Comments on: Conspiracy Rock, A JFK Assassination Parody of Schoolhouse Rock http://laughingsquid.com/conspiracy-rock-a-jfk-assassination-parody-of-schoolhouse-rock/ an online resource for art, culture and technology Sat, 24 Jul 2010 17:49:45 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Jason Scott http://laughingsquid.com/conspiracy-rock-a-jfk-assassination-parody-of-schoolhouse-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-556027 Jason Scott Wed, 04 Feb 2009 14:42:29 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=17141#comment-556027 I went into a lot of details about the making of this video on my weblog, but I didn't give full context on the show it was related to. This Is Pathetic's show was called "The Concourse of Humanity" and was loosely themed around how we talk a good game as people but in fact we're all kind of broken and twisted. I thought the opening film for this was particularly well-done, as it had this wonderful over-arching theme of how Humanity is one of the best things we've ever done and then the film breaks and everything goes wrong. As a result, mentioning conspiracy theory as a basic subject taught to children a la schoolhouse rock seemed to be fun. Also, I remember the guys singing parodies of schoolhouse rock around the apartment, probably because the videos for schoolhouse rock were lying about. People who then go "wow, another chance to talk about JFK" are missing the point. I'll be amused to see people saying that this was some sort of serious effort to bring up the subject. Hello, people? John-John saluting at the end with it saying Darn, That's the End? I went into a lot of details about the making of this video on my weblog, but I didn’t give full context on the show it was related to. This Is Pathetic’s show was called “The Concourse of Humanity” and was loosely themed around how we talk a good game as people but in fact we’re all kind of broken and twisted. I thought the opening film for this was particularly well-done, as it had this wonderful over-arching theme of how Humanity is one of the best things we’ve ever done and then the film breaks and everything goes wrong. As a result, mentioning conspiracy theory as a basic subject taught to children a la schoolhouse rock seemed to be fun. Also, I remember the guys singing parodies of schoolhouse rock around the apartment, probably because the videos for schoolhouse rock were lying about.

People who then go “wow, another chance to talk about JFK” are missing the point. I’ll be amused to see people saying that this was some sort of serious effort to bring up the subject. Hello, people? John-John saluting at the end with it saying Darn, That’s the End?

]]> By: Jim http://laughingsquid.com/conspiracy-rock-a-jfk-assassination-parody-of-schoolhouse-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-555874 Jim Wed, 04 Feb 2009 06:23:28 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=17141#comment-555874 And then book Case Closed by Gerald Posner (UC Berkeley '75, UC Hastings/Tenderloin Law '78) came out in 1994. http://www.amazon.com/Case-Closed-Harvey-Oswald-Assassination/dp/0385474466 And that was that. And then book Case Closed by Gerald Posner (UC Berkeley ’75, UC Hastings/Tenderloin Law ’78) came out in 1994.

http://www.amazon.com/Case-Closed-Harvey-Oswald-Assassination/dp/0385474466

And that was that.

]]> By: Scott Beale http://laughingsquid.com/conspiracy-rock-a-jfk-assassination-parody-of-schoolhouse-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-555837 Scott Beale Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:51:01 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=17141#comment-555837 I already mentioned that in the post and linked to Jason's write-up. Jason's blog is how I found out about this. I already mentioned that in the post and linked to Jason’s write-up. Jason’s blog is how I found out about this.

]]> By: Ari Braginsky http://laughingsquid.com/conspiracy-rock-a-jfk-assassination-parody-of-schoolhouse-rock/comment-page-1/#comment-555835 Ari Braginsky Wed, 04 Feb 2009 03:44:05 +0000 http://laughingsquid.com/?p=17141#comment-555835 That's Jason Scott (ASCII.textfiles.com, Sockington, etc.) doing the animation: http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1299 That’s Jason Scott (ASCII.textfiles.com, Sockington, etc.) doing the animation:

http://ascii.textfiles.com/archives/1299

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