Terror Cell
When a friend calls you up and says, "we're making a video for McSweeney's tommorow. Eggers asked if we could do it. You want in?" the appropriate response is, "yes."
That happened to me a few months ago, and this video, "Terror Cell," was the result. James and John Reichmuth of Kasper Hauser, Dave Owen of the SF Sketchfest, some other folks and me got together one day at McSweeney's headquarters to tape this sketch, which was written by Chris Eggers. Dave Eggers was on set, overseeing his troops, and Brent Hoff was running the show.
We basically re-wrote / re-improvised the sketch on the spot, it was a great time, and I didn't hear anything else about it for months and months and months. This was the end result. It's a mixed bag and in some ways reflects the hasty way in which it was thrown together, but I thought I'd share it nonetheless. I hope it will satisfy your insatiable appetite for short films in which I wear an absurd false moustache.
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That happened to me a few months ago, and this video, "Terror Cell," was the result. James and John Reichmuth of Kasper Hauser, Dave Owen of the SF Sketchfest, some other folks and me got together one day at McSweeney's headquarters to tape this sketch, which was written by Chris Eggers. Dave Eggers was on set, overseeing his troops, and Brent Hoff was running the show.
We basically re-wrote / re-improvised the sketch on the spot, it was a great time, and I didn't hear anything else about it for months and months and months. This was the end result. It's a mixed bag and in some ways reflects the hasty way in which it was thrown together, but I thought I'd share it nonetheless. I hope it will satisfy your insatiable appetite for short films in which I wear an absurd false moustache.
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posted by Jesse Thorn at Monday, October 16, 2006
5 Comments:
This for Wholphin?
It was for Wholphin 1, but they didn't run it. As I understand it (and this is third-hand or so), DE imagined it from the perspective of the home video camera, and obviously it didn't come out that way.
I think the sketch is pretty funny. The opening line about the chicken and the lemon might have been my favorite. My only criticism might be that there wasn't nearly enough Jesse in the sketch. I spent nearly the entire last two minutes of the sketch chanting "More Jesse! More Jesse!"
Damn you, Eggers! Once again, Jesse Thorn stopped just short of the steps to superstardom.
That's got to be one of the funniest things I've ever seen. Great work.
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