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- An Essay on the Greatness of <i>Gilligan's Island</i>
- Yzrey And Chewy Smash - The Unlikeliest Mashup Of Them All
- The Most Powerful Superheroes Who Refuse To Use Their Full Power
- 70 Bizarre Facts about Historical Figures
- Elementary School Replaces Detention With Meditation
- Pancakes for the Kitten
- Things That All Manly Men Should Know
- The Mystical Early Pennsylvania Settler Who Lived in a Cave
- The Try Guys Find Out How They Will Look After Losing Their Hair
- How City Skylines Have Changed
- What It's Really Like To Fight For ISIS
- Epic Squirrel is Epic
- Super Mario Burger - He's One Cheesy Hero!
- CCTV is Watching You
- Forgotten Pie Recipes We Should Start Baking Again
- How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon?
| An Essay on the Greatness of <i>Gilligan's Island</i> Posted: 29 Sep 2016 04:00 AM PDT Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. Gilligan's Island, which premiered on CBS on September 26, 1964, is quite possibly the most ridiculed television show of all-time. Interestingly and ironically, with the possible exception of I Love Lucy, it is also possibly the most well-known and beloved. According to Dawn Wells, it is by now the single most watched TV show in history, including I Love Lucy. Gilligan's Island was also perhaps the first TV show to overtly deal with our sexual desires and libidos. "Ginger or Mary Ann?" is a phrase well-known and carefully thought over by countless millions of males the world over. And Tina Louise's hip-swiveling Ginger and Dawn Wells' bikini-clad Mary Ann have probably awakened more sexual desires in guys than every issue of Playboy magazine sold, bought and perused the world over too. I will, unabashedly and unashamedly state that I love Gilligan's Island, I am a huge fan and that I think it was a truly marvelous show. Of the 98 episodes made, I’d say about 70 are truly wonderful and funny. Not a bad batting average for any kind of art.  | ||||||||
| Yzrey And Chewy Smash - The Unlikeliest Mashup Of Them All Posted: 29 Sep 2016 02:00 AM PDT Yzrey and Chewy Smash by Charamath The where and how and why isn't important, but somewhere, somehow and for some reason Chewie the Wookiee and Yzma the sorceress wound up traveling across the galaxy together in search of new grooves. It seems Yzma felt bad about what she'd put old Kuzco through and was looking to make a change, and when she stared into the furry face of that big galoot Chewbacca she knew he'd make the perfect partner for redemption. But where would she start? The answer came to her one day when they were entertaining a group of slave children on a planet ravaged by war and subjugated by the Empire- Yzma would become a star, like one of those Jedis only cooler. So she changed her name to Yzrey and swore to avenge their planet by crushing that shiny helmeted jerk Kylo and restoring order to the people. Chewie wasn't sure about overthrowing Imperial control, but he really liked the bit about crushing and smashing so he went along for the ride... Give your geeky wardrobe a strange new groove with this Yzrey and Chewy Smash t-shirt by Charamath, it's the perfect attire for both emperors and smugglers alike! Visit Charamath's Facebook fan page, official website, Tumblr and Twitter, then head on over to her NeatoShop for more geek-tastic designs:
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| The Most Powerful Superheroes Who Refuse To Use Their Full Power Posted: 29 Sep 2016 02:00 AM PDT Readers often wonder why characters who are nigh invulnerable, like Superman, Zatanna or Spider-Man, would allow themselves to be whomped on rather than unleash their full power. This question is generally answered with an explanation involving ethics, morality or "because the world/galaxy depends on it", but this kind of explanation only placates readers for a little while. So why won't these superheroes unleash their full power? Superman tries to refrain from killing at all costs, and despite all the destruction we've seen in the comics he tries to keep collateral damage to a minimum too, so it makes sense for him to hold back. Zatanna's powers were passed down from her father, so the only thing holding her back from unleashing the ultimate power within her is her own self-confidence, which can be a hard barrier to break through. Spidey certainly doesn't lack self-confidence, so what's his excuse for holding back? He's opposed to killing too, but he also just holds back to give the bad guys a chance in battle, which Doctor Octopus discovered when he swapped bodies with Peter Parker during the "Superior Spider-Man" storyline. Cocky, ain't he?! See the 15 Most Powerful Superheroes Who Won't Use Their Full Potential here | ||||||||
