Why Zomedy?

First, the word itself is portmanteau. Portmanteau is a little suitcase. It’s also a two words crammed together to make a new word. Zomedy is “Zombie” jammed together with “Comedy”.

By itself, the thought of a Zombie Comedy humors me. It reminds me of my childhood, when my pops took my friend Aaron and I to Major Video (which later became BlockBuster). Dad told us we could rent any movie we wanted. Aaron and I probably wandered aimlessly through the store until Dad gently prodded us to pick a movie. We grabbed two: “The Stuff” and “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”.

First, the word itself is portmanteau. Portmanteau is a little suitcase. It’s also a two words crammed together to make a new word. Zomedy is “Zombie” jammed together with “Comedy”.

By itself, the thought of a Zombie Comedy humors me. It reminds me of my childhood, when my pops took my friend Aaron and I to Major Video (which later became BlockBuster). Dad told us we could rent any movie we wanted. Aaron and I probably wandered aimlessly through the store until Dad gently prodded us to pick a movie. We grabbed two: “The Stuff” and “Children Shouldn’t Play with Dead Things”.

We went home, ate any type of pizza we wanted (Pineapple and Ham) and watched these movies.

“The Stuff” was a horror movie about killer yogurt. It starred Garret Morris as Chocolate Chip Charlie. Morris is best known for his work on Saturday Night Live. He was the guy that helped the hearing impaired by screaming really loudly. (It’s funny. Look it up).

“Children Shouldn’t Play With Dead Things” was utterly forgettable. My memory enhancer (Wikipedia) tells me it was a true horror film by the guy who brought us “Porky’s” and “A Christmas Story”.

I do remember it as my first zombie movie.

Since then, I’ve seen more zombie movies to list. I’ve loved many zombie comedies like “Dead Alive” and “Army of Darkness”. I’ve even dressed up as a zombie impersonator (don’t ask) and threatened to off local bands just like the real zombie did.

On Facebook, I pass all the zombie quizzes with flying colors. I’ve read the latest zombie books. I’ve left a theater confused after “Up with Dead People”. I love the song “Zombie” by the Cranberries and “Do the Zombie” by Nellie McKay.

All that said; I hate zombies.

Sure, they are scary and almost impossible to fully escape… I accept that some infection kills the brain cells of human beings and causes a lust for flesh… improbable, but look at people on X. Who would’ve thought something could make you crave glow sticks and pacifiers.

Zombies don’t make sense because they have no means of perpetuating the species… Humans, cats, fish, trees, dandelions all reproduce. Zombies just consume. Eventually, there are no more humans and you have this species that doesn’t eat fish roaming the Earth. There is no end game. No progress. No regression. There are just these “forever” beings wandering around with their arms out.

What fun is that?

In any case… welcome to my site. My blog. My contribution to the world wide wasteland that is being over run by undead web sites.