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• It's a Frog, It's a Kitty... It's a Fritty (or a Kog)
• 20 of the Most Surprising Numbers about <i>Seinfeld</i>
• Hollow Inside--LOL!
• Matted Rescue Kitten Turns Major Fluffball
• Victoria's Secret Models At Their First And Last Runway Shows
• Baby Goat Learning to Hop
• A Year-Long Road Trip Where the Temperature Is Always 70ºF
• 30 Facts About Favorite Steven Spielberg Films
• Ghost Park - You Must Be This Tall To Be Slimed
• Millennials Confused by Their Grandparents' Retro Gadgets
• Photographer Uses the Reflective Properties of Water in Gorgeous Photos of South Korea
• A Fox Executive’s 1976 Memo on <i>Star Wars</i>
• Partiers Charge into a Dust Whirlwind
• Texting Snowman
• Images From Moments That Make You Think "I Need An Adult!"
• The Latke Recipe
• The Book Of Mormon Missionary Positions
• <i>Star Wars</i> So Far
• This Emergency Enema Kit Was the Defibrillator of the 18th Century
• The Archer - Who Do You Want Watching Your Back?
• Five-Year-Old Drummer Plays System Of A Down's "Chop Suey"
• Stormtroopers Assemble a Christmas Tree
• Adam Sandler's 2015 Update For The Chanukah Song
• Car Customizer George Barris Laid to Rest in a Batmobile-Inspired Casket
• Australian Police Officers Singing Along To Song From <i>Frozen</i>

It's a Frog, It's a Kitty... It's a Fritty (or a Kog) Posted: 02 Dec 2015 04:00 AM PST YouTube Link This huge frog that a lady saved from a swimming pool thanked her by giving her a courtesy meow. But like a cat, petted one more time than he was comfortable with, he let out a kitty screech. Was this frog raised by a family of cats? Did he swallow a kitten? Should he be fed some Fancy Feast or Meow Mix? What gives? Via Laughing Squid

20 of the Most Surprising Numbers about <i>Seinfeld</i> Posted: 02 Dec 2015 03:00 AM PST The sitcom Seinfeld ran from 1989 to 1998, had 180 episodes, and made a gazillion dollars. Jerry Seinfeld and many of his fans are obsessed with numbers, so it only makes sense that an article about the show would be based on numbers, but underneath those statistics are some fascinating stories. For example, the way to become a Seinfeld character without being an actor is to just know the show's creators. Many of the personalities on the show came from people Larry David or Jerry Seinfeld knew. Larry David asked former neighbor in real life, Kenny Kramer, if the sitcom could have permission to use his name for Jerry’s television neighbor. The real Kramer was paid the small sum of $1,000. But over the years, he profited from that arrangement. He created the Kramer Reality Tour, which takes tourists on a bus ride in New York City that focuses on all things Seinfeld. The tour promises a theatrical stage, bus and video tour of all the spots that the sitcom made famous. Kenny Kramer is the guide of this 3 hour extravaganza, which offers photo opportunities, online booking, group sales and private and corporate events. That worked out amicably for Kramer, but maybe not so amicably for Costanza. Mike Costanza sued Seinfeld over the character George Costanza. Read that story and plenty of others about Seinfeld at Worthly.

Hollow Inside--LOL! Posted: 02 Dec 2015 02:00 AM PST (Chris Hallbeck/Minimumble) We used to have emotions. Then the emoticons came and decimated our feelings. The emojis merely finished the job. Oh, you can still feel . . . in a way. But you have to use the right app for it.

Matted Rescue Kitten Turns Major Fluffball Posted: 02 Dec 2015 01:00 AM PST When Sir Silas was found as an abandoned kitten on a Florida road, he was near death, matted and starving. Luckily for him, a Florida family adopted and cared for him until he was the picture of health. The transformation in his looks is astounding. Now a fluffy ball of beautiful white fur, he's enjoying a bit of internet fame for his model good looks. Being loved sure looks good on you, Sir Silas! See many more absolutely adorable shots of Sir Silas on Instagram. Via Bored Panda

