A few odds and ends …
Podcast Interview
Hank Garner, a guy who describes himself as “just a fat man trying to get to the truth” has created a new blog titled My Low-Carb Journey. Like Jimmy Moore, he’s making podcasts part of his offerings. And wouldn’t you know it, his first podcast was with The Man himself, Jimmy Moore.
His second podcast, which just went online today, is with yours truly.
The Big Fat Fiasco Speech
I don’t recall who first requested the Big Fat Fiasco speech on DVD, but bless you. I uploaded the speech to YouTube as a way of saying thanks to the many loyal readers who wished me well and said they’d like to see it. I certainly didn’t expect there’d be a market for a DVD version of a speech that was available online for free.
Boy, was I wrong. Once I edited and authored the DVD and put up an order page, we were swamped. I burned DVDs nonstop for days and ended up shipping copies to the U.S., Australia, New Zealand, Britain, Scotland, Canada, Sweden, Belgium, Israel and Afghanistan. We still get orders trickling in every day.
So thank you all for your support… honestly, you blew me away.
Fat Head Direct
Now that we’re in habit of processing DVD orders, we asked our U.S. distributor if they had any issues with us selling Fat Head DVDs directly from the blog site. They said no problem — the only catch is that we can only ship their DVD to U.S. addresses. You can still buy from Amazon, of course, but you’ll notice we’ve changed the sidebar link from Amazon to a direct-order page. Since we do a little better financially without Amazon taking a cut, we’re making the direct-order price $15.00 with shipping included.
Fat Head overseas version
We’ve given up on waiting for our overseas distributor to make DVD deals outside the U.S. They’ve managed to sell the TV rights in several countries, but no DVD rights. For more than a year, I’ve been receiving emails from fans in other countries asking where they can buy a DVD that isn’t region-restricted for North America. I’ve had to tell them to be patient, our distributor is working on it. I’ve even heard from people who confessed to downloading an illegal copy and wondered how they could pay me for it.
Well, enough waiting already. We’re looking into other options to replicate and distribute the film overseas, and we should have the details worked out soon. There won’t be any foreign-language audio tracks or subtitles, but the DVD won’t be region-restricted either.
As a way of saying thanks to fans overseas who order the non-U.S. DVD when it’s ready, I plan to include the Big Fat Fiasco speech as a bonus track. Like the U.S. DVD, it will also include a bonus track of extra interview footage with the people you saw in the film.
Birthday weekend
Hard to believe, but I’ll turn 52 on Sunday. If only I’d known 30 years ago what I know now about diet and health, I could’ve saved myself a lot of frustration. I might have even kept a full head of hair, according to a new book I’m reading on baldness and nutrition.
But all’s well that ends well. I have a fabulous wife and two daughters I adore (one of whom had her own hair disaster last week, as described on my other blog), I live in a charming town, I work at home, I’m back to writing for print after decades away from it, I correspond with some brilliant doctors and researchers, and I thoroughly enjoy the back-and-forth comments with readers. Life is good. Here’s to 52 more.
If you enjoy my posts, please consider a small donation to the Fat Head Kids GoFundMe campaign.
Happy birthday Tom! 52 is Spring chicken territory, to me. I didn’t discover low carb/paleo/primal etc until I was sixty and I reckon “going primal” has given me a new lease of life. After a lifetime of high-carb, low-fat diets and two decades on statins (faithfully following doctor’s orders and getting fatter and sicker) I reckon my health has been well and truly munted, as we say in NZ. But after two years following a primal diet (and ditching the statins!) I feel (and look!) 10 years younger. Love your blog, and I’ll be buying multiple copies of your DVD when it becomes multi-regional to give to family and friends. Thanks for all you do to spread the word.
Thank you for spreading the word.
Tom
thanks for sending the DVD to Scotland! I got it a couple of days ago.
I like Danny’s book on healthy hair too – I did a review the other day:
http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2010/11/healthy-hair-diet-review.html
I take it the DVD plays okay in the U.K.?
I just started Danny’s book, but I like what I see so far.
Tom,
The Fat Head DVD link works from the main page, but not from a specific blog page. The link looks like this:
http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2010/11/11/interviews-dvd-news-and-a-birthday/FatHeadDVD.html
Which returns 404.
I just recommended Fat Head to a NetFlix subscriber friend who told be that it is no longer available from there. It is listed, but you can only “save” it.
Since NetFlix is where I got it from myself, I guess I’ll have to order one for myself to lend to my friend. I probable shouldn’t have it delivered to work since I work for amazon. (Don’t tell anyone if you get an order from me. 🙂
Jon
Thanks for the heads-up. I think I have the link fixed.
