Hey girl, saw you across the coffee shop, your face buried in a book, looking all sexy by asking the barista for ice because your tea is too hot. I thought to myself “Damn, I should tell her one of the many interesting facts I know,” so here it goes.
You remember that band No Doubt from the 90’s? Well, on their first three albums, they had a founding member who was a keyboardist. Not just any keyboardist either, it was Gwen Stefani’s brother Eric who left when the band hit big to focus on his animation career…
Pretty wild bit of trivia huh? Well, that’s the kind of guy I am, wild. Yeah, can’t blame you for blushing at me knowing this knowledge, just like how you can’t blame Eric Stefani for leaving. He was the character layout artist for the first nine seasons of The Simpsons. Not to mention the intro for Honey I Shrunk The Kid and post John K episodes of Ren and Stimpy. So next time you watch Stimpy donate the fat from his buttcheeks to be surgically turned into Ren’s muscles, you can now think to yourself that one of the people drawing on that was also recording Tragic Kingdom on the side.
Because you said “Oh, that’s nice” I’m assuming this conversation is going great and you’d love to learn more.
Well, uh, did you know that Dana Carvey’s brother invented the Video Toaster, a revolutionary device in video making? If you want to come to my apartment I can show you it as long as we don’t disturb my roommates who work remotely. We can also watch a movie and I can point out every time an animal noise is voiced by Frank Welker… but hey no pressure… or implications from coming over to my place, heh
I see you’re back to reading your book so you probably didn’t hear that last part. That’s okay, I’ll let my soft words just seep into your subconscious and you will know to come to my end of the coffee shop once you’re done reading. I’ve got a tidbit about Tony Todd’s contract while shooting “Candyman” that I think is gonna rock your world.