Roger Ebert Gave Thumbs Up to a Video About the First King of Funny Faces

Proof

It's this video:

The Brothers of Funny Faces

December 22, 2011

Happy Birthday Grandma Anderson!

The First Queen of Funny Faces was Born in Montana on December 22, 1917!

"Marion Anderson (1917-2001) was an amazing woman, full of grace and she laughed at all my jokes. I think she was the first person to recognize I was remotely funny. G" 

-Geraldine Laybourne

Media Executive

Nickelodeon/Oxygen Media

Song of the Day - December 18, 2010

King of Funny Faces Open Mic Performance - 12/9/2010

With or Without You


To Be Or Not To Be



House of the Rising Sun


The Studio of Long Valley has an Open Mic the Second Thursday of Every Month
Organizedy by Tri-County Music and Arts
Tri-County Music and Arts is a Non-Profit Corporation that was created to promote and advance the Musical and Performing Arts in the Northwest New Jersey Counties of Morris, Warren and Hunterdon.
http://www.tricma.org

The Fearless, The Brave, The Talented, The Funny

Guy Daniel Francis, aka "The Tourette's Karaoke Guy" thinks that I am special! The YouTube sensation has added The King of Funny Faces to his very first list of notable YouTube friends.


He calls us The Fearless, The Brave, The Talented, The Funny


Other Members of this Fine List Are:


The Destructor Bros.



AS/TS Freestyle



SHERBETHEAD



and


THE SUBMARINE4SUBMARINE CENTRE



It is an honor and a pleasure to be a member of this list.


And in case you were wondering who is this Tourette's Karaoke Guy I speak of, you are going to enjoy this video:


Warm Regards,


Erik B. Anderson
Independence Township, New Jersey
Established 1782

Open Mic Performance - 11/18/2010 - VIDEO

Arts off Main - Hackettstown - November 18, 2010

Veteran's Day Open Mic in Long Valley - 11/11/10

Enjoy!

Artist: Erik B. Anderson (The King of Funny Faces)
Songs: Seven Nation Army (The White Stripes)
House of the Rising Sun (The Animals)
Make it Rain (Tom Waits)
Date: 11/11/2010 (Veteran's Day)
Venue: The Studio of Long Valley

On Madness

The Tragedy of Hamlet, Prince of Denmark

Act 5, Scene 1

HAMLET
How absolute the knave is! we must speak by the
card, or equivocation will undo us. By the Lord,
Horatio, these three years I have taken a note of
it; the age is grown so picked that the toe of the
peasant comes so near the heel of the courtier, he
gaffs his kibe. How long hast thou been a
grave-maker?

First Clown
Of all the days i' the year, I came to't that day
that our last king Hamlet overcame Fortinbras.

HAMLET
How long is that since?

First Clown
Cannot you tell that? every fool can tell that: it
was the very day that young Hamlet was born; he that
is mad, and sent into England.

HAMLET
Ay, marry, why was he sent into England?
First Clown
Why, because he was mad: he shall recover his wits
there; or, if he do not, it's no great matter there.

HAMLET
Why?

First Clown
'Twill, a not be seen in him there; there the men
are as mad as he.

HAMLET
How came he mad?

First Clown
Very strangely, they say.

HAMLET
How strangely?

First Clown
Faith, e'en with losing his wits.

HAMLET
Upon what ground?

First Clown
Why, here in Denmark: I have been sexton here, man
and boy, thirty years.

HAMLET
How long will a man lie i' the earth ere he rot?

First Clown
I' faith, if he be not rotten before he die--as we
have many pocky corses now-a-days, that will scarce
hold the laying in--he will last you some eight year
or nine year: a tanner will last you nine year.

HAMLET
Why he more than another?

First Clown
Why, sir, his hide is so tanned with his trade, that
he will keep out water a great while; and your water
is a sore decayer of your whoreson dead body.
Here's a skull now; this skull has lain in the earth
three and twenty years.

HAMLET
Whose was it?

Hamlet and Horatio are wandering in a churchyard where they meet some clowns digging graves. The clown Hamlet speaks to in this section does not know he is speaking to the Prince of Denmark. The bold six word sentence below explains so much about why Hamlet is considered mad.

Hamlet is considered mad because he has faith, even though he is losing his wits. Faith is the most threatening thing to those with illegitimate power. Faith gives Hamlet the ability to speak truth to power, no matter how offensive it is. 


Check out HAMLET_HULK talk to TEAPARTYHULK and SARAHPALINHULK on Twitter today. What shall become of it all?


