Blahbalicious

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Blahbalicious

A mayor makes a speech in Blahbalicious.
Engines Quake
Genre Comedy
Running time 8 minutes, 21 seconds
Created by Mackey 'Avatar' McCandlish
Brian 'Wendigo' Hess
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Releases 1997
Formats Quake demo recording

Blahbalicious is a machinima film made using the Quake game engine. It was recorded by Mackey 'Avatar' McCandlish and Brian 'Wendigo' Hess and released at 11pm ET on Monday 8th December 1997. The film's unconventional style, Monty Python-esque humour, and extensive use of new models and maps earned it an amount of attention unprecedented in the Quake movie community at the time. At the inaugural Quake Movie Awards, organised by the Quake Movie Library, it won seven awards, plus an Honorary Oscar to recognise director Wendigo's contribution to the Quake movie community, indicating how it was at the peak of the movement at the time.

There is no real plot to speak of, the film instead depicting a series of loosely-linked sketches, nearly all of which involve a large rotund figure originally created for other purposes by the authors. The character is used to represent many different people in the film, all of which say little other than 'blah blah blah' (hence the title). The concept was designed to be, in the words of Wendigo, "these two fat guys would be watching TV And flipping through channels"[1].

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Blahbalicious
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Billy & Bubba Wendigo
0 For 2 On Tuesday Afternoon
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FBI Agent LordTrans
Jumper Avatar
Camera Wendigo
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FBI Agent Avatar
Big Blahs Avatar
Background Blahs Wendigo
Woah LordTrans
Bad Day For Jim
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Jim Avatar
Randall Serves The Afternoon Shift Without Incident
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Left Guard Avatar
Right Guard LordTrans
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Falling Blah Avatar
Mel Gibson Would Be Proud
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Scottsmen LordTrans
Knights Wendigo
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Freedom Avatar, Wendigo & LordTrans
Battle Cry Avatar, Wendigo & LordTrans
The End Of A Successful Campaign
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SoTrue Avatar
WhatHell Wendigo
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You Put Your Right Foot In
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A Suitable Alternative To Polishing Squad Cars
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Three FBI LordTrans
One FBI Avatar
Camera Wendigo
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FBI1 Avatar
FBI2 Wendigo

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