Who wouldn't?
Wednesday, January 25, 2012
Andre the Giant vs Car
Andre the Giant was a big man. A big, awesome man.
He liked to stand next to small cars.
Here is Andre next to an old time car:
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Meet the Presidents
I picked up this board game today for $2.
Meet the Presidents. A board game about Presidential trivia from the early 1970s.
It comes with a set of coins with every POTUS from George Jefferson to Cynthia Nixon's dad.
Look at that spinner. Complicated as all get out. If I was prez I would have one of these to make all my decisions.
Here are sample questions "when did Lincoln marry?", "who wrote the first tariff bill?" and "what number is Herbert Hoover thinking of right now?".
Here's the game board:
It stops with Dick Nixon:
The copyright date is 1965, but Nixon's inclusion makes this particular edition 1969 or later.
Here is the instructions:
I know it's too small to read, but would you really read it?
Bottom line: Wheezy Jefferson was First Lady.
Meet the Presidents. A board game about Presidential trivia from the early 1970s.
It comes with a set of coins with every POTUS from George Jefferson to Cynthia Nixon's dad.
Look at that spinner. Complicated as all get out. If I was prez I would have one of these to make all my decisions.
Here are sample questions "when did Lincoln marry?", "who wrote the first tariff bill?" and "what number is Herbert Hoover thinking of right now?".
Here's the game board:
It stops with Dick Nixon:
The copyright date is 1965, but Nixon's inclusion makes this particular edition 1969 or later.
Here is the instructions:
I know it's too small to read, but would you really read it?
Bottom line: Wheezy Jefferson was First Lady.
Disney Classic #6 & 7
Saludos Amigos & Three Caballeros really are companion films.
Both films feature Donald Duck and both took place in South America.
They were released in 1942 & 1944. Saludos is the shortest of the Disney Classics clocking in at 42 minutes.
It's a fun film with lots of live action travelogue sequences and a few shots of Walt Disney.
José Carioca is introduced in Saludos and then in Caballeros he and Donald are joined by Panchito Pistolas.
The highlight of Saludos. for me, is the Goofy sequence "El Gaucho Goofy". In this Goofy shows us how to live like a Gaucho which is explained to be the Latin American answer to cowboys.
Three Caballeros is a more standard animation running time of 70 minutes. My favorite scene is the finale "Donald's Surreal Reverie".
I like these films. They are package films (as are the next few Disney classics). The package films were made up of small segments tied together.
I like these films. I watch them more than most of the films on the "Disney Classics" list.
On can't really say why. It's most likely because they have a real "old time" feel. Plus Donald Duck. I love Donald Duck.
Both films feature Donald Duck and both took place in South America.
They were released in 1942 & 1944. Saludos is the shortest of the Disney Classics clocking in at 42 minutes.
It's a fun film with lots of live action travelogue sequences and a few shots of Walt Disney.
José Carioca is introduced in Saludos and then in Caballeros he and Donald are joined by Panchito Pistolas.
The highlight of Saludos. for me, is the Goofy sequence "El Gaucho Goofy". In this Goofy shows us how to live like a Gaucho which is explained to be the Latin American answer to cowboys.
Three Caballeros is a more standard animation running time of 70 minutes. My favorite scene is the finale "Donald's Surreal Reverie".
I like these films. They are package films (as are the next few Disney classics). The package films were made up of small segments tied together.
I like these films. I watch them more than most of the films on the "Disney Classics" list.
On can't really say why. It's most likely because they have a real "old time" feel. Plus Donald Duck. I love Donald Duck.
Monday, January 23, 2012
How old is Charo?
It depends on how much of a perv Xavier Cugat was.
From wiki:
Official documents in Murcia, Spain (where she was born) and the United States indicate she was born in 1941, but Charo has insisted she was born in 1951 and persuaded a United States court to uphold the 1951 birth year as official.[citation needed]
The performer has said in past interviews that her parents allowed her to falsify her age to appear to be older after marrying 66-year-old band leader Xavier Cugat when she was 15.[2]
Further complicating the question is the fact that contemporary press reports gave her age at marriage as 21,[3][4] an April 1966 column on the wedding plans stated she was 20 and Cugat was 60,[5] and columns less than two years before the marriage refer to her as Cugat's "18-year-old protegée" — which, if she was falsifying her age, would have made her actually 13 at the time.[6]
In October 1977[7] — the same year in which Charo filed for divorce from Cugat and became an American citizen — a United States court upheld the 1951 birth year as official, with the performer providing a sworn statement from her parents in support of her claim.[8]
Commenting on the disputes over her age, she has said that the public's disbelief could prove advantageous: "But if people really believe I'm older, that's fine. Don't be surprised if I come out with my own cosmetics, a new energy bar and maybe some vitamins."[2]
From wiki:
Official documents in Murcia, Spain (where she was born) and the United States indicate she was born in 1941, but Charo has insisted she was born in 1951 and persuaded a United States court to uphold the 1951 birth year as official.[citation needed]
The performer has said in past interviews that her parents allowed her to falsify her age to appear to be older after marrying 66-year-old band leader Xavier Cugat when she was 15.[2]
Further complicating the question is the fact that contemporary press reports gave her age at marriage as 21,[3][4] an April 1966 column on the wedding plans stated she was 20 and Cugat was 60,[5] and columns less than two years before the marriage refer to her as Cugat's "18-year-old protegée" — which, if she was falsifying her age, would have made her actually 13 at the time.[6]
In October 1977[7] — the same year in which Charo filed for divorce from Cugat and became an American citizen — a United States court upheld the 1951 birth year as official, with the performer providing a sworn statement from her parents in support of her claim.[8]
Commenting on the disputes over her age, she has said that the public's disbelief could prove advantageous: "But if people really believe I'm older, that's fine. Don't be surprised if I come out with my own cosmetics, a new energy bar and maybe some vitamins."[2]
This dude
I have been watching Barney's Halloween an absurd amount of time.
My son loves it.
To keep my sanity I keep looking at the actors and try and think of the backstory of their character.
This dude has no lines. He just quickly walks by the camera with a few kids.
I imagine those aren't his kids. He's the uncle.
He's a successful dentist, but often has to leave work to watch his two nieces. They are his sisters kids.
His sister is the head producer on Oprah. He gets a bit annoyed that he spends so much time away from his job (and his life partner, Dennis) but he loves his sister.
I call him Steve. Steve Sasquahana.
My son loves it.
To keep my sanity I keep looking at the actors and try and think of the backstory of their character.
This dude has no lines. He just quickly walks by the camera with a few kids.
I imagine those aren't his kids. He's the uncle.
He's a successful dentist, but often has to leave work to watch his two nieces. They are his sisters kids.
His sister is the head producer on Oprah. He gets a bit annoyed that he spends so much time away from his job (and his life partner, Dennis) but he loves his sister.
I call him Steve. Steve Sasquahana.
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