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How I Conquered Your Planet by John Swartzwelder
Swartzwelder’s incompetent detective extraordinaire Frank Burley returns but this time his inevitable foe are the Martians. It’s not a spoiler, the title and the descriptions of particular people Burley picks up at the last bus stop (an empty corn field) … Continue reading
Canadian commercial
I was out sick for the last couple days so here’s a clever commercial from Canada that probably wouldn’t pass Standards & Practice even on Fox. Well, at least our neighbors from the Great White North gave us this to make … Continue reading
Dr. Hawking “sings” Monty Python
Not the most well-known song by the Pythons but a favorite near the middle of The Meaning of Life. I love all the astronomical facts with it concluding on how we’ve beaten the odds…that we know of.
RIP Geoffrey Lewis
Another one of the great supporting actors who also had the misfortune of being that guy, you know, he was in insert film/TV show here. Geoffrey was often in Clint Eastwood movies as a sidekick (Every Which Way But Loose) or minor villain … Continue reading
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Tagged Action, Comedy, Eighties, Science Fiction, Seventies
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Weird Al Simpsonized!
A cool toy to take my mind off the sadness of Stan Freberg passing and no more DVDs of The Simpsons. It didn’t cost me too much beyond its original retail price yet I still had to comb eBay thanks to the … Continue reading
RIP: Stan Freberg
Being a great satirist and cartoon voice actor were his contributions in my life. Cartoons? Yes, he was Peter Puma and one of the overly polite gophers in the Looney Toons. Stan was an early influence on Weird Al Yankovic, The … Continue reading
The two-seater unicycle by John Hodgman
A funny gift from a friend, a T-shirt showing off an invention that defies all logic and probably belongs on the cover of a They Might Be Giants album. Thanks Dave!
RIP: Gary Dahl, inventor of the Pet Rock
Not an April Fool’s joke! Hence, why I’m posting it today and according to the New York Times, Gary passed away over a week ago. I could’ve sworn seeing Pet Rocks later than 1975 but regardless, I was under 10 in those … Continue reading
In their hearts, all cats are French
What I love the most is the cat’s impeccable timing to speak but some cats are pretty good conversationalists with humans.
Farewell Sam Simon
He was most famous for being the silent member of The Simpsons triumvirate when the little-cartoon-that-could became its own show on Fox. However there was much more to Sam and his career. Originally he began in animation with Filmation working on Fat … Continue reading
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Tagged Animation, Comedy, Eighties, Seventies, SitCom, The Simpsons
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RIP Gary Owens
He will always be the voice of Space Ghost but when I was old enough to get up for Saturday-morning cartoons (never on school days!), he was also the voice of Blue Falcon, the Batman-knockoff for Scooby-Doo. My parents recognized him more … Continue reading
RIP: Taylor Negron
He was never the star in many roles you saw him in but I found him memorable. The son-in-law from Easy Money The terrible mailman from Better Off Dead The muscle, threatening Bruce Willis in The Last Boy Scout The pizza delivery guy … Continue reading
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
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