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He had the usual childhood diseases...

This is from a series I did around 1986 called "The Life and Times of Gizmo Fuzztone".

 

This series never got finished. Ran out of money. A crying shame. This particular one, eh, I forcked up. I tried to get to cute and use a deadly slow film for the grain--these were intended to be very large prints-- but I over-exposed dreadfully. Well I was distracted: a junkie set the building on fire while we were adjusting the lights. Lupus Yonderboy is the main model for the show. It took two days to make all the little black pustules in the prop lab and over an hour for make-up to glue them on.

 

Oh, and the nurse puking in the wastebasket is famous Canadian director Terri Snelgrove. She used to be a Newfoundlander and we called her "Teff" then. She was afraid to do this scene because she was afraid of actuially barfing by reflex, so I made her some delicious chowder. All she had to do was hold it in her mouth then open it on cue and let it fall out. Too much info? It was very tasty chowder anyway.

 

Visit my website at KentBarrett.com.

 

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Uploaded on March 31, 2005