Team Zombie: When You Care Enough to Rend the Very Best

Welcome, my little flesh-pickers, to another meeting (meating?) of Team Zombies.

Shuffle on in and be careful to close the vault behind you. We don't want to repeat last month's fiasco where one of those pesky zombie-wannabees got their horn caught in the door - although the impromptu BBQ WAS a rather nice touch! Here's a joke for my crumbling comrades:
What's the best way to eat a Unicorn? RARE, of course! (Ted's drooling all over the place ... you there, Agnes ... grab the mop bucket from the back, would you?)

(Ahem) ... anyway ... who says the undead are lacking in humor?! We're so jolly it oozes from our pores like wine from a grape. Never a dull moment, that's Team Zombies! Which in fact, brings me to the subject of tonight's meeting:

'A SALUTE TO ZOMBIES IN ART & LITERATURE'

While I understand the undead have made a simply splendid showing in recent books, movies and pop-culture ... I propose a brief refresher course, a backwards glance (Ted! Stop! I didn't mean backwards LITERALLY .... Is there a dead doctor in the house? No? Sigh ... Agnes, would you mind giving Ted's head a twist to the front? Yes, almost there ... one more turn. Perfect. Thank you, luvie) ... a backwards OVERVIEW then, of the many contributions, the uniquely undead influence in all aspects of society.

Can someone help me set up the projector? (Agnes, Ted's trying to rise ... nail his feet to the floor ASAP!) There. Thank you. Anyway, here we see on the screen a list, prepared by none other than your semi-beloved M.A.D., of our contributions.

Starting with (What is it, Ted? Yes ... I KNOW my pointer is a femur. And NO, it's not YOURS) :

A) Literature:

The Great Gutsby

War and Pieces

The House of the Seven Giblets

Dorian's Turned Gray

The Rise, Fall & RE-Rise of the Roman Empire

Madame Bovary's Ovaries

Oliver's Twisted

All Creatures Great, Small and 6-Ft. Tall Got Ate

Withering Heights

Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf's Overbite

B) Undead Art:

Moan a Liza

Salvidor's Deli

C) Television

Two and a Half Dead Men

The Colbert Torte

My Name was Earl

Little Spouse Under the Prairie

Cleave it to Beaver

Gilligan's Graveyard

The Brady Lunch

I Scream of Jeannie

Soap Operas -

As The World Hurls

The Young and the Restless Dead

They Ate All My Children

Game Shows -

Let's Make a Meal

Bowling for Brains

Family Feud for Food

C) Music:

Have a Happy New Ear

Old MacDonald Had an Arm

Home In The Range

Deck The Halls With Parts of Molly

My Heart Goes On (a Bun)

Baby Had Back

Stumbling My Way Back To You, Babe

Knights in Moldy White Satin

D) Children:

My Heart Belongs to Daddy

A Tisket, A Tasket, His Brain is in a Basket

Knock, Knock, Who's Dead?

E) Stores & Restaurants:

Brains "R" Us

Olive's Garden & Crematorium

The International House of the Dearly Departed & Pancakes

Bath & Body Parts.

~ *** ~ The Dead End ~***~

Thank you all for coming. I hope you've found this compilation to be as inspiring, as upliftingly refreshing as I have. Please be so kind as to sign the Guest Book on the way out. (Watch out for cords, single file please ... no pushing or shoving. I SAID no pushing or shoving TED. Agnes, sorry to bother you again, my wee maggot, but could you please ... Agnes? AGNES!?! What happened to Agnes? Anybody seen Agnes? ... Oh, okay. .... there she is ... and there ... and over THERE, too ... oopsie .... Ted, wipe your chin, there's a good fellow)

A final word (of caution).

If you *Heart* Zombies as much as I do, or even have a soft spot in your spinal column for Unicorns, SHUFFLE on over to Velvet's at vvb32reads for the showdown event of e-vah .... ZOMBIES VS. UNICORNS! Giveaways, guest posts, and all kinds of grizzly goodies are waiting for YOU ;D