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Monday, March 31, 2008

The Smurfs - Best of Friends

Another great post by Way Out Junk! The Smurfs were big. I hear they are attempting to launch another Smurfs show soon too! Umm, YAY!

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Mr. Rogers - A Place of Our Own

Way Out Junk has posted this Mr. Rogers album that you have to add to your collection RIGHT NOW! Well, I guess you don't really have to, it is kind of crappy but it is the first album that I ever remember owning (we played it on our plastic Fisher Price turntable almost daily!).

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Sunday, March 30, 2008

NBC.COM's Way Back Wednesdays

I am not exactly sure why they call it WAY BACK WEDNESDAYS but I can tell you that THIS is the future. Free streaming video on the internet is going to take over everything else. I have been highlighting other sites on previous blog postings but this one is bigger and a sign that the classic vaults are starting to open up even further.

Watch The A-Team, Alfred Hitchcock, Battlestar Galactica, Buck Rogers, Night Gallery and more on your pc (or your tv if you have a PC near your tv). Quality is pretty good, at least as good as my Dish Network video and they even have a button you can click to download the whole episode but I didn't test this.

I will be building a home theater PC soon to take advantage of this new wave in streaming internet video and will post my experiences here. I was going to go Linux but it seems that many of these sites use a proprietary format that doesn't work on Linux just yet.

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The History of French Animated Commercials

The Motion Design blog has posted a nice article about the history of French animated commercials that is highly worth a few minutes of your time. I have include one youtube video in my post but I think a person really could enjoy oneself by poking around in this field a bit more. Think of those old Depatie-Freleng cartoons (the Pink Panther) and imagine that done with even more panache.

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Saturday, March 29, 2008

The King of Kong is now available on DVD!!!

I just watched this movie last night and it was everything that I hoped it would be (and more!). If you didn't know any better you would think this was some indie comedy full of quirky characters but IT'S REAL!!! Most of the people in the movie come off as lovable, although somewhat misguided, geeks but that Billy Mitchell guy is a real weirdo and this movie leaves you cheering for the underdog, Steve Wiebe. Rent it or buy it now. Even my kids liked it and they usually hate documentaries.

Official movie website

Buy/Download/Rent at AMAZON.COM