Victoria's Secret Models At Their First And Last Runway Shows Posted: 02 Dec 2015 12:00 AM PST Few could have foreseen how big the Victoria's Secret empire would become, especially since they started out below market leader Frederick's Of Hollywood, but nowadays they're a mainstay of the fashion world. Some Angels, such as Adrian Lima, have been around from the very beginning, while other names often associated with Victoria's Secret, like Laetitia Casta, made a huge impression in a very short amount of time. This year Harper's Bazaar celebrated the 20th anniversary of the wildly popular Victoria's Secret Fashion Show with a look back at the beauties who let the Secret out of the bag, pairing images of their first and last runway look. See Victoria's Secret Models: Then And Now here

Baby Goat Learning to Hop Posted: 01 Dec 2015 11:00 PM PST YouTube Link This baby pygmy goat imitating his human's hopping is beyond cute. Baby goats are naturally bouncy, but this woman is just giving this little guy a nudge in the right direction. Looks like he has a hopping good future ahead. Via Daily Dot

A Year-Long Road Trip Where the Temperature Is Always 70ºF Posted: 01 Dec 2015 10:00 PM PST As a professional climatologist, Brian Brettschneider thinks a lot about the weather. What does it mean to have "good weather"? One element, Brettschneider thinks, is a pleasant temperature of 70ºF. If you'd like to spend an entire year at that temperature without making use of heating or air conditioning, then he's got the perfect road trip for you. On every day of this 9,125-mile journey, the average high is 70ºF. It takes you through 30 states of the contiguous United States. Brettschneider also calculated another, much longer route that makes use of cool summer temperatures in Alaska and western Canada. -via Twisted Sifter

30 Facts About Favorite Steven Spielberg Films Posted: 01 Dec 2015 09:00 PM PST Close Encounters of the Third Kind | Image: Columbia Pictures Corporation Film enthusiasts usually have definite opinions on Steven Spielberg's works; some not so favorable. Spielberg has often been criticized as being too emotionally manipulative or overly sentimental. Others have been critical of his portrayal of, in their view, an unrealistic idea of American families. Some address Spielberg's critics as resentful of his huge commercial appeal, and in many cases they may be right. However you feel about Steven Spielberg's contribution to American film, there's no denying its significance and influence.  In the linked list below, mental_floss presents 30 facts about popular Steven Spielberg movies. Some examples:  4. CLOSE ENCOUNTERS OF THE THIRD KIND WAS INITIALLY A VERY DIFFERENT FILM. Spielberg’s initial story outline involved UFOs and shady government dealings following the Watergate scandal, which became a script entitled “Watch the Skies.” The idea involved a police or military officer working on Project Blue Book, the Air Force’s official study into UFOs in the 1950s and 1960s, who would become the whistleblower on the government cover-up of aliens. There were numerous rewrites—Taxi Driver scribe Paul Schrader even took a crack at it, penning a political UFO thriller titled “Kingdom Come” that Spielberg and the movie studio rejected—before the story we know today emerged. 7. TOM SELLECK WAS SUPPOSED TO PLAY INDIANA JONES. Prior to the production's start date in May 1980, George Lucas and Spielberg set up shop in the old Lucasfilm corporate headquarters to begin the casting process. Actors and actresses in consideration for the lead roles of Indiana Jones and his tough but beautiful companion Marion Ravenwood included Jane Seymour, Debra Winger, Mark Harmon, Mary Steenburgen, Michael Biehn, Sam Shepard, Valerie Bertinelli, Bruce Boxleitner, Sean Young, Don Johnson, Dee Wallace (who would later go on to star as the mother in Spielberg’s E.T.), Barbara Hershey, and even David Hasselhoff. For Indy, Lucas and Spielberg eventually settled on actor Tom Selleck. But when CBS got wind of what the two were up to, the network legally barred Selleck—the lead of the hit showMagnum, P.I.—from appearing in the film. Spielberg then suggested Harrison Ford as a quick replacement, but Lucas was reluctant to cast Ford because he was already Han Solo in hisStar Wars films. But Spielberg’s quick thinking prevailed, and Ford was added to the cast just two weeks before principal photography began. (A similar snafu happened with Danny DeVito, the first choice to play Indy’s jovial companion Sallah, who couldn’t take the part due to his contractual obligation to appear on the popular ABC show Taxi.) Read 28 more facts about Steven Spielberg films at mental_floss.

