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The day after Pi Day is the Ides of March. In honour of the day, some classic Wayne and Shuster.
As first-generation television comedians go, these guys are a couple of my favourites. Their TV show was a fairly typical "acted out radio play" format, but what made Wayne and Shuster different was that their comedy was extremely literate.
This episode is an extended version of a sketch that they performed on their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show, and it's probably still their most famous.
Some trivia: Frank Shuster was the cousin of Joe Shuster (the co-creater of Superman) and father-in-law of Lorne Michaels.
Actual show is after the jump.
An experimental film from 1965. Written, directed and starring Jim Henson.
(h/t Ze Frank)
The new video clip from the nerdiest musicians in the world.
They Might Be Giants - The Mesopotamians
Ozymandias meets The Monkees.
Enough hard-core geekiness for the moment.
We saw Ratatouille on the weekend. I'm not going to do a review. I'm just going to use this as an excuse to post some classic Brad Bird.
Family Dog is an episode of the Stephen Spielberg series Amazing Stories. It's the only episode that was animated.
Written and directed by Brad Bird, design by Tim Burton, music by Danny Elfman and featuring the voice of Stan Freberg (one of my favourite voice-over actors of all time). That should be enough to get you watching, surely?
Arrr, today be Talk Like a Pirate Day!
Time for a sing-along.
Sorry, I've been a bit busy lately. Not much time to do personal geeky stuff.
So while you're waiting, here is a short film by Terry Gilliam.
Thanks to what is what is literally the best blog ever, I came across Jack Danyells, who is literally the best youtuber ever!
Figuratively speaking.
