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"The foregoing was a fictional account of the development of the HULA HOOP® and the characters bear..."

Sat, 18 May 2013 20:42:37 -0400

“The foregoing was a fictional account of the development of the HULA HOOP® and the characters bear no resemblance to any real person or business concern. The HULA HOOP® was actually developed by the founders of the toy company WHAM-O®, a true American success story. WHAM-O® was subsequently responsible for the development of the FRISBEE® and numerous other toy products.”

- Closing credits, “The Hudsucker Proxy”

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Sat, 18 May 2013 01:14:35 -0400

"Most people feel it’s rather childish to have an imagination. I don’t agree with that, I..."

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:32:59 -0400

“Most people feel it’s rather childish to have an imagination. I don’t agree with that, I think you should go through life and imagine the very best.”

- Ray Harryhausen

Look at this line. It’s just a frozen banana. How much...

Wed, 15 May 2013 00:32:06 -0400

Look at this line. It’s just a frozen banana. How much could it cost? Ten dollars?

"My job is to plumb the depths, so to speak. Dredge up something from inside, something honest. I..."

Thu, 09 May 2013 21:21:38 -0400

“My job is to plumb the depths, so to speak. Dredge up something from inside, something honest. I gotta tell you, the life of the mind…there’s no roadmap for that territory. And exploring it can be painful. The kind of pain most people don’t know anything about. This must be boring you.”

- Barton Fink, stuck in his own head and loving it

agentmlovestacos: THESE GIRLS ARE...

Tue, 07 May 2013 16:07:44 -0400

agentmlovestacos:

THESE GIRLS ARE AWESOME!

via girlslovesuperheroes:

Kate’s super cuties nieces!

Ray Harryhausen died—my old convention pal from Barcelona in...

Tue, 07 May 2013 13:59:10 -0400

Ray Harryhausen died—my old convention pal from Barcelona in 2008. He was hard of hearing then but his mind was clear as a bell and he told some pretty incredible stories. He told me a lot about Mighty Joe Young and different armatures for some of his creations. And you better believe I wanted to hear everything about those sword-fighting skeletons.

“It’s the holiday season, and I’m Santa....

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:15:37 -0400

“It’s the holiday season, and I’m Santa. You’re on my lap. Little boy, take it away.”

Part 2 of Andy Kaufman on Letterman with George, Herb, and Tony,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:05:25 -0400

Part 2 of Andy Kaufman on Letterman with George, Herb, and Tony, and an Elvis bit.

Andy Kaufman tells David Letterman about rehearsing for a...

Mon, 06 May 2013 20:03:00 -0400

Andy Kaufman tells David Letterman about rehearsing for a Broadway show that closed in one day, hitchhiking, and adopting his sons George, Herb, and Tony, or Tino.

Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton on the HBO Young Comedians Special,...

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:54:14 -0400

Andy Kaufman/Tony Clifton on the HBO Young Comedians Special, 1977, conclusion.

Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton with remarkably little disguise....

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:49:31 -0400

Andy Kaufman as Tony Clifton with remarkably little disguise. Excerpt from the HBO Young Comedians Special, 1977, part 3.

Andy Kaufman on the 1977 HBO Young Comedians Special, part 2.

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:47:11 -0400

Andy Kaufman on the 1977 HBO Young Comedians Special, part 2.

“Right now I’d like to do a comedy...

Mon, 06 May 2013 16:43:42 -0400

“Right now I’d like to do a comedy routine.”

With these words—far more on-the-nose than a comic doing an actual comedy routine would EVER lead with—Andy Kaufman gets a laugh, and kicks off one of his finest performances, in the HBO Young Comedians Special of 1977, collected here in four clips.

Never mind that this first clip opens with “Thank you very much, that was Gallagher” from host David Steinberg; we leave that crap behind, and what follows is a spectacle of showmanship. Most of Andy’s TV guest appearances are one five or ten-minute spot featuring one premise, but here he segues from one immersive conceit to the next—starting, uncharacteristically, with what appears to be straightforward standup.

"Gozer the Gozerian! Good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state..."

Mon, 06 May 2013 00:56:03 -0400

“Gozer the Gozerian! Good evening. As a duly designated representative of the city, county, and state of New York, I order you to cease any and all supernatural activity and return forthwith to your place of origin, or to the nearest convenient parallel dimension.”

- That oughta do it, thanks very much, Ray.

There’s a potential Donkey Kong kill screen coming up, if...

Fri, 03 May 2013 17:32:17 -0400

There’s a potential Donkey Kong kill screen coming up, if anyone wants to watch.

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Thu, 02 May 2013 13:24:25 -0400

Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 16:30:24 -0400

Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean:

humansofnewyork: “If you could give one piece of advice to a...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 13:42:13 -0400

humansofnewyork:

“If you could give one piece of advice to a large group of people, what would it be?”
“Watch your ass.”

Natural Born Killers: United States Military Women

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 14:05:00 -0400

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]