Ghost Park - You Must Be This Tall To Be Slimed Posted: 01 Dec 2015 08:00 PM PST Ghost Park by Donnie If there's something strange in your neighborhood you should call your friends and go check it out, because that means a new Ghost Park location has just opened! Created by the busters who used to zap 'em, trap 'em and dump 'em in the ecto cooler, the Ghost Parks are the latest and greatest in theme park technology. Now the ghosts are free to haunt, scare and otherwise pester humans, but those humans get to experience it all from the safety of their protection pods. So if you want to experience all the thrills and chills of coming face-to-face with Slimer and his friends, or you want to see if that Stay-Puft Marshmallow Man is really as big as they say he is, then grab your buddies and head down to the Ghost Park- where spirits are sure to rise! Get geared up for amusement with this Ghost Park t-shirt by Donnie, it's the fun way to advertise a fake theme park that we'd all like to visit! Visit Donnie's Facebook fan page, official website and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more spook-tacular designs: The Legend Of Minilink Death Park Crystal Balloons Ring Smoke View more designs by Donnie | More Movie T-Shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Millennials Confused by Their Grandparents' Retro Gadgets Posted: 01 Dec 2015 08:00 PM PST (Video Link) My 7-year old calls a landline phone as a "Grammy phone" because that's what her grandmother owns. That phones could not always show cartoons and operate games makes her jaw drop open. These millennials aren't that young, but they didn't grow up with rotary phones, cassette tape players, record players, and mechanical alarm clocks. Their grandparents, though, did. In this video from Elite Daily, the older folks teach their grandkids how to operate these sophisticated gadgets. -via Huffington Post

Photographer Uses the Reflective Properties of Water in Gorgeous Photos of South Korea Posted: 01 Dec 2015 07:00 PM PST Jaewoon U is a photographer from South Korea whose landscape shots of his country reflected in the calm surfaces of bodies of water have garnered increasing online attention. These artistic photographs of colorful foliage are so serene and pleasing to the eye that staring at one for any length of time has effects similar to meditation. The South Korean tourist industry should enlist the photographer to help their promotional endeavors. See more stunning captures like this at Jaewoon U's 500px site.  Images: Jaewoon U | Via My Modern Met

A Fox Executive’s 1976 Memo on <i>Star Wars</i> Posted: 01 Dec 2015 06:00 PM PST We’ve heard stories of how some folks involved witH the original Star Wars were convinced it would flop as soon as it hit theaters. We even read about how George Lucas was willing to hedge his bets by trading out some of the film’s profits. But there were those who saw something special in the production. Peter S. Myers was the vice-president of domestic distribution for 20th Century Fox in 1976. In November of that year, he heard reports from people involved with the movie Star Wars and those who had seen rough footage of the film in progress. Myers then sent a four-page telegram to his underlings, outlining an unprecedented distribution plan for the movie. I AM SAYING THE PICTURE SHOULD GET BETTER TREATMENT THAN GODFATHER, KING KONG, JAWS, POSEIDON, OR TOWERING INFERNO. You can read all four pages of the telegram at Vulture. -via Uproxx (Image credit: 20th Century Fox)

Partiers Charge into a Dust Whirlwind Posted: 01 Dec 2015 05:00 PM PST (Video Link) It's called a "doofnado." Urban Dictionary says that doof is an Australian slang term for an outdoor rave in the countryside. When the electronic music is blasting at a doof, even the weather can't help but feel the energy and respond. A dust whirlwind appeared at the Earthcore festival in Pyalong, Victoria. Olivier Bonenfant captured this incredible footage of it forming in the middle of the party. Concertgoers got their kicks by running in and out of it. It looks like fun! The festival organizers were very thoughtful for arranging it. -via Stuff

Texting Snowman Posted: 01 Dec 2015 04:00 PM PST A snowman in a store window is not all that uncommon at Christmas time. This one is firmly in the 21st century, with a smartphone and a text conversation. He’s obviously conversing with another snowman. I like the way the glass itself is used as a medium for captions. The scene has nothing to do with the clothing being sold in the store behind him, but this would get me to stop and look, and that’s what counts. -via reddit

