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Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
The Sesame Street "near...far" just gave me the first true happy I've had all day.
During a road trip from Seattle to San Francisco, my best friend and I borrowed someone's massive (this was the early 90's) video camera, and we had way too much fun with the zoom (near.....far!) on the way. It was especially funny when in the Redwoods. Actually, it is probably only really funny to me, but the memory of that trip gave me a huge warm fuzzy.
Thanks msbelle and amych!
Ok, the Royals are in last place now, but they could still end the season in some other place that isn't last.
Kathy, I associate the Inchworm song with the old Hans Christian Andersen film starring Danny Kaye. I'm pretty sure that's where it comes from. Well, at least for me, in my head, I always hear Danny Kaye singing it.
Really? Oh, well, I guess that doesn't surprise me--"Mahna Mahna" was a cover version, too. I just never heard it without seeing the Inchworm muppet moving along.
For me, my favorite monster was Sweetums. I love him, especially in The Muppet Movie.
I loved Forgetful Jones.
An ex of mine who worked for Henson told me aeons ago that they'd have to start scaling back Big Bird since the yellow fella is very low-tech (guy in a suit, arm in the air) and the pupeeteer was aging.
I was all "Tech-up Big Bird, yo! Get the monitors and robot arms and all that stuff!"
I had a pet Slimey. (My dad made it out of a bit of orange and yellow climbing rope.)
Carol Spinney (Big Bird muppeteer) has got to be in his 70s, at least. He does work with a TV monitor strapped to his chest--that's how he sees since there're no eyeholes in Big Bird.
I associate the Inchworm song with the old Hans Christian Andersen film starring Danny Kaye. Well, at least for me, in my head, I always hear Danny Kaye singing it.
Oh, me, too! In fact, I was just singing that song on Friday. As a tribute to Danny Kaye. I am such a nerd.
Car question: If I'm looking to compare on paper based on whatever the technical term for pep is, I'm thinking I'm looking at horsepower. How important is engine size? What mitigates the HP rating? Do reports list 0-60?
Not-car question: I've noticed a lot of tidily dressed men matching their belts to their shoes, their socks to their shirt, and their pants to nothing at all. Is this a prevailing method of matching or an anomaly in my sampling? It's pretty neat.