Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Baker's Dozen (Pun Intended)

1. Meeting of the Kinds

Cheech. Chong. Snoop. Enjoy:

Those guys aren't high at all... nahhh


2. Move Over Electric Slide

There's a new 90's dance craze sweeping the nation!



Thanks to Huff post for finding this.. and also for putting together an awesome slide show of other, classic local tv commercials. (scroll down).. Sadly.. the best commercial of all time, the Dean's Furniture "I DOUBT IT" series has been lost to the ages, as I cannot find a single copy of it anywhere on these internets. What the fuck is it all for if you cant find the I DOUBT IT commercials! I may have to boycott the world wide webs until this is remedied.


3. Speaking of the World Wide Webs

Happy Birthday! Thanks again, Big Gay Al!



As The World Wide Web Turns 20, Take A Look At The World's First Website

The Huffington Post  |  By Posted:   |  Updated: 04/30/2013 7:15 pm EDT


The World Wide Web turned 20 years old on Tuesday. On April 30, 1993, the Web went public for everyone to use (for free) and two decades late CERN, the organization that brought us the Web, has brought the first website back to life at its original address. It's hard to believe that it was only 20 years ago that a website looked like this:
world wide web
Because nobody understood the Web yet, the site had a page called "What's out there?" that explained how to use the Web. (Much harder without the search engines or social networks of 2013.) How did people find what they were looking for? They could choose by "subject" or by "type." Looking back, it's downright adorable



4. And Now.. Look What It's Become

It only took 20 years, but the WWW has officially reached its maximum potential.. thanks to this gem from buzzfeed.

35 Ways You Are A Young George Costanza

 1. You dance while you eat:
35 Ways You Are A Young George Costanza
And it only gets better from there..

5. And Speaking of Birthdays..

Willie turns 80! I think it's safe to say we can start to model our lifestyle, diet, and all decisions in general after him. I mean, he's 80! No one saw that coming...

How is he celebrating you may ask? Well, after he gets supremely toasted.... here's how:



6. Alternate Endings

I knew some of these, but they're all pretty mind blowing. How about this one? In the original Rocky script.. HE THROWS THE FIGHT AT THE END?!?!? Wha wha whaaa?!?!


7 Classic Movies That Almost Had Absurdly Dark Endings

Here's another doozy that I had actually read about, but didnt realize the full extent.. and I love the reason they changed it.. That's So George....

Return of the Jedi -- Han Solo Dies and Luke Abandons the Rebels

20th Century Fox

In Return of the Jedi, Han Solo and Princess Leia manage to destroy the Death Star's shield generator on the forest moon of Endor just in time for Lando to swoop in and detonate the Imperial superweapon. Meanwhile, Darth Vader changes his mind about evil and tosses Emperor Palpatine down a shaft, then dies himself shortly thereafter. Everyone reunites for an Ewok dance party. The end.

The Original Ending

According to producer Gary Kurtz, the first draft of Jedi left the Star Wars universe even more bleak than it was at the end of The Empire Strikes Back. For starters, Han Solo is killed while trying to destroy the shield generator. The Death Star still gets destroyed, but Luke becomes so disturbed over his final encounter with Darth Vader that he decides to venture off on his own, leaving Princess Leia to lead the tattered remains of the Alliance by herself. We assume that, after all that, nobody wanted one goddamn thing to do with the Ewoks.

20th Century Fox
Chewie, about to suplex Wicket off a tree.

Apparently, Harrison Ford really wanted Han Solo to be killed off at some point during the trilogy. In fact, the whole reason he was frozen in carbonite at the end of Empire was because the producers weren't sure if Ford was going to return for the next film. If he had decided not to, at least they'd found a way to write him out of the series.

20th Century Fox
"Just put Han's clothes on Billy Dee Williams and no one will know the difference."

However, George Lucas decided not to go with this ending, taking a firm stance against killing off any of the trilogy's heroes. Not because of how depressing it would make the movie, mind you, but because he was worried about how it would affect toy sales. Both Kurtz and Ford have confirmed this, claiming that Lucas "didn't see much of a future in 'dead Han toys'."

20th Century Fox
"It's useless, sir! It's like he has some kind of force field made of greed!"

(Some of the other flics: The aforementioned Rocky, Lil Shop of Horrors, Pretty Woman (The best!!)

7. It's Time To Light The Lights (on fire)

Yet another shining example of the glory of the internet:


Watch Statler and Waldorf roast the Third Reich via Inglourious Basterds

If there’s one thing Inglourious Basterds needed more of, it’s comedy podcast-style riffing on the fantasized events of the movie-theater massacre that takes out the Third Reich at the end of the film. And who better to offer commentary from a theater balcony than Statler and Waldorf, resident zinger experts on The Muppet Show?
After a Redditor posed the question of which Muppet would have the best chance of assassinating Hitler (our money is still on Beaker), a documentary editor took some clips of Statler and Waldof, cutting them into the climactic movie theater scene, so now Mélanie Laurent’s maniacal revenge laughter and burning Nazi flags are interspersed with the Muppet geezers flinging puns. It creates some incredibly morbid humor, but still oddly fascinating.