| 70 Bizarre Facts about Historical Figures Posted: 29 Sep 2016 12:00 AM PDT Biography has always been my favorite kind of literature, because real lives can be infinitely more interesting than fiction. You can always find something odd and interesting about any person, whether they are famous or not. It’s even more interesting when those facts are in complete opposition to what you think you know about that famous person. John Green has a whole slew of such weird tidbits about people you know from history, in this week’s episode of the mental_floss List Show. | ||||||||
| Elementary School Replaces Detention With Meditation Posted: 28 Sep 2016 10:00 PM PDT Standard school detention involves making the kids sit quietly in a room after school or on the weekend for hours on end, tortured by the inability to do anything but stare in silence This method of punishment has been in place for decades even though it has proven to be ineffective and sounds more like meditation than jail time, so Robert W. Coleman Elementary School made a change. They replaced detention with meditation in the Mindful Moment Room, having kids sit, breathe, relax and talk through their problems rather than stare at a wall, and so far it seems to be helping. Suspension and detention numbers are down at Robert W. Coleman Elementary, and kids are learning a positive and more productive way to deal with their problems that they're taking home with them. And let's face it- what did we ever learn in detention besides how to quietly carve our initials into a desk or how to pass notes without getting caught? Read This school replaced detention with meditation. The results are stunning. here | ||||||||
| Posted: 28 Sep 2016 08:00 PM PDT Chase Stout and Kenzie Jones recently adopted a new kitten, which they named Mr. Wilson. When Jones went out of town, she left Stout with instructions: “Don’t forget to feed the kitten.”
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| Things That All Manly Men Should Know Posted: 28 Sep 2016 06:00 PM PDT I wouldn't go so far as to call myself a "manly man", mostly because I don't feel like I need to prove my masculinity, but I will acknowledge the archetypal "manly man" does know how to do some really cool stuff. In fact, most of these "manly man" skills should really be referred to as "capable person" skills, because we can all benefit from knowing how to gut and clean a fish, sew a button on a shirt, or change a tire. The more masculine skills in a manly man's repertoire, such as properly tying a tie, smoking a cigar, or shaving with a straight razor, may not appeal as much to women, but you never know when this info might come in handy. See 19 Things That All Manly Men Know here | ||||||||
| The Mystical Early Pennsylvania Settler Who Lived in a Cave Posted: 28 Sep 2016 04:00 PM PDT In the Germantown neighborhood of Philadelphia, in Fairmont Park, you can see a cave that has a history few know today. This was where Johannes Kelpius spent his life waiting for the apocalypse. Kelpius was a devout Protestant who also dabbled in mysticism, astrology, numerology, and alchemy. Ethnically German, he was born in Transylvania in 1667.
Kelpius was convinced that Judgment Day would arrive in 1694. Read about the life of Johannes Kelpius, one of the earliest of many religious pioneers who flocked to the state of Pennsylvania in search of freedom to worship in their own way, at Atlas Obscura. | ||||||||
| The Try Guys Find Out How They Will Look After Losing Their Hair Posted: 28 Sep 2016 02:00 PM PDT Guys live in fear of losing their hair, and the younger they are when it starts to fall out the more traumatizing the loss. But these days even guys who aren't actually balding are shaving it all off for that sleek, skully look, so maybe men wouldn't freak out as much if they could just see how they'd look without hair? YouTubers The Try Guys decided to find out what they would look like and how they'd feel after losing their hair, so they got a professional makeup artist to give them a bald-over. (Barely NSFW due to language) This video also inadvertantly reveals what guys who choose to go bald have to deal with while people get used to their slick new look, and all that unwanted attention seems pretty annoying. -Via BuzzFeed | ||||||||
| How City Skylines Have Changed Posted: 28 Sep 2016 12:00 PM PDT A building goes up here, a building comes down there, and over time the entire skyline become different. You could live at the same address for 50 years and not really notice how much has changed. This happens even in a small town, where I struggle to describe what a particular neighborhood looked like when I was a kid. But with the power of photography, we can see what our cities looked like in the past, and how vastly different they are now (some more than others). The above picture is what Shanghai’s Pudon district looked like in 1987. In only three decades, it has changed considerably, with skyscrapers growing upward to accommodate the city’s 14 million residents.
