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I was handed a notoriously crappy horror movie compilation video called “Boogeymen” and a book of cowboy witticisms called “Savvy Sayins” and acted like they were masterpieces. My mute assistant Ken (one of my friends in a Scream knockoff mask) did my bidding, bringing me things to talk about as I as-libbed.

This was the dumb sort of thing I did for fun instead of partying or going on dates.

It became a standout of the videos we made together because of how corny it was, and I never lived it down.

Years later we decided to make a sequel. We waited until 2 am again so we’d all be just as punchy, and meticulously recreated the set in Shaun’s mom’s basement. In it, a running gag about Ken trying to get me to read more of the cowboy poetry was born. My friends and I loved getting to mock the original video.

Every few years now, we get together and make a new episode. We just filmed the eighth one this week. The more the years pass, the funnier it feels to be making dumb videos with friends like we did as kids. Between jobs, kids, and me moving away, it’s become a rare excuse for us all to be in one room. There are two different text chains devoted to jokes about the show.

We can’t shoot in our moms’ basements anymore because they’ve long since passed. I have a grey beard now and “Ken” has a hard time slinking into the shot because of his bad knees.

Funniest of all to me, Shaun became a professional filmmaker and editor, so we now film the show on the same type of camera that Jurassic World and Avengers Endgame were made on.

Someday I will be gone, and at my funeral they’ll show videos of me surrounded by cauldrons of dry ice, ranting about my depression and Child’s Play 2, because that’s the only footage that is readily available. And that makes me happy.

Linked my tumblr blog to my twitter account (@flixmix).  Yes, I'm FlixMix on Twitter and Blogspot, but FlixFix here since FlixMix was already taken. 

Anyway, I didn't really like I hated the the last layout I had, so I switched it to this most used one on tumblr. Original, I know, but hey this will have to do until I figure out what I like, ok.

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