“Incidentally, who’s this? George Washington?”

I caught the annual airing of A Charlie Brown Christmas tonight, and something hit me anew as I was watching the famous interchange between Lucy and Schroeder as she tells him to play “Jingle Bells”; that is, the fact that his beloved piano’s keys were painted on and in theory did not produce music.  Was [...]

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‘Cause this is thriller, thriller night–and no one’s going to save you from the beast about to strike;

In honor of Halloween, I’m watching my favorite commentary on the holiday (at least from the perspective of the ladies):  Mean Girls
A low-quality mashup of this scene can be seen here:

Or you can practice your Italian listening comprehension here, which I find completely awesome:

And for something a [...]

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Just a little classic Sesame Street animation and Phillip Glass to start your day:

 

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Tw Cen MT is not Futura.

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The bear that wasn’t, wasn’t a bear at all;

One particularly late night sophomore year my roommate and I were flipping through the channels, looking for something to nod off to around 1:30 AM, when we stumbled onto some classic 60’s cartoons from Chuck Jones that didn’t feature Bugs Bunny and his ilk or Tom & Jerry for that matter.  Needless to say, we [...]

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