Time Marches Sideways

There have been a number of little tiny, eency-weency things since last time, furthermore, I mean things that are references to me/my work, on television to be specific, some things I would compare to whispers in the barely audible range. I'm not going to bother with everything, but rest assured, I heard it. Even things that weren't there.

For example, I know that the show "Monk" makes inside-references for me in just about every episode, but was that a reference to my "Frozen" video on the August 7th show, when they put a new Beatles album into a timeframe that wasn't quite historically accurate? Like in "Frozen," where the Beatles are in the 21st century but the SNL TV studio is out of the '40s and '50s? Or when Natalie calls to Monk to revive him at the moment of need to be the hero, as in "Frozen," when John and George are awakened at the world's moment of need, to become the heroes? It being that this was the season premier of the final season of "Monk," which was something the episode played off of here and there, doesn't that make it more valid to correlate the episode's sleeping hero to the cryogenic sleep of John and George in "Frozen"? "Monk" the TV show will soon be gone, as will Adrian Monk, but in TV land could there not someday, in response to a public need, ever be some form of revival of Adrian Monk? A TV commercial for a household cleanser perhaps? The phrase "better off dead" comes to mind.... okay, but how about a TV movie for a reunion? Obviously a real possibility. And then the time in-between would just seem like some sort of "timeout"....



I unfairly have print going by in that videoclip at the same time you're supposed to be listening to the explanation that nearly every episode of "Monk" makes inside-Steinhoff references, almost as if I thought we lived in an age where you could pause things, read, then hit play, or play that part of the videoclip twice. I know it's just plain bad videoclip editing. Oh well, maybe it's only there for people who are really willing to take the trouble, instead of those who would just as soon have it be in one ear and out the other. By the way, many of my other "Monk" videoclips can be found either on YouTube (where I'm "Zoomsteinhoff") or within my previous blogs.

I have another exciting installment of Steinhoff and Conan for you as well:



An additional thought regarding Conan O'Brien also crossed my mind, regarding the clear indications that people connected with his show follow me: Are Conan O'Brien's people following me around because they're trying to work up the courage to offer me a job as a comedy writer because I'm really funny sometimes but can't find the courage because there are other times when I'm not funny but maybe those other times I'm not really trying to be funny I'm only sort of trying to be funny?

And finally, as is often the case with Paul Giammati-related matters, his appearance this past week on The Daily Show brought me to mind. Allow me to explain. I've occasionally included in my videoclips pieces of a class film I was involved in when I was a first year film student at CalArts. The film, made in 1973-74, is called "Limbo," and is about a gorilla named Limbo. It so happens that Tim Burton, who also went to CalArts but wasn't part of the "Limbo" class, though Mr. Burton has been influenced by me to a substantial degree, did a remake of "Planet of the Apes". In that film, Paul Giammati played a gorilla, by the name of Limbo. And so, sure enough, The Daily Show, which has also been influenced by me to a substantial degree, chose the night of Paul Giammati's appearance to do a lengthy bit with John Oliver about chimpanzees versus orangutans. One may also wish to correlate the word "limbo" with the word previously focused on in the "Monk" videoclip in this blog, "time-out".

This past week I also happened to see a look-alike for Steven Spielberg, who is yet another person on whom I have been an influence to a substantial degree (Spielberg, not the look-alike). The absence of a beard made it something of a challenge, but I'm mostly doubtful that it was Spielberg himself. Nevertheless, the whole thing leaves me up in the air.

And speaking of Spielberg, limbo, being left up in the air, frozen and timeouts, I should mention that I will be putting together a videoclip regarding the most recent "Mummy" movie to make it to the premium channels as soon as the most recent "Indiana Jones" movie does likewise. I intend to include the Sean Daniel-Steven Spielberg connection as it applies to these two films. I certainly hope the suspense isn't killing anyone.