I SOMETIMES FORGET A FACE

IF YOU LOOK CLOSELY YOU CAN SEE THE SUN



As the current primary incarnation of the "Superman" legacy, "Smallville", has only several episodes remaining (the series finale is May 2011), I thought it possibly relevant to provide this photograph of one of the three then-future heads of Marvel Entertainment. For those who don't see a connection, Marvel Comics and DC Comics ("Superman" Comics) were at least at one time arch rivals ala Pepsi vs. Coke, each with their own universe of superheroes.

I took this photograph in the summer of 1968 or 1969 at Camp Timberlake in Vermont. I also knew this then-future Marvel head from homeroom while attending Valley Road Junior High School in Princeton, New Jersey. It was only a handful (four one year, five the other) of us little Princetonians who also went to the same Vermont summer camp together.

WHEN LAST BLURRY
As "Smallville" comes to the end (as mentioned above), I am pleased to report new observations that they are again referencing my material. I have on many previous occasions presented my observations when "Smallville" has done this, accompanying these observations with explanations, as well as the bases in fact showing how these are not simply to be regarded as my own crazy little observations where you would have to take my word for it. I have also conjectured as to how this might at least initially have come about (could the missing "link" be Sean Daniel?, etc.). Because these types of things are part of other types of things, and so on, and that's if you have a moment or two or three.

On the 4.15.11 episode of "Smallville", I noticed a parent/child moment that could be seen as a reference to a parent/child moment in one of my three main videos, "Steinhoff's Dostoyevsky's 'Uncle's Dream'" (1990; 1992; posted at archive.org Nov. 2008):

4-15-11 Smallville; 1992 Steinhoff


Due to it generally being a common enough type of moment in films, I didn't think there was enough to bring up this connection, until the following week's episode (4.22.11), in which there is again something that brings the same "Uncle's Dream" video of mine to my mind, this having become the customary tip-off that the previous observation had significance.

In the larger context of "Smallville" having on previous occasions often done things in relation to my material, which I believe I have previously been able to demonstrate, I conclude that the very last image of the 4.22.11 episode before the end credits goes back to my Dostoyevsky (this is not the first time I have observed them referencing this video of mine):

4-22-11 Smallville; 1992 Steinhoff


The other thing I noticed about the 4.22.11 "Smallville" episode was their featuring something that one can easily see as a Kafka reference (not just Kafka-esque): A timid young man who suddenly finds himself trapped inside the body of a beetle (this is an easy one; they only give you $10 for answering this question correctly on a TV game show). Kafka and Dostoyevsky are, by no stretch, both members of a small, exclusive group - legendary authors of all time - and therefore are names to associate together.

BACK TO A REALITY
I just saw the Jack Black version of "Gulliver's Travels" (not as good as the Jonathan Swift book, though few things are), and as I half-expected, found there to be inside-references regarding me/my material. I have previously referred to Jack Black making inside-references to an AFI film set incident in 1975 in which I was knocked down by an electric shock (then future producer Stuart Cornfeld having been the first person to come up to see what had happened to me, Stuart Cornfeld being someone who has often worked with Jack Black). And so, how could I be surprised when I saw in "Gulliver's Travels" Jack Black being knocked to the ground by an electric shock? I also saw tons of stuff in this movie that could be related to one of my three main videos, "Mall Man" (1993; posted at archive.org Sept. 2005), in that both have someone who works in the mailroom lying about who he is to get ahead, then at some point suddenly taking on a special identity/special powers.

Could You Not Point That Guitar At Me

I Prefer Her Umbrella Movie
Okay, this posting will be what I regard as a rush job. "Saturday Night Live" (4.9.11) was very influenced by me, apparent to those who connect the dots at least, and I mustn't leave SNL wondering whether I caught it, I must confirm. There were also a few other things on last night's SNL I am less certain about, very small fragments that may have been intended to be part of something or another, things that years of scrutiny may someday unravel (I won't be scrutinizing them just now, however, maybe later, if they should feed into the larger continuum that humanity needs addressed for the survival of the species, as that really gets me motivated!).

The thing I will be focusing on here from last night's SNL is somewhat ripe with opportunities to address issues concerning world peace, and certainly this kind of usage entitles me to enough of a seat at the table (like maybe a little part of a seat, or more) to seize the moment and wield everything I can grab towards the betterment of mankind and all that. But as I said, this will be what I regard as a rush job, therefore, I'll just skip it, for now anyway. Nevertheless, you know you're always in my thoughts, mankind. Or humanity, I never know what to call you.

