Home Cookin' -- The Electric Pickle (Episode 2 -- 2003)

At the end of Home Cookin' Episode 1, we teased everyone to tune in for the next episode where we would electrocute a pickle. The footage was something Eric had had lying around from an experiment he and some co-workers had done in the back room of the TV station he worked at at the time. We hadn't really shot another episode. But, There Must Be a Sequel. And so in 2003, we began shooting again. This time we borrowed more modern (but still consumer) digital video cameras. We built the set in Chris' garage, made props, borrowed lab coats, and turned up the voltage on a variety of pickles, relish, peppers, Vienna sausages and incinerated some spam with a blowtorch for a good measure. It was great fun, and we remembered exactly why we do this. It's not because of the stench of scorching, let us assure you. Home Cookin II, The Electric Pickle, took nearly a year to edit, voice-over and post. Y'know, we all have jobs, and some of us have families now. We even dug out some old Amiga floppies and got Chris' Amiga 3000 working long enough to copy the old HC1 digital audio sound effect clips onto our modern editing systems. Episode II (better than Lucas'!) has been seen by very few human eyes, until NOW.

Google Video | February 1, 2003

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