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As you know, Team Def was forced to cancel 52 Rats, mainly because we got kinda bored with it, and as it turns out, rats aren’t as compelling subject matter as, say, pigs.

However, I did have a couple of good items left over in the vault, and for the compleatists out there, I will present them now.

1. Roland The Rat, seen here posing with special guest star Samantha Fox.

And yes, this one is mainly an excuse to post a picture of Samantha Fox.

2. A video of rats fetching ice out of a glass.

FULL DISCLOSURE: The fact that most of my research was turning up more of #2 than #1 was a major factor in the decision to cancel the series. Besides, how can you top posting four (4) Ratt videos? With things like this?

No. Because we try to run a quality blog here.

Rat’s all, folks,

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Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Dragon boat races on the TVBs

Due to overwhelming fan response, Team Def has decided to give the 52 Rats series a proper send-off – featuring the pride of San Diego, hair metal pioneers Ratt!

BACKGROUND: For the young people out there, this is the music yr parents listened to in high school. And yes, they used to do that to their hair. That hole in the ozone layer? That was their fault.

FULL DISCLOSURE: I was a passing Ratt fan in my youth. I found a lot of hair metal to be silly Vaudeville routines, but Ratt had a bit of an edge in having some good guitar hooks that, as a budding young guitar player, I wanted to figure out. I wouldn’t call them an influence, but I do like a few of their songs.

Now, on with the Ratt Glam Slam!

1. Round and Round

Their first hit. With added Milton Berle. In drag.

( The Glam Slam continues after the break )

BONUS MATERIAL: An all-new Ratt album is reportedly expected before the end of this year. O, why not? If Dokken can do it ...

Out of the cellar,

This is dF

Current Mood: nostalgic
Current Location: Quarry Bay
Current Music: Ratt, "Round And Round"

1. Are you ever going to restart the Bad Cover Version series?

Yes. The last few weekends have been swamped with offline mayhem, but I intend to resume broadcasts next Sunday.

2. Are you ever going to restart the 52 Rats series?

No. That’s been canceled, due to lack of interest from everyone involved, including me. Additional research indicates that I’ll only ever get up to 52 entries if I keep posting videos of rats doing odd things in lab tests anyway, so better to quit now. You’ll all find some way to fill the gap left in yr lives somehow, I’m sure.

3. Whatever happened to that Ford dealer who bashed atheists and then took it back?

Don’t ask.

4. Is it true that the director of X-Men 3 and the Rush Hour movies is now a brand consultant?

Yes. Make of it what you will.

5. Why haven’t you posted anything about the Rachael Ray Terror Donut Scandal?

Res ipsa loquitur. That, and I don’t particularly care for Michelle Malkin, Rachael Ray OR Dunkin’ Donuts. Besides, if I did a post every time Malkin uttered something batshit insane, LJ would have to add additional server capacity.

Scarves of doom,

This is dF

Current Mood: cynical
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Satchmo, "(What Did I Do To Be So) Black And Blue"

Please note that this week’s installments of “Bad Cover Version” and “52 Rats” will be postponed until next week, as I’ve got packing to do and a wedding to attend tomorrow, so bloggery will be kept to quick easy bursts.

I’m sure you’ll all manage to readjust yr Internetz accordingly.

Meanwhile, I can reveal that we actually have someplace to move. We signed the full contract last night (Friday), and we get the key around midweek. It’s about 200 square feet smaller than where we live now, which is why we’re trying to sell as much of our junk as we can.

Developing.

To be continued,

This is dF

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Social Distortion, "Angel's Wings"

This week’s rat: Robert Armstrong’s Mickey Rat!

Noteworthy for several reasons, one being that he started out as a t-shirt image before Armstrong started the comic book, and the other being that Disney never tried to sue him for copyright infringement – though this was in the early 70s, when we had such a thing as Fair Use. If Armstrong tried it today, he’d be shipped off to Guantanamo.

The potentate of puke,

This is dF

Current Mood: stressed
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Eddie Kirk, "Them Bones"

This week’s rat ... is large.

That’s a three-pounder there, found in the remote Foja Mountains of western New Guinea, Indonesia, on a June 2007 expedition. It’s believed to be a new species of rat altogether.

Origin of the species,

This is dF

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Still on Fear Of A Black Hat

This week’s rat ... likes to be tickled.

Yes. Scientific evidence that rats laugh when you tickle them. Which is good to know.

Good for a laugh,

This is dF

Current Mood: tired
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: AC/DC, "Riff Raff"

This week’s rat: Rat Fink, by the legendary Ed “Big Daddy” Roth!

You could get these in the bubblegum card/sticker format when I was a kid. I was into drag racing at the time (thanks in part to living within driving distance of Beech Bend Park, as well as the famous Don “the Snake” Prudhomme/Tom “the Mongoose” McEwen rivalry). I plastered my lunch box with stickers like these.

I also wanted a motorcycle like this.

Naturally, my mom disapproved.

FUN FACT: The Rat Fink character was inspired by Roth’s hatred of Mickey Mouse. Which may be another reason I liked him at the time.

Start yr engines,

This is dF

Current Mood: blah
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Motorhead, "Stay Clean"

This week’s entry: Pinky and the Brain. With added tongue twisters!

Yes, I know they’re not rats. See Issue #1 for explanations.

Back to the lab,

This is dF

Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Still Doraemon

This week’s rat: Before there was Ratatouille, there was Rizzo The Rat in The Muppets Take Manhattan.

Jazzy!

Sciddily bop,

This is dF

Current Mood: bouncy
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: EBN, "Shoot The MAC-10"

This week’s rat is the legendary Rat King!

