"Shutup, I Love This Title Screen," Part 16

Attack of the Show, "Olivia Munn: Bully Attorney" skit

Olivia Munn + facial hair (or balloon popping) = comedy gold.

"AFOS A-Go-Go" 09/16/08-09/22/08 playlist

1. Rita Monico with I Cantori Moderni di Alessandroni, "Thrilling" (from Thrilling), Canto Morricone--The Ennio Morricone Songbook, Vol. 1: The '60s, Bear Family
2. John Barry, "The Persuaders Theme," Themeology: The Best of John Barry, Columbia
3. Isaac Hayes, "Reel 5 Part 1" (from Shaft), Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More!, Film Score Monthly
4. Isaac Hayes, "Source No. 2--7M1A (Do Your Thing)" (from Shaft), Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More!, Film Score Monthly
5. Neil Patrick Harris, "Brand New Day," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Mutant Enemy Productions
6. Robert J. Kral, "Gordon/Batman/The Train," Batman: Gotham Knight, La-La Land
7. Peter Thomas Sound Orchestra featuring James D. Atterley, "Caught at Midnight" (from Jerry Cotton: 321 Countdown Hurricane Friday), Futuremusik, Scamp
8. Guido & Maurizio De Angelis, "Life of a Policeman" (from High Crime), Beretta 70: Roaring Themes from Thrilling Italian Policefilms 1971-80, Crippled Dick Hot Wax!
9. Henry Mancini, "Here's Looking at You" (from Return of the Pink Panther), Do You Pick Your Feet in Poughkeepsie?, Paul Nice
10. Andre Previn, "Executive Party" (from Rollerball), Do You Pick Your Feet in Poughkeepsie?, Paul Nice
11. David Holmes, "Kensington Chump," Ocean's Thirteen, Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.
12. George Shaw(*), "The Search" (from J-ok'el), J-ok'el/Marcus, MovieScore Media
13. George Shaw, "J-ok'el," J-ok'el/Marcus, MovieScore Media
14. Nathan Fillion, "Everyone's a Hero," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Mutant Enemy Productions
15. Neil Patrick Harris, "Slipping," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Mutant Enemy Productions
16. Danny Elfman, "Main Titles" (from Beetlejuice), Music for a Darkened Theatre: Film and Television Music Volume One, MCA
17. Lalo Schifrin, "Egg Eating Contest," Cool Hand Luke, Aleph
18. Isaac Hayes, "Source No. 2--7M1C (No Name Bar)" (from Shaft), Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More!, Film Score Monthly
19. Gordon Parks featuring O.C. Smith, "Move on In" (from Shaft's Big Score!), Shaft Anthology: His Big Score and More!, Film Score Monthly

"AFOS A-Go-Go" airs every Tuesday, Thursday, Saturday and Sunday in September on the Fistful of Soundtracks channel.

(*) Shaw was an orchestrator on one of my favorite films, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. Earlier this month, one of Shaw's first feature scoring assignments, Asian Stories, hit DVD shelves. The 2006 indie film is a romantic comedy starring James Kyson Lee (Ando from Heroes) and Kathy Uyen (Spirits).

"Uppity" is the new "n----r"

I wish Senator Obama or his followers came up with an angrier response to that redneck asshole who called the senator and his wife "uppity" last week. As John Ridley recently said on The Huffington Post, Obama should have "hit 'em where they live."

I wonder how Mays or Mitch Gilliam would have handled Westmoreland.

Probably like that. So wrong, yet so right.

The fact that it's 2008 and a white Congressman still throws around the term "uppity"--plus McCain's use of the word "gook" and the possibility that Palin* once called Obama "Sambo"**--are just some of the many reasons why I'll never vote Republican.

* "They're our next door neighbors and you can actually see Russia from land here in Alaska" is this year's "Our education over here in the U.S. should help the U.S., uh, should help South Africa, it should help the Iraq and the Asian countries so we will be able to build up our future, for us."

** To borrow a Letterman joke, Palin comes across like the mayor of a small town that's banned dancing, so I wouldn't be surprised.

"AFOS A-Go-Go" 09/09/08-09/15/08 playlist

1. Neil Patrick Harris, Felicia Day & Nathan Fillion, "A Man's Gotta Do," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Mutant Enemy Productions
2. DVDA (featuring Trey Parker and Matt Stone), "Now You're a Man," Orgazmo, NickelBag
3. Johnny Harris, "Odyssey (Pt. 1)" (from Buck Rogers in the 25th Century), Sunshine Sound Disco
4. The Crystal Method, "Bones Theme (DJ Corporate Remix)," Bones, Nettwerk
5. Roy Budd, "The Carey Treatment," Rebirth of the Budd, Sequel
6. Stu Phillips, "Ampersand (&)," Beyond the Valley of the Dolls, Soundtrack Classics
7. Ennio Morricone, "Nadine" (from Il Serpente), Morricone 2001, Dagored
8. Mark Mancina, "Bad Boys - Main Title/Heist," Original Score from the Motion Picture Bad Boys, La-La Land
9. The John Gregory Orchestra, "It Takes a Thief," Six Million Dollar TV Themes, Spectrum
10. Riz Ortolani, "Serena e Lomunno" (from Confessions of a Police Captain), Easy Tempo Vol. 1: A Cinematic Easy Listening Experience, Right Tempo
11. Francesco De Masi and Alessandro Alessandroni, "Hot Camera Shake" (from Your Turn to Die), (Italian Girls Like) Ear-Catching Melodies, Dagored
12. Hans Zimmer, "And I Thought My Jokes Were Bad," The Dark Knight, Warner Sunset/Warner Bros.
13. John Barry, "Air Bond," The Living Daylights, Rykodisc
14. John Carpenter and Alan Howarth, "Over the Wall," Escape from New York, Silva Screen
15. Bear McCreary featuring Raya Yarbrough, "A Distant Sadness" (from the Battlestar Galactica episode "Occupation"), Battlestar Galactica: Season 3, La-La Land
16. Felicia Day & Neil Patrick Harris, "My Eyes," Dr. Horrible's Sing-Along Blog, Mutant Enemy Productions
17. Vince Guaraldi Trio, "Great Pumpkin Waltz" (from It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown), Charlie Brown's Holiday Hits, Fantasy

"Shutup, I Love This Title Screen," Part 15

It's the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown

R.I.P., Bill Melendez. Happiness is watching his body of work, from the Termite Terrace era (wow, I didn't know he was involved with one of my all-time favorite Looney Tunes shorts, Bob Clampett's "The Great Piggy Bank Robbery") to Charlie Brown.