My family is spending Christmas week at Walt Disney World and at the Nick Hotel. Here are some photos from the Nick Hotel…
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Will U.N.C.L.E. a day return? Well… maybe.
My regular reader may have noticed I have not posted an U.N.C.L.E. a day column for… well, several days (a few weeks actually). The long and the short of it is simple – the end of the year activities, both…
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Sad news – Majel Barrett-Roddenberry has died…
Majel Barrett-Roddenberry, the “First Lady of Trek” who, among other things, played Nurse Chapel in the original series, was the wife of Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, and was the voice of the computer on almost all iterations of Star Trek,…
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VIDEO: Flight of the Conchords Season 2 premiere
I love these guys… Season 2 Online Premiere – Flight of the Conchords (US Only) – watch more funny videos
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VIDEO: G.I.Joe Resolute preview
Better late than never, I just found the bootleg video from the San Diego Comics Con for the upcoming animated “mini-series” G.I.Joe Resolute. Geared more for adults than kids, it’s very violent. Yah violence!
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First Forry, now Bettie: Bettie Page RIP…
The woman who made me attracted to brunettes has died. Pin-up idol Bettie Page has passed away at age 85. Here’s some initial details. UPDATE: Official update from the official website (some pics, naturally, are not safe for work) is here.
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T-Rex at Downtown Disney
The T-Rex dining attraction at Downtown Disney in Orlando, FL
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Hooray! The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. on DVD on March 3rd!
The Digital Bits just posted a news item that included a list of upcoming releases and on said list was the 1983 TV-movie reunion of those men from U.N.C.L.E., called (appropriately enough) The Return of the Man from U.N.C.L.E. This…
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VIDEO: Some things to cheer me up, from Flight of the Conchords…
As the economic news has me in a funk, and I’m facing a lot of work to do at my place of employment, here’s some videos from Flight of the Conchords to cheer me up: [youtube]mlYkIJVguCU[/youtube] [youtube]iR2L98gobTQ[/youtube] [youtube]WGoi1MSGu64[/youtube]
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Iphone for $98.88 at Wal-mart? It can happen…
The latest Apple rumor is that Wal-mart will start selling the iPhone after Christmas for $99. The model will supposedly be the 4 GB model that is no longer being sold. I am totally believing this rumor, because the price…
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Rest in Peace Forrest J Ackerman
Well, THIS was not what I had wanted to write about in my first post back after a two week hiatus. Forrest J Ackerman passed away last night and the news broke just a while ago. Uncle Forry, as his…
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We interrupt this blog for the previously scheduled activities, already in process…
Four days of family travel for Thanksgiving and another three days of business travel directly thereafter means that posting will be sporadic at best (and U.N.C.L.E. a day will return when I do). Sorry, loyal reader, you’ll just have to…
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It’s Anniversary Week! 20 years ago today, Mystery Science Theatre 3000 began!!!
God, I miss this show. [youtube]BGXxrjnVE9A[/youtube] [youtube]QRB3xDg5pnU[/youtube] [youtube]RFHlJ2voJHY[/youtube] [youtube]2ZyJCV_dyug[/youtube]
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Happy 45th Anniversary, Doctor Who!
45 years ago today viewers caught the first episode of Doctor Who, “An Unearthly Child.” It was broadcast a day after the Kennedy assassination. This blog has a nice posting marking the occasion.
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No U.N.C.L.E. for a while…
In fact, no posting for a while. I’m going to Orlando for a business trip and will be taking a couple of days to enjoy the pleasures of Walt Disney World (again). So I’ll check you out later…
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Great Scott! Christopher Lloyd’s home destroyed by the California fires!
Sad news. Christopher Lloyd’s house has been destroyed in the California fires. This link tells the story. The saddest part? He says he put off cataloging all of the movie memorabilia and collectibles that he had gathered in his 35+…