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Published: 2016-06-26 22:32:54 +0000 UTC; Views: 2647; Favourites: 24; Downloads: 11
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Yes, Oscar the Grouch made the mistake of bringing up the fact that Ernie once shined shoes; it was a mistake that would prove to be fatal for him. And Ernie always had that quick temper. He was brutally killed right there in the bar, and Bert even helped him do it. Oscar's body was buried in the woods in upstate New York on a foggy night. But this in itself would prove to be a fatal mistake, as Oscar was a made-man, a member of an Italian crime family. Years later, when it came time to bring Ernie into the mob, he was wacked - and there was nothing anyone could do about it. Bert and his friends would just have to sit and take it. And to think that poor Big Bird tried to diffuse the situation before it went too far...
This picture came about one night when I had just watched the iconic scene from "Goodfellas" where gangster Billy Batts was killed, and then stumbled across some pictures of Sesame Street on dA; most notable was this fantastic picture that I'd seen before gulliver63.deviantart.com/art/… . One thing led to another, and the two images were mashed together. I was also amazed at how the characters blended into their roles so well. If someone out there hasn't seen the death of Billy Batts, here it is www.youtube.com/watch?v=IeL8EY… . When I first put together the pencil sketch, I burst out laughing. I still think it's one of the funniest projects I've ever done. I'll bet that no one has ever drawn Bert doing a Bob DeNiro. Anyway, that Sesame Street sure has gone downhill since the mob moved in.
I own neither of these two franchises.
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Lol, what did sesame street do to your childhood to make you come up with a situation like that?
Seriously though, i love seeing innocent childhood stuff turned upside down like this!
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Well, you know how it is...Bert and Ernie just like to go out for a few drinks...
Anyway, I'm actually from that generation that watched these guys come along...Sesame Street, and its competitor The Electric Company started up around 1972. We then watched the Muppet Show in the late 70's, and the Muppets also got a role in the first few episodes of Saturday Night Live. I always felt so sad about how the big movie execs treated Jim Henson when he first showed them "Dark Crystal."
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Same here! Though growing up across the pond we didn't get Sesame Street until i was a little too old for it, shame really...
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I was just getting past the age for it, although we did watch it a little. By the late 70's I was already enjoying Monty Python.
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Hi again, Bob. I've been out while undergoing heart surgery, but I'm back home.
I'm glad to see your take on the Sesame Street Mob gags from Mad Magazine. It only gets better if you add 'Goodfellas' to he mix.
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OMG, I hope everything went well...that's some serious stuff.
I'd like to do another one of these, possibly based on "Casino."
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As good as new, I swear. Thank you.
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Good to have you on board the Gulliver Train then.
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I thought it was a case of bad blood between Billy Batts and Tommy DeSimone. But DeSimone was a psycho and particularly didn't like being laughed at. Jimmy Burke had taken over some of Batts' rackets while the latter was in prison. He was reluctant to give them up and became a willing accomplice in the murder of Batts.
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I always wondered what the reasoning of that was; it's a miracle that Batt's crew didn't just go out and whack those guys the next week.
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Billy "Batts" Betvena was fresh out of prison and probably hadn't re-establish himself yet. Since he was a "made man" his murder had to be kept very secret.
Tommy DeSimone may have been killed for the murder of Batts, or for killing a member of John Gotti's group without permission, or both.
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My late father grew up in Ozone Park, where John Gotti's infamous "Sportsman's Club" was located. He is buried in St. John Cemetery where my dad's parents are buried.
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A very imaginative and original melding of Sesame Street with Goodfellas. I've always liked it when an artist takes the Sesame Street characters out of their preschool mold and makes them more "adult." And Ernie was well cast as the Joe Pesci hothead. But then, small guys tend to be more temperamental in trying to look tough around bigger men. Possibly a Napoleonic complex. Anyway, well done. Very well done and very funny.
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Thanks! I've always been attached to that movie. The cabstand where Henry Hill used to move the cabs as a kid was on the same street where my father used to go to the movies as a kid, Euclid Avenue in Queens. I remember buying the book for my pops when it came out. My Uncle John who lived in Queens enjoyed the book as well.
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Yes, I recall you mentioning the Euclid Ave. cab stand and where your daddy used to go to the movies when he was a kid. I guess, having grown up in SoCal, places like Euclid Ave in New York wouldn't have any special meaning for me. Hey, here's thought: since your OC, Richelle, is also a small person, does she have a temper like Joe Pesci? Especially if her short stature is mentioned? I had planned for my OC, Stuart, to have an affectionate nickname for Richelle and Rhonda, seeing as how they're gal pals and also because of the extreme size difference between them, and that nickname is "Short Round and Long Shot." What do you think?
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::laughs:: Not quite a temper like Joe Pesci, but she would have a temper. And she's a bit thinned-skinned about comical remarks about her height. I do like the nickname, and I can see how they both would get a chuckle out of it. If Richelle is anything like my wife, she doesn't tolerate a lack of service in stores and restaurants.
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N'yuk, n'yuk, n'yuk! I can see that Richelle wouldn't care for the pop song, "Short People" by Randy Newman. And I'm glad to know that if Stuart uses that nickname, there'll be no fireworks from Richelle. I can understand your wife being impatient with slow service in stores and restaurants, although I myself have an abundance of patience and can pretty much wait indefinitely for what I want.
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Oh, and the other thing that would set Richelle off would be to make fun of the Ohio State Buckeyes ::chuckles::
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Well, I'll be sure not to have either Stuart or Rhonda poke fun at Richelle's alma mater. FYI, Stuart went to Yale to please his father who was also a graduate of Old Eli, but then went on to earn his engineering degrees at MIT and Georgia Tech. Rhonda is a USC graduate, though barely since she spent much of her time in college raising hell at frat mixers and once got busted for sneaking into the football team locker room.
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Neat. I'll have to send you some pictures of Richelle's "hometown" of Zanesville, OH.
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That Ernie may be little, but man he gets angry.
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