Category: Music, Movies, TV
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We’re on a Mission from God.
The Blues Brothers (1980). At the height of their Saturday Night Live fame, Dan Akroyd and John Belushi created “The Blues Brothers” characters from their shared love of blues music. Akroyd was always a life-long fan of the genre, and introduced it to Belushi during their time on SNL. What started as a live performance…
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The Rare IT and Music Joke
This joke has been bouncing around the music forums on the internet for a generation, so I can’t take credit for it. It was probably first written by an IT Admin with a love of Thelonious Monk. And now it’s time to come clean…I fudged a bit for the joke. Cdom9 is actually just written…
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Vogon Poetry
From The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams (1979). The first in a 5-book trilogy, the original HHGTTG is one of sci-fi writing’s foundational novels. Originally based a BBC Radio Play, Adams developed it into a novel, then a series, and then a movie (seen above) in 2005. If you ever want to…
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Basil!
If you travel a lot for work or fun, at some point you have to commit to certain brands. It is an epic choice to make in the travel game, one taken very seriously by like 15 people on the internet. Fawlty Towers was the next program John Cleese worked on after wrapping up Monty…
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Resume your Disorder.
I use this phrase both earnestly and sarcastically. It doesn’t make much sense either way if you haven’t seen the show. Star Trek: Voyager S6E18
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…but that’s not important right now.
Airplane! (1980). Airplane! itself is a deadpan comedy remake of 1957’s Zero Hour!, lifting the entire plot and huge chunks of dialogue, and wrapping it in the style that Zucker, Abrahams, and Zucker made famous.
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‘Cause we got a little ole convoy, rockin’ through the night.
“…In a Kenworth, pulling logs. Cabover Pete with a Reefer on, and a Jimmy, Haulin’ hogs. “ In 1975, “C.W. McCall” released “Convoy”, capturing the epitome of the CB Radio craze of the 1970’s. In the 50 years since, it has become an anthem of trucking nostalgia. (Youtube Link) In 1977, at the height of…
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But you don’t have to take my word for it.
“Take a Look, It’s in a Book, A Reading Rainbow.” Much like Sesame Street before it, Reading Rainbow taught a generation of kids about reading. Produced and Hosted by Levar Burton, and building off his fame in Roots and Star Trek: The Next Generation, each week PBS brought a celebrity and a book into the…
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Shop Smart. Shop S-Mart.
Army of Darkness (1992) The 3rd of Sam Raimi’s Evil Dead Trilogy, this is the movie that perfectly blended horror and comedy. It’s pretty self contained, so don’t be afraid to start here and work backwards.