Archive for July, 2006
Like Burgess Meredith in The Twilight Zone
July 31st, 2006My friend Eric showed me Library Thing a few weeks ago, and now I’ve finally gotten around to trying it out. You can catalogue your book collection there and compare it with other users. Kind of nifty. I reached 200 titles before the site asked me to cough up money for a paying membership. Having […]
Generation YouTube
July 27th, 2006Tom Scocca of The New York Observer sums up the vast appeal of the web’s latest plaything with The YouTube Devolution. Below I’ve assembled links to the clips that Scocca references in the article. Now, I’m a sometimes busy guy with lots of deadlines. But I also finding myself losing lots of productivity time searching […]
Now We Are Six
July 25th, 2006I didn’t notice when the anniversary passed by earlier this month, but I’ve been doing scrubbles.net for six years now. Six years! The mind boggles.
I was going to say something here about how much I’ve grown over these last few years, but after looking through the Wayback Machine archives for this site, I’d have to […]
Cereal Killers
July 24th, 2006On eBay for boo coo bucks: Walt Disney Studios’ 1939 Christmas card using characters from the soon to be released Pinocchio. Remember when Disney stood for class and quality entertainment? (sigh) On a similar note, watch the sprightly animated Rice Krispies cereal commercial below. It was produced by a competing studio that same year, 1939, […]
The Girls in Gold Boots
July 23rd, 2006Anyone with a passing interest in miniskirted a-go-go ephemera should head over to Derrick Bostrom’s, where he has two albums by The Golddiggers available for download. The Golddiggers were a popular troupe of dancing chorus girls on The Dean Martin Show, appearing weekly and later spinning off to their own variety show. Singing wasn’t exactly […]
Get Ready to Match the Stars
July 21st, 2006Has anybody been checking out GSN’s countdown of The 50 Greatest Game Shows? They’ll be devoting three hours a week to this until August 31st, airing full episodes of their choices whenever possible. Quibble with the list all you want, but I think it’s neat to see groovy old episodes of Treasure Hunt and Tattletales […]
The Feel-Good Feud of the Summer
July 19th, 2006This Joel Siegel vs. Kevin Smith thing? Hilarious. Siegel’s always been a hack, and now he’s a rude hack. Smith’s a sloppy filmmaker and I don’t really get his appeal, but at least his response to the situation was refreshingly honest. Two thumbs up, dudes.
Gruesome Twosome: Looks 10, Musical Ability 3 Edition
July 19th, 2006Alyssa Milano: “One Last Dance”
CD: Do You See Me?, 1992
Audrey Landers: “Playa Blanca”
LP: Wo Der Südwind Weht, 1984 | BUY
Tell Lindsay and Paris the news: back in the ’80s and early ’90s, sexy celebs ventured overseas to sing so Americans wouldn’t have the, uh, pleasure of hearing them. Dallas siren Audrey Landers enjoyed a successful […]
I Want My Soothing Footage of Animals and Flowers
July 16th, 2006Every Sunday we like to watch CBS Sunday Morning, especially the “nature moment” at the end. Christopher always brings up how CBS ought to release an entire DVD of their greatest nature footage. Well, now that the network has launched a customized DVD service, his dream may come true. Although Sunday Morning counts among the […]
U.S. Steel and Disney’s Modular Tomorrow
July 16th, 2006Sorry, I have another video find to post here. We just upgraded our DSL, so now the YouTube’s not as choppy as before. They still need to up the quality on the clips, but I digress. Here’s a short promotional film U.S. Steel made in 1971 to brag about its new modular construction method for […]
Hey Sister Soul Sister
July 14th, 2006I come bearing vintage performance clips of my favorite ’70s ladies, dig? Our first clip has The Three Degrees singing their singature hit, “When Will I See You Again” — in Japanese. Apparently the foxy trio starred in their own TV special over there (see YouTube for other clips). The number is surprisingly not the […]
Fawning Over Flora
July 14th, 2006Ward Jenkins has completed a nifty post on Jim Flora’s 1957 childrens book, The Day the Cow Sneezed, comparing Flora’s never-before-seen original mockups to the final printed pages.
Thursday Miscellany
July 13th, 2006Because it’s too hot to go into detail:
TV Squad: Remembering Toonheads. Sad fact — Cartoon Network no longer has Looney Tunes, Merrie Melodies, or anything pre-Scooby Doo on its schedule. Cartoon Alley on TCM is a good alternative, but they’ve been in repeats since January (new episodes resume in September).
New York magazine: In Defense of […]
Polos for Dummies
July 12th, 2006I don’t clothes shop very often, but once in a while I’ll check the Old Navy to see what they’ve got. I always head directly for the 50% Off racks, of course. What did I find? Lots of shirts in bright, traffic safety cone orange. Old Navy has a longstanding, strange attraction to orange clothing, […]
Look On Up at the Bottom
July 10th, 2006I dug this hilarious Beyond the Valley of the Dolls recap with an ample supply of screencaps. The writer on Dolly Read’s voice: “Kelly’s accent goes from cockney to Cali in two seconds. It’s like a 4-second, one-woman production of My Fair Lady set in L.A. And who wouldn’t want to see that?” The weblog […]
