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• Harry Love - Potterheads Unite!
• 4 Classic TV Show Deaths
• This Is Why Your New Year's Will SUCK!
• This Dad Gave The Neighborhood Squirrels Wrapped Presents For Christmas
• A Peculiar Doorway
• Better Alternatives To Famous Board And Card Games
• Cozy Creative Cat Caves
• This Hollywood Bar Will Sell You a 40 Oz of Colt 45 for $15
• R.I.P. Carrie Fisher
• Harry Potter Actors Then and Now
• When Spinsters Couldn't Get Credit
• Thanos Vs Apocalypse - Double The Darkness
• Why Aren't There Any B Batteries?
• Lounging by the Fire
• These Teachers Are Pretty Much the Best
• The Best Japanese Commercials Of 2016

Harry Love - Potterheads Unite! Posted: 28 Dec 2016 03:59 AM PST Harry Love by Dr.Monekers Harry knows love is not all you need, because he once had nothing but love on his side and almost died. Instead young master Potter has learned to carry love in his heart, a wand in his pocket and a set of both offensive and defensive spells in his mind, for whatever mystical mayhem old Voldy throws at him. Because love is an important part of life, but only magic spells can save your butt when Voldy comes to town and the Dementors start flying! Spread some fantasy feels wherever you go with this Harry Love t-shirt by Dr.Monekers, it's the warm and fuzzy way to meet your fellow HP fans and share the fan love! Visit Dr.Monekers's Facebook fan page, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more wonderfully geeky designs: Gas Wookiee Brotherhood Sumi-e Exterminate Negan Major League View more designs by Dr.Monekers | 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!

4 Classic TV Show Deaths Posted: 28 Dec 2016 03:59 AM PST Neatorama presents a guest post from actor, comedian, and voiceover artist Eddie Deezen. Visit Eddie at his website or at Facebook. I may be wrong, but I believe the first-ever regular cast member to die during their time as a regular on a TV series was Joseph Kearns of Dennis the Menace. I used to love watching Dennis the Menace as a kid. The show ran from 1959 to 1962, and Kearns, who played Mr. Wilson, died in 1962. He was replaced by a much lesser talent named Gale Gordon and the series took a serious dive quality-wise. The death of Joseph Kearns was unmentioned by the show's writers and it wasn't until the death of the great Dan Blocker, who played "Hoss" on the classic western Bonanza, in 1972 that the death of a TV character was mentioned in a show by the writers of the series. Nowadays, a good majority of the classic and lesser TV shows have dealt with the death of one of the show's characters. Let's take a look at four memorable TV "deaths" (interestingly, three of the four are hilariously funny episodes). 1. The Simpsons: Maude Flanders in "No More Footlongs" Who would have pre-diddely-dicted that the chaste, saintly Maude Flanders would meet her maker because of hot dogs? And right in front of husband Ned, the kids and many of her Springfield friends. Sadly, Maude had the misfortune of returning from the refreshment stand at the Springfield Speedway with her hands full of hot dogs, just at the time Homer Simpson had painted a target on his belly for the cheerleaders with a t-shirt cannon to aim at. Maude plunged to her death after a volley of high-velocity T-shirts knocked her off the grandstand. "No footlongs" was the last thing Ned ever said to his beloved wife. (YouTube link) The management of Lowe's Speedway in North Carolina found this episode hit a little too close to home, as an incident of flying tires in 1999 actually caused the death of three spectators, so the local Fox affiliate refused to show any commercials promoting that particular Simpsons episode. 2. Seinfeld: Susan in "The Invitations" Susan Biddle Rossi's on again-off again relationship with ne'er-do-well George Costanza (Jason Alexander) finally resulted in the couple becoming engaged at the end of season seven. But, as might be expected, George got cold feet almost immediately and tried to act "extra obnoxious" to get Susan to call the whole thing off. Susan (Heidi Sweberg) probably should have realized her fiance's reluctance when he chose the cheapest wedding invitations available. No wonder they'd been discontinued- the glue on the envelopes was toxic. Susan fell ill and died after licking one too many. (YouTube link) "The Invitations" originally aired in 1996 and was temporarily pulled from the Seinfeld syndication package after the 2001 anthrax attacks in the U.S. 3. The Mary Tyler Moore Show: Chuckles the Clown in "Chuckles Bites the Dust" Many of TV's best "death of character" episodes are, ironically, hilariously funny. And none were ever funnier than this, possibly best-ever, episode of The Mary Tyler More Show. Chuckles the Clown was often mentioned as a member of the WJM news team in episodes of the show, but the character actually only appeared on-camera twice during The Mary Tyler More Show's entire eight-year run. In this truly classic episode, Ted Baxter (Ted Knight) is asked to be teh grand marshal of a circus parade. But boss Lou Grant (Ed Asner) won't let Ted do it, as he considers the gig would be "unbecoming" when it comes to the news business. Ted was replaced by Chuckles the Clown, who was dressed as a peanut for the occasion. Unfortunately, Chuckles got "shelled" to death by a rogue elephant in the parade. The circumstances of Chuckles' death led to a slew of bad jokes in the WJM newsroom, much to Mary's disgust. She was appalled that anyone could laugh when someone had died. But, unfortunately, the absurdity of the situation hits her at Chuckles' funeral, in one of the funniest scenes in television history. (YouTube link) "Chuckles Bites the Dust" was, at one time, voted #1 on TV Guide's "100 greatest episodes of all-time." It now is ranked at number three on the list. The episode's writer, David Lloyd, was awarded an Emmy for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy Series. [ed. note: The entire episode is available at YouTube.] 4. Archie Bunker's Place: Edith Bunker in "The Death of Edith" No couple in TV history was more beloved than Archie and Edith Bunker, played by Carroll O'Connor and Jean Stapleton. After several years of incredible, ground-breaking success together in All in the Family, Carroll O'Connor had taken his Archie character on to a new series called Archie Bunker's Place. Jean Stapleton had wanted to move on, as many actors do, after playing Edith for so long, but she had agreed to do an occasional "come back" appearance, as a favor to Carroll. In 1980, Carroll called producer Norman Lear and told him that he wanted to do an episode about the death of Edith, and since Lear had created All in the Family, he asked for his permission. He wanted, he said, to do an episode that "brought closure." Lear agreed and gave him creative control. Next, Carroll called Jean Stapleton and made sure the idea was okay with her. As she had only agreed to do a few cameos and appearances as a favor, she gave Carroll her blessing. It was agreed, however, that Edith would not appear in the episode. And so, the curtain opens on the episode with the family grieving over Edith's passing. A very somber episode, not played for comedy at all, this tear-jerker hits its peak when Archie "talks to Edith," alone in their bedroom, and breaks down sobbing while holding her bedroom slipper. (YouTube link)