I’ve asked the U.S. distributor to look into what’s up with Netflix, but they haven’t gotten back to me. The goods news is, another company is apparently about to put Fat Head on Hulu and Netflix instant play. I’ll let everyone know when that happens.
Happy birthday, Tom! Hope you have a great one!
Thank you.
Happy Birthday Tom! Hope you have a wonderful birthday. Give the family a hug from us. And I swear… we will get down there for a visit. We just need John to get a few days off first. 🙂
Sounds like a plan.
I purchased your DVD from Amazon last year and it works just fine in New Zealand. I play BBC DVD’s from the UK as well with no problem. Some players sold here seem to be multi-regional, which is good 🙂
I’ve heard from a few people who didn’t know about region coding and can’t play the DVD. I’ll be glad when it’s not an issue anymore.
Happy Birthday Tom! I bought the Fat Head DVD from Amazon, I live in the UK but I also have a multi-region DVD player, I’ve shown your video to family and friends. When I tell them it’s region 1 they are disappointed. Now I have the good news that it will be region free yipee. So more fully deserved sales for you and the message will be getting a wider audence.
I’ll be relieved when we no longer have to turn people away.
Tom, following is the link to the diet of Dr. Haub of the Twinkie diet fame.
http://www.livestrong.com/thedailyplate/diary/who/haub/
Somebody has already done some preliminary analysis on it
http://hbfser.wordpress.com/2010/11/08/the-prof-mark-haub-nonsense/#comments
Look for Tess.
I would also like to see your take on it.
Thanks for the link. I’ll crunch the numbers.
Well look at you, Mr. Popular.
Congrats on the success, love your blog and loved Fat Head.
Thank you.
Happy Birthday Tom! You look fabulous for 52! Good luck with the DVD distribution for Fat Head. I’m lucky I live in the US and was able to be one of the “early adopters” of Fat Head, which I ordered the very day I first read about it on Dr. Mike Eades’s blog.
I appreciate the early adopters very much.
Happy birthday Tom! 52 is Spring chicken territory, to me. I didn’t discover low carb/paleo/primal etc until I was sixty and I reckon “going primal” has given me a new lease of life. After a lifetime of high-carb, low-fat diets and two decades on statins (faithfully following doctor’s orders and getting fatter and sicker) I reckon my health has been well and truly munted, as we say in NZ. But after two years following a primal diet (and ditching the statins!) I feel (and look!) 10 years younger. Love your blog, and I’ll be buying multiple copies of your DVD when it becomes multi-regional to give to family and friends. Thanks for all you do to spread the word.
Thank you for spreading the word.
Tom
thanks for sending the DVD to Scotland! I got it a couple of days ago.
I like Danny’s book on healthy hair too – I did a review the other day:
http://conditioningresearch.blogspot.com/2010/11/healthy-hair-diet-review.html
I take it the DVD plays okay in the U.K.?
I just started Danny’s book, but I like what I see so far.
Tom,
The Fat Head DVD link works from the main page, but not from a specific blog page. The link looks like this:
http://www.fathead-movie.com/index.php/2010/11/11/interviews-dvd-news-and-a-birthday/FatHeadDVD.html
Which returns 404.
I just recommended Fat Head to a NetFlix subscriber friend who told be that it is no longer available from there. It is listed, but you can only “save” it.
Since NetFlix is where I got it from myself, I guess I’ll have to order one for myself to lend to my friend. I probable shouldn’t have it delivered to work since I work for amazon. (Don’t tell anyone if you get an order from me. 🙂
Jon
Thanks for the heads-up. I think I have the link fixed.
I’ve asked the U.S. distributor to look into what’s up with Netflix, but they haven’t gotten back to me. The goods news is, another company is apparently about to put Fat Head on Hulu and Netflix instant play. I’ll let everyone know when that happens.
Happy Birthday Tom! Hope you have a wonderful birthday. Give the family a hug from us. And I swear… we will get down there for a visit. We just need John to get a few days off first. 🙂
Sounds like a plan.
Here’s another goofy link for you to enjoy on your birthday weekend:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/11/fast.food.choices/index.html?hpt=C1
“Your healthiest fast food choices”
#1: Subway veggie sandwich with low-fat milk (and no cheese – which eliminates the only real food they actually serve there)
And of course there’s the Burger King Macaroni and Cheese! With apples and low fat milk, naturally.
Same old awful advice. It’s endless.
Well look at you, Mr. Popular.
Congrats on the success, love your blog and loved Fat Head.
Thank you.
Happy Birthday Tom! You look fabulous for 52! Good luck with the DVD distribution for Fat Head. I’m lucky I live in the US and was able to be one of the “early adopters” of Fat Head, which I ordered the very day I first read about it on Dr. Mike Eades’s blog.
I appreciate the early adopters very much.
