one. This was a Kathleen-written video, which will likely come as a surprise to no one who watches it. I had nothing to do with the creation of this video though, so I’ve left it to Kathleen to fill in the blanks:

It is considerably ironic that I’m writing this note about Bright Ideas while Khaavren sits on my lap and purrs, considering I play a crazy cat lady in this video. However, you can tell I’m acting because I’m a crazy cat lady patent lawyer instead of a crazy cat lady sketch comedy person.

This video came about because I was trying to write a piece of marketing stuff for my job and I was really hitting a roadblock. Eventually my brain decided it would be more fun to think of incredibly inappropriate things instead of product features, so I came up with the idea for ‘poet-be-gone’. The rest of the video came out from there.

I really like Jer’s acting in this – rather than channel the standard high energy crazy person, I requested he keep it more muted. When I was writing this video, I imagined the inventor being played by Michael Palin in Vocational Guidance Councilor sketch. I think Jer knocked it out of the park.

Unskippable this week was Monster Hunter Tri. You can watch that here.

Finally, the Desert Bus for Hope 5 countdown clock has been started, and with it, you’ll find the details of the 2011 Desert Bus craft-along. Start your crafting engine by heading on over to desertbus.org and checking it out!

Cheers!

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Santa Secrets, Creepydoll auction, and more!
December 21st, 2010

Posted by Matt

Merry [insert winter festival of your choice here]! We have a gift for you right here.

Yes indeed, as the last update before Christmas, this week marks our yearly christmas episode, and this time round it’s a holiday Hustle. The crew has decided to run a game of secret santa – how will it end?

More importantly than this week’s video though is the news that the auction for Creepydoll #31 is currently underway. As of this posting the standing bid is $500, with 62 hours left to go. Remember, this is the very last creepydoll, and all proceeds will go directly to Childs Play. This Creepydoll comes with all the festive paraphernalia he’s stolen from the other holidays, so the winner of this item will receive:

the 31st Creepy Doll (numbered on the bottom)

  • his scythe
  • a Valentine’s Day box of chocolates*
  • a St. Patrick’s Day 4-leaf clover
  • a Thanksgiving drumstick*
  • a Christmas Santa hat
  • a Halloween pumpkin
  • an original Littlest Reaper comic drawn by Kathleen during Desert Bus 4

[*These are fake food items, made from polymer clay and not meant for actual consumption.]

The set also comes with a Creepy Doll coffee cup sleeve, and, if the auction crets a $1000 donation, the winnier will also get their choice of any one of Tally’s stuffed pigs.

There’s only 62 hours left. Don’t miss out! Place your bid here.

Unskippable this week was 007 Blood Stone. You can find it here.

Cheers!

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Creepy Doll #31 Needs a Home
December 16th, 2010

Posted by Matt

AUCTION NOW LIVE

The Creepy Doll is back! Again! The bad news is: this means that the Desert Bus auction winner of Creepy Doll #31 has mysteriously backed out of the bid, making Tally’s craftsy bunny ears droop with sadness. The GOOD news is: this gives all of you one last chance to own the last of this limited run of terrifyingly adorable dolls.

This is your official stand-up-and-take-notice warning that we will be silent auctioning Creepy Doll #31 next week. Starting at 12am on Monday, Dec. 20 and going until midnight on Thursday, Dec. 23, the Creepy Doll will be up for auction online, with proceeds being donated to Child’s Play (naturally). Watch this blog and the Desert Bus and LoadingReadyRun twitter accounts for further details as to where the bidding will take place.

Keep in mind, this is a very special Creepy Doll. Not only is he the 31st of only 30 numbered dolls, he also comes with all the festive paraphernalia he’s stolen from the other holidays. His hands even have velcro sewn on so he can hold these items. The winner of this auction will receive:

– the 31st Creepy Doll (numbered on the bottom)
– his scythe
– a Valentine’s Day box of chocolates*
– a St. Patrick’s Day 4-leaf clover
– a Thanksgiving drumstick*
– a Christmas Santa hat
– a Halloween pumpkin
– and a special Creepy Doll coffee cup sleeve, so he can stare accusingly as you drink your morning coffee or tea. Do you really need that much honey?

Bonus: Because this is a very special auction, and because she’s been at her incessant crafting again, Tally is going to sweeten the pig… with a pig! Should the bidding for the doll reach $1000, the winner will also receive his or her choice of one of the three plush pigs pictured below, also crafted by Tally, in post-event honour of Desert Bus.

So your instructions are: Read blog, bid on doll, get pig.

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James Cameron’s Desert Bus
December 2nd, 2010

Posted by Matt

Coming soon, to a computer screen near you: It’s this week’s video.

Sorry about the late blog update, between the end of desert bus, and some serious sickness on my part (I barely got out of bed on Tuesday) this kind of fell through the cracks. In lieu of my own words, I present to you some things Paul had to say, because he wrote the video.

This video actually started with a completely different idea, I wanted to make a video that was a series of trailers for a Desert Bus movie. As I started going through the different movie options (Desert Bus of the Travelling Pants, The Desert BUs Runs Thought it, Field of Desert Bus, etc.), the one I kept coming back to was a parody of a James Cameron film. I have nothing against James Cameron, Terminator and Titanic were great and Avatar was a least fun to look at, but his increasingly ridiculous movie budgets and even more ridiculous box office returns makes him the perfect person to make Desert Bus: The Movie with the silliness it deserves. Once I had the idea and decided to do it in the format of one of those puff piece DVD documentaries, the pieces came together pretty quickly. I was especially happy with the shots of the CG artist working on placing every grain of sand and Katheen’s shot, in which we used a full body green screen to green screen her onto a bigger green screen! How’s that for tricky? I am also proud of how my photoshops of the Terry Gilliam and Stanley Kubrick movie posters turned out.

Unskippable this week was Yakuza 3: Part 2.

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Craft-A-Long Update
June 9th, 2010

Posted by Jeremy

Hello Craft-Alongers!

We’ve had a tidal wave of emails from people with crafting plans, and I’m pleased to announce that there will be many many many lots of truly wonderful items up for auction this year. They may melt your brain with awesomeness.

As of now, however, we can no longer accept certain crafts, due to having quite a few items in these categories already. Said categories are:

– hats / toques / beanies (Unless it’s really truly cross-your-heart-and-hope-to-die an absolutely incredible idea that no one has ever done before… in which case email[email protected] with your proposal.)

– paintings / portraits / sketches / figurines of the LRR crew. Art portraying characters from various LRR videos is still ok, but we’ve had several proposals for LRR portraits already. While we understand that looking at us makes people laugh, we believe there’s a limit to how many people will want to hang our pictures on their bedroom wall. And to how many bedroom walls we want to be hung on, actually…

Also, a quick reminder that if you want to make something, that’s great, we want to auction what you want to make. However we probably only want one of whatever you are making. Scarcity of an item will drive up its value, thus bringing in higher donations for the children. And we want to leave plenty of room for other people to donate their crafts as well.

There is still plenty of space for your crafty creativity, so if you have great ideas, keep those emails coming!

~Tally

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