George Ewart

Ewart as Omega (photo by Graeme Whifler)

**George Ewart** was an actor and vocalist who appeared as Omega, one half of the conjoined twin tag-team wrestling team Arf and Omega Berry (alongside Palmer Eiland as his brother Arf) in The Residents' unfinished feature film, *Vileness Fats*, shot between 1972 and 1976, and on the related musical number "Aircraft Damage", featured on the group's debut EP *Santa Dog* in 1972.

Very little is publicly known about Ewart; the reasoning behind Arf and Omega being conjoined at the shoulder was apparently to make use of the fact that Ewart had only one arm. Ewart's last known appearance with The Residents was on stage with the group (alongside Eiland as Arf and Omega) at their first official live show, Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! in Berkeley, California in June 1976.

   In November 2015, a copy of the *Santa Dog* EP which was given to Ewart (and signed "To Arf and/or Omega" by Homer Flynn) was put for sale on the website Popsike by a German seller, who had purchased it from one of Ewart's relatives some years prior. It sold within days, with the final bid coming in at €1,660 (or $1,856 USD).

## Appearances on Residents releases

* *Santa Dog* (1972, on "Aircraft Damage" as Omega Berry)
* *The Residents Radio Special* (1977, on "Aircraft Damage" as Omega Berry)
* *Meet The Residents* Classic Series edition (1988, on "Aircraft Damage" as Omega Berry)
* *Mole Show/Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (1984, as Omega Berry)
* *Icky Flix* DVD (2001, as Omega Berry")
* *Oh, Mummy! Oh, Daddy! Can't You See That It's True; What The Beatles Did To Me, I Love Lucy Did To You* (2010)
* *The Delta Nudes' Greatest Hiss* (2013)
* *The Residents Present The Delta Nudes* (2016)
* *Triple Trouble* (2022, archival footage)

## See also

* Arf and Omega Berry
* *Vileness Fats*
* "Aircraft Damage"
* *Santa Dog*
* Palmer Eiland

## External links and references

1. ↑ Maurice and Me, Residents History - part 14
2. ↑ The Residents Santa Dog Original 2x7" - RALPH RECORDS | Popsike

**Side A:** "Fire" by Ivory and the Brain Eaters · **Side B:** "Explosion" by The Delta Nudes
**Side C:** "Lightning" by The College Walkers · **Side D:** "Aircraft Damage" by Arf and Omega feat. The Singing Lawn Chairs
**Personnel**
Residents, Uninc. · Arf and Omega Berry (Palmer Eiland and **George Ewart**) · The Singing Lawn Chairs (Pamela Zeibak)
**Related works**
*Vileness Fats* ·"Santa Dog '78" · "Santa Dog '84" · "Santa Dog 88" · "Santa Dog '92" · *Refused* · "Santa Dog 17" · *Santa Dog 50th Anniversary Collection* · "Santa Dog 2022"
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**Scene by scene**
1: Arf and Omega · 2: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 1 · 3: Town 1 · 4: Mother's House 1 · 5: Weescoosa & Ninnie 1 · 6: Cave 1 · 7: Weescoosa & Ninnie 2 · 8: Weescoosa's Flashback · 9: Weescoosa & Ninnie 3 · 10: Bellboys & Townspeople Battle 2 · 11: Town 2 · 12: Desert 2 · 13: Lonesome Jack & Peggy · 14: Desert 1 · 15: Mother's House 2 · 16: Town 3 · 17: Banquet Hall · 18: Cave 2 · 19: Bridge 1 · 20: The Master Plan · 21: Cave 3 · 22: Desert 3 · 23: Night Club 1 · 24: Desert 4 · 25: Night Club 2 · 26: Desert 5 · 27: Cave 4 · 28: Night Club 3 · 29: Desert 6 · 30: Night Club 4 · 31: Cave 5 · 32: Night Club 5 · 33: Mother's House 3 · 34: Night Club 6 · 35: The Window of Never
**Cast and characters**
Saint Steven / Lonesome Jack (Jay Clem) · Weescoosa (Sally Lewis) · Arf and Omega Berry (Palmer Eiland and **George Ewart**) · Ninnie (Danny Williams) · Steve's Mother (Marge Howard) · Peggy Honeydew (Margaret Smyk) · Weenie (Danny Williams) · Uncle Willy (Hardy Fox)
with
Irene Dogmatic · J. Raoul Brody · Barry "Schwump" Schwam · Hugo Olson · Bill Dewalt · Diane Flynn · Homer Flynn · Tony Logan · Dennis Sealy · The Mysterious N. Senada as himself

**Crew**
The Residents: direction, screenplay, music, sets, costumes · Graeme Whifler: lighting, sets, second unit direction · Diane Flynn: costumes · John Kennedy: editing
**Settings**
Vileness Flats (Mother's House · Ninnie's House · Banquet Hall · Willy's Hot Spot) · Motel · The Cave · The Desert · The Window of Never
**Soundtrack music**
"Aircraft Damage" · "The Importance of Evergreen" · "Eloise" · "Kamikaze Lady" · "Lonely At The Top" · "Fever" · "Russian Love Song" · *X Is For Xtra* ("Theme From X" · "Slow Texture" · "Asonarose" · "Soundtrack Music Piece 17")
**Related works**
The Boarding House performance · *Santa Dog* · *Meet The Residents* · *Not Available* (*X Is For Xtra*) · *The Third Reich 'n Roll* (video) · "March de la Winni" · Oh Mummy! Oh Daddy! performance · *Fingerprince* · *Whatever Happened To Vileness Fats?* (soundtrack · *PAL TV LP*) · *Video Voodoo* · *Twenty Twisted Questions* · *Icky Flix* (soundtrack · "The Knife Fight" · *RZ VF*) · *Theory of Obscurity: A Film About The Residents* · *Double Trouble* ("Junior's Double Trouble Nightmare" · trailer) · *Triple Trouble* (soundtrack)
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