Yep, my mouse clicked on the wrong thing and I, er, um, downloaded an illegal copy. I sent you a $20 donation because you should be paid for the movie we enjoyed (and partly to assuage my guilt…).
Happy Birthday. :o)
I appreciate your honesty. I’m looking forward to being able to offer a legal copy to fans outside the U.S.
Here’s another goofy link for you to enjoy on your birthday weekend:
http://www.cnn.com/2010/HEALTH/11/11/fast.food.choices/index.html?hpt=C1
“Your healthiest fast food choices”
#1: Subway veggie sandwich with low-fat milk (and no cheese – which eliminates the only real food they actually serve there)
And of course there’s the Burger King Macaroni and Cheese! With apples and low fat milk, naturally.
Same old awful advice. It’s endless.
Happy 52nd birthday! I’d like to come up with something clever to say, but this early in the morning nothing clever is possible apparently. Sounds like a good life being lived. Wish you great success in achieving 52 more.
A blog piece about hair growth and healthy eating would be of great interest to many I suspect. My guess is it probably would make for a popular article.
I’ll write a review when I finish the book. It’s very good so far.
Yep, my mouse clicked on the wrong thing and I, er, um, downloaded an illegal copy. I sent you a $20 donation because you should be paid for the movie we enjoyed (and partly to assuage my guilt…).
Happy Birthday. :o)
I appreciate your honesty. I’m looking forward to being able to offer a legal copy to fans outside the U.S.
Happy Birthday, young man (speaking as a child of ’56) –
May your joy in the important things increase, and your passion for the lampooning the idiotic continue! Thank you for your voice and efforts.
Pete
PS – I once had the following test question from a genetics professor – “One quarter of men have the extremely sexy and highly desirable trait of baldness. Three quarters are hairy mutants. What type of inheritance pattern does this represent?”
Did I mention that he was shaved-head bald?
His research may have biased, but I like the conclusion.
Happy Birthday from someone coming up on 52 herself. I was just thinking the same thing the other day – how I wish I had known at 20 what I know now. At least my daughter has benefitted from my hard-earned knowledge at an earlier age. My birthday gift to you and me is to order the DVD right now 😉
I’ll take that gift, thanks.
Happy 52nd birthday! I’d like to come up with something clever to say, but this early in the morning nothing clever is possible apparently. Sounds like a good life being lived. Wish you great success in achieving 52 more.
A blog piece about hair growth and healthy eating would be of great interest to many I suspect. My guess is it probably would make for a popular article.
I’ll write a review when I finish the book. It’s very good so far.
Happy Birthday, young man (speaking as a child of ’56) –
May your joy in the important things increase, and your passion for the lampooning the idiotic continue! Thank you for your voice and efforts.
Pete
PS – I once had the following test question from a genetics professor – “One quarter of men have the extremely sexy and highly desirable trait of baldness. Three quarters are hairy mutants. What type of inheritance pattern does this represent?”
Did I mention that he was shaved-head bald?
His research may have biased, but I like the conclusion.
Happy Birthday from someone coming up on 52 herself. I was just thinking the same thing the other day – how I wish I had known at 20 what I know now. At least my daughter has benefitted from my hard-earned knowledge at an earlier age. My birthday gift to you and me is to order the DVD right now 😉
I’ll take that gift, thanks.
Any plans to offer a discounted two-fer package for stateside folks who haven’t ordered either DVD yet?
That’s a good idea. Let me put something together.
Any plans to offer a discounted two-fer package for stateside folks who haven’t ordered either DVD yet?
That’s a good idea. Let me put something together.
Happy Birthday, Tom! I can’t remember how I originally found out about Fat Head, but I remember it was before it was released. I have at least 4 copies that I’ve bought and distributed to others, and I plan to get a few more copies. You explain complicated things in a simple, amusing way, and I hope your work convinces some of my family members (and a few of the students I teach) to ignore Conventional Wisdom and use their functioning brains. Thank you.
If you heard about Fat Head before the release, it was probably from Jimmy Moore or Dr. Mike Eades, both of whom talked it up on their blogs. Thank you for the birthday wishes and for being a multi-customer.
Happy Birthday! (I think I’m late as usual – hope it was a great one.)
Big Fat Fiasco earned a link from Thincs – congrats!
You’re right on time. It’s still my birthday.
Happy Birthday, Tom! I can’t remember how I originally found out about Fat Head, but I remember it was before it was released. I have at least 4 copies that I’ve bought and distributed to others, and I plan to get a few more copies. You explain complicated things in a simple, amusing way, and I hope your work convinces some of my family members (and a few of the students I teach) to ignore Conventional Wisdom and use their functioning brains. Thank you.
If you heard about Fat Head before the release, it was probably from Jimmy Moore or Dr. Mike Eades, both of whom talked it up on their blogs. Thank you for the birthday wishes and for being a multi-customer.
