Tuesday
Oct142008
E.T. is back...
October 14, 2008 and he is piiiiissed.
Now, I love pop-culture references from old 80's movies as much as the next girl, ok? Make a crack about R.O.U.S.'s or use the line, "Back off, man; I'm a scientist." and I will love you forever. That said, turning E.T. - whose popularity peaked 25 years ago - into a ticked-off looking mummy and then marketing him to the under-12 set might be a bit too obscure for today's youth. Heck, without the "phone home" reference, I doubt any adult would get it. So props to the decorator for trying to keep the dream alive, but maybe next time he or she should make it a little more obvious.
Josh W., don't you have a phone call to make?
Reader Comments (117)
Are you SURE that's ET?
He looks like he's covered in baked Band-Aids!! Ew11
Yah, I don't remember ET looking like he was coming down from a bender, either.
Angie (from over at www.HalfAssedKitchen.com)
Hideous.
Geez, what's with the blooshot eyes?? Did ET turn to alcohol to cope with his loss of popularity??
I don't know - if I was 12, the blood shot eyes and mummified look might freak me out :-P
ET looks diseased...... get him away from me, I don't wanna catch whatever virus it is that he has.
Yeah, phone home is right. "Honey!, phone home!, tell the kids to lock the doors n' windows!. mummy/E.T is coming!."
Looks like he turned to communism, too, as witnessed by the Hitler moustache!
No wonder the poor thing is drunk! He's drunk with power!
Oh wow, those eyes...that is scary.
Actually, I can imagine my parents sending me this cake when I was in University; they were always complaining that I didn't call them enough. It would probably have scared me into doing it, too.
He's got Casanova Frankenstein eyes. I dunno, I can't do it.
Nasty! :)
Aaaaaahhhhhhh!!!
It should say, "Phone 911". This ET = Extra Terrifying!
Yeah I agree with the courteous chihuahua. E.T. looks a little strung out with those crazy blood shot eyes. Actually he looks a bit like me the week after I quit caffeine.
And I still wonder about the Band-Aid/mummy effect. Did he fall off Elliot's bike on the blooper reel?
All in all this cake is inconceivable. And yes that word means what I think it means. :)
He looks like a mummy who's been up all night partying, not E.T. And... um... his body not being cake but being frosting baked onto the cake board isn't helping matters...
This one's awful. Thanks for sharing. ;)
Ya know how some cakes are so pretty and/or terrifically detailed you don't have the heart to cut into and eat them?
This cake is like that, but totally opposite.
Beeeeeee. Gooood.
Are those wet Fritos on his face?
*shudder*
That is vomit inducing.
Another thought - mah flattie sed it looks like it has harlequin ichthiyosis. However you spell it. SICK!
My name is Inego Montoya. You killed my cake. Prepare to die.
-Beth (http://oneminutewriter.blogspot.com)
Ok, as if the blood shot eyes are freaky enough, what's with the GIANT head and the teeny, tiny body???? Ick.
That is one of the scariest things I've seen in terms of cakes...
Oh my... that's a really bad ET.
if this is the decorator's image of ET something is indefinetly wrong. Did they confuse it w/ a hungover mummy (and how mummy's could be hungover is beyond me)...
The only way I can describe that is a blown up mummified head w/ bloodshot eyes CLAIMING to be ET.....Will the real ET please stand up?
-Amy
1. Yes, definitely a hung over ET.
2. Agree on the baked bandaids but could also be rolled out homefries.
To me it looks like ET and "The Mummy" had a child together and that scares me.
Well, my 2 year old loves it. She got all giggly and said, "oooh, it's a froggy cake!"
And he's flashing gang signs.
My two year old said, "It's a frog. It's a scary frog!"
Oh, man, is this ever a wreck... they misspelled "Please Kill Me" as "Phone Home".
with a few minor adjustments it could actually be "Wall E", '08 movies cute little Robot or his cube of garbage that he compacts.
Definitely not ET.
He looks like a pile of french fries.
ET looks like a burn victim. It's been a while since I watched the movie, but I'm pretty sure that there wasn't a massive fire in it.
Phone home! The fettucini is ready! Never mind, I've already started bathing in it!
I'm fighting the gag reflex...that would be the complete opposite of fighting the desire to bite into some cakey goodness.
Until I read "mummy," I thought he might be some kind of apple dumpling or baklava . . . but now that you've offered some kind of potential explanation for those toasty strips, it's hard not to think "mummy." And, yes, eating bandages. Maybe someone (the customer, even) thinks E.T. is a mummy, some kind of monster: scary monster movie creature . . . weirdness.
I think I just threw up in my mouth a little. EWWWWWW!
I think this is the scariest thing I've ever seen here. For one thing, it's the first wreck to which my immediate reaction was to assume the same expression as the wreck is wearing. (But then I moved on to that Bill the Cat look, with one eye squinted up and the other open wide. Ack!)
Also, those eyes have to be plastic, but it's disturbing that they're all buried in the... what is that stuff? Are we sure this isn't a pie wreck, with pastry strips?
this blog makes me laugh so much i cry! its amazing! im so glad i found you :)
My hat's off to you Jen. There aren't enough females out there who can quote ghostbusters.
I was having a truly hideous day today and decided to visit your blog to cheer me up.
Not only did I get a huge laugh from the blog and the cakes,(ET & the Cookie Monster?!?!), but even a reference to ROUS's? My day just did a 180. You rock!
Was this ET's punishment for being gone so long? LOL
~Amy B.
HOLY HOLY...THAT SCARED EVEN ME!!! POOR ET, HE WOULD BE PISSED IF HE SAW THIS "REPLICA"
UGH!
Ewww, my plate of french fries is stoned! And it looks like it had an accident with the poutine.
It looks like a naked Hamburgler.
Hey, Halloween isn't for sixteen more days. shudder
My toddler saw it and I told him it was E.T. And he looked puzzled and then said, "nooo, he should have a word on him like E.T. He is not E.T."
*watched it yesterday*
At first glance, I thought it could be Mayor McCheese from Mickey D's.... with a hangover.
LOL
R.O.U.S.s
Love it!!
And love C. Beth's comment.
Big fan of the Princess Bride.
Somebody needs some visene...