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RIP Christine Cavanaugh
To the world she’ll forever be known as the voice of the sheep-herding pig Babe, a movie I will never deny made me well up at the end. Sadly, due to a financial dispute EG Daily took her place in the weirder, … Continue reading
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Tagged Cartoons, Dexter's Laboratory, Obit, Rugrats
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Richard Horvitz
This Holiday Season I’m closing out all the Brushes with Greatness I procrastinated about and boy howdy there’s a slew, one that’s a couple years behind that I have no excuse to putting off. I will start with this gentleman because … Continue reading
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Tagged Billy & Mandy, Cartoons, Invader Zim, Overdue Story, Squirrel Boy, Two Angry Beavers
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Farewell fictional Stephen Colbert
Calling The Colbert Report a national treasure via On The Media was a bit much from host Brooke Gladstone because the show appeared only a cable, was despised by those on the Right that knew they were being ridiculed and most over 50 … Continue reading
1989: The Simpsons Christmas Special
I double-checked to make sure I wasn’t repeating myself from five years ago! Firstly, I want to kick off with yet another link from the fine folks at Mental Floss, many of the facts they divulge aren’t new if you’ve watched … Continue reading
Reno 911
It started with my discovery of all the numerous brown police uniform torsos while sifting through the Lego Store. I then looked for heads with sunglasses because I was inspired to make Deputy Garcia from Reno 911. Since you get three figures … Continue reading
“d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b-d-b” shoot again Buck!
Right on the heels of Glen A Larson’s passing, a beautiful pinball machine to promote probably what was the movie that was released in the Spring of 1979 before it became a TV series. The back glass needs some work … Continue reading
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Tagged Buck Rogers, Science Fiction, Seventies
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RIP: Glen A. Larson
I remember loosely connecting the dots with his name from the opening/ending credits whenever I watched Battlestar Galactica and Buck Rogers in the 25th Century. It was the same guy who created/developed them. Big discovery eh? I’m sure there’s a sarcastic comment my … Continue reading
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Tagged Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Obit, Science Fiction, Seventies
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Simpson Quiz from Mental Floss
Name all 12 characters who have three-letter first names. You get three minutes. I got nine! Beat that!
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Two great time killers on the Web
Click here to check out what I built for you all! http://crmbl.co/1ub9Mzp The other…a virtual fist bump or as it was said in the censored version of The Matrix, a flipper! http://sendamessage.to/picayune+fans/t
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Star Wars body count
Despite the annoying yet infectious ©Rap music accompanying this (then again, so is small pox and I don’t want it), someone with too much time on their hands figured out how many people kissed it in the only good Star Wars trilogy. They … Continue reading
RIP: Jan Hooks
A belated obituary for a very talented person, someone as flexible as Phil Hartman and Dan Akroyd in all the different roles she filled on the rather inconsistent SNL. I will always remember Jan through the better gigs she had: The … Continue reading
RIP: Geoffrey Holder
Geoffrey was a very recognizable voice for several decades especially if you were a kid in the Seventies thanks to the 7-Up commercials he did. I think younger people probably know him more for being the crazy director in Eddie Murphy’s Boomerang. He … Continue reading
Nichelle Nichols
Running into the cast of Star Trek shows continues with living in Austin! Nichelle dropped by Dragon’s Lair for a quick signing because it was on the way to another convention in San Antonio with George Takei and Walter Koenig. Lucky Somara, this … Continue reading
RIP Robin Williams
It has been a busy, busy week yet I really wanted to reflect on Robin’s suicide after more thought. The event was a horrible shock and in other ways it wasn’t. Being someone who has also struggled with Depression (I’m managing … Continue reading