steff bomb's mr.lertchman toy release party @ jinx clothing (oct 19)

Friday, October 19th will be the release of the Mr. Lertchman plush toy from Steff Bomb by I Make Monsters & ESC-Toy = this 10" asparagus monster is made from super velour & comes complete with a butthole and a detachable can of spray paint.

October 19th will also herald the launch of the brand new steffbomb.com = with news, events, a webstore and more. the first 25 people to purchase Mr. Lertchman from steffbomb.com will also receive a free surprise (surprise will be chosen at random & will range from super awesome to truly disappointing) - meanwhile, do pop by Matthew's Vinyl Addiction for an interview wih Steff Bomb or click HERE to read my 3-way(ish) interview with Steff and "Mr. Lertchman" (and you know how naughty plush-asparagus can get, so be warned LOL)

WHAT: The Mr. Lertchman Toy Release Party
WHEN: Friday, October 19th, 2007 (7pm-10pm)
WHERE: @ Jinxed Clothing
620 South 4th Street
Philadelphia, PA
215-978-JINX

TOYSREVIL: first off, an advanced congrats on your show, Steff! sorry to be bugging you with this a day before your show! you must be mad busy now :p

STEFF: actually, (and surprisingly) everything is all set up and ready to go for tomorrow, so i am totally stress and panic-free...but most of all, i have time for things again. ha. its a pretty good feeling, i almost forgot what it was like :)

thanks for the congrats...you have no idea how soooo ridiculously awesome this is for me.  i am such a fanboy, i own more toys than i have room for, so i am basically living my dream right now.  sorry to get so corny, but tonight, when i was setting up the show, it all just kind of hit me. ha. thanks again times a million!

TRE: you are utterly welcomed and i can only but imagine and envy the euphoria you're going thru now, and can only imagine how high it's gonna get come launch time! so i reckon now would be the perfect time to hit you with my inane questions LOL - first one: why asparagus?

STEFF: i seem to have this thing where i love sewing vegetables. i dont know why, maybe because vegetables are delicious? anyway, the asparagus wasn't actually my idea. all of the credit goes to my friend Tracy, who also reminded that they make your pee smell funny.  i mean honestly, how could i say no?

TRE: asparagus sauteed in butter = yumz! (smelly pee be damned! LOL) ... if Mr. Lertchman were to use the spray-can, what would he spray on the walls?

STEFF: ooooooh, good question.  let me call him and ask...

STEFF: yo man, i need to answer some questions about you...what would you spray paint on a wall?
LERTCH: uhh...i don't know.  a face?  i don't know. 
STEFF: i would of thought you would say a penis and some boobs or something...
LERTCH: yeah!  that sounds about right.  heh.  say that.
STEFF: ha...yeah, i was thinking about writing about the time you drew a picture of me saluting your penis.
LERTCH: say that!!!
STEFF: i don't know if i can...i think it might have to be children friendly.
LERTCH: oh...
 
TRE: now you got me wondering about the penis-saluting-pix! ... if Mr. Lertchman was "alive", how big would he be? (a 30-foot giant veg towering over the market? :p)

STEFF: hey, how tall are you?
LERTCH: 6'3"
STEFF: thank you.


TRE: darn, haveta find a much bigger pot for Mr.Lertchman then! (and a gallon of butter, cholesterol be damned!) - why the name, "Mr Lertchman"?

STEFF: John Lertch is an actual real life boy, and is one of my closest friends.  Some of my other friends make an internet sitcom called Uncle Nagy's House, and in one of the episodes, Lertch played a woodshop teacher named, Mr. Lertchman.  i really did just call him to answer those questions too.  ha.  his band is on tour right now, but he doesnt know exactly where he is...somewhere on the west coast?  anyway, i name most of my toys after my friends...Lyman the Sasquatch and Mushy Mayonnaise the Yeti are actually my friends Dave Lyman and Shawn Musho.  Neeve the Carrot is my friend Niamh (her name is gaelic and is pronounced like "neeve"), and so on...

i love my friends, they always have my back and i wouldn't know what i would do without them...so, its kind of my weird way of paying homage.


TRE: a lost asparagus wondering the west coast now ... a veggie-manhunt is afoot! hey i personally think tis a perfect way to acknowledge friends - that way, all the plushies actually have a "real personality" too, dunnit? heh ... anyways, i am quite hesitate to ask, but what the heck! what does the butthole do? (yep, i know im asking for it :p)

STEFF: i'm no doctor, but i am pretty sure (and this might go for most people), thats where poop comes from.  ha.  oh and dont forget farts, thats another thing a butthole does.  i could go on, but it might get a little too x-rated.

TOYSREVIL: i meant the plushie veggie! LOL - i'll leave it to the readers who're gonna be at your release party to bug you with that question! LOL - cheers for your time and have a great show, Steff! ... meanwhile you've gotten me hungry for butter-sauteed asapragus and if i get fat it'll be your fault! LOL