War of the Worlds – 1938 Radio Show, as narrated by Orson Welles. Thanks to reader Scott for providing the link for today’s post. I haven’t listened to this yet but have been meaning to for some time. It’s amazing to think that this simple radio play induced mass panic due to people thinking it [...]
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Star Wars Holiday Special Cartoon. Before the crappy prequels, before Return of the Jedi, and even before The Empire Strikes back, there was the Star Wars Holiday Special. A special that will live in infamy. It has only aired once and is so bad even George Lucas has disowned it. It shows Chewbacca going back [...]
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Can Tossing So, do you suppose they used thread to make each toss perfect or did they just record thousands of attempts? Later Bloggies
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Shadow Girl This girl’s shadow seems a little more 3D than usual. Later Bloggies
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In the latest episode of Up a Paddle I said I would post a link to the Street Fighter scene from City Hunter: The Movie (starring Jackie Chan). I then promptly forgot to do so. Luckily, Bob at wqoq.com caught this and posted the video on his site. Check it out, it’s quite funny. He [...]
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Stranger than Fiction This has to be the first Will Ferrel movie that I’ve been looking forward to in a while. He plays Harold Crick, a regular guy who wakes up one day to hear a narrator narrating his life. If only they could have gotten Morgan Freeman to be the Narrator. He narrates everything. [...]
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Up a Paddle – Episode 16 – Down, Down Forward, Forward + Punch It’s the Street Fighter episode! Yay! Also, other stuff that I’m too tired to list right now. Check it out. Later Bloggies
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Some Contestants Also Receive … The video shows some of the lovely parting gifts that Bob Harris received from his 12 times on Jeopardy. Later Bloggies
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John Hodgman Explains Net Neutrality As you may recall, the Internet is a series of tubes. John Hodgman explains the Net Neutrality bill that lead to Senator Ted Stevens describing how the Internet works. Later Bloggies
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Cubicle War My favorite prank is the one with the stapler. Later Bloggies
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