This Is Why Your New Year's Will SUCK! Posted: 28 Dec 2016 01:59 AM PST Have you ever had a truly wondrous New Year's Eve celebration? Yes? Too bad, that just means all your other New Year holidays will be compared to it, and will never measure up. (YouTube link) The New Year is a holiday based on the calendar and the ideas we have imbued it with. The end of one year and the beginning of another is just the change of one day to another, and there's really no magical quality to it. The secret to having a good New Year is to keep your expectations low. And try not to invite a hangover. This is the latest video from AsapSCIENCE.

This Dad Gave The Neighborhood Squirrels Wrapped Presents For Christmas Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:59 PM PST (Image Link) Squirrels don't know about Santa or Christmas or that it's better to give than receive, and they don't get to experience acts of human kindness as often as they should so they can get a bit skittish around people. (Image Link) But something tells me the neighborhood squirrels are willing and eager to visit Twitter user @SHESAMERICVN's house on Christmas- because her dad gives out wrapped chestnuts. (Image Link) Wrapping little presents for squirrels may seem a bit nutty to some, but to me it seems like the perfect opportunity to shoot a hilarious video for AFV! -Via I Can Has Cheezburger?

A Peculiar Doorway Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:59 PM PST Here's a door that might be a little difficult to get through at times. At least it opens in instead of out! This picture was taken in Germany, and the consensus of commenters is that the stairs were there first, and a room with a door was added to the home. Let's just hope it's a closet or storage room. Can you imagine trying to get out of a bedroom like this in an emergency situation? Or paramedics trying to get in? This is one of a group of remodeling failures from Germany, in a collection at Buzzfeed called The 21 Worst Handymen In The World. (Image credit: Pfusch am Bau GmbH)