Happy Birthday! (I think I’m late as usual – hope it was a great one.)
Big Fat Fiasco earned a link from Thincs – congrats!
You’re right on time. It’s still my birthday.
Happy Birthday, Tom! Thanks for inspiring, always.
Thank you, Kimberly.
Happy Birthday, Tom! Thanks for inspiring, always.
Thank you, Kimberly.
Happy Birthday Tom.
I just turned 51 and I had exactly the same thought regarding what I’ve had to learn in the area of nutrition and health.
IF ONLY I had known sooner!
I’m just glad I figured it out while my girls are young.
Happy Birthday Tom.
I just turned 51 and I had exactly the same thought regarding what I’ve had to learn in the area of nutrition and health.
IF ONLY I had known sooner!
I’m just glad I figured it out while my girls are young.
I’ll definately buy your fat head dvd and your big fat fiasco speach Tom. Delivery to Sydney Australia should I order through the fat head website? Watched your speach online and you did an excellent job so well done! Originally saw your fat head movie on tv in New Zealand and now i find myself checking your web page most days waiting for your next article.
I particularly enjoy reading your debates you have online with PC nutritionists… very funny! your humour backed with scientific evidence makes for a very entertaining debate. Just a shame most people you debate with end up so angry 😉
Yes, we’ll take orders for the overseas release through the website. We’ve got our replicator/fulfillment house selected, and should be ready to roll in about two weeks.
I’ll definately buy your fat head dvd and your big fat fiasco speach Tom. Delivery to Sydney Australia should I order through the fat head website? Watched your speach online and you did an excellent job so well done! Originally saw your fat head movie on tv in New Zealand and now i find myself checking your web page most days waiting for your next article.
I particularly enjoy reading your debates you have online with PC nutritionists… very funny! your humour backed with scientific evidence makes for a very entertaining debate. Just a shame most people you debate with end up so angry 😉
Yes, we’ll take orders for the overseas release through the website. We’ve got our replicator/fulfillment house selected, and should be ready to roll in about two weeks.
Just some anecdotal evidence on the baldness thing. Since I went fully primal/paleo eating and quit shampooing my hair has actually started to grow back into my previously bare widow’s peak areas. It’s amazing! It’s actually filling back in. And I’m 52 y/o. Plus the rest of my hair seems to be denser and thicker.
I thought I was doomed to creeping baldness for the rest of my life.
Interesting. My balding seems to have at least slowed or perhaps stopped, but I’m not getting any back so far.
Just some anecdotal evidence on the baldness thing. Since I went fully primal/paleo eating and quit shampooing my hair has actually started to grow back into my previously bare widow’s peak areas. It’s amazing! It’s actually filling back in. And I’m 52 y/o. Plus the rest of my hair seems to be denser and thicker.
I thought I was doomed to creeping baldness for the rest of my life.
Interesting. My balding seems to have at least slowed or perhaps stopped, but I’m not getting any back so far.
distributors are a joke. not suggesting you do this, but something i would do is hire someone from freelancer.com to subtitle the dvds for specific languages, DvdDecryptor it to region-free, and have someone “anonymously” sell it on ioffer.com which ships worldwide.
We’ll be set up to ship worldwide in about a week.
distributors are a joke. not suggesting you do this, but something i would do is hire someone from freelancer.com to subtitle the dvds for specific languages, DvdDecryptor it to region-free, and have someone “anonymously” sell it on ioffer.com which ships worldwide.
We’ll be set up to ship worldwide in about a week.
Great movie!
But I really think subtitles are a must for the International version! I think a lot of people in Europe would buy it if subtitles on their languages included, and I don’t think would be much expensive to make them.
Subtitles are supposed to be created by individual distributors in each territory. We don’t have the resources to get them done for all the different languages.
Great movie!
But I really think subtitles are a must for the International version! I think a lot of people in Europe would buy it if subtitles on their languages included, and I don’t think would be much expensive to make them.
Subtitles are supposed to be created by individual distributors in each territory. We don’t have the resources to get them done for all the different languages.
I’ve seen your movie a few times already and I find it great.
However I’m one of the few fluent enough persons in Spain that can understand it without subtitles.
If you don’t have the resources to create subtitles for each language, would it be possible to have them at least in English? They really help a lot in understanding what the characters are saying.
I’d like to do that eventually. Usually it’s up to the distributors in each region.
I’ve seen your movie a few times already and I find it great.
However I’m one of the few fluent enough persons in Spain that can understand it without subtitles.
If you don’t have the resources to create subtitles for each language, would it be possible to have them at least in English? They really help a lot in understanding what the characters are saying.
I’d like to do that eventually. Usually it’s up to the distributors in each region.