Thread: "Bubba" from True Blood prop

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This is a Bubba prop from Charlaine Harris's Southern Vampire series of novels, what HBO's True Blood is base on.
From Wikipedia:
Bubba is Elvis Presley in vampire form. A morgue attendant who was a vampire and a big fan discovered the King slightly alive. The misguided vampire decides to make the overdosed Elvis undead, but the resulting creature, answering only to “Bubba”, is brain damaged by or before the process. The other vampires treat him as a dimwitted errand boy and try to keep him out of the public and clear of any household pets, as he likes to drink the animals' blood (cats being a particular favourite).

My prop is a Wowee Alive Elvis head stuck onto a Walmart $35 Halloween dummy and smushed into an Elvis costume. He'll be sitting in my pirate pub at a table with the Tru Blood drinking vampires. He'll be sipping "blood" out of a cat mug.

I have that elvis head! It is so cool!! now you have given me a few ideas too . thanks

That's hilarious!!

Thanks! It will go well with my Tru-Blood neon bar sign.

He looks pretty cool will you make him standing up or have him sitting down like in your youtube video? Either way he looks great.

Thanks! Probably sitting. That way his cat cup will rest on the table and he can be secured to the barstool.

Originally Posted by whichypoo

I have that elvis head! It is so cool!! now you have given me a few ideas too . thanks

Lol no problem. I've got the chimpanzee head they make too. It may wind up in the pub as " pieces of ape".

I am huge Charlaine Harris fan, and enjoy the TrueBlood series as well. That is a FABULOUS idea, and very well done. I especially love the cat cup reference. Great job!

Thanks MHooch! I was disappointed when HBO didn't have Bubba in True Blood. Probably legal reasons.

Originally Posted by MHooch

I am huge Charlaine Harris fan, and enjoy the TrueBlood series as well. That is a FABULOUS idea, and very well done. I especially love the cat cup reference. Great job!