Better Alternatives To Famous Board And Card Games Posted: 27 Dec 2016 07:59 PM PST Back in the day adults were stuck playing the same old boring, repetitive and unimaginative board games because there just weren't any alternatives out there. But game industries have been booming for the last 20+ years and now there are some amazing, captivating and, most importantly, super fun to play games available for those who are tired of spelling words and passing go. It's sad to see adults so strapped for game options they reach for games like Mouse Trap, Sorry or Trouble, especially when they could be playing amazing games like Pandemic and The Resistance: Avalon, which are similar in spirit but much more fun to play. In Pandemic, several virulent diseases have broken out simultaneously all over the world! The players are disease-fighting specialists whose mission is to treat disease hotspots while researching cures for each of four plagues before they get out of hand. The Resistance: Avalon pits the forces of Good and Evil in a battle to control the future of civilization. Arthur represents the future of Britain, a promise of prosperity and honor, yet hidden among his brave warriors are Mordred's unscrupulous minions. These forces of evil are few in number but have knowledge of each other and remain hidden from all but one of Arthur's servants. Merlin alone knows the agents of evil, but he must speak of this only in riddles. If his true identity is discovered, all will be lost. Solitaire tends to numb your mind after a while, turning the player into a card flipping zombie, but why flip cards mindlessly when you can play Agricola and flip cards with a purpose? In Agricola, you're a farmer in a wooden shack with your spouse and little else. On a turn, you get to take only two actions, one for you and one for the spouse, from all the possibilities you'll find on a farm: collecting clay, wood, or stone; building fences; and so on. You might think about having kids in order to get more work accomplished, but first you need to expand your house. And what are you going to feed all the little rugrats? And I think Cards Against Humanity is a brilliantly simple game that can be played forever, provided you keep adding new cards to the set, but at the same time the gameplay can get a bit boring after a while. So if you and your friends are looking for a more compelling alternative why not give 7 Wonders a try? 7 Wonders lasts three ages. In each age, players receive seven cards from a particular deck, choose one of those cards, then pass the remainder to an adjacent player. Players reveal their cards simultaneously, paying resources if needed or collecting resources or interacting with other players in various ways. (Players have individual boards with special powers on which to organize their cards, and the boards are double-sided). Each player then chooses another card from the deck they were passed, and the process repeats until players have six cards in play from that age. After three ages, the game ends. See 5 Much Better Alternatives To Famous Board Games here (NSFW language)

Cozy Creative Cat Caves Posted: 27 Dec 2016 05:59 PM PST Ukrainian artist Yuliya Kosata makes felted toys and rugs and whimsical cat caves that will bring a bit of fantasy to your living room. Since they are felted, your cat will enjoy sinking his claws into it as much as hiding inside. All products are made by hand, with the soul, in order to please you, your children and pets. See the half-dozen felted cat caves (and other products) Kosata has available at her Etsy shop FeltField. -via Boing Boing

This Hollywood Bar Will Sell You a 40 Oz of Colt 45 for $15 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 03:59 PM PST No matter where you live in the US, you can always go to a local liqour store and get a 40 ounce of Colt 45 for $3 or $4, but in Hollywood, you can get the full forty-ounce-in-a-paper-bag experience without all that slumming in a liqour store. And it will only cost you $15. It's just the next step in rich hipster idiots pretending to slum it.  Read more about the ridiculous concept at LAist

R.I.P. Carrie Fisher Posted: 27 Dec 2016 01:59 PM PST Actress and author Carrie Fisher, best known to the world as Princess Leia Organa of Alderaan (later General Leia Organa), the character she played in four Star Wars movies, has died at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center three days after suffering a massive heart attack. Her other movies (she has 90 acting credits at IMDb) include Shampoo, Hannah and Her Sisters, and When Harry Met Sally. She also wrote screenplays and repaired existing screenplays without credit. Fisher was the author of several books, including Postcards From the Edge, Surrender the Pink, and her autobiography The Princess Diarist. Fisher was also known for a family of prominent relatives. Her parents were Eddie Fisher and Debbie Reynolds, she was married to Paul Simon, and her only child is Scream Queens actress Billie Lourd. On her website, Fisher described herself as "actor author mental health advocate." Fisher was 60 years old.    "She was Princess Leia to the world but a special friend to all of us. We will miss her dearly." -Kathleen Kennedy https://t.co/E96OuqnFQLpic.twitter.com/lr0rm0sRxc — Star Wars (@starwars) December 27, 2016 Fisher told a story in her book Wishful Drinking that led to the quote she wanted in her obituary: “Anyway, George comes up to me the first day of filming and he takes one look at the dress and says, 'You can't wear a bra under that dress.' So, I say, 'Okay, I'll bite. Why?' And he says, 'Because... there's no underwear in space.' I promise you this is true, and he says it with such conviction too! Like he had been to space and looked around and he didn't see any bras or panties or briefs anywhere. Now, George came to my show when it was in Berkeley. He came backstage and explained why you can't wear your brassiere in other galaxies, and I have a sense you will be going to outer space very soon, so here's why you cannot wear your brassiere, per George. So, what happens is you go to space and you become weightless. So far so good, right? But then your body expands??? But your bra doesn't- so you get strangled by your own bra. Now I think that this would make a fantastic obit- so I tell my younger friends that no matter how I go, I want it reported that I drowned in moonlight, strangled by my own bra.” ― Carrie Fisher, Wishful Drinking

