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).
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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.
Today was the 1st time I've played Puzzle League DS (European name of Planet Puzzle League), on a DS emulator of course. I enjoyed playing it for an hour. My highest chain is X7. I wish I could get a chain of X13 and up if I was fast enough to form matches.
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