retro ad: 1960s Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head commercial
From the days when you had to supply your own potato (or other vegetable).
Month: February 2012
Doctor Who thing of the day: a BBC TV drama about the creation of Doctor Who?
Is Mark Gatiss writing a drama about the creation of Doctor Who in 1963? His nondenial denials are certainly intriguing…
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen (trailer)
Can salmon fishing save the world? Can salmon fishing bring diverse cultures together?
question of the day: Can humor be quantified?
Google is trying to determine which YouTube videos are funniest… but it’s a dicey proposition. Is it a fool’s game to even try to quantify comedy?
London photo of the day: regiment of cake
Battalions of num-nums, ready to sacrifice themselves for your postprandial pleasure.
another diss for Uggie! oh, the caninity! (and other adventures in social networking)
What my followers on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+ saw today…
Midnight in Paris (review)
Midnight in Paris becomes the butt of its own gentle joke… perhaps the most Woody Allen joke ever, one that wraps up a paralyzing self-awareness in a redemptive self-deprecation to, finally and splendidly, laugh with great good humor at itself.
watch it: “The Death and Return of Superman”
From Max Landis, feauturing Elijah Wood, Simon Pegg, and Mandy Moore. Geek fun!
Doctor Who thing of the day: if the Doctor sent a Valentine…
Some lucky geek got this Valentine’s Day card yesterday…
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (two trailers)
This looks more silly than anything else. I didn’t know that parkour was a thing in the 19th century.
