Bob Newhart – air traffic control
An evening pause: When it was a much more innocent world.
Tag: entertainment
The Piano Guys – Cello Wars
An evening pause: In honor of the 35th anniversary today of the premiere of Star Wars in 1977, a beautiful and silly rendition by the Piano Guys.
For those who were not alive in the 1960s and 1970s, it is hard to explain the impact of Star Wars. For more than twenty years, science fiction fans had dreamed of seeing a really good space opera science fiction film on the big screen. Sadly, we saw disappointment after disappointment instead. Except for Forbidden Planet (1956) and television’s Star Trek in the 1960s, practically every science fiction film about space exploration told childish stories that made no sense.
And then came Star Wars.
The battle of the bulges, 1940s style
An evening pause: As you giggle at this, be forewarned: seventy years from now what you consider sane will be considered just as absurd.
Henri
An evening pause: “The monkey mocks me with each flip.”
Only those who have explored deeply into the avant-garde French film world will truly understand this classic.
Harp music of Paraguay, played by the Japanese
An evening pause: Some more harp jamming, this time by a Japanese performing music from Paraguay.
Puffer fish chases laser
An evening pause: Cats aren’t the only ones.
Strange Charm: A Song about Quarks
An evening pause:
Rod McKuen – Jean
An evening pause: This Rod McKuen song, “Jean,” performed here live by him on the Johnny Cash Show on February 4, 1970, was originally the title song for the wonderful movie The Prime of the Miss Jean Brodie (1969), starring Maggie Smith.
Piff the Magic Dragon
An evening pause:
Russian flash mob – Putting on the Ritz
An evening pause: From frigid Russia, some Russians put on the Ritz.
The Little Mermaid – Part of That World
An evening pause: Sometimes, it is our dreams and hopes that matter the most.
The world’s eight most unique paths.
The world’s eight most unique paths. With pictures.