Wikipedia explains:

Rat kings are cryptozoological phenomena said to arise when a number of rats become intertwined at their tails, which become stuck together with blood, dirt, and excrement. The animals consequently grow together while joined at the tails, which are often broken. The phenomenon is particularly associated with Germany, where the majority of instances have been reported.

Most researchers presume the creatures are legendary and that all supposed physical evidence is hoaxed, such as mummified groups of dead rats with their tails tied together. Reports of living specimens remain unsubstantiated. One theoretical cause for the phenomenon is cramped living space; young rats might live too closely together, becoming inextricably entangled. However, the normal behavior of rats, which generally seek their own comfort, speaks against this theory. No scientific study has been performed to prove a natural cause of the phenomenon.

NOTE: Not to be confused with a minor Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles villain.

All together now,

This is dF

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Herman's Hermits, "No Milk Today"

This week’s rat ... is mechanical.

[Via Modern Mechanix]

Wonderful things they could do with technology in 1935.

We can build you,

This is dF

Current Mood: busy
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: It's quiet now ... too quiet ... except for the power tools ...

This week's rat entry [via Pink Tentacle]: Omocha-Bako Series, Dai-3-Wa: Ehon 1936 (Toy Box Series, Episode 3: Picture Book 1936), a 1934 Japanese propaganda cartoon about an island of peace-loving dolls and cats who are invaded by an army of evil Mickey Mouse clones riding bats.

Ironically, of course, Disney would later go on to inspire post-war manga. Still, I think we’ve all felt that way about Mickey Mouse sometimes.

The full video is here if yr interested.

Death from above,

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Current Mood: amused
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Warren Zevon, "Rottweiler Blues"

Following up on last week’s entry, I wasn’t going to do a separate entry for the remake of Ben, until I saw Crispin Hellion Glover singing to him in one of the oddest videos ever made.

Not a scene from the movie, but a DVD extra that Glover made himself. It gets inexplicably sexy near the end. Nuff said.

Just the two of us,

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Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: Faye Wong, "Restless"

This week’s rat: Ben, star of early 70s horror film Willard (not to be confused with the remake starring Crispin Hellion Glover) and its sequel, Ben. With added Ernest Borgnine!

I remember watching both movies on TV late at night when I was in high school. I was very much into movies where animals organize and attack humans at the time. I liked both of them, though I don’t know what I’d make of them now. And no, I haven’t seen the remake.

BONUS TRACK: Michael Jackson sings the love theme to Ben. Remember when he looked human?

Gotta be starting something,

This is dF

Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: The Sons & Daughters, "This Gift" (new album!!!)

Kung hei fat choi, bitches!

It’s the Year of the Rat as of today, which means yr entitled to one rat a week ABSOLUTELY FREE with yr membership to Team Def!

Why? Just to see if I can do it, really.

PRODUCTION NOTE: In fact, yr going to be seeing mice as well as proper rats here. That’s because the Chinese word for “rat” (“hanzi” in Cantonese) doesn’t distinguish between rats and mice. The same word applies to both. So I’m giving myself a little leeway there.

That said, let’s start with a proper rat, and one that’s up for an Oscar or two: Remy of Ratatouille.

And we’re off!

Pass the sauce,

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Current Mood: awake
Current Location: Disco Bay
Current Music: The Donnas, "I Don't Care (So There)"

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52 RATS: THE OUTTAKES
52 RATS SEASON FINALE: WAY COOL JUNIOR
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THIS WEEK
SCHEDULE CHANGE
52 RATS (#13 OF 52): THE ANTI-MICKEY
52 RATS (#12 OF 52): THAT’S ONE BIG MOTHERF***ING RAT
52 RATS (#11 0F 52): WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?
52 RATS (#10 OF 52): REV THIS SUCKER UP
52 RATS (#8 OF 52): I ONLY SEE FIVE SITTING SHEET SLITTERS
52 RATS (#7 OF 52): TWO ZEROS ON A TRAMPOLINE WITH A SIDE OF JOAN OF ARC
52 RATS (#6 OF 52): TANGLED UP IN YOU
52 RATS (#5 OF 52): BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP AND THEY’LL BUILD A BETTER MOUSE
52 RATS (#4 0F 52): PEDAL FASTER, I HAVE TO SAVE JAPAN!
52 RATS (#3 OF 52): A MAN AND HIS RAT
52 RATS (#2 OF 52): MY RATS, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM
52 RATS (#1 OF 52): MY CHEF, HE IS TINY

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Entries tagged with 52 rats

52 RATS: THE OUTTAKES

52 RATS SEASON FINALE: WAY COOL JUNIOR

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS THIS WEEK

SCHEDULE CHANGE

52 RATS (#13 OF 52): THE ANTI-MICKEY

52 RATS (#12 OF 52): THAT’S ONE BIG MOTHERF***ING RAT

52 RATS (#11 0F 52): WHO’S LAUGHING NOW?

52 RATS (#10 OF 52): REV THIS SUCKER UP

52 RATS (#8 OF 52): I ONLY SEE FIVE SITTING SHEET SLITTERS

52 RATS (#7 OF 52): TWO ZEROS ON A TRAMPOLINE WITH A SIDE OF JOAN OF ARC

52 RATS (#6 OF 52): TANGLED UP IN YOU

52 RATS (#5 OF 52): BUILD A BETTER MOUSETRAP AND THEY’LL BUILD A BETTER MOUSE

52 RATS (#4 0F 52): PEDAL FASTER, I HAVE TO SAVE JAPAN!

52 RATS (#3 OF 52): A MAN AND HIS RAT

52 RATS (#2 OF 52): MY RATS, LET ME SHOW YOU THEM

52 RATS (#1 OF 52): MY CHEF, HE IS TINY