Volume Three: The Life and Times of Tom Musial

It’s not just under-aged college girls who suffer at the hands of Pittsburgh’s philandering quarterback.

Check out this life-size oil painting spotted in the window of a Sewickley art gallery:

Now check out the asking price:

If you can’t read it, it says:

Was $15,000, now $10,000 $5,000.

Stupid Ben. Now even aspiring Leroy Neimans can’t make a living.

So another Lent has come and gone, and with it, the wonderful fish fry specials at all of the local parishes, firehalls, and social clubs. This is where I would make a sad face out of keyboard punctuation if I knew how.

Only 325 days to go until the next one!

Keep an eye on TomMusial.com for some videos of my latest Lent/Easter/Fish Sandwich jokes. Coming soon!

(And a fond hello to everyone I’m going to meet at TEDxCMU.)

Growing up, I was constantly asked, “Are you related to Hall-of-Fame Baseball Player Stan Musial?”

I’ve talked to other people with the Musial surname, and apparently, this happened ALL THE TIME.

(The answer, by the way, is: “No, I am not related.”)

Today, my son was asked, “Are you related to local comedian Tom Musial?”

At last, my plan for domination of the Musial name is starting to pay off! As my comedy empire expands, all of the world’s Musials will be subject to the question: are they fortunate enough to be related to ME!

Enough of Stan Musial and his three MVP awards and his three world series rings and his 3,630 hits and 475 home runs and 24 all-star games and designation as “baseball’s perfect knight.”

Stand aside, for here comes Tom Musial and his repertoire of juice box jokes!

BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!

Local artist Ali Spagnola has an ongoing project where she creates an original piece of art EVERY DAY and then GIVES IT AWAY FOR FREE.

However, if you can believe it, she is running out of people who want a free piece of art.

Check out her work (and the free art project) at www.alispagnola.com/Free

I learned about Ali after she did the artwork for my pal Tim Dimond’s recent CD.

Check out his stuff at http://www.myspace.com/timmydimond.

To this point in my nascent career as a performer and entertainer (ha!), I’ve concentrated mainly on stand-up comedy, and shied away from pursuits in filmed entertainment.

After all, I thought, who wants to see a fat bald yinzer on screen when they are trying to enjoy themselves at the movies?

Then, I finally got around to seeing the locally-made movie Adventureland. And what did I see?

A FAT BALD YINZER PROMINENTLY PLACED IN A KEY DRAMATIC SCENE IN THE MOVIE.

Not only is he fat and bald, but he is wearing a 1976 Jack Lambert jersey.

Now where have I seen a fat bald yinzer in a Lambert jersey before? Hmmm. Let’s see. It’s on the tip of my tongue. Oh yeah, I remember:

IT WAS IN THE AWARD WINNING SHORT FILM “P.O.V” STARRING ME AS A FAT BALD YINZER!

Not only was I in full Lambert-jersey regalia, but I BROUGHT BLACK AND GOLD ZUBAZ PANTS TO THE PARTY! You don’t get any more yinzer than that!

One more thing: I WAS DRINKING ROLLING ROCK. (This was when Rolling Rock was still made in Latrobe - the home of Steelers training camp.)

For crying out loud: if any independent filmmakers or local casting directors need a fat bald yinzer for their next film, there is only one place to look. Right here: Tom Musial Dot Com.

Thank you for your time.

With apologies to Christine, here’s a little homage to Cleveland.

Note: Language NSFW

Thanks to Mondesi’s house.

But why does the jello stay in the air so long after bouncing?

I-Movix SprintCam v3 NAB 2009 showreel from David Coiffier on Vimeo.

Here is the first SprintCam v3 showreel, made for NAB 2009 exhibition.
Mostly 1000FPS shots, made during a recent rugby competition in the Stade de France, Paris.

After spending most of my life training myself to keep my thoughts and opinions safe in the privacy of my own head, I’ve decided to join Twitter.

Now all of my fleeting musings are subject to be unleashed on the Twittersphere.

Follow me using @TomMusial. The latest tweets also appear here at TomMusial.com.

Like you have something better to pay attention to?

PS. Come see me tonight at the Harmony Ridge Golf Club with Billy Elmer and other comedy friends! 9:00 pm. $10 at the door.

So I just installed a new plug-in at TomMusial.com that should put a notification in my MySpace blog every time I add a new post here.

I wonder if it will really work?

I’d like to write about how aggravated I get when Pittsburgh comedians complain about other Pittsburgh comedians.

But then I’d be a Pittsburgh comedian complaining about other Pittsburgh comedians.

Crap!