This will give you more nightmares than Kubrick’s The Shining combined with Altman’s Popeye. There is something about robotic repetitiveness that simply freaks me out. Whether it is Benedict Wong in Code 46 or when the in-game-characters get stuck in eXistenZ, the hair stands up on my neck when people go all robot. And yes, Ms. Shelley Duvall is one of the all time great go-to character actors, if you want strange and unusual (and vulnerable) – think of poor Sloth from Seven only healthier, sprightlier and with make-up on.
Press play, below, only if you want this particular and peculiar mind-virus swimming in your head for the next 48 hours or longer.
(Thanks Coilhouse Magazine for pointing this one out.)
That was possibly the weirdest YouTube video I’ve ever seen. Where the hell did they track down all those old TV specials from?!
Hello new ringtone!
That is surreal. It’s like she used the same recording every time she made an appearance.
They are all from the intros of Fairy Tale Theatre.
Gamble’s got it right. I watched most of these when I was a kid. These were recently on Netflix Instant and I rewatched a few of them. They only hold up for the big name stars they got for each episode. I still love Jeff Goldblum as the Big Bad Wolf chasing down Billy Crystal as the pig with bricks. Elliot Gould as the evil giant was pretty fun too.
They’re still available on Netflix DISC:
http://movies.netflix.com/WiMovie/Shelley_Duvall_s_Faerie_Tale_Theatre_The_Complete_Series/70104589