Few people, excepting the Hollywood Cognoscenti, know that the Disney Pictures series of films that all began with Honey, I Shrunk the... were based on a true life story. The true life story of Rick Moranis.  We all knew Rick as a comedic performer - and he was! - but he also was an inventor and scientific genius. When he wasn't making us laugh, he was making us thinner - as he invented the diet soda called TAB. When he wasn't causing us to guffaw, he was helping us type quickly - as he invented the TAB key on the keyboard. And when he wasn't reproducing sexually, he was reproducing asexually, creating clones of himself, but with a Y chromosome. One of whom became Alanis Moranis-ette. Yes! It's true. You Oughta Know! AND YES - HE ALSO DEVELOPED A WAY TO SHRINK PEOPLE! But as Rick is modest, and his kids didn't want all the attention, he only allowed his story to be told as if it was fictional. He played himself! But one day, we stopped seeing Rick Moranis in the movies. WHY? Because one of his experiments went awry. He shrunk an entire town of Amish people. And he could not make them regular size again! You see, their anti-technological way of life is so deeply ingrained in them, it is encoded in their DNA. It responded to one dose of high tech wizardry but that was all. And no matter what Rick tried, he could not get their cells to react to his many rays, unguents, injections, etc. He had created a teeny tiny town of teeny tiny Amish people!  Image by Rob Degutis Rick became so overwrought and guilty - he had merely done this shrink as a test for his next movie in the franchise - Honey, I Shrunk the Amish Town . There was no scientific reason for it! He decided to hang up his acting shoes and devote his life to caring for this miniature Amish town. He filled in his pool, turned his backyard into fertile farmland, and had the entire Amish town relocated behind his Beverly Hills mansion. And there they have lived these last years, doing all the things that Amish do, while waiting for Rick Moranis to fix them... They do enjoy the warm winters of Los Angeles and making items like this Gong and Gong Stand combo, but smaller than usual... and they have started doing what everyone does in LA, make movies.  Of course, they are making small movies for now, for a small audience. The stands ARE REALLY ACTUALLY TRULY built by Amish dudes - who are regular size and live in Ohio. Measurements: Height of Stand - about 8.5 inches Width at Base - 7 inches Width at Top - 8.5 inches Depth of Feet -6 inches GONG Diameter - 3.5 to 4 inches MALLET approx 6 inches If you click on the box, please note the discount you get when you purchase 2 or 3. If you need more than this amount of the gongs, feel free to email us. |