Images From Moments That Make You Think "I Need An Adult!" Posted: 01 Dec 2015 03:00 PM PST Most of us outgrow that "I need an adult!" feeling by the time we're in high school, or during our college days at the latest, but sometimes we encounter scary stuff that makes us feel like a kidult in need of adult supervision. (Image Link) That's the feeling you get when you see something creepy that makes you want to hide in the closet and count to a hundred, or someone who gives you nightmares like a 5-year-old after watching Gremlins. (Image Link) You may find it quite comforting to know there are other grown folks out there who feel like little kids when they encounter something creepy, but try and stifle your screams if you look through this post while you're all alone! (Image Link) See 22 Pictures That Will Make You Say "I Need An Adult" here

The Latke Recipe Posted: 01 Dec 2015 02:00 PM PST Hanukkah is still a week away, but it’s never to early to cook! Or at least get your recipe for latkes. (YouTube link)  The Maccabeats have unveiled their annual holiday parody song for the occasion. This year, it’s set to the tune of “Shut Up and Dance” by Walk the Moon. The lyrics are at the YouTube page. This is from their new album A Maccabeats Hanukkah. -via Viral Viral Videos

The Book Of Mormon Missionary Positions Posted: 01 Dec 2015 01:00 PM PST Trey Parker and Matt Stone must have known they would stir up controversy with their Broadway musical The Book Of Mormon, but they had no way of knowing it would become a sacrilegious smash hit. Now there's a new wave of controversy following fresh on the heels of the hit Broadway play- The Book Of Mormon Missionary Positions, a SFW sex instruction manual for door-to-door evangelists. This ridiculous photo series was put together by Portland-based photographer Neil Dacosta as a satirical jab at The Church Of Latter-Day Saints' stance on homosexuality. Oh, I think they got the message! -Via Dangerous Minds

<i>Star Wars</i> So Far Posted: 01 Dec 2015 12:00 PM PST We are about two weeks away from the premiere of the seventh episode in the Star Wars saga, The Force Awakens. How long has it been since you’ve seen the six movies leading up to this point? Years? To prepare for The Force Awakens, you could sit down and watch all 13 hours 17 minutes we have so far (plus five more minutes if you’re watching the special editions). Or you could watch this. (YouTube link) Master remixer Eclectic Method edited the most essential clips of all six films into three minutes to tell the story up to this point. It’s very quick. I wouldn’t recommend this as a substitute for watching the full movies, in case you haven't seen them all. For one thing, there’s no Han Solo. Is he really that superfluous to the story? But on the up side, there’s no Jar Jar, either. There are no Ewoks, no Chewbacca, no Wampa, no Cantina band, no hints of incest, and no wretched hive of scum and villainy. But it will remind you of what happened, in a hurry. -via Tastefully Offensive

This Emergency Enema Kit Was the Defibrillator of the 18th Century Posted: 01 Dec 2015 11:00 AM PST (Photo: Wellcome Images) We have to act quickly! This person fell into the river and has drowned. But there's still time to save him. First, pull down his pants. Then insert this tube into his bottom. Next, light a cigar. Now pump the bellows! According to Eighteenth Century British medicine, that it was possible to revive a person who had stopped breathing by blowing tobacco smoke up his rectum. Emergency enema kits like these were the defibrillators of the day: essential lifesaving tools designed by medical professionals. Ella Morton of Atlas Obscura writes: Cardiopulmonary resuscitation, or CPR, was still centuries away from common usage. Instead of pumping the chest or giving mouth-to-mouth to a drowning victim—a practice that prominent British doctor William Hunter called "vulgar" in 1776—rescuers employed a variety of other dubious methods when attempting to revive those with waterlogged lungs. Rubbing the skin, inflating the lungs via a tube inserted into the trachea, and bloodletting were among the approaches. The most creative technique, however, was rectal tobacco insufflation—piping smoke into the unconscious person’s intestines via a bellows inserted in the anus. Occasionally the process worked. The medical journal The Lancet repeats a story from 1746: A man's wife was pulled from the water apparently dead. Amid much conflicting advice, a passing sailor proffered his pipe and instructed the husband to insert the stem into his wife's rectum, cover the bowl with a piece of perforated paper, and ‘blow hard.’ Miraculously, the woman revived.

