SpoonMan

You will enjoy this very short clip entitled "SpoonMan" from the QuickTime Version 1.0 CD-ROM. This is vintage, 1990 footage.

The original clip was filmed at a resolution of 160 x 120, 8 bit color, and 8 bit audio. I did clean up the audio a bit so you have a better listening experience.

I don't know why, but I've watched this clip over and over. See if it has the same effect on you!

ADDITIONAL NOTES:

I found the Bio on the actor. This guy has done some VERY cool stuff! "Mark Petrakis has managed to devote the last twenty years to the development of original performance work in the fields of circus, opera, magic, comedy, and puppetry. 1987 marked the first appearance of his bigger half, Spoonman as well as the first Cobra Lounge, a radically eclectic performance revue. Since 1989, he has pursued the alternating paths of performing arts and digital technologies. He is a founding partner in pARTy/SCIENCE, an events production and design company that focuses on developing entertainment applications for digital and interactive technologies. A committed collaborationist in theatre and television, he has also worked on the development of several computer-based projects: TPTV, a QuickTime conferencing system, P3TV, an Apple interactive television prototype, The Animation Sandbox, a do-it-yourself animator, and Spoonman's QuickTime Digital Playhouse. In May of 1992, he directed the Interactive Performance show for CHI '92 in Monterey. " {Extract taken from http://www.baychi.org/calendar/19930112/}

Category:

Film & Animation

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• Adiblasi

[CrazyAsianFood]

I'm speechless...

[adiblasi]

LOL! That would be QuickTime without the audio :)

[lynkonline]

yeah, that didnt make much sence to me either...

[adiblasi]

That is what makes it so interesting and keeps people watching this damn clip! Damn, I just watched it again! LOL!

[tylerlavite]

ok Al, i have watched this clip numerous times... i don't know why... but i don't get it :/ LOL

[adiblasi]

Tyler - I've been watching it since 1990. You just have to keep watching it. I don't know why. Really. It's hypotic.. mysterious... it's SpoonMan!

[ronnysoeberg]

I can't even begin to express how this has changed my life. I understand the true meaning of the spoonmans message. It's not for everyone. But those who get it will have their lives forever filled with meaning and glee!

[someguywithapineapp]

The video is just about spoons.

I don't think there's any deep message. :S

[woodwhips]

Spoon man returns.

We know what comith in our path soon. 

[madepress]

he is the first spoonman,

epitomises the cult of the spoon

a growing secret spoociety born in indonesia but has been dormant in evolving humanity only now florishing as we move closer to exspoonding higher consciousness in 2012

initiation involves halucigens and if you dont get this video you should try taking some , mushrooms preferably

[tnima95]

...and forking leads to scissoring

[rakehell23]

I remember this from back in the day. Great then and great now.

[jerryschica]

Careful, spooning leads to forking!

Chica

[WaterbugDesign]

Saw this when it first came out, we watched it over and over back then. Hard to believe, 20 years later, and video quality hasn't improved at all.

[sloochy]

...and then things got really wierd.

[sailing314]

SpoonMan forever!

[30FootSmirk]

LAWL!

[MIrvineWalsh]

This looks like an FMV from the best puzzle/adventure game never made.

I first saw this about a year ago, and out of the blue today I was compelled to seek it out. I remember the first few times I watched I didn't hear him say 'or trouble' (probably cos me and my mate were in stitches), so when I finally heard him say it I freaked out.

The moral of this story is, Spoonman is genius, and even more so when high.