April 23, 201610 yr Author comment_727987 This video has been on YT for years. Kevin uploaded the above HD version to his own channel yesterday. It's half an hour long, but if you haven't seen it before it's a hell of a story. Report
April 23, 201610 yr Author comment_728016 You know what dropped 40 years ago today? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones_(album) \m/ Report
April 23, 201610 yr comment_728018 16 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: Not sure what the hell is going on in this pic: Me either, but Nicki Minaj is jealous! 5 minutes ago, Knuckledragger said: You know what dropped 40 years ago today? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ramones_(album) \m/ I was going to say my balls, but the math didn't work. Report
April 24, 201610 yr comment_728153 4 hours ago, Dusty Chalk said: This is some pretty fucked up shit: It apparently ran for 52 episodes following that pilot. I was 4 to 6 years old when it ran, so I must have been right in its target audience. Fortunately I have no recollection of this puppet nightmare. Report
April 25, 201610 yr comment_728168 1 hour ago, kevin gilmore said: sure seems to be very similar to thunderbirds... Except fucked up. Report
April 25, 201610 yr comment_728189 7 hours ago, kevin gilmore said: sure seems to be very similar to thunderbirds... The only thing in common is puppets - different quality and storyline, and age it was aimed at. As was its Supermarionation precursor out of the Andersons, Fireball XL-5 (made at the same time as Hoppity - very early 60's) The single legged Chucky-like Hoppity was aimed at the same very young audience as similarly naff things like Andy Pandy and The Woodentops. The one that was half way decent out of the same stable as Hoppity was Space Patrol. So yes - I did watch Space Patrol, Fireball XL-5 and Thunderbirds. In a sense it was almost inevitable that many decades later I would spend five years managing a space instrument project (MIXS - the Mercury Imaging X-ray Spectrometer), due for launch next year. But even when tiny I loathed Andy Pandy with a passion. Report
April 25, 201610 yr comment_728206 Don't laugh, this is where I get my tax planning. Edited April 25, 201610 yr by Augsburger Report
April 25, 201610 yr Author comment_728210 Wait for it. "Bite my shiny metal ass." Prince at the end of his last concert. Rakotzbrücke, a bridge built in 1860 in Eastern Germany. The U.S. Navy aircraft carrier USS Saratoga (CVA-60) departs after a port call in New York City, 1958. Riomaggiore, Italy. Lake Wakatipu, New Zealand. Geiranger Fjord (Norway). Edited April 25, 201610 yr by Knuckledragger Report
April 26, 201610 yr Author comment_728272 The "Trailer Hitch." Photo of Justin Bieber being choked in a nightclub imagined as a renaissance painting. Lancaster Town Hall Mayors Parlour Room, England. Barrels in the attic of an abandoned brewery in Belgium. Neighborhood in Lisbon. Click for historically larger. Report
April 26, 201610 yr Author comment_728326 1150 Boyd Coddington's 1915 Ford "Center Door" White Pocket, AZ Click for histrionically larger. Report
April 27, 201610 yr Author comment_728429 Illuminated tires developed by Goodyear in 1961 but never went into production. Report
April 28, 201610 yr Author comment_728477 Neuschwanstein Castle, Germany. This will hurt your brain. Report
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