DADAMAN pt.8
A couple of years ago I went out with a girl who insisted we go see Mama Mia! in the theater. Being a good sport (and thinking I would ‘earn points’) I went along and quietly SUFFERED FOR TWO HOURS WATCHING ONE OF THE MOST IRRITATING FILMS I HAVE EVER SEEN (even worse than that girl who forced me to watch the Nicole Kidman trainwreck Moulin Rouge…why can’t more women enjoy subtle, nuanced cinema like Robot Monster or The Devil’s Rejects?).
The origins of “Loobity-boop-de-boop-de-boo” are a bit muddled; I think I either got it from a band on The Gong Show (some dude dressed like a circus pinhead) or from Ren & Stimpy, when guest star Ralph Bakshi goes to the toilet.
Next week begins a story for all of you lovers of classic cinema, as I take a time-honored gem of the silent screen and completely ruin it. See you next Sunday!
NEXT WEEK:
THE CUPBOARD OF DR. CALIBANI
February 21st, 2010 at 12:52 pm
That was great! I would love to have her “re-educate” Hank in a crossover one day. I think she could straighten him out.
“Mama Mia” is a great tool. My wife used it on me the other week to teach me how to toe the line.
February 21st, 2010 at 5:23 pm
Man – Dr. J is one woman who knows how to get things done!
I’ve not seen Mama Mia, but the trailer was about enough to make my stomach turn (I won’t be committing any crimes on the good Dr.s watch – that’s for sure)!
February 22nd, 2010 at 1:10 am
Hahaha, that was one of your best yet! Mama Mia, lol!
February 22nd, 2010 at 10:08 pm
@George Feel free to borrow her if you’d like! Just remember to send the folks my way when you’re done with her (why do I suddenly feel wrong about ‘loaning’ her out?)
@SpilledInky Glad you enjoy the Good Doctor. And please do avoid Mama Mia at all costs. I’m looking out for my readers.
@Brogan Thanks, man! The Mama Mia warning applies to you as well.
February 24th, 2010 at 6:45 pm
The play is waaaay better!! You can excuse yourself to pee and later explain the line was really-REALLY long!!
February 25th, 2010 at 12:40 am
@jynksie You know…you’re SO right! I could have just excused myself, got up and hung out in the lobby instead of watching that movie! Stupid, stupid, stupid!
February 26th, 2010 at 7:14 am
The funny thing is that my wife wanted to watch Mamma Mia so badly we rented it, and even she admitted it was pretty lousy.
February 26th, 2010 at 11:47 am
@David There you go! ‘Mama Mia’ shouldn’t have to be the great divide between the genders…we already have the Three Stooges for that!
WOOBWOOBWOOBWOOB!
March 16th, 2010 at 2:20 pm
Yeah… I had a girlfriend back in the 1980’s that coerced me into going to an “Erasure” concert… that’s a few hours of my life I’ll never get back (or be able to scour from my memory of the vocalist running onto the stage in a black tutu…)
March 16th, 2010 at 6:36 pm
With enough expensive therapy and delicious meds, Jerry, the wounds will heal. God be with you.
Incidentally, that vocalist sounds a bit like Dadaman here…
May 22nd, 2010 at 12:03 am
Hm, with the previous references to “Silence of the Lambs” and “Psycho” I was expecting a “Clockwork Orange” brainwash after reading the first few panels…
…*starts to hum “Freude schoner Gotterfunken”*
May 22nd, 2010 at 10:16 am
@UnReal “IT’S A SIN! IT’S A SIN! USING LOVELY, LOVELY LUDWIG VAN LIKE THAT!”
It’s been parodied so many times that I actually refrained from doing a poster lampoon with Scapula in Alex’s place (because ten million other cartoonists and entertainers have done it already). But hey, that doesn’t mean we can’t all just sit down and enjoy the movie, right right?
July 28th, 2010 at 7:53 pm
Oh god, there is no god.
July 28th, 2010 at 10:21 pm
@Stig Who knows what theological implications are being made here…perhaps Dadaman is the Patron Saint of Morons, meant to bring bliss through idiocy? Sort of an Archangel of Loonies? It could happen!