User:Spookyrider

Spookyrider, normally known under human name Frank Albrecht, was born November 16, 1995 in Erie, Pennsylvania.

EDUCATION

I went to Fort LeBoeuf School District and graduated June 2014. I was originally accepted for architecture at Kent State University but quickly decided that architecture "wasn't my thang". I now have to explain to every relative and former classmate that I am holding off a year for college but will be attending Edinboro University in Fall 2015 for filmmaking. Sigh.

SELF-PROCLAIMED EXPERT ON MANY THINGS

I obsess over things at an unusual rapid pace. My first obsession was dark rides (or 'haunted houses', or 'ghost trains' if you wish). I particularly am a fan of rides designed by Bill Tracy, a very popular amusement ride fabricator of the 1960's and 1970's (til his death). I began researching them in 2006...or so.

My next obsession (or rather returning obsession) was the California Raisins toys released by CALREB in the 1980's. I always played with those as a kid and loved them again after finding them in my basement. My collection has enlarged over the years.

My proudest obsession is one I discovered in 2009, "The Rocky Horror Picture Show". Immediately after watching the movie I read into its history (as I do with many things I like) and learned about "The Rocky Horror Show" and I know that play dialogue and all, and how it was ORIGINALLY performed. In my opinion, every stage production after the 1975 film is TERRIBLE. And I hate the audience participation that goes along with the movie too. I think it's disrespectful to the film and is useless. And I will slap anybody who calls the stage show "The Rocky Horror Picture Show"; the *Picture* is movie-only. I'm oddly one of the few that appreciate "Shock Treatment" (though I prefer the original "Brad & Janet Show" script and the idea of "Rocky Horror Shows His Heels").

Next up is "Little Shop of Horrors" from 1982 (and its 1986 movie). This is another play I can recite without help. I hate the theatrical ending of the movie; that seemed out of place even before I found about the original stage ending.

OTHER MUSICALS I LIKE: "The Book of Mormon", "Sweeney Todd" (I prefer George Hearn's interpretation over Cariou's), "La Cage Aux Folles" (every version of this, from the 1979 film, the 1983 musical, to the American movie), "Pippin" (I don't like the revival too much; too flashy), and "Hedwig and the Angry Inch" (I saw the movie of this only one time, but I LOVED Neil Patrick Harris' portrayal).

YOU'RE STILL READING THIS?!

I also love films. LOVE films. I have many favorites, but I'll list the top ones: "Arsenic & Old Lace", "Tootsie", "Borat", "Tucker & Dale VS Evil", "Hold-Up", "Planes, Trains, & Automobiles", and "Home for the Holidays". And Charlie Chaplin movies.

My favorite comedian is Emo Philips.

My favorite bands are Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons (though I hate how he lip-syncs nowadays), The B-52's, and "Weird Al" Yankovic.

BUT WHAT HAVE I DONE

In school I was known for doing weird skits in class when the time arouse. I would always go all-out with props and such with my two other friends. Some of these can be seen on my YouTube channel. If you want to know what my YouTube channel is you should take me out to dinner first. I also have always been into art. I was the only one in senior year to take AP Studio Art so I was plopped into the Honors Art III class. I had much freedom being the only AP student. I won a small regional award at an art show held at Edinboro University. I was tied in first place with a girl's two-dimensional drawing. Mine was a three-dimensional papier-mâché scene of a funeral with a live person in the underground casket. That probably tells you stuff about me.

Also worth noting, I have completed a script of the ultimate comedy movie, parodying/referencing well-over 100 movies (in a script a little under 300 pages long) called "Tom Hanks and the Magical Potatoes". I hope to film it someday as it is really super funny (but look who's saying that). In fact, I love the characters so much I'm currently writing a sequel. Look for it decades from now!