'The Farce of Things Unknown'

    One of the things I like to do, as you can tell from a few of my earlier posts, is to make video birthday cards for my family and dear friends. The artist, cartoonist, Mad Magazine-influenced humorist, and pop culture enthusiast in me simply can't resist. 

    So what can I do with the idea of "it being that time again" as Desiree Staley, her mom Twalla Staley, and Desiree's son, Braden, her mom's grandson are all having their birthdays in the space of less than a week of each other starting today?!

    Then I remembered the following scene from my favorite, television series of all time,'The Outer Limits'. Oh joy, the scene as is, was perfect, without my having to edit or alter a single frame, save for dropping in the appropriate fonts. Complete and concise the clip was, and tailor-made for the topic and humor upon which I chose to expand, to say nothing of being exactly ideal, framing and pacing wise, for the script!

    Voila!

 

 

 

On 'The Outer Limits' background video:

It's the opening tease to the first season's final episode, 'The Forms of Things Unknown' (airdate: May 4, 1964). That's Barbara Rush being led down the hallway by David McCallum. Vera Miles, and Sir Cedric Hardwicke also star.

The cinematography is by future Academy Award winner, Conrad Hall.

There were two versions of this teleplay shot, as one was for a pilot series, 'The Unknown' that never made air.

To that end, fans of composer Dominic Frontiere may instantly recognize the music heard here and slated for the failed pilot, but used, three years later, as the score for 'The Invaders' (1967) 

Lastly, the cake appearing at the end, is from artist Curtis Goldstein' Domestic Blisters series, and titled 'White Cake on Wheels' (2013 )

      Courtesy also to Morgan B's Knit Picks blog for the backdrop.