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By Mark D, April 2, 2012 1:04 am

So what happens when you take Looney Toons, A Soviet Dictatorship, Talented Puppetry and Artistry, today’s offensive humor and mix it in a blender? Transfatylvania Films is probably the closest answer I can think of. An insane collection of puppetry, animation and live action scenes, I’m rather surprised that they haven’t gotten more attention. They (I’m not sure if they are a group or all just one person) have a rather impressive resume of videos uploaded to youtube.

The general idea behind Transfatylvania Films is that it is a former Soviet Republic ruled by Premier Grunt Von Veizatun, a reptilian dictator in the Joseph Stalin mold. Something that adds to the humor is that no attempt is made to try and hide that most of the filming is done in a suburban house in the middle of god knows where. While there are plenty of breaking the 4th wall moments (especially in the live action skits) it’s the small moments that amuse me. Mostly when someone is walking around in the background oblivious that anyone is even filming.

While the live action Grunt videos are some of my favorites, due to the costume. I mean who doesn’t love a hammer and sickle which replaces the hammer with a forked sausage. For that matter the attention to detail to Grunts costume is another small joy. But it’s obvious that the person is also a rather good artist/animator, puppeteer and even a pretty decent music writer even if the songs are parodies.

I’ve been told I have an odd sense of humor, and that’s true. But I find most of these videos hilarious. At least the ones I’ve watched. With 200+ videos as of this post it’s probably a bit more of a mixed bag then I’m letting on. But beautiful Transfatylvania deserves at least 10-15 minutes of your time, I mean what else are you doing today?

Oh and most of their stuff tends to be NSFW, or they can surprise you and say something really offensive that you won’t notice right away. I don’t find it offensive because it’s a comedy people. But in case you do, or in case your at work, I probably wouldn’t watch any of these.

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By admin, November 15, 2009 12:53 am

I was talking to an old friend of mine recently. She’s always reminding me that she doesn’t know that many stars of today and so on. Now I tend to forget this because before Wikipedia I used to surf IMDB and read everything on just about every movie I liked. I have a lot of useless movie trivia to say the least. Everything came to a head when I was talking to her about the movie Election starring Matthew Broderick (aka Ferris Buller). So I said it starred the guy from Ferris Buller and her response was Ferris who?

This I could not believe. Even without cable how is it possible to not even accidentally watch Ferris Buller’s Day Off. Well apparently she grew up home schooled (which I knew) in the backwoods with only 3 networks. Not only that, but her mom actually believed comedy was evil. To balance that I should include that she started going to college at a young age too, so you’d think that would have some effect but apparently not.

Me: Ferris Buller’s Day Off?
Her: No?
Me: next your going to say you lived at a college for all those years and never saw Animal House?
Her: I never saw it but I read it when I was 13 or so ;p
Me: read the box?
Her: The book?
Her: oh crap. animal farm, lol
Her: Didn’t see Animal House
Me: wow
Me: Blues Brothers?
Her: No
Me: Ghostbusters?
Her : lol, yes
Me : at least tell me you’ve seen Being John Malkovich?
Her: No
Me: Waynes World?
Her: Never really been a comedy person. Too moody ;p
Her: Nope
Me: yea, but these are classics
Me: Spaceballs?
Her: Wayne’s World yeah, I’ve heard of it
Her: …. maybe. It’s been raved about to me so much I might have seen it vicariously, lol
Me: how about Adaptation?
Her: No
Me: Terry Gilliam’s 80s films?
Her: No
Me: Monty Python and the Holy Grail?
Her: My parents hated comedies so they didn’t allow them in house >_>
Her: MONTY PYTHON
Her: Told you I saw Spamalot, lol
Me: true
Me: I was getting desperate
Her: hehe
Her: I love British humor

Me: you’d definitely like Being John Malkovich
Me: basically this office worker discovers a portal into John Malkovich’s mind
Her: Who’s that?
Me: you’ve had to see him somewhere, he’s done a lot of films
Me: umm, did you see Hitchhikers Guide?
Her: Probably
Her: Read it
Me: Sent Youtube link from Burn After Reading

