Tag: entertainment
John Cleese – How to irritate people by being considerate
A Bell for Adano
An evening pause: This lovely and poignant scene from the 1945 film, A Bell for Adano, showcases the superb acting of Gene Tierney and John Hodiak. He is an American commander of Italian descent put in charge of an Italian village now under U.S. rule near the end of World War II. She is a local Italian girl longing to find her sweetheart who went off to fight for Italy and is now missing.
The movie was based on a short but profound book by John Hersey. And what I remember most from that book is this speech by the Hodiak character in trying to explain to the Italians the right way for government officials to act:
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Downhill mountain biking in southern Utah
Moody Blues – Your Wildest Dreams
An evening pause:
And when the music plays
And when the words are
Touched with sorrow
When the music plays
I hear the sound
I had to follow
Once upon a time
Once beneath the stars
The universe was ours
Love was all we knew
And all I knew was you
I wonder if you know
I wonder if you think about it
Once upon a time
In your wildest dreams
Judy Garland – Pretty girl milking her cow
Catherine Destivelle – solo climb in Mali
The story of Hayabusa inspires three major movie releases
The story of Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe that was the first to successfully return material from an asteroid despite serious technical failures, has now inspired three major movies.
The story of Hayabusa, the Japanese space probe that was the first to successfully return material from an asteroid despite serious technical failures, has now inspired three major movies.
Simon & Garfunkel – The Boxer live in Central Park
Moving Graffiti
An evening pause: from blublu.org.
Those Dancing Days – Home Sweet Home
Connie Dover – Where shall I go?
The Muppets – Movin’ right along
Driving cross country in four minutes
Candid Camera demonstrates the power of conformity
Quadriga Consort — Cliffs of Dooneen
Hiking the Subway in Zion National Park
An evening pause: The rope work makes me cringe and some of the narration is a bit over the top, but the camerawork is superb, giving you a real feel of what it is like to visit this unique place.
Christopher Walken reads “The Three Little Pigs”
An evening pause: How about another modern retelling of a classic children’s tale? Christopher Walken reads “The Three Little Pigs”.
Bugs Bunny and the Three Bears
Grand Canyon Flash Flood
Fry and Laurie – Tricky Linguistics
Connie Dover – No come again
Eric Idle – Always Look on the Bright Side of Life
Bill Nye the Science Guy explains caves
Cats cause global warming
How did Al Gore miss this important fact? Cats cause global warming!
How did Al Gore miss this important fact? Cats cause global warming!