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Sunday, January 31, 2010
Saturday, January 30, 2010
Vintage (1960's) Japanese Graphic Design Gallery
I challenge you to take a virtual stroll through this mini art gallery and tell me that you aren't impressed!
Link
Jay Ward Productions
Jay Ward founded this studio in 1949 solely for the purpose of producting animation for the evolving media market known as tv. The studio was perhaps best known for creating the Rocky and Bullwinkle show but they are also the creators of the well known, and long lasting, character Cap'N Crunch. The limited animation format adopted by the studio was partially founded as an artistic device but was later utilised by many studios to lower the cost of producing animation for Saturday morning animated fare.
Crusader Rabbit - Episode 1 (1950)
Rocky and Bullwinkle - Opening (1959 - as Rocky and His Friends)
Fractured Fairy Tales - Leaping Beauty (1960?)
Fractured Flickers - Opening With Hans Conreid (1961)
Dudley Do-Right - Opening (1960)
Hoppity Hooper - Pilot (1964)
George Of the Jungle - The Sultan's Pearl (1967)
Super Chicken - Episode 1 - The Oyster (1967)
Tom Slick - Bad Year Blimp Race (1967 - aired as part of the George of the Jungle show)
Crusader Rabbit - Episode 1 (1950)
Rocky and Bullwinkle - Opening (1959 - as Rocky and His Friends)
Fractured Fairy Tales - Leaping Beauty (1960?)
Fractured Flickers - Opening With Hans Conreid (1961)
Dudley Do-Right - Opening (1960)
Hoppity Hooper - Pilot (1964)
George Of the Jungle - The Sultan's Pearl (1967)
Super Chicken - Episode 1 - The Oyster (1967)
Tom Slick - Bad Year Blimp Race (1967 - aired as part of the George of the Jungle show)
Friday, January 29, 2010
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Ralph Bakshi's COONSKIN
From IMDB:
Plot Summary for
Coonskin (1975) More at IMDbPro »
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A multi-layered satire of race relations in America. Live-action sequences of a prison break bracket the animated story of Brother Rabbit, Brother Bear, and Preacher Fox, who rise to the top of the crime ranks in Harlem by going up against a con-man, a racist cop, and the Mafia. Written by Alan Smithee, Sr.
Posted at Alternative Comix.
Link (DIVX format)
Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Defunct Attractions at Disney World (slideshow)
I like collecting Disneyana related to defunct attractions so this slideshow is right up my alley.
Created with flickr slideshow.
Hooked On Books
This site is technically a storefront but I just love to browse the old paperback covers from almost any genre that I can imagine. Prices range anywhere from $4 to hundreds of dollars but the books are well organized and it's almost like going to a paperback museum.
Link
Tuesday, January 26, 2010
Monday, January 25, 2010
Various - Classic Russian Movie Soundtrack Compilation
I picked this one up at our local Hasting's a few years ago (for a buck) and found it in our garage last night. It's a nice two cd set of classic Russian movie soundtrack songs (I think, the cd is all in cyrillic but I found the set on a Russian website). Two discs of nice Russian folk music and well worth the download if you are into this sort of thing.
Link (320 kbps CBR MP3)
Sunday, January 24, 2010
Trix Cereal Commercial Collection
The first commercial includes Bugs Bunny! I don't remember this one!
Vintage Floridiana Slideshow
I know that I could use a little (or a lot) of this right now as we start to emerge from the depths of winter here in Idaho!
Created with flickr slideshow.
The New Zoo Revue
Cosmobells has posted the first five episodes. Did you know that Doug and Emmy Jo actually ended up getting married and now run a video production company in Texas?
Link
Saturday, January 23, 2010
Rampaging Hulk Magazine
The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted the first eight issues of this 1977 Curtis/Marvel black and white magazine.
Link
Animated Cereal Commercials of the 1980's
As the 80's wore on I slowly removed myself from Saturday morning cartoons in pursuit of other more worthy ventures (a job in the military, family, etc.) and as cable and satellite slowly took their foothold the Saturday morning cartoon was barely recognizable by the end of the decade. There were still many memorable animated spokesmen for the morning wheat/oat based breakfast product but even this chapter in American advertising history was drawing to a close. A highlight of the 1980's cereal scene had to be the many short-lived cereals based on popular fads of the time.
The previous installments of this series can be found here: 1950's 1960's 1970's
Strawberry Shortcake Cereal
The Superfriends for Post Cereal (1981)
Super Sugar Crisp (1977?)
Rocky Road Cereal (1986)
Tony The Tiger (and other mascots) for Kellog's Cereal (1980)
Bill and Ted's Excellent Cereal
Toucan San for Fruit Loops (1987)
Smurfs Cereal (1980)
Cocoa Pebbles (1986)
River Country Water Park at Disney World (abandoned in place)
The Disney company has just as many flops as they have successes as evidenced by this nice series of photos taken at this park that has been closed since 2001.
Link
Friday, January 22, 2010
FREE ebooks at Barnes and Noble (.com)
Legos on Hoth
Avanaut has created an awesome photo set featuring Lego Star Wars figures on the ice planet Hoth.
Link
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Lifehacker's Best DVD Ripping Utilities Summary
I know that my readers will appreciate this one! The top five dvd burning utilities as submitted by Lifehacker readers. Nothing revelatory here but it's nice to see some free utilities still at the top of the charts after all of these years (DVD Decrypter and DVD Shrink).
Link
Wednesday, January 20, 2010
Laff-A-Lympics Comics
One of my favorite shows when I was a kid was this one because you got to see all of your favorite H-B characters in one show. I don't know for sure it it was rigged but it sometimes didn't seem like a fair contest to me!