The Archer - Who Do You Want Watching Your Back? Posted: 01 Dec 2015 10:00 AM PST The Archer by Machmigo Who are you gonna follow when the rotten dead come walking into your camp looking to take a bite out of you and your crew? Daryl, that's who, the man who was built for life on the road and whose lifestyle isn't really affected by the zombie apocalypse. He's less likely to trust folks than, say, Rick or Carol, but in the end he'll help folks out if it means mutually assured survival. Oh, and one more thing in Daryl's favor- he's one hell of a fighter! Pick sides with this The Archer t-shirt by Machmigo, it's sure to make your fellow fans drool with delight, and should be enough to keep those nasty biters away, for now... Visit Machmigo's Facebook fan page, Twitter and Tumblr, then head on over to her NeatoShop for more mighty geeky designs: Trust The Law Time Guardian True Meaning Winter Fantasy View more designs by Machmigo | More TV T-shirts | New T-Shirts Are you a professional illustrator or T-shirt designer? Let's chat! Sell your designs on the NeatoShop and get featured in front of tons of potential new fans on Neatorama!

Five-Year-Old Drummer Plays System Of A Down's "Chop Suey" Posted: 01 Dec 2015 10:00 AM PST Kids are dropping their nursery rhymes and Doodlebop tracks at an early age these days, trying to follow in the footsteps of their rock lovin' parents and get their garage bands started early. That's all well and good for the preteens, but how are you going to get your kindergartner off to school when they're too busy rockin' out on the drums? (YouTube Link) The young drummer in the video is five-year-old Eduarda Henklein-Baterista, the song is System Of A Down's "Chop Suey", and the time is sometime after SpongeBob but before bedtime. -Via Loudwire

Stormtroopers Assemble a Christmas Tree Posted: 01 Dec 2015 09:00 AM PST Kyle Shearrer didn’t just put his Christmas tree up. He and his father pulled out the Stormtroopers and gave them the job! In a series of 27 pictures, they unpacked and assembled the tree almost completely before Darth Vader arrived to inspect the work. But like most projects, the real work was done by a small contingent, while the others goofed off under the pretense that they were “guarding” the work site. Keep your eye on the background, as one particularly dense Stormtrooper experiments with a fork in the electric outlet, while another gets in trouble for sleeping on the job. The background provides several subplots for the main tree chore. What they left at the top for the crowning ornament is a surprise you’ll have to check out for yourself. You can click through larger pictures slideshow fashion at Facebook starting here. Shearrer said they tried to put a subtle joke into each image. -via reddit

Adam Sandler's 2015 Update For The Chanukah Song Posted: 01 Dec 2015 08:00 AM PST There's no way Adam Sandler could have known what a big hit The Chanukah Song would become, but now it's such a beloved song that even Gentiles play it as part of their holiday song playlist. But Adam's original version came out twenty years ago and features somewhat outdated references, so he felt it was time for an update. (YouTube Link) Adam recorded this update of The Chanukah Song (the fourth incarnation, apparently) at a show he played with some funny friends in San Diego, and shared it just in time for the holidays on his YouTube channel Happy Madison. What a great gift, thanks Adam! -Via Memebase

Car Customizer George Barris Laid to Rest in a Batmobile-Inspired Casket Posted: 01 Dec 2015 07:00 AM PST (Photo: Comic Book Resources) George Barris was rightfully known as the king of custom cars. When television and movie programs needed a uniquely styled vehicle, they knew to call Barris. Over his career spanning several decades, Barris became famous for building the 1966 Batmobile, the Munsters’ car, and KITT from Knight Rider. Barris died on November 5 at the age of 89. His funeral on Saturday at the Forest Lawn Memorial Park in Los Angeles was a truly grand spectacle. You can see photos of it at the Los Angeles Times. His coffin was no exception to the parade of astonishing customs. It’s modeled to resemble Barris’s most famous car: the Batmobile from the 1960s television show Batman. -via Nerd Bastards

Australian Police Officers Singing Along To Song From <i>Frozen</i> Posted: 01 Dec 2015 06:00 AM PST It's that time of year, when people start wearing Christmas themed clothing, everything comes in pumpkin spice flavor, and cops start singing songs from Frozen. Wait, I think that last one is a new thing, because last I checked this is a tough time of year to be a cop. I guess it's a good thing these two officers from New South Wales, Australia have found a fun way to relieve stress and keep their spirits bright with a little sing-a-long in the squad car. (YouTube Link) Someone should tell these cops that criminals feel better about committing crimes when they think the cops are a bunch of goofballs! -Via Mashable

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