Wednesday, March 31, 2010
Honey Halfwitch - Throne For a Loss
I don't think that I have ever heard of this cartoon? Anyone?
(I found this one at the Saturday Morning Blog)
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Who's On First?
Abbott and Costello's most famous bit is perhaps one of their best.
The Zeray Gazette (blog) has recently taken a look at other imitators/inspirees.
Link
Monday, March 29, 2010
Polkas By An All-Girl Polka Band
Everyone loves a good polka, right? Even if you don't you might enjoy this 'all girl polka band.'
Link (posted at philxmilstein.com)
Mining the Audio Motherlode
About once a week, Doug Schulkind of WFMU, posts another installment of 'Mining the Audio Motherlode', a collection of links to lots of rare music that has been posted at other blogs. Usually there is some kind of international flavor to the music and that is not all that bad. The links are not direct download links so you will have to click the links to follow on to the next web site in order to get the goodies!
Link
Sneakers and Lace - Skateboardin' USA (1976)
Set your time machine for the 1970's and relive the skateboarding craze through music.
Link (posted at Retrospace)
Enoch Light - Music At the Movies
Here is a nice collection of easy listening tracks from Enoch Light including the Star Wars theme song, Close Encounters of the Third Kind, and three songs from Saturday Night Live. The Star Wars theme sounds like a halfway point between the John Williams original and the MECO version.
Link (This one was sent in by a reader, Crichton72. Thanks!)
New Link (upgraded sound quality)
Sunday, March 28, 2010
Aircraft Carriers of the World
This is pretty far from a normal blog post here but being that I am an ex-squid I thought that this comparison chart was interesting. I don't think that you can truly appreciate the massiveness of this thing unless you have been up close to a US aircraft carrier.
Link
Saturday, March 27, 2010
Laurel and Hardy
Laurel and Hardy don't get a lot of attention these days but I still enjoy them. Boot Sale Sounds has posted three shorts at their blog.
Link
A Visual History of In-Store Video Game Kiosks
Before we had any video games at home I used to hang out at the stores (Sears) and play the 'free' video game kiosks until they kicked me out. This one brings back a lot of memories for sure!
Link (posted at kombo)
The Flintstones Chronology - Part 2
Last week we looked at the Flintstones from 1960-1973 (Link).
The next Flintstones related show, Fred Flintstone and Friends, aired from 1977-1978 as an afternoon syndicated series and was a repackaging of four other Hanna-Barbera cartoons (Goober and the Ghost Chasers, Jeannie, Partridge Family 2200 A.D., and Yogi's Gang) hosted by Fred Flintstone. This was the first series in which Alan Reed did not provide the voice of Fred (he died in 1977).
The New Fred and Barney Show aired on Saturday mornings for one year (1979). It is interesting to note that Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm returned as toddlers in this series.
Blood Brothers
Fred and Barney shows were then rerun (with some new episodes) as part of the next few series: Fred and Barney Meet the Thing (1979) and Fred and Barney Meet the Schmoo (1979). The former also starred the Thing (of Marvel Comics Fantastic Four) and the latter added the Schmoo to the same lineup. Fred and Barney never actually met EITHER of these characters in any of the cartoons!
Fred and Barney Meet the Thing - Intro
The Flintstone Comedy Show aired from 1980-1982 and was another Saturday morning anthology show of mostly new Flinstones related cartoons, The Schmoo and Captain Caveman. The show was 90 minutes long (!) and managed to make it for two seasons before being replaced by the next Flintstones show. A favorite segment of mine during this run was the Frankenstones, a segment about a Munsters-like family that lives next door to the Flintstones. Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm make their return to teenagers in this series as well.
The Flintstone Family Adventures - Be Patient Fred
Bedrock Cops - Barney and the Bandit
Pebbles, Dino, and Bamm-Bamm - Dino and the Giant Spiders
Dino and Cave Mouse - Ghost Mouse
The Frankenstones - Clone For a Day
Friday, March 26, 2010
Thursday, March 25, 2010
Serial Killer on THE DATING GAME
Rodney Alcala was on The Dating Game (and won!) before he went on a murdering spree!
