IMAGE. Do your best 1950’s June Cleaver impression and vacuum the lawn. – Shawna O’Neal
Category: GISHWHES 2015
Submissions from GISHWHES 2015, when we officially dubbed our combined group “Team Apokaleypse”.
Item 138 – Cinema Advert
VIDEO. (Video may be up to 20 seconds.) Doesn’t it make you mad when you pay $10-$15 for a ticket to a movie and then they make you sit through commercials before the feature starts? It makes me mad. Let’s de-commercialize the pre-screening experience: have your local movie theater project 10 seconds of footage of you brushing your teeth or carrying out some other mundane daily task on the screen before the start of a feature. We must see a few seconds of the regularly scheduled programing before and after your video. We must also see clearly that we are in a crowded movie theater with at least 50 patrons.
Item 135 – 19th Century Smart Phone
IMAGE. When Alexander made the first phone call on 10 March, 1876 he could not have foreseen the birth of the ‘smart phone’ generation… Or could he? Using late 19th century technology and parts, build the smart phone Alexander Graham Bell would have built if only he’d had the time. – Monica Duff
Item 133 – Welsh Word
VIDEO. This is a real Welsh word: “Llanfaurpwllgwyngyllgogerychwyrndrobwllllantysiliogogogoch.” Find a Welsh person and have them say in Welsh “I am Welsh and I hate that I have to do this,” and then they must say the lengthy word 3 times, without stuttering and without reading it.
Item 126 – Lady and the Tramp
IMAGE. The setting is a candle-lit romantic dinner for two. Let’s see the “spaghetti” scene from “Lady and the Tramp.” Both of you must be dressed for the hot date. Super bonus points if it’s in an actual nice restaurant.
Item 125 – Pantry Landmark
IMAGE. Using food found in your refrigerator or pantry, recreate a national landmark. You may not use gummi bears.
Item 124 – Drink Special
IMAGE. Get a coffee shop to create and run a drink special for Gishwhes and have it advertised on their menu board. – Anna Buffalo
Item 123 – Post Office Conga Line
VIDEO. Let’s see an impressive post office conga line composed entirely of postal workers.
Item 118 – Dance Party Clean-Up Crew
IMAGE. Surprise owners or officials of a public park or building, school or orphanage with a dance-party clean-up crew. Bring music and friends and clean it up.
Item 113 – Jammie Dodgers Fighting Daleks
IMAGE or VIDEO: A small army of Daleks has invaded your local British convenience store (must be in Great Britain). Clearly you and your friends should dress up as Jammie Dodgers and fight them off.