As I've indicated before, I am a Disney fanatic. So today, in honor of it being Halloween and in honor of Disney acquiring LucasFilm and the "Star Wars" franchise (more on that in the future), here is a good video of the "Haunted Mansion"ride at Walt Disney World. This has been one of my favorite rides since I was a kid and my dad convinced my brother and me to rub the gargoyle heads on the line dividers so we wouldn't be taken away by the ghosts.
Wednesday, October 31, 2012
Thursday, October 25, 2012
It's a Full House...
For anyone who ever watched Full House on ABC's TGIF lineup during the 90s (you know who you are), this is for you.
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
Dora the Explorer gets explosive...
As the father of two young children, I am exposed to a fair amount of children's programming.
Occasionally, that has landed me on "Dora the Explorer," a show for those not in the know about a little girl who speaks English and Spanish and with the help of her monkey, Boots, goes on short quests to find something or help someone.
With that, thanks to the folks at College Humor, we have the new adventures of Dora the Explorer in a movie I likely would watch if it were real.
Occasionally, that has landed me on "Dora the Explorer," a show for those not in the know about a little girl who speaks English and Spanish and with the help of her monkey, Boots, goes on short quests to find something or help someone.
With that, thanks to the folks at College Humor, we have the new adventures of Dora the Explorer in a movie I likely would watch if it were real.
Monday, October 8, 2012
Football, marching bands and video games, oh my!
Back during my days at Iowa State University in Ames, IA, I had a friend who played in the marching band say on more than one occasion that football games were a marching band show with a football game thrown in. Considering Iowa State football fans had little to cheer about during the mid-1990s (Sure, we had Heisman candidate running back Troy Davis, but we only won six games during my four years as an undergrad, including an 0-10-1 campaign during my freshman year), he may have had a point.
Fast forward a few years to this past Saturday's game in Columbus, Ohio, between Ohio State and Nebraska. As Ohio State was beginning their pounding of the Cornhuskers, the marching band had their own great performance at halftime with a tribute to video games. How many games can you identify?
Fast forward a few years to this past Saturday's game in Columbus, Ohio, between Ohio State and Nebraska. As Ohio State was beginning their pounding of the Cornhuskers, the marching band had their own great performance at halftime with a tribute to video games. How many games can you identify?
Monday, October 1, 2012
30 years of EPCOT Center
Anyone who knows me knows that I am a Disney fanatic.
I grew up on all things, including seeing most of the classic movies and a lot of the "live action" (read: non-animated) films from the 1960s and 1970s. I also have been able to visit Walt Disney World in Florida five times in my lifetime, the most recent in 2004.
However, I can say I was among the first-year visitors to EPCOT Center, which opened to the public for the first time on October 1, 1982. Featuring two areas, one with hands-on science exhibits in Future World and the other featuring cultural aspects from 11 countries in World Showcase, it had everything a then-7-year-old boy could dream about.
One of the cooler things they have there (since returned following his death in 2009) was the "Captain EO" 3D movie which starred Michael Jackson and premiered in 1986. Looking back now, it is kind of cheesy, with bad acting, but it was just plain fun, and something I hope to see again in person in the very near future, this time with my own kids.
I grew up on all things, including seeing most of the classic movies and a lot of the "live action" (read: non-animated) films from the 1960s and 1970s. I also have been able to visit Walt Disney World in Florida five times in my lifetime, the most recent in 2004.
However, I can say I was among the first-year visitors to EPCOT Center, which opened to the public for the first time on October 1, 1982. Featuring two areas, one with hands-on science exhibits in Future World and the other featuring cultural aspects from 11 countries in World Showcase, it had everything a then-7-year-old boy could dream about.
One of the cooler things they have there (since returned following his death in 2009) was the "Captain EO" 3D movie which starred Michael Jackson and premiered in 1986. Looking back now, it is kind of cheesy, with bad acting, but it was just plain fun, and something I hope to see again in person in the very near future, this time with my own kids.
Friday, September 21, 2012
Wait Til Next Century: Cutler attacks hypocritical
Tuesday, September 18, 2012
Wait Til Next Century: Remembering Steve Sabol
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