Given the lack of detail in the pianist’s face, I suppose one could interpret his expression to mean a variety of things. But to me, he looks exasperated. The strip grew from this, plus the fact that my son watched “Toy Story” repeatedly over Easter weekend.
After writing this, I became curious if Paul and Storm, noted for among other things their multitude of Randy Newman movie style parodies, ever attempted a Newmanified “Schindler’s List” theme. Sure enough, they did. Check out Track 11.
Blah blah segue via a loose connection to music, I’ve just been invited to perform at this year’s Nerdapalooza in Orlando this summer! Greatly looking forward to that! And it’s only a few weeks now to PenguiCon! Niftiness abounds!
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Is it just me or does that pianist look exactly like Chuck Norris?
“Springtime for Hitler” will run forever!
Great comedy gags never get old, do they? And this was one of the best.
@dagfooyo: That depends – is there another fist under his beard?
Ahhh yes. Not only that, but Mel Brooks actually did “Hitler On Ice” in “History Of The World, Part I.” I’d completely forgotten about that until you brought up “The Producers.” If I’d thought of that, I would’ve chosen a movie about a different historical atrocity for this strip. Ah well. Hopefully it still works.
And I think I read somewhere that Chuck Norris can play the violin with a piano.
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“The Killing Fields” on ice? “Hotel Rwanda” on ice? Or, if you want to go for a more literary angle rather than historical, “1984″ on ice, or Sylvia Plath’s “The Bell Jar” on ice.
What I’d really like to see is someone do a Sam Peckinpah movie on ice.
Don’t worry – the punchline works just fine, especially with the Randy Newman kicker. (And how about that for a phrase I never imagined I’d use…) I just thought that Mel deserved a mention here for blazing this particular trail for us.
And since I can’t possibly leave this topic without suggesting an appropriately horrible title:
“55 Days at Peking: A Rock Opera”
“What I’d really like to see is someone do a Sam Peckinpah movie on ice.”
Everybody would keep slipping on the blood.
Nitpick from your friendly tech editor: The closing quotation marks should come *before* the question marks and exclamation point in the last panel.
Good one, though! I’ll see you at Penguicon, I hope!
@Baywolfe: Yep. Why else would I want to see Straw Dogs on Ice?
How about “The Passion of the Christ oOn Ice?” … Anne Frank On Ice… Borat On Ice… Brokeback Mountain On Ice… the possibilities are endless!
I’ll never forget the day I saw “The Donner Party Chronicles: On Ice”. The effects were so realistic!
I thought fdining this would be so arduous but its a breeze!