Made Real: the Simpsons - Nuts and Gum, and SkittleBrau!

I love the Simpsons!

That's why I'm trying as hard as I can to make as much of the Simpson Universe real as possible!

So I made a couple videos.

In the first I make Nuts and Gum a reality:

It's gross!



In the second video I make Homer's dream beer: SkittleBrau!



(there are no pictures of SkittleBrau. It was never shown on screen)

SkittleBrau tastes really good!



I forgot to mention that the Skittles don't actually float in the beer! They stay at the bottom!

So Homer's true SkittleBrau will remain a dream drink.

Oh well.

That's it for now!

Mmmmm... the Simpsons....

The Flaming Homer (nee Moe)! A review!

From the youtubes:

In this video I make and review Homer's drink creation: The Flaming Homer (nee Moe)!

You can see my review of the Flaming Moe Energy Drink here: https://youtu.be/OS4u1Q6qmkg

And read my review of the Flaming Moe bubbly nonalcoholic drink from Universal Studios here: http://www.pondercouch.com/2015/02/days-35-41-7-universal-studios.html

And there's lots more stuff on http://www.pondercouch.com! You should go check it out!

It tasted grape. Medicinal grape.

I found as many of the bottles of alcohol that Homer had as I could, but I'm sure I missed a few.

(click on each picture to see from whence I stole 'em)

There's a band called the Flaming Homers.

Day 249 - Labor Day(bor) Made Real! - 9/7/2015

Today's Thing-a-Day Thing is Labor Day!

It's my Made Real version of this:

I sat on my cooler, by the Stick, and talked to Dogwood as she went by.


Watch the cartoon here!

Happy Labor Day!

I hope you didn't work today!

Day 233 - Made Real: The Simpsons: School Pennant! - 8/23/2105

Today's (yesterday's) Thing-a-Day Thing is this:

It's the "School" pennant Homer made in the "The Wizard of Evergreen Terrace" episode of the Simpsons.

See?

In the show Homer becomes obsessed with Thomas Edison and has to go to the library at the elementary school because he can't go to the adult library anymore because of reasons.

This was the longest pencil I could find.

It looks a little different than the one in the episode, but maybe if there were more shots of it one of them might look like this.

The Simpsons and things in their environment would change shape a bit from shot-to-shot.

That's my excuse...


Go School!

I wish I could get some Duff.

Day 197 - Can't Get Enough of that Wonderful Duff! - 7/16/2015

Duff Beer will be available!!!! In other countries... sigh...


If only they'd make it available here. I'd keep it in the fridge all the time. That is, if it tastes anything like the Duff in Universal Studios.

I don't know if it's really as good as it tasted or if it's just the fact that I was ACTUALLY DRINKING AN ACTUAL DUFF BEER!

Anyway, today's Thing-a-Day Thing is a photo tribute to Duff Beer! All the pics I can find on this computer and in the photo cache blog thing.

God-willing, some day soon this will be real. With real Duff Beer (not energy drink).

Oh yeah!

Day 15 - Calvin and Hobbes Made Real Costumes/TBT/Roger Rabbit! - 1/15/2015

I haven't done much "Made Real" or "Project CALVIN and HOBBES" lately because... well. I haven't been able to come up with much.

But here is an idea I had back in October, but did not have the materials to do in October!

But I have the materials now!


So Calvin's Mom made him a superhero costume...

Well, when I was little my Mom made a superhero cape for me (with sleeves, because I asked for sleeves)...

I still have that cape!

Granted, I didn't have a hood, and I called myself  "Super Seth" instead of "Stupendous Man", but I still consider them to be basically the same thing.


I plan to frame my super cape with sleeves some day, like people who can stomach sports frame old jerseys and crap like that. It would look lovely on the wall of my messy office.



Part 2!

Calvin dressed up as a dinosaur for Halloween one year!

And when we were little Mom made many Halloween costumes for my brother Kyle and me! Including...

A dinosaur costume and a Roger Rabbit costume!

Kyle is in the dino costume in the picture. I don't remember for sure if I ever wore it for Halloween, but I for sure remember wearing it around the house.

And look at that amazing Roger Rabbit costume, without the face on the right (how it originally was) and with the face on the left (added later to make it more complete).

And we all know how much I love Roger Rabbit!

