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One of my fellow cast members of The Best Christmas Pageant Ever – namely Eric Smith, who portrayed Reverend Hopkins – told me during the show’s run this past week that he loves it when I post vintage Sesame Street sketches and whatnot on this blog.

So Eric, this one’s going out to you especially 🙂

This is one of the few appearances of Bert’s adorable baby nephew Brad, who is staying with his uncle and about to get a bath. Of course, Ernie has to show up and… well, be Ernie.

The results? Hilarity!

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So earlier today on Facebook I made the following status update…

Chris Knight says that it’s TOO EARLY for Christmas music!! Can’t we wait until Friday?! If I hear ONE MORE #&@% Christmas song I will brutally murder a kitten. In the name of all that’s good and holy, THINK OF THE KITTENS!!

My good friend Lee Shelton (who is celebrating his first Thanksgiving as a father this year, congrats Lee!) read that, and decided that I was not nearly vehement enough about that sentiment.

And so, Lee made the following visual reinforcement…

Lee, next year I’m going to go around all month of November wearing a t-shirt with that graphic on it 😛...

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It’s not the first time that I’ve blogged about this. But a short film this good easily merits sharing more than once. And who knows, there might be some who have never had the pleasure of seeing it before.

Here is that brilliant, spot-on and hilarious spoof of Ron Howard’s Apollo 13 that Gene Kranz himself has taken to watching with his family as a holiday tradition.

Behold: Thanksgiving With The Kranzes…

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While we’re waiting for Joss Whedon to deliver up some more Dr. Horrible goodness, here’s something that will both entertain and astound ya: Horrible Turn. It’s an hour-long unofficial prequel to Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog!

Sometime in the early Nineties, young Billy is pining for a cute Australian exchange student at his school. He’s also wound up helping a fellow student named Hammerstein pass his grade. Meanwhile, a group calling itself the Evil League of Evil – led by the mysterious “Bad Horse” – has just staged its first attack on the city.

And in case you’re wondering YES: Horrible Turn is a musical! The production quality is quite on par with what we saw in Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog last year. Click on the link to watch Horrible Turn on YouTube or on Vimeo....

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“You’ve never seen a street like Sesame Street. Everything happens here. You’re gonna love it.”

— Gordon (played by Matt Robinson)
the first words spoken on the first episode of Sesame Street
November 10th, 1969

Forty years ago today a new kind of television burst onto the scene. It was an educational program, but one that eschewed dour and boring lessons. Instead, fast-paced skits and high-brow humor were to be the norm.

And the cast of characters of this new show? An eclectic mix of adults, children, puppets, monsters, grouches… and one very big bird.

Forty years later and Sesame Street is still going strong! And after all this time Gordon is still right: we’ve never seen a street anything like Sesame Street. Everything does and has happened there.

And we’re still loving it.

So you know, what better time than this to put up another classic Sesame Street video? ...

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For more than thirty years (I’m counting his earliest submissions to The Dr. Demento Show too) “Weird Al” Yankovic has influenced culture just as much as he’s parodied it. Sometime next year will come his thirteenth studio album. And while we’re waiting for it, I have to recommend that you run out and buy (but don’t illegally download, you hooligan!) The Essential “Weird Al” Yankovic: a fantabulous two-disc set of 38 songs, all terrifically remastered, spanning Al’s professional career.

It came out this past week and on Saturday night I bought my copy (on Halloween incidentally, so I was wearing my Jedi Knight costume when I went into the store… which was all the more appropriate since “Yoda” and “The Saga Begins” are both on the album :-). I spent most of yesterday listening to this two and a half hour treasury of Weird Al goodness. Like, three or ...

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Y’all have got to check this out! It’s on Cartoon Network and it’s based on those cute lil’ Marvel Super Hero Squad toys from Hasbro. But don’t let that mislead ya: The Super Hero Squad Show is really more like Marvel Comics meets The Family Guy.

What sort of funny are we talking here? Captain America was just on the phone while wearing a Confederate outfit, discussing the re-enactment he’s on his way to: “Hey it’s the Civil War, what’s the worst that could happen?”

Looks like I’ve found something new to DVR (in addition to those reruns of Are You Being Served? on PBS 🙂...

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Ahhh, Japan. A country of good-natured people who seem to take everything to the extreme! Where else in the world can you find $150 plates of potentially lethal fish so readily available?

I’ve already shared with y’all some Japanese prank videos. But this next one is definitely over-the-edge darkly hilarious: a Japanese hidden camera “reality” television show fakes a sniper attack on an unsuspecting contestant. Panic Face King is kinda like Candid Camera meets Scare Tactics.

Watch the mayhem! And this is the sort of thing that, for once, you don’t need to worry about a translation 🙂

The 24 countdown timer sound effect is a particularly nice touch 😛...

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