ANOTHER new video! from SuperEgo

Superego: Supershort 2 from Matt Gourley on Vimeo.

An animated short from SuperEgo; this premiered at PortShorts, a super short short comedy video screening from Wunna Weeks' Danny Ricker and Adam Fisher(the entire show was 9 minutes long).

Don't forget to clicky on the "Matt Gourley" link in the window to see out first SuperEgo SuperShort, "Bunnin."

I've been working on a ton of stuff the last year or so and things are finally starting to be released. OK, this animation took about five days and I did it last week, but that's beside the point. Meteor Men (episode 2 coming soon), The SuperEgo SuperShorts and in March, the pot documentary that we made ALMOST TWO YEARS AGO, is finally being released. After that, there are a few more web sketches I've worked on with friends, a political satire internet series(which is going to be incredible) and another independent feature about the war in Afghanistan that we shot last May.

See! I work!

Go watch Bunnin'!

"Meteor Men" is online!

I recently worked with the amazing Brian Bradley, fantastic Ryan Smith, and the awesome Kim Evey on a new web series called Meteor Men. It's now online for your viewing pleasure! Ryan and Brian are fantastic writers and actors and Kim Evey, of Gorgeous Tiny Chicken Machine Show, is a great director.

CLICK HERE! WATCH IT! LEAVE US A COMMENT! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aqxA6-Ji70M

I was the director of photography and effects bro. I also directed the second episode which should be out in about a week- SO STAY TUNED!

EDITED TO FIX THE LINK! Thanks Pete!

Late for Valentine’s Day

I was late in finishing my gift to my girlfriend for Valentine's Day, but here it is in all it's glory.



Nothing says, "I love you," like ruining the ending of Soylent Green.

Also, here is my favorite part of Valentine's Day in Los Angeles- I drive by it every year to my girlfriend's place and this year I snapped a photo from the Golden State freeway.



Have a great week!

The New Remote

Finally, FINALLY, after all the hullabaloo about Blu-ray versus HD-DVD, I have caved and bought a new VCR.

My old VCR crapped out probably about three years ago and I've got a lot of old VHS tapes sitting on my shelves. I just gave my DVD player to my sister and went and got a new VHS/DVD combo player. Pretty good deal, if anyone's asking(no one is asking).

I bet you're wondering, "Jeff, why don't you just buy all those old, crappy movies* on DVD which now are sure to come loaded with special features and commentaries?" I'll tell you- besides the nostalgic quality, the fact that my friends and I almost primarily watch VHS movies, I also have quite a few old blank tapes of the videos I made with my friends, stuff taped from TV, and a couple of dirty movies on videotape.

ANYWAY- I had spent a long time with my old DVD player and had gotten pretty used to its remote control. With its tiny buttons and awkward cheap-o layout, I had gotten to a point where I could work with it really fast.

Now I've got this "new" piece of technology and a whole new remote and I have to learn how to use it. The layout is different, even more cheap-o, and JUST different enough that I have to pause and squint my eyes everytime I'm watching a movie or TV show. Like, the DVD Menu button is on the opposite side of the remote, the Pause button is inverted than it's previous position, and the Play button, the button one uses THE LEAST, is the largest, most prominent molded rubber switch on the whole damn thing.

So now, I sit here watching my Pan&Scan copy of Sylvester Stallone's "The Specialist" and it has been so long, it's like watching a new movie. Oh the joys of a new format. Thank you, science!







*Highlights from my VHS collection include: Demolition Man, Speed, Terminator 2: Judgement Day, Executive Decision, and The Peacemaker.

Why We’re Protecting Marriage

Here's a preface:

Many people know, or at least they will now, I'm not the most political person in the world. I get intimidated, annoyed, and frustrated by all the lobbying, spinning, twisting, and lying. Not to mention I don't pay attention to political news further than whatever is in bold at HuffingtonPost(although I suppose that's still more than a lot of people.) I was in political science in college during the 2000 election and I think that I am definitely one of those people that was numbed to politics by the horror that unfurled. That's probably when I stopped trying to be involved because…well, gee, there are so many reasons.

Anyhow, my girl and I have the same Valentine's Day tradition every year- eat fried chicken and go to the drive-in movie theater to see a horror movie. This year, traffic was bad and we got to dinner late and ended up missing our movie. Boo. So we headed over to a friend's house who was having a "couples only" Valentine's Day party.

The party was fun, lots of friends, about eight couples total. At one point, Jen, our host decided we would play The Newlywed game and significant others went back into the bedroom, with a list of questions and drew up answers that we would have to match. (It took, like, a million years, it seemed like for them to finish.)

I have to say, as a guy who has both the best and the worst memory for things, and like a lot of other men, I was worried that I wouldn't know anything about the woman that I had talked to everyday for the last six years and would look foolish. There were all sorts of questions, about favorite movies, favorite parts of each other's body, do you have a song, etc. etc.

There's nothing more I would like to do than reiterate one couples pet names, but what happens at a Valentine's Day Newlywed game party, stays at a you-get-the-idea. The only thing that made their pet names better was that they were (awesomely, amazingly) wrong! (Granted, I think he had written down "baby" and "baby" to protect them…)

Ok, Ok, I'm getting to the point of all this- There were eight couples, seven straight and one lesbian couple. After an hour and half of laughing and wincing and weird looks and almost-fights, the game was over and the lesbian couple took home the prize(a soda machine- it's hard to explain).

These two women, not allowed to be married legally, knew EVERYTHING about each other. Question after question there was no hesitation whatsoever. The smiled and laughed and knew exactly what turned each other on and what animal the other would be and generally, as casual as they might have been about it, loved each other endlessly.

I'm not trying to start a political dialogue about this subject, I know that one already exists. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, I just thought everyone should hear this story. I hope everyone had a happy Valentine's Day, this year or for next.

My favorite Magic: The Gathering cards

Pearled Unicorn: If teenage boys ever yell at girls for playing with horses, I give you exhibit 'A' and-
Mesa Pegasus: …exhibit 'B.'


Merfolk of the Pearl Trident: Oh yeah- exhibit C. I don't remember being a kid and proclaiming to my opponent, "Oh you're fucked now, Barrett. I summon the Merfolk of the Pearl Trident."
Howl From Beyond: Meanwhile in Hell, Big Brother watches as a husky dog shoots green lightning out of it's mouth. Obviously.


Wall of Pine Needles: What is scarier? A wall of pine needles killing you, or finding out that a sabertoothed human was killed by your wall of pine needles?
Captain Needa: whoops. This is from the Star Wars card game.


Heroism: Someone turned in the art for the Heroism card, and their boss saw a crazy Norwegian guy, wearing a winged helemt and carrying a broadsword, running through a fog of demons. And that boss looked at it and said, "Hmmm...we need something more...something that DEFINES heroism...."


Veteran Bodyguard: WHOA! Remember how people were upset that Magic cards were teaching kids witchcraft and shit like that? Right.