MeTV went off the air for about 15 minutes, right during one of the last Svengoolie segments up until it was time for the news (which I get in my area instead of Star Trek).
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How about a nice Hawaiian Punch commercial...from 1987...with robots...scored by Mark Mothersbaugh?
I decided not to get any candy for Easter this year, mostly since I still had most of what I got on Christmas left over.
Yeah, I'm pretty bad (or good?) with procrastination.
I don't know if I'll be doing much, if any, April Fool stuff on here (my avatar notwithstanding). I did, however, do something for the Garfield Wiki on its Facebook page.
"Ben 10" is trending on Twitter now. Something about a public proposal.
OK K.O. Creator Says Trump Was Indirectly Involved in Series Ending
Ian Jones-Quartey claims that Donald Trump's opposition to the AT&T-TimeWarner merger indirectly led to OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes' cancellation.
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OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes wasn't the only CN show affected by the Warner-Trump clash (check the fifth paragraph).
'Phantom Tollbooth' Author Norton Juster Dies At 91
The author of the beloved children's book reunited with its illustrator for the more recent The Odious Ogre. Juster was also an architect and he died due to complications from a recent stroke.
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Author Norton Juster, best known for the 1960s children's books The Phantom Tollbooth and The Dot and the Line, has passed away at the age of 91 due to complications from a stroke.
Both books were adapted into animated features by Chuck Jones at MGM, with The Dot and The Line winning an Academy Award.
Happy 76th to Micky Dolenz of the Monkees. Animation fans may know him best as the first voice of Arthur from The Tick.
R.I.P. to reggae singer/songwriter Bunny Wailer and English jazz musician Chris Barber.
Lawrence Ferlinghetti, celebrated Beat poet and publisher, dies aged 101
Ferlinghetti, the publisher behind some of the Beat Generation's most important works and an accomplished poet in his own right, has passed away aged 101.
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Lawrence Ferlinghetti, former Poet Laureate of San Francisco and publisher involved with Allen Ginsburg's Howl, has died at the age of 101.
Talk:Margie Hines - Wikipedia
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It has recently been determined that Margie Hines, original voice of Betty Boop and one of the voices of Olive Oyl, as well as the first wife of Jack "Popeye" Mercer, died in December of 1985, aged 76. She was under the name Marjorie L. Heidtmann at the time.
You know that '90s Cadbury commercial with the Easter Bunny auditions?
I saw that earlier today (i.e. Ash Wednesday).
R.I.P. Robert A. Altman, lawyer and video game executive who co-founded ZeniMax Media, the company involved with franchises such as Doom, The Elder Scrolls, Commander Keen and Fallout.
A bit of morbid trivia I discovered a few nights ago:
Four of the voice actors on The Brave Little Toaster (the original) have died...in their 40s.
Phil Hartman (Air Conditioner, Hanging Lamp)- 49
Joe Ranft (Elmo St. Peters, Clown)- 45
Jonathan Benair* (Black and White TV)- 47
Judy Toll (Mish Mash, Two-Face Sewing Machine)- 44
*Also appeared in the "to the Rescue" sequel.
R.I.P. David Richardson, writer and producer who worked on shows such as Empty Nest, The Simpsons (he wrote "Homer Loves Flanders" and produced 11 other episodes for the fifth season), The John Larroquette Show, My Big Fat Greek Life, Malcolm in the Middle, Two and a Half Men and F is for Family.
You know that animated Rybelsus commercial? The one with a punk rock version of "You Are My Sunshine"?
Turns out the whole reason it was animated was because of the pandemic: Novo Nordisk debuts animated Rybelsus ad after COVID-19 nixed film shoot
R.I.P. to musicians Tim Bogert (Vanilla Fudge, Cactus, Beck, Bogert & Appice) and Sylvain Sylvain (New York Dolls). Both passed away on January 13.
20 years ago today, iTunes launched. Originally focused primarily on music, it later expanded into video, podcasts, e-books and mobile apps.
Also 20 years ago this day, Apple released Mac OS 9.1, one of the last versions of their classic operating system.
Happy 98th, Larry Storch! For those who don't know, Storch was the first to voice the Joker. He is also known for voiceover roles such as Mr. Whoopee in Tennessee Tuxedo, Koko the Clown in the '60s revival of Out of the Inkwell, Cool Cat in WB7A cartoons, and Drac and Ratso in Groovie Goolies.
R.I.P. to Alto Reed, saxophonist for Bob Segar and the Silver Bullet Band, and Gerry Marsden of Gerry and the Pacemakers, known for songs such as "How Do You Do It?" (which was almost released by the Beatles). -
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