This videoclip foolishly portends to be self-explanatory in terms of giving you what you need to connect the dots and see proof of my influence:



You may also want to factor in that it was a March 2011 episode of "The Regular Show" (this requires you go back to my previous blog) that prompted me to bring this image of mine to the fore in my previous blog.

Don't Tell Anyone, But Jimmy Olsen Is Really Superman
And now we come to a videoclip that incorporates a moment from the pilot for "Smallville" from way back when, and my "Gosk 2" video, from 1998. This videoclip offers nothing in and of itself - the lines spoken here, though common to each, are not unique, we see them now and again. In fact, it was once a gag for there to be someone engaged for a while in a whispering conversation to eventually say, "Why are we whispering?" Yet I consider this videoclip possibly significant, if seen in light of evidence I believe I have previously offered regarding other "Smallville" episodes and my influence.



Excalibur Marks The Spot
I went to see the new version of the movie, "Arthur" (they have once again opted against making it about that king who had a magician named Merlin and all that). I have previously written that I believe my film idea, "Two Hours In The Life Of George Washington" (at Archive.Org) influenced the first "Arthur". And now once again I am finding a few things in the new "Arthur" that may show the influence of the same part of "Two Hours" (to avoid a spoiler, I will say for now, that I believe I give the movie a "stable" feeling, which, by the way, tells you nothing, absolutely nothing, because that is how sealed my lips are).

And now to explain what I mean more fully:

• In my "Two Hours" idea, the part that I believe influenced the first "Arthur", the special names the character has for his horses is of particular significance.

• In the new "Arthur", he states that he does not even know the name of the horse, and suggests several possibilities.

• In the part of "Two Hours" that I believe influenced the first "Arthur", there is a haunting suggestion of Abraham Lincoln (one of Washington's horses is named Lincoln).

• In the new "Arthur", his most frequently worn clothes are the genuine articles Abraham Lincoln once wore at his inauguration, thus serving as a haunting suggestion of Abraham Lincoln.

King's Knight To A Square Not On The Chessboard (It's An Odd Little Knight)

Cain, Pete Townsend and Abel



Image on Left:
from 3/28/11 "The Regular Show"
Image on Right:
"The Electric Guitar Before The
Discovery of Electricity" 7/27/92
from my self-published book (copyright 1993),
"Go Eyes, Go!" (posted at Archive.Org)

Before I begin speaking on the subject of this image, I want to state in the most unequivocal terms that I am a huge fan of "The Regular Show," and if it should someday prove to be the case that I have influenced that show in any way, I feel honored, privileged, and not mad.

I recently indicated on Facebook that "The Regular Show" is among my favorite TV shows. At that same moment of indicating this there, I was already half-aware, based on my past experiences as a secret super influence on the most important, etc., etc., that this could reach "The Regular Show", resulting in my influencing them. So I think I may possibly have influenced them in this instance, though of course it is not the sort of image that could only come from one person, and would not have bothered mentioning it if that was the whole reason behind my thinking this could reflect my influence.

To Continue
I've tried to make this videoclip 38% self-explanatory, accompanied by a separate, additional explanation here designed to fill in the other 62%. Initially I only wanted it to be 25% self-explanatory, and then fill in 75% of the explanation in print. However, though a separate, additional explanation is essential in order to appreciate this teeny-tiny, itsy-bitsy, scarcely real clue that I'm pointing at in the videoclip (so that you can see how they're still keeping a chair warm for me up there at the top), yet it gets more and more tedious to follow it all so people are only gonna watch the videoclip (if that) and think they're done (right, sure you'd be done). So here I will just suggest that you may possibly maybe also want to look up my blogs where I discuss (accompanied by evidence when available, if you're up for connecting dots) that:

• A conversation I once had with someone led to the premise of Tom Hanks' weekly TV sitcom, which was his first really big breakthrough

• I am a significant influence on Steven Spielberg, who is often associated with Tom Hanks

• With few exceptions over the past decade or so, I have been able to identify where Saturday Night Live has incorporated fragments from what I forwarded in (through "intermediaries") into the very next show, or the show after that. My influence prior to the past decade was significant as well.