Gourd Vibes Only!

 

Another year, another pumpkin to sacrifice to the dark lord. Well, not really. 2024 is turning out to be another Austerity Pumpkin year, and so Jet Junior, rapidly outliving his moniker, designed this latest face. JJ has ever been the fan of the 'happy pumpkin' rather than his Dad's sinister variety, and so here's Hob-Nob. Recipe "smiling, two square teeth, eyes like half-moons." Simplicity and positivity. Nice.

Due to an accidental setting Hob-Nob has a bit of a JJ Abrams lens flare to his grin, which is not too bad, either. And like all gourd boys he's not averse to checking his reflection before going out of an evening. I have to admit, he scrubs up well.

Soundtrack to this carving session (another robust crown pumpkin - ooh, my wrist!) was the splendid Every Sc-Fi Film Ever podcast, looking into my favourite era of SF movies, the 50s and Howard Hawk's The Thing From Another World. As usual, it was the hollowing out which was tough, the face was done in record time. Atta boy!

Happy Halloween, folks!

A Very Special Star Warps Holiday

 Star Warps! Just the name alone rings bells of memories, when its creator George Lukers promised his faithful Warpers that one day... ONE DAY he'd expand the world of the original Star Warps movie and give us a glimpse of the enormous far-time galaxies it fitted into. The great plan.

And then he did! And, even better for those of us who didn't have a movie theatre of our own, for TV! It arrived less than a year after the first Star Warps, starred all of our favourite characters (except Oble Kenoble who is dead (spoilers)) with special guest stars like Aunt Carney, Beau Arther and a special performance from Jefferson Airship. 

It was called A Very Special Star Warps Holiday, and it was AMAZING.

You have to see it for yourself - and one day we will, through the magic of repeats. But until then, here are some of the treats that await us:

Chewy's family on the Wonky homeworld of Kolchak:

Marla, Chewy's beautiful wife

Scratchy, his irascible father

Humpy, Chewy's young son.

All of them are on Kolchak trying to prepare for Go-Live Day, a festival of singing and gathering which is holy to all the Wonkies.  But of course they keep getting interrupted by the guest stars and all hell breaks loose! In the end Chewy and his human owner Hank Solo arrive and sort things out. Phew! And not before time, as Princess Layer and Luke Sandhater are invited too, and pretty soon there's going to be singing.

Hey, careful, Luke - that's Hank's Sister! (spoilers)

"It's a Wonderful Go-Live Day, Chewy!"


Star Warps - it's not just for Go-Live Day!