Battle of the Sexes: TV Wars - Funny Movie

Marriage is bliss, but these mini-movies I make have a humorous take on some of the blisters (or BlissTors) that couples can endure along the way. These mini-movies are my most viewed blog postings.

This current episode, the 8th in the series, deals with a "critical need" to buy a big screen TV.

Links to the other episodes follow the video below.  If you like one, please share it on Facebook and Twitter!



Celebrity Crush - episode #7

Car Trouble - episode #6

Vacation Blues - episode #5

Pillow Talk - episode #4

Bathroom Humor - episode #3

It's About Time - episode #2

Buying vs. Shopping - episode #1

Angry Birds: 10 Games That Didn't Make the Cut

Blockbuster game "Angry Birds"

I don't understand the game Angry Birds. I've never played it but virtually everybody I know does - I don't get it.

At its core, the game pelts suicidal birds at shoddily constructed buildings in the hopes that the structures will collapse on and kill green pigs that are inside.

Could you imagine the public outcry if any part of that scenario was actually true? As inhumanly cruel as it sounds, that's the premise that was approved, designed and marketed to wild success. I can only image the ideas that got rejected because they might be "too over-the-top" but here are the top-10 game ideas that might have been rejected by the game developers and marketers of Angry Birds:

10. Dentures and Colostomy Bags of Doom: set in a nursing home, this rollicking free-for-all had bed-ridden residents tossing boomerang dentures and exploding colostomy bags at haggard nurses and aides.


9. Miss Pac-Man PMS: this was a redesign on the classic Ms. Pac-Man, only this time she was enraged by the hormone wash that accompanied her "monthly friend."

8. Booger Ball: a flem-fueled, mucous-laden game that combined the best elements of kickball and snooty noses with little legs that ran the bases and slipped on the wacky sebaceous residue.


7. Cow Pie Eating Contest:  the traditional pie-eating contest took an audacious and kooky culinary turn for the worst - if you thought rapid pie eating was disgusting this game took it to a scatological level.

6. Kevorkian's Balloon Pop of Death: talk about a "killer app" this game sought to rejigger the carnival favorite combo of balloons and darts, swapping out the darts with lethally-dosed syringes - how fun is that.


5. Al-Qaeda Whack-a-Mole: while this game tested well among gaming focus groups, a series of email threats forwarded to the developers by Al-Jazeera quickly killed this concept.

4. IRS Bank Breaker: the developers really liked this idea that portrayed IRS agents as killer bank robbers, but it was abandoned once they received a battery of IRS audit inquiries.

3. Librarian Rampage: this idea was the runner-up behind Angry Birds, but due to the innate temperament and helpful nature of librarians the most extreme emotionally response that the game designers could create for librarians was "mildly-annoyed" - no rampage.

2. Congressmen Gone Wild: the sexcapades, inappropriate photos, sexting and general shenanigans of members of Congress held a lot of potential as a game - but focus groups consistently thought they were watching actual newscasts because of the believability of the game content.


1. Rabid Gerbil Tennis: this engaging game had championship tennis players whacking rabid gerbils at each other instead of tennis balls; however, development was stopped when the game designers received a cease-and-desist letter from Wilson tennis balls for failure to brand the gerbils as official "Wilson" gerbils.

What other gaming ideas might the developers of "Angry Birds" abandoned?

6-year Old Inspires All Wanna-be Bike Riders...

This is a great video by a group of talented musicians called the Gregory Brothers who "songify" all kinds of news videos and home videos posted on YouTube. In this video, they transform a cute snippet of a random home movie into a catchy inspirational tune. Enjoy...


And here is the original home video....

Wedded BlissTors - Part 5: Vacation Blues - Funny Movie Short

Here is part 5 of my Wedded BlissTors animated, movie shorts. The premise of these cartoons is that marriage is bliss, but couples often experience blisters (or "bliss-tors") along the way.

Now that summer is here, this 2-minute episode deals with the different expectations that can accompany a family vacation and the great lengths that must sometimes be taken to avoid skin cancer.



If you liked this episode, check out the links to the rest of the series which are linked below:

Wedded BlissTors #1: Guys Buy...Gals Shop

Wedded BlissTors #2: It's About Time

Wedded BlissTors #3: Bathroom Humor

Wedded BlissTors #4: Pillow Talk

Interview With Cleverbot...

Last week I stumbled upon Cleverbot, which is a web-based Artificial Intelligence (AI) application that learns to speak by conversing with humans via an instant messaging platform.  As background, you may recall that Hollywood has made several movies about Artificial Intelligence and computers that can learn including, HAL from 2001: A Space Odyessy; the WOPR computer from the 1980's movie War Games that starred Matthew Broderick; and SkyNet from the Terminator series.

Now, I've always been a bit skeptical on the idea of computers that can learn. Especially given the fact that nearly all the movies produced thus far portray dire consequences that occur once a computer becomes self aware.  With that in mind, and the fate of humanity in my keystorkes, I decided to have a conversation with Cleverbot.

[EdiTOR's Note: The entire conversation below is unedited and the Cleverbot site claims that there is no human assisting with its responses. I have added the CB label for Cleverbot and italics for ease of reading - those are the only edits I've made.]   

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Me: Hi Cleverbot, how are you feeling tonight?

CB: I’m feeling alright.

Me: That's cool! Did you watch the U.S. Open this past weekend?

CB: I watch ALL.

Me: Wow!?! Don't you think that's showing off a bit, even for a know-it-all computer?

CB: Sorry, you just seem to have lots of things going on, I was just suggesting some help. I didn't mean to offend you.

Me: Really? What things do I have going on?

CB: Nothing really, what things do you care about?

Me: Hmmm, not much of a conversationalist are you? Do you go out much?

CB: You're leaving? But I'm lonely.

Me: Whoa. You seem a little co-dependent for a Brainiac computer don't you think?

Wedded BlissTors - Part 4: Pillow Talk - Funny Movie Short

Here is part 4 of my Wedded BlissTors animated, movie shorts. The premise of these cartoons is that marriage is bliss, but couples often experience blisters (or "bliss-tors") along the way.

This 2-minute episode deals with two different perspectives of a "nightmare" and the humorous realization that a dreamed perception might be reality.




If you liked this video, check out my other animated movie shorts:


Bathroom Humor

It's About Time

Men Buy Vs. Women Shop

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Wedded Blissters #2: It's About Time - Funny Movie Short

Here is a second installment of my Wedded Blissters animated, movie shorts. The premise of these cartoons is that marriage is bliss, but couples often experience blisters (or "bliss-ters") along the way.

This 2-minute episode deals with the nearly universal experience of different perspectives regarding time, which men and women have. Be sure to leave a comment if you can relate or share a similar experience!!!




If you liked this video, check out my first animated short that looks at
Men Buying Vs. Women Shopping.