Fried Green Obsession

FGT Flair

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 13 May 2008 02:48:00 +0000

If you're a member of that social beast, Facebook, you might be happy to find a little application called "Flair." Flair replicates shiny pins (buttons) that you can place on your page or send to a friend's to display your various interests. Today I discovered Flair and it's supply of FGT related pins for sharing and have thus marked my profile with this greatness.

(Login to Facebook before clicking this link)
Flair Application

It's additionally fun to find because I recognize a lot of the imagery on these buttons (4 pages worth at current count) and know they came from this site!

Psychopaths and Narcissists

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Sat, 05 Apr 2008 02:13:00 +0000

I've recently discovered a website going by the name of "Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias: Online Resource for Victims of Psycopaths and Narcissists." Wait... what? At first I thought it was some diatribe written BY a psychopath or a narcissist... a bitter ex-girlfriend... someone a little "off." But no (??) the site claims to be written by a group of women (mostly women) in the psychiatric field which is why they chose to name themselves after two chick flicks. They've gone as far as to purchase the domain "FriedGreenTomatoes.org".

Personally I think it borders on disgusting. My reaction may be strong but I think using the name of someone else's property purely for site views is deceitful. You can argue that there were "psycopaths and narcissists" in Fried Green Tomatoes (Frank Bennett? The KKK?) but the site doesn't even claim to be about those issues and just links to a bunch of articles about a variety of "psychopaths in the news."

Sure - use Fried Green Tomatoes and Steel Magnolias as your concept inspiration for site design and solidarity among women but DON'T buy FriedGreenTomatoes.org! (Keep in mind that not only am I a fan of the movie and the creator of this site but I'm also a trained information designer for interactive media so I speak from multiple viewpoints on this.)

Anyway... point is.... don't go to FriedGreenTomatoes.org thinking you're going to find anything about the movie. (And I realize that by talking about the site I'm giving it a higher rank in search engines... but still!)

Fannie on Adapting FGT

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 21 Mar 2008 23:25:00 +0000

Fried Green Shopping

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 07:51:00 +0000

Every few months I do an eBay search looking for some Fried Green Tomatoes merchandise that maybe I haven't seen before or something that is brand new! (One can only hope.) I can only afford to do this search every few months because inevitably I want something that I find. :)

Today's search turned up a couple of treasures that are blog-worthy. The first is a painting of the Whistle Stop Cafe, by Lynn Lumley, covered in snow. Not your every day WSC sighting!

Limited edition prints are being sold on eBay here: Whistle Stop Cafe. More of Lumley's work can be seen on her gallery website as well.

Next on the list is DesignedThreads - a seller with pop culture t-shirts. On eBay they are now selling a shirt with Evelyn's famous insurance quote across the chest. It's cool - I love Evelyn. But I think I'll wait for one that says something more along the lines of "And he eats eggs that shoot right out of a chicken's ass!"

Mill Art

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Sun, 25 Nov 2007 21:41:00 +0000

Artist Jenni Prange (JenniPrange.com) completed a painting of the Juliette mill (the empty structure seen in the Whistle Stop backgrounds in FRIED GREEN TOMATOES) for a contest relating to the upcoming "Millies" movie project (now in pre-production in Massachusetts). The "Juliette Mill" piece (and two others by the artist) were on display in Gallery 181 (Lawrence, MA) until just recently and the piece is now available FOR SALE on Etsy.com.

Management and Sales

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 20 Nov 2007 09:02:00 +0000

After the Whistle Stop Cafe renovated its website it appears that Juliette has also gone through a little revival. Things are spiffed up at JulietteGA.com. There's also a new domain leading to an online commerce area: http://www.friedgreenproducts.com/ Now you can buy your silly t-shirts online!

In addition, Neill (maker of FRIED GREEN TOMORROWS) is on eBay selling ACTUAL pieces of the building itself. (I've been promised a plank myself - I'll proudly frame that on my wall.) Go here to bid on the planks up for auction now: eBay plank auction! And keep an eye on the seller Neilliene because he'll be putting up more FGT stuff in the future.

kSolo.com - The Ultimate Online Karaoke Experience | Search Results.

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Tue, 17 Jul 2007 15:36:00 +0000

soundtrack

On KSolo.com you can now sing your own version of one of FGT's favorite soundtrack songs - What Becomes Of The Broken Hearted.

Starting Up

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Thu, 07 Jun 2007 04:48:00 +0000

Starting up this month is Jon Avnet's latest project: The Starter Wife starring Debra Messing which is QUITE an opposite to Fried Green Tomatoes but some of the marketing campaigns are bringing the connection to the forefront to grab the female audience. You can watch episodes online here.

There's a few new FGT themed videos on YouTube that I've just noticed and added to the FGObsession YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=fgobsession

Come on over and subscribe or sign up as a friend of FGObsession.

Here's a sample of what you'll find there:

Enjoy!

~Erin

The best laid plans...

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 28 May 2007 02:15:00 +0000

Currently I'm taking an interface design class in which we were asked to find some websites that needed revamping and then focus on one and redesign it. Since Juliette's "Whistle Stop Cafe" site was in desperate need of a little TLC I chose to give it a makeover. Well - on the very day that I finished my final revisions for the class I went to the WSC site to find that ... THEY'D MADE IT OVER THEMSELVES!

Gah! Well - good job WSC for recognizing that you needed an update and some professional treatment. There are some great new photos in their photo section too.

Here's their new site: http://www.thewhistlestopcafe.com/index.php

And here's the revamp I did in my interface class: http://www.nevarflow.com/interface/wsc/

Whistle Stop Chains

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Mon, 30 Apr 2007 20:24:00 +0000

Apparently the Irondale Cafe owners (which brand themselves and their products with the title "The Original Whistle Stop Cafe") is cooking up a concept to create a chain of Whistle Stop Cafes with Southern food and a railroad theme. I'm totally in. I'd eat there all the time. To read their proposition go here: Whistle Stop Cafe concept.

I'd also like to invest... the no money that I have (but I would totally invest if I did.)

Gallery

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Sun, 22 Apr 2007 19:40:00 +0000

If you haven't checked it out yet - I've uploaded hundreds of new photos into the recently fixed Coppermine Gallery (a.k.a. "Ninny's Shoebox"). For those non-U.S. residents, this may be the only way you can see some of the deleted scenes that are on the U.S. DVD copies.

Here's a direct link: Shoebox

Craftie crazies

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 23:13:00 +0000

And speaking of knitting... just found this gal (Saucy Threadgoode) on a blog post:

Good Yarns: A Tomato, A Basket, And A Square

(Technically I think she was crocheted.)

Here's a link to the awesome free monster tomato pattern that Sue of the above site created Saucy from: Monster Crochet

(I'd also love a pet monster eyeball tomato ... ya know... if you're bored.)

Green Tomato Hat

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:25:00 +0000

Just stumbled upon this beauty at Morehouse Farm:

Green Tomato Hat Pattern (Property of MoreHouse Farm)

If anyone would like to knit one for me - I'd proudly wear it. :)

Blog One

noreply@blogger.com (Erin) — Wed, 18 Apr 2007 22:02:00 +0000

Hi, I'm Erin! I'm the proprietress of "Fried Green Obsession" - the first FRIED GREEN TOMATOES fansite on the net! Fried Green Obsession has been in existence since 1997 and I continue to update it as often as time allows. Currently I update the site about news (site related and otherwise) by posting an announcement in the bulletin board but I thought a blog-based update system might be easier to read and manage. So this is the first post and I'm hoping to integrate it within the site seamlessly.