Thursday, June 7, 2007

A Rocket, A Dragon, Two Elfmen, David Banner, and A CIA Hitman

I'm using Youtube to supply me with music this morning and found this lovely oddity.

Before Danny Elfman wrote snazzy scores for movies and The Simpsons, there was his '80s band Oingo Boingo. Before Oingo Boingo, there was The Mystic Knights of the Oingo Boingo - possibly best described as post-modern surrealist vaudeville. The guy in the rocket is Richard Elfman, Danny's brother, who not only founded the Mystic Knights, but also directed their single feature, Forbidden Zone.

So, where's Danny? He's one of the guys in blue facepaint. He's actually visible over Chuck Barris' shoulder at the end of the clip.

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