Welcome back, film fans! Time once again for a “sneak peek” at the secrets of Tinseltown. Today we’re on the set of Cheapo Productions’ “Ultra Power Turtles III: The Quest for Pocket Lint” to watch our high-flying heroes actually take to the air!
How do they do it? “Now, your big studios would dangle the stars from an expensive rig, and blot out the wires in post-production,” says “Turtles” director Steve Rancid. “But we’re kinda strapped, so we just hold them up to the camera and make ‘whooshing’ noises.”
Ehn! TURTLES!!
*faints*
Look at their little flappy feets! So much symmetry! So much matchingks! How bleeny!
Goodness those guys are cute! Looks like they’re waving “By beach! See you in like 50 years!”
beautiful baby turtles!
Double snout-in-air action!
Turtle one: “HARUMPH!”
Turtle two: “HARUMPH!”
Ooooh! I love me some turtle bebehs!!!!
I’m honestly not nuffing, but are those the kind that you’re not supposed to touch? Is this at a reserve or rescue facility?
I know in some part of FL, you’ll get a ticket just for being in a reserve area without a license.
Is Steve Rancid related to that white kitten’s mother?
NTMTOM, i hope your other job is writing children’s books, i’m always entertained.
Don’t forget your disclaimer…”no turtles were hurt during filming”
Neeeeeeeeeeerrooooooooooow!
(Much more appropriate than “whoosh”.)
Is that a nod to Benny Hill’s “El Cheapo Productions” sketches? If so, NTMTOM, I send you virtual smooches.
Now smack them together and make kissind noise!
“I was like Dude! and then he was like Whoa!”
PS save me from the wee turtles!
how cute baby turtles!!
*squee!* YES! Finally! I love me some turtles!
“big old meany hands!
put me down – put me down!
noooooooo…now I’ve got sand in my shell!”
*hurumph*
“its not easy being a baby turtle” *makes soft snuffling noises and looks around for mom*
Now THIS is cute! ^____^ I hope they grow big and life happy lives in the sea.
VERY CUTE.
Very Ninja.
[Cowabunga - Ed.]
They look like they’re about to do a leetle turtle chest bump
FLY, baby turtles
Fly away to the ocean
where you can swim free.
haiku it has taken over my brain!
Ooops Teho can you fix my first word to Fly!
[Eep. Talk about your typos.
- Ed.]
baby turtles at the beach? yea, these were definitely NOT supposed to be picked up and touched by humans. good going
[Right, because mama bird will reject them from the nest now
- Ed.]
Apologies in advance.
I am reminded of a joke my father told me many years ago. A man stops at a pet shop and buys a little turtle for his son. The kid thanks him, takes the turtle and goes into his room to play with it. A while later he comes out and says, “Dad, there’s something wrong with my turtle.” Dad examines turtle, finds its feet all frayed and shredded. Takes it back to the shop, shopkeeper, puzzled, trades it for a new one. This happens a couple more times, until one day dad spies on kid playing with turtle. Kid is down on the floor, dragging turtle over the floor as though to rev up a toy car, going “Vroooom, vrooom….”.
Disclaimer: I do not approve of turtle abuse, or of buying animals at pet shops. The telling of this joke does not indicate that I condone either one. I can only hope that no sick individuals will read this joke and get ideas.
wibble baby turtles… oh so flappy and kyooot!
Thanks Teho! I saw it and all I could thnik was Eeekkkk!!!!
Omg! Simply omg.
No, no, no……put those babies back in the sand so they can get to the water!!!
[Not to be a wet blanket, but considering how hard their life gets, as soon as they do reach the ocean, what's the harm in a quick photo-op? - Ed.]
Finding Nemo-esque little doods!
I frown disapprovingly at your joke Skippymom (not really well kinda sorta but not really). Another turtle joke:
A turtle was walking down an alley in New York when he was mugged by a gang of snails. A police detective came to investigate and asked the turtle if he could explain what happened.
The turtle looked at the detective with a confused look on his face and replied “I don’t know, it all happened so fast.”
“[Right, because mama bird will reject them from the nest now
- Ed.]”
No – because they’re a protected species and there is a fine or even arrest for picking them up.
[Well, I think these are Leatherbacks, so OK, I'll grant you they're protected. Harming, killing, or trafficking in these guys is illegal, sure. But I don't see anything about simply picking them up being a bad thing. - Ed.]
OMG. Turtles are my favorite!!!
This extreme example of turtle-y proshness just completely made my day.
*FLAIL FLAIL FLAIL*
Even on well used community beaches, if there’s a nest, they have stakes and it’s cordoned off. Also have large signs Re: fines for going near said mound of sand.
Of course it’s also a tradition in FL to boil said eggs and serve ‘em with toast and salt. Right on the beach with a bonfire even. They have deliciously runny yoks supposedly.