Me: the guy thats not Brad Pitt is John Malkovich
Her: Bald guy?
Me: yea
Her: Don’t recognize him
Me: The Big Lebowski?
Her: Nope
Her: wait maybe
Me: wow
Her: This guy gets confused up in some kind of mob hit or.. something? Beena  long time
Me: yea, with Jeff Bridges, John Goodman and Steve Buscemi?
Her: I know Shawn Connery, Leonard Nemoy, and William Shatner. That’s it. ;p
Her: You realize I was forbidden to read Bram Stokers Dracula even. I got grounded for a week when I snuck a copy to read at 14
Me: lol
Me: how about Fargo?
Her: Nope
Me: wow
Her: This is fun! I’m batting like 95% lol
Me: yea, I’m not even talking about really gross out comedies
Me: and yet you saw American Pie?
Her: Like the last half of it when nothing was on tv and the parents were out
Me: okay, I just got a list of the best comedies of the 80s
Me: and I agree with most of them
Her: oh dear
Me: Sixteen Candles?
Her: no
Me: Beetlejuice?
Her: not the movie
Me: haha
Me: Planes Trains and Automobiles?
Her: no
Me: The Chevy Chase Vacation Movies?
Her: no
Me: Okay, if you didn’t see this one, I’m jumping out my window
Her: A Christmas Story
Her: that’s a comedy? :p
Me: yes, lol
Her: owait, confused title
Her: um
Her: lol
Her: nno
Me: Not a Christmas Carol
Me: A Christmas Story, You’ll Shoot your eye out?
Her: I just checked the IMDB. Not familiar
Me: have you had cable in the last 10 years?
Her: been 7 years now
Me: because TNT ot TBS since like 98 runs a 48 hour marathon of nothing but A Christmas Story on and before Christmas
Me: okay, Airplane!   ?
Her: Damn o_O
Her: maybe. I don’t really remember
Me: The Breakfast Club?
Her: I remember lots of airplane crash movies/shows
Her: no
Me: Airplane! is a parody of the 70s disaster movies
Her: If it’s a parody prolly not then
Me: okay, real quickly, do you mind me doing a list of 90s movies?
Her: no, this is fun
Me: Happy Gilmore? Adam Sandler movie
Her: no
Me: Hot Shots or Hot Shots Part Deux
Her: no
Me: any of the Austin Powers?
Her: no
Me: Any of the Naked Gun Trilogy?
Her: no
Me: Robin Hood Men In Tights?
Her: yes!
Me: So Mel Brooks was allowed?
Me: so you know the 10,000 year old man joke, but not Ferris Buller?
Her: That was one I saw in college once I moved to dorms ;p
Me: Tommy Boy?
Her: no
Me: Rushmore?
Her: no
Me: L.A. Story?
Her: no
Me: Oh, any of the Kevin Smith films?
Her: …..who? hehe
Me: Clerks, Dogma, Mallrats, Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back?
Her: Dogma!
Her: I liked Dogma
Her: Think I saw Jay and Silent Bob too
Me: Fear and Loathing?
Her: no
Me: really?
Me: Never heard of it?
Me: do you know Hunter S Thompson?
Her: no
Me: I mean the poster for it is in like Every Dorm Room on the planet
Her: My friends only had anime posters?
Me: http://www.movieposter.com/posters/archive/main/4/A70-2405
Her: Really. I was in the cluster of people who actually translated raw Chrno Crusade episodes into subtitles the day they aired in Japan :p
Me: wow
Her: Nope, not familiar
Me: any of the Adam Sandler movies?
Her: That name does ring a bell
Me: oooo, you’ve had to have seen this
Her: Office Space
Her: Um… can’t recall. I know I’ve been told to see it
Me: Either of the Bill & Ted movies?
Her: Heard of, pretty sure I haven’t seen
Me: Lock Stock & Two Smoking Barrels or Snatch?
Her: no
Me: okay, smart comedies then
Me: most of these aren’t totall dumb comedies
Her: Yah, like British humor and the like
Her: Like how some Simpsons used to be
Her: Or the occasional South Park
Me: how many Mel Brooks movies have you seen?
Her: I don’t know?
Her: I have been forced to see Ventura movies i know
Me: Ace Ventura?
Her: Yeah
Her: One of my best friends in college was maniacally obsessed
Me: okay, here’s everything Mel Brooks has done that was good
Me: The Producers, Blazing Saddles, Young Frankenstein, History of the World, Part 1, Spaceballs, Life Stinks
Her: History of the World!!
Her: I want a part 2
Me: what about the 3 Stooges?
Her: 3 Stooges were good!

So if you want your kid to grow up and be a genius, don’t let them watch any comedies from the 80s and 90s, because they are pure evil.