The Bob Newhart Show Christmas Episode
Kojak Christmas Episode (1973)
Carry On Christmas (1973)
All in the Family Christmas Episode
Little House on the Prarie Christmas
Happy Days Christmas Episode (1974)
Starsky & Hutch Christmas Episode (1975)
The Waltons Christmas Episode (1976)
The Star Wars Holiday Special
The Raggedy Ann & Andy Xmas Special
Taxi Christmas Episode (1978)
Mork & Mindy Christmas Episode (1978)
A Sesame Street Christmas w/Michael Jackson (1978)
CHiPs Christmas Episode (1979)
Solid Gold Christmas Episode (1982)
Family Ties Christmas Episode (1982)
Diff’rent Strokes Christmas Episode (1982)
Silver Spoons Christmas Episode (1982)
The Facts of Life Christmas Episode (1984)
Punky Brewster Christmas Episode (1985)
The He-Man She-Ra Christmas Special (1987)
and a zillion more. . .
TAXIDERMIA contains three generational stories, about a grandfather, a father, and a son, linked together by recurring motifs. The dim grandfather, an orderly during World War Two, lives in his bizarre fantasies; he desires love. The huge father seeks success as a top athlete — a speed eater — in the post-war pro-Soviet era. The grandson, a meek, small-boned taxidermist, yearns for something greater: immortality. He wants to create the most perfect work of art of all time by stuffing his own torso. Historical facts and surrealism become intertwined as magical realism, like in the works of Gabriel García Marquez or the Hungarian writer Lajos Parti Nagy; the script is based on two of the latters stories. Palfi added the third story, that of the grandson the taxidermist.
An extraterrestrial race forced to live in slum-like conditions on Earth suddenly find a kindred spirit in a government agent that is exposed to their biotechnology.
Neill Blomkamp is a South African born, Vancouver, BC-based director of short films and advertisements. Blomkamp employs a documentary-style, hand-held, cinéma vérité technique, blending seamlessly with naturalistic and photo-realistic computer-generated imagery effects. He directed a series of three short films set in the Halo universe (known collectively as Landfall) and was hired to direct the movie adaptation of the series before financial problems forced the project to be indefinitely postponed.
Check out the Replica Prop Forum http://www.therpf.com/ – these people have some real passion for recreating props. Adam Savage mentioned the site in his TED talk. Both are thoroughly entertaining and worth reading and watching:
At EG’08, Adam Savage talks about his fascination with the dodo bird, and how it led him on a strange and surprising double quest. It’s an entertaining adventure through the mind of a creative obsessive.
In this photo released by The Strong National Museum of Play, Chris Bensch, curator of collections, holds a stick in front of a toy showcase at the Museum in Rochester, N.Y., Thursday Nov. 6, 2008. The stick was inducted into the Toy Hall of Fame on Thursday. (AP Photo/ Strong National Museum of Play)
Back in the summer when we were caught up in both Iron Man and Incredible Hulk, two rather exciting easter eggs were discovered in both movies. In Iron Man, Captain America’s half-built shield could be seen sitting on Tony Stark’s work desk. In The Incredible Hulk, Captain America himself could be seen frozen in the ice in the Arctic. The only problem – that arctic scene was cut from the theatrical version of the movie! With the DVD due out next week, our friends at Film School Rejects have officially discovered our superhero frozen in the ice, as promised.
A lot have asked me, why create so many? The main reason is to invade Stormwind and Ironforge when they reach top level. I’m sure the Alliance will put up a big fight when that happens. We’ll see how it goes. If they don’t make level 70 before Wrath of the Lich King, then it will be at level 80. That is my main goal. That will probably happen after I’ve got some PvP gear from the battlegrounds. I’m also planning to do some 25 and 10 man raid instances but that is secondary to my PvP goal. Of course I’ll be doing arenas too to build up PvP gear but I’m not expecting to do that great there because I’m way behind in gear right now. I need to get to level 70 first, then level 80 and by then I will probably have all green gear while most others have been doing the battlegrounds and arenas. Read more…
The Bob Newhart Show Christmas Episode