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| What It's Really Like To Fight For ISIS Posted: 28 Sep 2016 10:00 AM PDT We've all painted a picture in our minds of what it means to be part of an organization like ISIS, and this image is often informed and developed by what we're told by the media. But there's nothing like seeing a situation through someone's eyes, or in this case through their helmet cam, to show us the truth about those currently fighting for the Islamic State in the Middle East. This helmet cam footage was retrieved from the body of "an Islamic State (IS) fighter who died in March while battling Kurdish peshmerga troops in northern Iraq", showing us the fear and disorder ISIS doesn't want us to see. -Via VICE News | ||||||||
| Posted: 28 Sep 2016 09:00 AM PDT The picture of this epic squirrel has been spreading around the internet for a while, so when Redditor DarylMoore asked others to PhotoShop the image, it's no wonder that the results were amazing. That squirrel probably never thought twice about his intense pose in front of a camera, but he sure provided us with a great gift when he did it -a gift only a Reddit PhotoShop battle could perfect. Via Distractify | ||||||||
| Super Mario Burger - He's One Cheesy Hero! Posted: 28 Sep 2016 08:00 AM PDT Super Mario Burger by Vincent Trinidad People often assume that if Mario were turned into food he would be made of meatballs or pizza, but that's an assumption based on his Italian heritage and not his actual persona. Because if you think about it Mario would make a super burger- he's soft on the outside when he needs to be, beefy and substantial when he's battling, he stays cool as lettuce or tomato in hectic situations, with some pickle surprises under his hat and just the right amount of cheesiness. But it's a good thing Mario isn't made of burger, because if he were Bowser and the koopas would be able to gobble him up for good! Keep your geeky wardrobe extra delicious with this Super Mario Burger t-shirt by Vincent Trinidad, it's the fresh way to take the Super Mario Bros to-go! Visit Vincent Trinidad's Facebook fan page, official website and Instagram, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more tasty designs:
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| Posted: 28 Sep 2016 08:00 AM PDT CCTV cameras are watching you. If you do something wrong, they will catch you, and it’s too late to hide your identity once the deed is done. This pickpocket realized he was on camera, pondered his options, and had to quickly change his plans. Sweet! Rasheed Parakkal produced and starred in this short film called New God that was used for a TV ad promoting security cameras in Kerala, India. People shared an edit of the video with no indication that it was intentionally-produced, and Parakkal received plenty of grief when people assumed he was a real thief caught on camera.
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| Forgotten Pie Recipes We Should Start Baking Again Posted: 28 Sep 2016 07:00 AM PDT For many baked goods lovers like me fall and winter are pie season, a time to cook all those yummy pies we rarely get around to making in the spring or summer. There's a whole list of standards such as pecan, apple, pumpkin and berry which we know we're going to bake every year, but isn't it about time to broaden our pie horizons? I like to start my search for new recipes by looking at the recipes of the past, which is why I found the mental_floss article 8 Forgotten Pie Recipes We Should Bring Back so appealing. I've made mincemeat pies before, once with a traditional recipe that included beef, but never a shoofly, sugar cream or buttermilk chess pie, which all sound simply irresistible. And while vinegar pie doesn't sound very appetizing, and Marlborough pie sounds like a tobacco-based recipe, each and every pie on the list looks heavenly according to the recipes provided. See 8 Forgotten Pie Recipes We Should Bring Back at mental_floss | ||||||||
| How Much Would it Cost to Live on the Moon? Posted: 28 Sep 2016 06:00 AM PDT Forty-five years ago, we thought colonizing the moon was surely in our future. But once the space race was won, the moon was found to be not useful enough to justify the expense. And the expense of getting there was astronomical. Maybe that’s where the word came from. Our dream of living on the moon would be even more expensive. This video from Whendover Productions (previously at Neatorama) explains the economics of space colonization. The planned Mars mission looks different when you look at it from the financial side. The Apollo missions also look different. Did we really spend that much money just to beat the Soviets to the moon? -via Digg |
True, the teaming of Bob Denver (Gilligan) and Alan Hale (the Skipper) as Gilligan and the Skipper, so obviously based on Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy, never equaled Stan and Ollie. But who did? To me, both the verbal and physical humor of the show was very funny and often clever. (Like almost any great TV series, the writing did get weaker towards the end of the show's run.)
The scheming, eternally greedy Mr. Howell (Jim Backus) and the man-hungry vamp Ginger (Tina Louise) perhaps reflect on the more base side of all of our natures.
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