I'm going to keep giving you great stuff like this! Why not pay me? http://www.patreon.com/sethifus

Made Real: A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Meal! 2014

Happy Thanksgiving 2014 from the Ponder Couch!

I hope you all felt thankful today and got to watch all of your favorite Thanksgiving specials this year!

Made Real: Homestar Runner - The Denzel and Suudsu!

The Denzel and Suudsu are from the "Bedtime Story" sbemail. Go watch it!

From the Homestar Wiki:
" The Denzel is a "security item" that The Cheat sleeps with. According to Strong Bad, The Denzel  is a "grodalated" old sponge covered in bandages. The Cheat has needed The Denzel ever since watching a "shock-you-mentary" about gingivitis which scared him into insomnia. The Cheat likes to curl up with The Denzel and a nice glass of Suudsu while hearing a bedtime story from Strong Bad. It is a reference to the movie Man on Fire, where Dakota Fanning's character has a "security item", a teddy bear that she names for Denzel Washington's character."

Here he is in the sbemail:

And here he is Made Real!:

Again, as with Peanut Strong Bad Action Figure, the size/scale of some of the Denzel's parts are different in the sbemail than in their real-life counterparts. Here the size of the cartoon sponge to the cartoon band aids doesn't quite match up to the real-life sponge and band aids. I did okay with the placement and marker drawings, but it still looks a bit different. I made the grodalation with some food dye.

And now, SUUDSU! From the homestar wiki:

Suudsu (pronounced SUD-zoo) is a mixture of skim milk and gummi bears. It is The Cheat's favorite bedtime snack. He needs it to fall asleep at night along with "The Denzel" and other rigamarole. Strong Bad has also taken to it, describing it as "Pure Genius!" and "G-E-W-D, gewd". "Skim milk, Gummy bears... pur genius." Some mornings The Cheat, if he is still alive after being subjected to bug bombs, will fix Strong Bad and Strong Mad a big pitcher of this delicious concoction.

(from hrwiki.org)

And my Suudsu Made Real!:

And the final picture, from the hrwiki: 

Made Real!:

Yeah, I put a towel down for The Cheat. My grill is not even approaching clean enough to sleep on. 



I tried the Suudsu too!

 It tasted like a milk shake, or like milk that had Fruity Pebbles or Fruit Loops in it. Pretty good.

Project CALVIN and HOBBES: the G.R.O.S.S. Password!

From the May 5th, 1987 Calvin and Hobbes comic: http://www.gocomics.com/calvinandhobbes/1987/05/05

I added music and the 3rd verse Hobbes refers to in the last panel!

Tigers are mean!
Tigers are fierce!
Tigers have teeth
and claws that pierce!
Tigers are great!
They can't be beat!
If I was a tiger
that would be neat!

(whistle)

Tigers are strong!
Tigers are wild!
Tigers are suave!
I wish I had their style!



More Project CALVIN and HOBBES stuff here, here, here, and here ! And here and here!

If you have any suggestions for, questions about, or wish to contribute to Project CALVIN and HOBBES, comment below!

Made Real: Peanut Strong Bad Action Figure!

(Pic from the Homestar Runner Wiki)

In the sbemail Action Figure Strong Bad showed us the action figure he made of himself. He made it out of a peanut, 2 pipe cleaners (chenille stems, I guess they're called chenille stems now for some reason), paint/markers, and googly eyes.

I decided to make my own!

One thing I realized as I bought the materials is that the Brothers Chaps did not pay the best attention to the size of peanuts vs. the size of pipe cleaners/chenille stems and googly eyes. The biggest peanut I could find in the bag I bought is much smaller than the other materials than the one SB made. Are there bigger, jumbo peanuts available that would be more like the one SB used?

I still like it.

I think SB might've used paint to make the face on his action figure. I didn't have the right colors of paint, so I used Crayola markers.

So my action figure's face isn't as clear as SB's. It was hard to get the ink into all the crevices. And the colors ended up darker on the peanut than I was hoping.

Even though it is not exactly the same as SB's, it is now Made Real!

You can see SB's Peanut Strong Bad action figure in the sbemails 2 emails   and   diorama !

(Pic is a screenshot I made from the Homestar Runner site)

I suggest you make your own Peanut Strong Bad.

Have you ever Made Real something from one of your favorite properties? If so, tell me about it or link to it in the comments!