Liars and Lunatics :: Film Blog

Have you ever wondered about the Moon Brothers? Well, here are some little-known facts that you may (or may not) wish to know…

Top Ten Little-Known Facts about the Moon Brothers

10. Testified before the U.S. Congress on behalf of the Coalition for the Recognition of the Day of the Full Moon as a Bank Holiday. (Unfortunately, the bill didn’t pass.)

9. Are currently the owners of the copyright of the moon (and were paid $100 by Spielberg for the use of the image of the moon in the movie E.T.)

8. Wrote the original version of the story Goodnight Moon. (Unfortunately, the words were changed).

7. Briefly held positions at NASA.

6. Once had a disconcerting experience with a computer named HAL.

5. Received three consecutive speeding tickets in Area 51.

4. Were consultants on the original three Star Wars movies.

3. Were script doctors on the movie Apollo 13 (but couldn’t convince Ron Howard to put in a massive explosion at the end of the movie; he insisted on the crew making it safely back to earth).

2. Wrote an unknown number of storylines which were then stolen by Gene Roddenberry for Star Trek.

1. Are members of the brotherhood which include the Man in the Moon (and the Rabbit in the Moon, depending on what country you’re from).

David Letterman would be proud…

Okay, this is going to be a short blog today. But for those of you who can’t figure it out, we’re posting the answer to the riddle.

“I’ve been around for many, many years. But I’m no more than a month old. What am I?”

The answer: The Moon

Did you really expect a different answer from the Moon Brothers? 

Congratulations to all those riddle-busters out there who solved it long before the midnight hour.

Found this quote by playwright George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950):

“I don’t know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum.”

Hmmm… Maybe that’s the reason why we—the Moon Brothers—decided to set our first feature film in a psychiatric hospital… Moreover, naming it Liars and Lunatics (See our blog from March 15th.)

{{ Photo: “Getting ready to shoot Scene 62 in the hallways of our ‘hospital’. If you look closely, you might even spy one of the Moon Brothers in the shot. Or perhaps it’s just a trick of the light and you’re just imaging it…” }}