Warm Regards,


Erik B. Anderson
The King of Funny Faces
Independence Township, New Jersey 
Established 1782

Congressman Garrett is "More Appropriate Than Thou"

Update: Garrett debate canceled amid security concerns

Wednesday, October 27, 2010

LAST UPDATED: THURSDAY OCTOBER 28, 2010, 2:16 PM 

BY HERB JACKSON - THE BERGEN RECORD - STAFF WRITER

A scheduled debate today featuring Rep. Scott Garrett was abruptly cancelled by a Warren County radio station last night because of what the news director said were "security concerns."

Joyce Estey, news director for WRNJ, would not provide details about what happened, but she said station management decided to cancel the debate.

A spokesman for Garrett, R-Wantage, would not respond to a call and email for comment, but his office has had run-ins in the past with Mark Quick, an independent candidate in the race who was scheduled to participate.

Quick, a mason and landscaper from Frelinghuysen Township in Warren County, has been a vocal critic of Garrett. He has complained he cannot grow his business because competitors can hire illegal aliens with impunity.

Read more about what not to say when running for Congress (ex. "I'm the biggest...threat he's ever faced.")

Happy Halloween!

Down By the Water - Open Mic - 9/9/10

Studio of Long Valley
Song: Down by the Water
By: PJ Harvey
Covered by Erik B. Anderson

http://www.tricma.org

King of Funny Faces Performance

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NC0vVLlHxk8


My performance starts at around 2:08 in this video.

Word of the Day - 9/11/10

pretext - n. a false reason concealing a real reason; misleading excuse; pretense.

Example: He wasn't taking his medication, so I made him cry.

My BP, she wrote me a letter.

My BP wrote me a letter.

Consequences of the Oil Spill

Via: Travel Insurance

• You Gotta Move by The Rolling Stones

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Teen admits to Lakewalk beating role

Teen admits to Lakewalk beating role
Duluth News Tribune - July 02, 2010


A 16-year-old Duluth boy told a judge on Thursday that he took part in the May 20 beating that left a University of Minnesota Duluth student unconscious on the Lakewalk.

Markus Lee St. Clair admitted to a charge of first-degree assault that was brought against him in a juvenile delinquency petition. In exchange for that admission, a charge of first-degree aggravated robbery was dismissed by the St. Louis County Attorney’s Office.

St. Clair is one of four juveniles to be charged with beating Dash Johnson, and the first to admit to his role. The juveniles are accused of stealing Johnson’s wallet and cell phone. Johnson, an Arden Hills, Minn., native, had just finished his junior year at UMD, where he was majoring in communications. He had been working as a host at Little Angie’s in Canal Park and as a student intern with Visit Duluth.


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Why wouldn't they say "Teen boy admits to Lakewalk beating role"?

Teen girl accused in beating my cousin

Teen girl accused in beating, sexual assault appears in court
Duluth News Tribune - June 12, 2010

A 17-year-old girl accused of taking part in beating University of Minnesota student Dash Johnson unconscious on the Lakewalk last month, and using a shampoo bottle to sexually assault an 18-year-old woman two days later, appeared in St. Louis County District Court Friday to determine if there is sufficient evidence to support the charges against her.

Julie Ann Isham, who turns 18 on June 20, is charged with first-degree assault and first-degree aggravated robbery in the May 20 beating of Johnson, who suffered traumatic brain injuries. Isham is charged with first-degree criminal sexual and third-degree assault in a separate incident on the 1300 block of East Fourth Street on May 22.

Isham and a 16-year-old girl are accused of striking the victim of the sexual assault 20 times in the head and face. The young woman suffered a broken nose and broken facial bone.

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He really knew now.

I watched several movies this weekend.

It was a long holiday weekend. I have no family to spend the holiday with and the libraries are closed, so I watched several movies on DVD including Q&A, Disgrace, The Road, The Bicycle Thief and The White Ribbon. I also re-watched The Shawshank Redemption and Tombstone. Who says loneliness can't be fun?

Out of the new movies I watched this weekend, The White Ribbon was my favorite. Michael Haneke is the new master of suspense. Even better than Hitchcock. I'm not kidding.



Sidney Lumet's Q&A was gritty and compelling at first, but it dragged in the middle. Disgrace, with John Malkovich in South Africa, was my second favorite. It is a very important film. I was sadly disappointed by The Road. It was a formulaic tearjerker. Great performances by Viggo Mortensen, Robert Duvall and even Guy Pearce. The story was fine, but there was just something not quite right about the finished project. It saddens me because I had been anticipating a much better film.

The Bicycle Thief is a classic, as always. I'm glad I saw it. I just wish I didn't pop it in at 2 in the morning. I fell asleep halfway through. I wish I could have experienced the entire thing all at once.

As a bonus, I also read another hundred pages or so in War & Peace. I'm not even halfway to the end of Tolstoy's classic, but I am pleased to be able to get through it.

Hope everyone else had a good 4th of July weekend.