Obviously this doesn’t happen as often.
Nice joke, freetomato. I think I heard that one on Car Talk a while ago.
And I approve of your kinda sorta disapproval.
“The Quest for Pocket Lint”
(I bet MarthaStewartOmniscientbeingoftheentiredecorationsuniverse could DO somethin elegant & also supremely snooty & superior in design, w/ that lint!)
and Steve Rancid — FTW !!!!
@Theresa – you are SO lucky I’d already swallowed, or there’d be diet coke all over my screen. SAVE ME FROM THE WEE TURTLES!!!
Flaily turtle limbs ftw!
No, I wrote that too fast. The HOVERTEXT is……. *AHEM* ……. even better than the other two items I just wrote about.
*Ahem*, he says, *between the vrooms* !!!!!!
Walks away, contented, shaking head “No, I just cannot believe, that NTM thought it out so thoroughly, as to put an “ahem” into the vroom sequence”.
sorry guys/ galz
Whooshes, they were whooshes, not vrooms. Point remains the same.
Carry on.
Ya just gotta think the way ya talk. Easy peasy.
:* How cute
I live in Costa Rica and we are able to see the baby turtles several times a year. They look a bit different tho
@ Theo:
well, ALWAYS appreciate an “encouraging word”. So thanks & I’ll keep that suggestion in consideration. Only problem is, when I talk, there’s this tongue that gets goin’ & tangles everything up into a jumble. When I’m thinking, no tongue there to interrupt my thought process, ya know?
I guess I think in soundbites.
@ Theo: I bet you would have the ability to write some AWESOME screenplays or entire books, in real life, if either of those interested you as a career: you are so good with clever witty dialogue, developing numerous characters & their / reference points & their mental approaches to a situation. People can send screenplays or prospective books TO companies, without having to be a Hollywood resident. There’s a rumor going ’round, that SOME people have, from time to time, been PAID in current American dollars, to do so………
So “they say”.
[But that would be WORK, and work is HAAARD... - Ed.]
To those worried that these little guys are being picked up – don’t fear! Judging from the fact that it is daytime, they were probably hatched in a sanctuary, and the hands holding them will be placing them on the beach shortly. They are more than likely in safe hands! And I doubt that anyone with dubious/illegal intentions for these critters would take a photo
I do love sea turtles!! I’m happy to see some on CO. They’re so adorable when they’re babies, and so surprisingly graceful as adults! I got to swim with some on my last expedition ;D Any marine animal posts on this site are good with me!
Nothing like a flock of turtles. Heh heh.
[...was there supposed to be some text here?
- Ed.]
@ Theo:
(All together now, IN JAPANESE:)
“Ah, SO, deska!!!!”
Well, in that case, I’m ever so glad that you don’ gotta do nun o’ that STANKIN work stuff.
Say, it’s Friday. I will make a frivolous prediction, that your guac is already on the worktable, next to your computer …. and that you already got your coffee out of the (hope I remember this correctly) the DOWNSTAIRS kitchen. And NTM probably already made his silly, bloody (not literally, just me tryin’ *NOT TO* use a worse curseword) microwave (YUCKphbtyuchptuy icky icky bleh ptui) popcorn.
(I STILL say choc-covered (or carob for the PC & the vegans) popcorn is THA BOMB that I wanna eat; or Nachos flavor Doritos).
If your tabletop is so prepared, then: ENJOY !!!
Signed,
Epicureans R Us.
Is it “flock” or something else?
Gaggle of turtles?
Troupe of turtles?
Apparently it’s “bale”. As in “bale of turtles.” Now all I have to do is figure out why I’m seeing waves of grain in my head…
[I still think "a herd o' turtles" is funnier - Ed.]
@ Ed: IM(H) O:
” a ____ o’ _________ ” ANYTHING makes a funnier reference to a plural.
knowwhutamsayin’?
Ed: Whoa. I had a friend who was in a band called Herd of Turtles in Seattle!
[Hmm, that does sound like Seattle. They ever open for The Presidents of the United States of America? She's Lump, she's Lump, she's Lump, she might be... - Ed.
]
Synchronized swimming routine, start…in 3..2…1..
(Overheard just before the picture was taken)
DUDE, I LOVE being a turtle !!
Dude, TOTALLY !!!
and right Turt is going to land a haymaker on left Turt.
These are the newest Ninja Turtles- “Kandinsky” and “Warhol”.
Considering how endangered most Sea Turtle species are I’m going to think positive and bet that these little guys and a whole slew more were hatched at a sanctuary, placed in a container, driven to the beach and now the ‘foster family’ is taking one last family photo before ‘sending the boys off to college’…. after which they won’t call or write unless they are in need of money.
it looks like my turtle eina and frobot (i did not name them)
i meant turtles
Okies, I LOVE THIS POST! And Nomtom, Resriechan, Theresa and Teho FTW!!!!!!
