watch it: Han and Leia bicker on Hoth
Han Solo came thisclose to being not a lovable scoundrel but a complete jerk…
web video of the day
watch it: Yoda sings “It’s Not Easy Being Green”
Well, Yoda doesn’t quite sing it. That would be supercool. But I appreciate the sentiment anyway.
watch it: picnicking with Luke Skywalker on Dagobah, from ‘Jim’ll Fix It’
I don’t mind telling you, I find something ineffably creepy about this.
cute animal video: cats! in! space!
Or on one of those planes that do the parabolic loop and let you experience zero-gee for 30 seconds, at least.
retro ad: 1980s Crazy Eddie commercial
If you lived in New York in the 1980s, you could not have escaped the ads for Crazy Eddie, an electronics and home appliance chain…
watch it: OK Go and The Muppets perform the ‘Muppet Show’ theme song
Not sure I like the song all that much. The nonsong bit at the end is fairly amusing, however.
watch it: strange ‘Back to the Future’-themed ad from Argentina
No one seems to know what this ad from Argentina is selling, but it’s got Doc Brown and the time-traveling De Lorean, so it’s all good.
watch it: “Queen Bohemian Rhapsody Old School Computer Remix”
On what would have been Freddie Mercury’s 65th birthday, please enjoy this rendition of “Bohemian Rhapsody” as performed by various vintage computer peripherals.
cute animal video: hamster caught in a faux videogame
Warning: Cute small furry rodent.
retro ad: hilariously sexist 1960s Folgers commercial
Women who can’t make coffee are bad wives, and bad people all around. It’s a basic fact.
