May 2013
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“The foregoing was a fictional account of the development of the HULA HOOP® and...”
– Closing credits, “The Hudsucker Proxy”
May 19th
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“Most people feel it’s rather childish to have an imagination. I...”
– Ray Harryhausen
May 15th
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“My job is to plumb the depths, so to speak. Dredge up something from inside,...”
– Barton Fink, stuck in his own head and loving it
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May 6th
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“Gozer the Gozerian! Good evening. As a duly designated representative of the...”
– That oughta do it, thanks very much, Ray.
May 6th
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April 2013
15 posts
Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean →
Apr 30th
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Natural Born Killers: United States Military Women →
The war stories women of the United States Military tell don’t sound a thing like myths from people who oppose the U.S. military’s evolving new rules about women in combat Lt. Tina Turner [Via Kelly Sue DeConnick]
Apr 29th
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Apr 29th
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Andy Kaufman lip-synchs “Pop Goes the Weasel” on his second appearance on Saturday Night Live (then called NBC’s Saturday Night) in episode 3, October 25, 1975. Sadly the beginning of this clip I found online is cut off. The host was Rob Reiner, who introduces Andy against the same red-and-gold backdrop and the same record player from the far better-known “Mighty...
Apr 29th
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Bee-harming pesticides banned in Europe →
Ban neonicotinoids!
Apr 29th
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Apr 6th
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“I don’t think you should ever say anything that you’re going to have to...”
– Louis C.K., interviewed by Dave Itzkoff http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/07/arts/for-louis-c-k-the-jokes-on-him.html?smid=tw-nytimesarts&seid=auto&pagewanted=all
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March 2013
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“My Breakfast with Blassie” in its entirety — starring Andy Kaufman and “Classy” Freddy Blassie. Despite the disclaimer of veracity, this is an improv performance that follows a broad outline, featuring co-director Linda Lautrec as the autograph hound and Andy’s collaborator Bob Zmuda as the obnoxious customer. The beleaguered waitress is for real, though, and one...
Mar 26th
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Mar 25th
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“I had long wanted to see ‘true’ indigo, and thought that drugs might be the way...”
– In search of an elusive color—Dr. Oliver Sacks, “Hallucinations”
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FilmComment on the history of MAD movie parodies →
Mar 18th
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Andy Kaufman’s Midnight Special! Featuring Wolfman Jack, Slim Whitman, Freddy Cannon, Howdy Doody, Tony Clifton, intergender wrestling, interview clips with Andy Kaufman, “Andy’s Other Job,” behind the scenes at “Taxi,” and much more.
Mar 17th
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Interview with Emma Ríos at this link →
“[Comics are] a very specific language that only works on paper—or at least, in my opinion, that is where it works best. The translation to a more audiovisual platform ends up becoming artificial and, in my opinion, sometimes even ridiculous. What makes it perfect is that it’s a language totally adapted to its nature; untranslatable but that can translate other idioms quite...
Mar 13th
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Mar 8th
Help This Guy Find Love →
Mar 7th