This is the first concept art released for Brian Henson’s latest movie project “The Happytime Murders“, a noir thriller with a partially puppet cast and an adult edge. Here’s the blurb:

In a world where puppets co-exist with humans as second class citizens, puppet private eye and disgraced ex-cop, Phil Phillips, is hot on the trail of the serial killer who murdered his brother and is now targeting the cast members of the famous 80s television show, “The Happytime Gang.” As the killings continue, Phil’s former flame, Jenny, is next on the list. It’s up to Phil and his ex-partner, Detective Edwards, to find the culprit, but as bad blood and old resentments resurface the clues start pointing to the only viable suspect, Phil himself. Now he’s on the run with only his wits and hard headed determination, as he tries to solve, “The Happytime Murders.”

As you may know, Brian and Cheryl Henson have been carrying on in their father’s footsteps, creating projects full of puppet magic that have become a bit more adult in terms of subject matter over the years.

“The Happytime Murders” project has been seen as impossible to produce by some critics because of it’s adult subject matter, but I think condemning the project because “puppets are for kids” is simply restricting an art form which has proven it can appeal to adults as well as children. The film is currently in the pre-production stage, so no word yet on when it will be released.

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Scenes from Planet of the Apes. Glow sticks. Mirror ball underpants. Electronic dance music. It makes no sense, and yet feels right. Brad Hasse, the madman behind it, writes:

…I couldn’t help but try to make it for the fun of it to see what it would look like if Charlton Heston found a few glowsticks, turntables, and an insatiable urge to dance.

-via Ace of Spades HQ | Hasse’s Website

That's it. Chess has officially gone down the tube. I mean, what's the point to playing the game now that you can't pretend to stare at the board whilst checking out your opponent's cleavage?

In an interview with ChessBase News, ECU general secretary Sava Stoisavljevic says that “many of the players were not wearing proper clothes” during games. She notes that most other sports have dress codes, so it took little calculating to determine that chess should have one too. And it’s the females who will have to play conservatively when picking from their closets before a tournament. The ECU has put restrictions on the amount of cleavage a player can display.

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See also: Neatolicious Fun Facts: Chess

Björn Hurri used a series of illustrations to imagine Star Wars as a product of the 1870s instead of the 1970s. Here’s Yoda in a hookah bar on Dagobah. At the link, you can find others showing Chewbacca, Han Solo, Princess Leia, C-3PO and more. Jabba the Hutt is shockingly human and naked.

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Seven-year-old Audri built a monster trap in the Rube Goldberg style. Although it’s not his first such machine, he had to have learned a lot doing this, besides having fun. What really impressed me was his realistically modest expectations and his complete joy when the contraption worked. -via Boing Boing

People enjoying a pleasant morning on the shore of Arraial do Cabo, Brazil last Monday noticed that about thirty dolphins were trapped in the surf and unable to swim back out to sea. So they spontaneously waded in, grabbed the dolphins by their tails, and pulled them into deeper water. Go Team Humanity!

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Jake Wright takes surplus ordnance and turns it into household furniture. This lamp, for example, is made from a 100-pound bomb left over from the Korean War. At the link, you can find his other designs, including dummy naval rounds made into table bases.

Link -via Everyday, No Days Off