Hilarious y’all. Whooooooooooosh!! Can I help with the movie???? I’m a very good holder-upper!
@ muttlover: On Behals of NOMTOM, Theresa, Teho & meself:
*blush*
“You like us; you REALLY like us !!!!”
(giggle; tee & hee)
OMG
“behalf of”
“behalf of” NOT “behals of”
(D’OH!!!!)
Res, (can I call you res?) I love all of the CO regulars here. Aren’t you fairly new, though? I don’t remember seeing your name around before the birth of the Rackless Non-Cats tag, but then I don’t always visit the comments on CO. And speaking as a Grammar Nazi, it’s ok if you make a spelling/punctuation/etc mistake! Most of the peoples here are fairly smart. We’ll/they’ll figure it out. Eventually. If it’s not too bad of a messup. I hope. ;D Besides, Teho’s got your back. Ne, Teho?
[Just don't be assuming or taking for granted, y'know. - Ed.]
Oh yeah…….. and I really like behals of. Sounds like Engrish. I might start incorporating it into my daily speech. Cuz I’m just SO cool like that. *eye roll* Now my tired brain is playing with the word, never good for my sanity……. and….this has nothing to do with turtles………..
FINDING NEMO!!!!!!!!! WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO OOOSSSSSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! FLY LITTLE TURTLES, FLYYYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!
Wait, why hasn’t anyone quoted Peter Pan yet?
You can fly!/ You can fly!/ You can flyyyyyyyyyyy!
Theo/Ed: Eeeps? I would nevah! I was….. just sayin how cool ya are….. and stuff…….. *bow* gomen nasaaaiiii……..
@ Muttlover:
in brief: while I have hovered in the vicinity of CO for quite a little while now & I have got to admit that my golly I’m opinionated & mainly that I’m not too good at the 3-word knock you down awesome kind of punchline ….
previously (although not in a previous LIFE) my screenname here was:
Leslie (Not the Author or NTA)
however not too long ago in COland, one day there were at least 3 people named “Leslie” “Leslee” “The other leslie” etc… etc… (and really, I had orig HOPED that “Leslie” *MIGHT* not be one of the top 3 most common names)….anyway a Commentroversy developed with more than 2 Leslie Names, and I wanted the CO editors to know that (while I have no diff. w/ occ. holding a Politically Silly Position)…..I NEVER like to hurt anyone’s actual feelings even when I use a smart-alecky punchline….One of the other Leslies was rather spiteful or something with which I didn’t want to be associated ….AND when my family lived in Japan, the Japanese sometimes found my name difficult to pronounce. Thus: “Resriechan” has actually been my family’s nickname for me since about the 3rd grade. I feel pretty comfortable, that there aren’t too many people in America named “Resriechan”.
BTW: OMG: YOU KNOW what “gomenasai” means & how/ when to USE IT?
AMAZING.
Good to “get to know ya”. Thanks, for the “encouraging word” Have a great hour, day, week, etc etc.
Sayonara !
oops sorry missed one item I meant to answer. Yes, feel free to call me Res.
(Obligatory goofy movie punchline: “Just don’t call me Shirley”.
Ba-Dum-Dump)
Film: Airplane, (punchline #200)
Resriechan: But can I call you “Laverne?” Will you wear a big L on your sweater?
@ QoD: AB-solutely. Esp, because…..didja think that one through? My GIVEN name (not Resrie, the real name) STARTS w/ an “L” anyway!!!!!
One thing: we might have to share the cost of the sweater or of the letter “L”, ‘cuz, at the moment (living in Florida dontcha know?) I do not own either a sweater or an embroidered letter “L”. ‘K? We can get a cheap sweater, at the Dollar Store & go to Jo-Ann’s Fabric & buy an Applique Letter “L”.
If these are wild sea turtles, I disagree with humans handling them (unless they were injured in or in danger at the moment). Wild animals are not here to amuse humans, no matter how cute they are.
From my experience, if they’re still on the beach by midday they’re goners anyway. They hatch at night, and the moon is supposed to guide them to the water. Artificial lighting confuses them and they get exhausted and die. Sigh.
I know this is relatively old, but I’ve been busy, and I’m replying to Res……..
I’m an anime geek. Watching subbed shows is a great way to learn Japanese apparently, cuz I’ve learned quite a few words just by context. (Nandou being one of them.) I try not to massacre what Japanese I do know too much. And I ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT. With the given/family name thing. I feel special.
Not that what you said was weird or anything, it’s just that we don’t usually….. well, you know how Americans are about names, right? First/last instead of given/family. Aaaanywaay….. Komban wa?
@ Muttlover: Mushi mushi ono Ne.
Whoa! It’s the REAL Squirt from FInding Nemo!!! Times TWO!