GOINGS ON / SANTA BARBARA : Show Aims for Sick, Twisted and Animated

Remember those late, late night ghoulish animation shorts on TV, like “Bambi Meets Godzilla”? Poor Bambi, in a seconds-long flick--a goner. Splattered and squished with one careless pounce of Godzilla’s reptilian foot.

If that kind of cartoon dementia brings a smile to your face, you’re sure to like “Spike & Mike’s Sick and Twisted Festival of Animation ‘93” opening Friday at the Isla Vista Theater.

“Mutilator: Episode II, The Underworld”; “Beavis and Butthead”; “Spaghetti Snot”; “Horndog”; “Quiet Please”--it’s all here. Twenty films in all, including Academy Award winner “Mona Lisa Descending a Staircase” and Oscar nominees “Adam” and “Screen Play.”

Oh yes, Beavis and Butthead will be up to their usual shenanigans--as seen on MTV--but here the demonic duo pulls out all the stops in the uncensored version of “Peace, Love and Understanding” and the cult classic “Frog Baseball.”

Show times: 9:30 p.m. and midnight, Friday through Monday. Sorry, kids, this festival is for adults only, 18 and over.

But wait, before you doctor your ID, the more tame, original “Spike & Mike’s” animation film will show at 7:15 p.m. all four nights and is open to all ages.

Tickets, available via Ticketmaster outlets or at the door, are $7. The theater is at 960 Embarcadero del Norte. Call 893-3536.

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The Santa Barbara Museum of Art will be transformed into a fragrant spring garden for the two-day event “Art in Full Bloom,” opening Tuesday.

The idea is for 40 professional and non-pro floral designers to use the museum’s artworks as inspiration to create a vast array of colorful displays that will fill the inside of the museum’s galleries.

The floral affair, 11 a.m to 7 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, will also provide visitors with the opportunity to learn the experts’ design secrets during a number of slide lectures and demonstrations.

Noted speakers will include Jack Fortuna, who will explain his methods (10 a.m. Tuesday) for using herbs, fruits and vegetables to create imaginative--and edible--arrangements.

Other highlights include continuous showings of the movie “Memories of Monet” and a Garden Tea and Musicale, 2:30 to 4 p.m. both days.

Gallery admission is $5, free for members. Lectures $8, tea $10. The museum is at 1130 State St. Call 963-4364.

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So you broke your grandmother’s favorite porcelain salad bowl. The very one she received on her wedding day umpteen years ago. Here’s your chance to weasel your way back into Granny’s good graces: You could get lucky and find a replacement at the Santa Barbara Antique Show & Sale.

The three-day event opens Friday at Santa Barbara’s Earl Warren Showgrounds. More than 65 exhibitors will display fine antiques, American and European furniture, cut glass, jewelry, China, silver and other collectibles.

Say, did you save the pieces of that busted salad bowl? Wayne (The Glass Doctor) Montano will be on hand for glass and porcelain repairs. It just might be worth a shot.

Hours: noon to 9 p.m. Friday; noon to 8 p.m. Saturday, and noon to 5 p.m. Sunday. Admission: $4 with free return privileges. From the Ventura Freeway, take the Las Positas exit and watch for the signs. Call 687-0766.

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“Who in the hell do you think you are?” That question, asked in a familiar musical fashion, can be heard this weekend during the rock opera “Jesus Christ Superstar,” playing at the Arlington Theatre.

Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice’s venerable Broadway blockbuster based on the last seven days in the life of Jesus of Nazareth will be in town for four shows.

Originally a smash hit album, the music was first brought to Broadway in 1971 and features such songs as “Everything’s All Right,” “Hosanna,” the haunting “I Don’t Know How to Love Him” and of course “Superstar.”

The current production is directed and choreographed by Tony Christopher.

Show times: 4 and 8 p.m. Saturday; 2 and 8 p.m. Sunday. Tickets: $42.50, $37.50 and $29.50. The Arlington is at 1317 State St. Call 583-8700.

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Who in the hell do you think you are, Richard Osterweil? That’s a likely non-musical question that struggling New York painter--er, interloper--has heard a time or two.

You see, Osterweil’s passion is to crash the parties and funerals of New York’s high society. His infiltrations have garnered him a chat with Elizabeth Taylor at a $1,000-a-plate charity ball, attendance at Harry Reasoner’s memorial service and a discussion of ballet with Jackie Onassis.

You can meet the celluloid version of the eccentric Osterweil--and learn his sneaky tricks--during “Painting the Town,” an amusing documentary devoted largely to recounting his hobby.

The 80-minute film will be shown at 8 p.m. Monday at UC Santa Barbara’s Campbell Hall. Premiering in 1992, the documentary was made by the painter’s former Manhattan neighbors Andrew Behar and Sara Sackner, who now reside in Ojai.

Tickets are $5, students $4. Call 893-2080.