The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted three issues of the comics.
Link
WFMU"s The Late Night Distemper Of Our Times
A great article about a lesser known period in late night tv starring Jerry Lewis and Jack Paar.
Link
Tuesday, January 19, 2010
Fake Elvis
Music You (Possibly) Won't Hear Anyplace Else has posted a nice selection of early 'covers' of famous Elvis tunes.
Link
Monday, January 18, 2010
We're Late For Class - The Act You've Known For All Of These Years
We are going to return to our roots for this post (this blog was originally conceived to highlight music from bands that freely share their music online). I haven't had a chance to listen yet but I always love the stuff that these guys put out. This one is an ALL BEATLES mashup!
Link
Meco - Superman and Other Galactic Heroes
I was really excited when I found this one in the bin of one of my local thrift stores but it just doesn't deliver! I don't know if it's because I had such fond memories of Meco's Star Wars songs or if it's because I just dislike this generic form of disco so much but I can tell you that it sounds very dated and rather formulaic. From 1978, the album is mostly a tribute to the very popular Superman movie of the time but side two is labeled as 'Other Galactic Heroes' featuring tributes to Batman and Robin, Tarzan and Wonder-Woman - but I can't for the life of me figure out how they relate to these characters! I was hoping that they would be related in some fashion to the correspondingly well-known tv themes but alas this is not the case as they are rather random sounding to me.
MECO's entry From Wikipedia:
Meco (real name Domenico Monardo, born 29 November 1939) is an American record producer and musician, as well as the name of a band or production team based around him. Meco is best known for his 1977 disco (Space Disco) version of the Star Wars theme from his album Star Wars and Other Galactic Funk; both the single and album were certified platinum in the U.S.
Track Listing:
1 Superman Theme
2 The Destruction of Krypton
3 The Trip to Earth
4 Growing Up
5 Fortress of Solitude
6 March of the Villains
7 The Flying Secquence
8 Can You Read My Mind (Love Theme from Superman)
9 Chasing Rockets
10 Turning Back the World
11 End Title
12 Love Theme
13 The Boy Wonder
14 Caped Crusader
15 Lord of the Jungle
16 The Amazing Amazon
Link (320 kbps CBR MP3)
Elvis Presley - Elvis Greatest Sh*t
Even though it has perhaps teh most tasteless album cover known to mankind it's actually a decent listening experience. This would be a great listening companion piece to the Buddies Lounge 'Worst of' Elvis tribute (episode #67).
01. Introduced (:31)
02. Old Mac Donald (2:05) Double Trouble '67
03. Ito Eats (1:22) Blue Hawaii '61
04. There's No Room to Rhumba in a Sports Car (1:52) Fun in Acapulco '63
05. Confidence (2:33) Clambake '67
06. Yoga Is As Yoga Does (2:09) Easy Come Easy Go '67
07. Song of the Shrimp (2:20) Girls Girls Girls '62
08. US Male (2:42) 45 '68
09. The Fort Lauderdale Chamber of Commerce (1:32) Girl Happy '65
10. Signs of the Zodiac (2:18) The Trouble with Girls '69
11. The Bullfighter Was A Lady (2:03) Fun in Acapulco '63
12. Wolf Call (1:27) Girl Happy '65
13. Can't Help Falling In Love (1:30) Blue Hawaii '61
14. He's Your Uncle, Not Your Dad (2:28) Speedway '68
15. Scratch My Back (2:15) Paradise Hawaiian Style '66
16. The Walls Have Ears (2:31) Girls Girls Girls '62
17. Poison Ivy League (2:03) Roustabout '64
18. Beach Boy Blues (2:02) Blue Hawaii '61
19. Dominic the Impotent Bull (1:43) Stay Away, Joe '68
20. Queenie Wahine's Papaya (1:34) Paradise Hawaiian Style '66
21. Do the Clambake - Medley (2:46) Girl Happy '65/Clambake '67
22. Datin' (1:36) Paradise Hawaiian Style '66
23. Are You Lonesome Tonight? (2:47) Live '77
Link (320kbps CBR MP3)
Sunday, January 17, 2010
Speed Buggy Comics
The Crosseyed Cyclops comes through again! This time it's three issues of the Charlton Comics SPEED BUGGY (#s 2, 3 and 5).
Link
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Animated Cereal Commercials (1970's Version)
Trix - Unknown Dates
Monster Cereals - Unknown Dates (most longtime readers of the blog should already know that these are amongst my favorites, combinging monsters and cartoons!)
Corn Flakes - Corny in a Jonny Quest Type Adventure
Cocoa Crispies - Cocoa (lost mascot)
Cap'N Crunch - Various Commercials (including Crunch Berries)
Fruit Loops (1975)
Friday, January 15, 2010
Play 8 Bit Nintendo 8 Games Online (In Your Browser)
One of last year's most popular posts was one that linked to online Atari 2600 game playing so how big is this one? Play any of a number of NES games from within your browser.
The site also includes playable versions of Gameboy, Commodore 64, Sega Master System, DOS, and some random Supremecy/Overlord type games.
Link
Thursday, January 14, 2010
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24 hour High Quality Internet Old Time Radio Station
Radiooncemore is now producing a very high quality old time radio station (on live365.com). For some reason the audio is stuttering for me (but I am used to many things just not quite working correctly on my Ubuntu computer).
Link
Free SF Reader List (Updated for 2010)
It's kind of silly to say that it is updated for 2010 being that it was posted the day before 2010 actually began but it is updated and it is HUGE.
Link
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