8. I'll Take A Grande... 


Sadly, when I read this story.. all I could think about was this... (actually that's not sad at all)



Starbucks Writes 'Vagina' Instead Of 'Virginia' On Cup, Customer Posts To Facebook (PHOTO)

The Huffington Post  |  By Posted:   |  Updated: 04/30/2013 2:14 pm EDT
This is a large... err... venti mix-up.
One woman took to Starbucks Hong Kong's Facebook page after a barista allegedly wrote "Vagina" instead of "Virginia" on her sister's cup.
Veronica Goh posted a picture of the misspelling on Monday, accompanied by a passionate post.
"THIS is just UNACCEPTABLE," she wrote. "Starbucks HK, you have to buck up or just not spell your customers' name [SIC] anyway."
Goh said that it's not the first time the coffee powerhouse has gotten her sister's name wrong. She's also seen "Virgin" scribbled across her cup.
"Every Starbucks experience for her has been coupled with fear and anticipation," Goh said in the post.



Hm.. maybe it's time to change your name if it's that upsetting...



9. Listen To the Woman

It's been a roller coaster ride for Gwyneth recently.. she was named sexiest woman alive, than had that whole 70's show fiasco at the Ironman 3 opening. Frankly, I haven't been able to decide if it's all just too much exposure (no pun intended). But then, she goes and does something like this.. and well, she's just aces in my book once again. Preach it, sister!


WATCH: Gwyneth Paltrow advises oral sex over arguing for warring couples

  • Last Updated: 11:24 AM, April 30, 2013
  • Posted: 9:54 AM, April 30, 2013
E!Gwyneth Paltrow on "Chelsea Lately."
Gwyneth Paltrow once told a friend that instead of arguing with her husband she should give him oral sex.
The Hollywood actress gave a friend the startling advice during a dinner date with female pals including US TV host Chelsea Handler.
And Gwyneth was left red-faced when the host revealed details of the conversation on her chat show Chelsea Lately.
Handler told how when the unnamed woman admitted to being furious with her husband after a huge bust-up which prompted Gwyneth to advise her to turn her anger into a different kind of passion.



10. It's All Fun And Games..

Until you lose your life savings and end up with a stuffed Rastafarian Banana.. No, that's not a typo. I meant to put those words in that order...


NH Man Loses Life Savings On Carnival Game

By Michael Rosenfield, WBZ-TV

 
Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings on a carnival game and all he got was this stuffed banana. (CBS)
Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings on a carnival game and all he got was this stuffed banana. (CBS)

EPSOM, NH (CBS) – Henry Gribbohm says he lost his life savings, $2,600, on a carnival game and all he has to show for it is a stuffed banana with dreadlocks.
“You’re expecting the kids to win a few things, let the kids have a good time,” said Gribbohm. “It just didn’t turn out that way.”
Gribbohm says he attended a Manchester carnival run by New Hampshire-based Fiesta Shows and wanted to win an Xbox Kinect at a game called Tubs of Fun where contestants toss balls into a tub. When he practiced he says it was easy, but something changed when he started playing for the prize and the balls kept popping out.



11. Classic Brothers

Nice unearthed vids of the 1972 ABB.. featuring original bass master.. Berry Oakley. The older the Berry, the sweeter the bombs



WATCH RARE FOOTAGE OF THE 1972 VERSION OF THEALLMAN BROTHERS BAND FEATURING FOUNDING BASSIST BERRY OAKLEY
 
Founding Allman Brothers Band bassist Berry Oakley tragically passed on November 11th, 1972 due to injuries sustained from a motorcycle accident in Macon, Georgia. Oakley's accident took place just three blocks from where Duane Allman died from a motorcycle accident of his own one year prior. Nine days before Oakley passed, he performed his last show with the Allman Brothers Band.

 The Allman's November 2nd, 1972 performance went down at Hofstra University in Hempstead, New York. Portions of the show were broadcast on ABC's In Concert program and have recently turned up on YouTube. In the clip below we get to see rare footage of the post- Duane, pre-Berry's death lineup of the band which featured Gregg Allman, Dickey Betts, Jaimoe, Chuck Leavell, Butch Trucks and Oakley.
Watch as the Allmans perform "One Way Out", "Ramblin' Man" and "Whipping Post."




12. Bluegrass Wasteland

Interesting cover of Baba Oreilly.. I'll take these dues over Mumford & Sons anyday



Cover Alert: Bluegrass Baba O’Riley (The Who) @ MerleFest

The annual MerleFest bluegrass-heavy music festival took place this past weekend in Wilkesboro, North Carolina. This was the first installment of the prestigious event since the passing of founder Doc Watson last May. The Avett Brothers, Gov’t Mule and Steep Canyon Rangers were just a few of the HT faves to play MerleFest this year.
We want to share a clip uploaded by YouTuber Josh Daniel of an incredible bluegrass arrangement of The Who’s Baba O’Riley from MerleFest’s Super Jam. The performance features The New Familiars and festival favorites Scythian, Donna The Buffalo’s Dave McCracken and the amazing John Cowan.





13. Gonzo's Early Days

And I sent this out and posted it on the facebook.. but it bears repeating.. amazing read from Hunter S. Thompson's early days.. covering the Kentucky Derby. I'll have a mint julep this weekend in his honor...


The Kentucky Derby is Decadent and Depraved
Written under duress by Hunter S. Thompson
Sketched with eyebrow pencil and lipstick by Ralph Steadman





What does he have to say about such an event.. I think this gives you a little taste..



"Finally, we decided to go ahead and steal two passes, if necessary, rather than miss that part of the action. This was the last coherent decision we were able to make for the next forty-eight hours. From that point on--almost from the very moment we started out to the track--we lost all control of events and spent the rest of the weekend churning around in a sea of drunken horrors."




Man... I hate when that happens.

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