Read the story at the NY Daily News.
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Tuesday, March 23, 2010
The 30 Worst Album Covers EVER!
While I have seen my share of absolutely hideous album covers (most of which did not make this subjective list) I can't argue with the original author, these things are really bad!
Link (posted at Asylum UK)
The Adventures of Big Boy (comic)
Anyone else remember these freebie comics that the restaurants used to give out to us kiddies? The Crosseyed Cyclops has posted a couple of issues (#103 and 104 - did they really make that many?)
Link
Monday, March 22, 2010
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Extreme Party Animals - 15 Songs FREE at Amazon.com
Fifteen mixed genre tracks are free (in mp3 format) at Amazon.com. My review? Well... they are covers but they sound like the original version, I guess. Ho hum...
Link
Duke, Canary, Fighter and Blakie - This Is Calypso (1968)
This is a good one!
tracks:
1 The Mighty Duke - What is Calypso ?
2 The Mighty Duke - Woman baccanal
3 Canary - Beatnik generation
4 Canary - Tribute to Luther King
5 Fighter - What you sow you reap
6 Fighter - Pom pom
7 Fighter - Send me instead
8 Blakie - Monica
9 Blakie - We ain't going back again
10 The Mighty Duke - Send them girls by me
Link (posted at Global Groove)
The Adventures of Robin Hood - Original Soundtrack
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I have always loved this movie. Errol Flynn and Olivia De Havilland, Basil Rathbone, and Claude Rains are all great.
Link (posted at Vintage Vinyl Scores)
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Raymond Chandler Ebooks
A lot of Raymond Chandler ebooks have been posted in multiple formats at the mobileread forums recently. There is lots of detective pulp fiction goodness here and it's free.
From wikipedia:
Raymond Thornton Chandler (July 23, 1888 – March 26, 1959) was an Anglo-American novelist and screenwriter who had an immense stylistic influence upon the modern private detective story, especially in the style of the writing and the attitudes now characteristic of the genre. His protagonist, Philip Marlowe, is, along with Dashiell Hammett's Sam Spade, considered synonymous with "private detective."
Battlestar Galactica Comic Strips (from LOOK-IN magazine)
I don't know where the Crosseyed Cyclops gets all of this great stuff but for now we can just be happy that they do! This is the vintage (1978 era) series.
Link
Saturday, March 20, 2010
Deal Alert: The Wizard of Oz Three Disc Emerald Edition Blu-Ray Set ($16.99 at Amazon.com)
In case you missed this deal the first time around it is now available again. The transfer is superb (too good almost as you can really tell how fake the sets were) and the extras are great. I recently finished watching the 6 hour history of MGM and consider that necessary viewing for classic Hollywood buffs.
Link
Don't forget to add something else to get free shipping ($25):
The Flintstones Chronology - Part 1
The original Hanna-Barbera show had it's initial run on prime-time network tv from 1960-1966 and was not at all unlike a prehistoric version of The Honeymoooners.
Season 1 and 2 Opening
Season 3+ and Syndication Opening
The show was cancelled in 1966 but The Man Called Flintstone was released later that year to theaters.
The Man Called Flintstone Movie Promo
The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show aired on Saturday mornings from 1971-1973 and featured a teenaged Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm (voiced by Sally Struthers and Jay North).
No Cash and Carry
The Flintstone Comedy Hour was next, airing from 1972-1973 as a sort of anthology series on CBS and featuring new episodes with Fred and Barney, musical numbers, and repeats (and a few new episodes) of The Pebbles and Bamm-Bamm Show.
Show Intro
Oh How I Love You by the Bedrock Rockers
Fred and Barney - Bird Brained
Friday, March 19, 2010
Indiana Jones and the Lost Comics Download
All of the movies (plus more) have been converted to comic book form at one time or another. Help Indy find his comic adventures by clicking the link below.
Link (posted at Vinnie Rattolle's)
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