Harry Potter Actors Then and Now Posted: 27 Dec 2016 11:59 AM PST It has been 15 years since the first Harry Potter film came out and those adorable little kids from the films are entirely grown adults now. Geek Girls has a collection of pictures showing the actors as they appeared during the movies and how they look now -and some of the transitions are amazing. Even nerdy Neville is now a swoonworthy stud and snotty Drako is a sweet-looking, sensitive guy. See all the photos over at Geek Girls.

When Spinsters Couldn't Get Credit Posted: 27 Dec 2016 09:59 AM PST There was a time in American history when single women were routinely denied credit cards and loans, no matter how long they had been working and paying their bills. Divorcees and widows also found they had no credit history, because any family financial history belonged to their husband, and disappeared when he did. When did these discriminatory practices happen? In the 19th century? Try 1973. Billie Jean King had served up Wimbledon gold several times, but when it came to establishing a credit history, she kept hitting the net. The tennis champ couldn’t get her hands on a credit card unless she used the name of her husband, Larry — an unemployed law student she happened to be supporting at the time. Lindy Boggs, who ran for her husband’s congressional seat after his plane disappeared in 1972, faced a similar struggle for credit as a widow. While women have always been a part of the workforce in varying capacities, it wasn’t until World War II that working middle-class females became a thing. When the bombs stopped dropping, the ladies got laid off en masse to make room for the returning men. But they eventually bounced back, and women have been entering the labor force in increasing numbers ever since, earning livings and contributing to household economies. But just as steadily, through the mid-1970s, they continued to lack access to independent credit or credit histories — a discriminatory truth that left spinsters, divorcées and widows financially vulnerable. It was Lindy Boggs who slipped "gender" and "marital status" into the Equal Credit Opportunity Act in 1974. The overwhelmingly male US Congress hadn't even considered the plight of working women who had to ask their sons to co-sign for them. Read how that all changed at OZY.

Thanos Vs Apocalypse - Double The Darkness Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:59 AM PST Thanos vs Apocalypse by Albertocubatas They're two sides of the same villainous coin even though they're from different comic universes, and since they're both hell bent on the destruction of Earth humanity should be careful how they handle these evil overlords. But who would win in a fight- Thanos or Apocalypse? On the one hand Thanos has the Infinity Gauntlet, and on the other he has nothing but zealousy and hatred. Meanwhile Apocalypse has the end of the world in his freakin' name, and although Thanos is capable of marvelous mayhem Apocalypse has faced the ultimate superheroic forces in the universe and walked away unscathed. So who would win? You decide! Start geeky arguments wherever you go with this Thanos Vs Apocalypse t-shirt by Albertocubatas, it's twice the villainous fun! Visit Albertocubatas's Facebook fan page and official website, then head on over to his NeatoShop for more mighty cool designs: Plants Little planet Monkey circle Fat View more designs by Albertocubatas | More Comic 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!

Why Aren't There Any B Batteries? Posted: 27 Dec 2016 08:59 AM PST We learn about different battery sizes when we're kids, which is when I learned it took six D batteries to play cassettes on my boombox for about four hours- and that D batteries were heavy and cost a bundle. But we're always left with one unanswered question- what happened to the "B" batteries? (Image Link) To find out we have to go back to the 1920s, when battery cell sizes were standardized by the government agencies, War Industries Board and American battery manufacturers working to create a uniform product: In 1924, industry and government representatives met again to figure out a naming system for all those cells and batteries they had just standardized. They decided to base it around the alphabet, dubbing the smallest cells and single-cell batteries “A” and went from there to B, C and D. There was also a "No. 6" battery that was larger than the others and pretty commonly used, so it was grandfathered in without a name change. As battery technology changed and improved and new sizes of batteries were made, they were added to the naming system. When smaller batteries came along, they were designated AA and AAA. These newer batteries were the right size for the growing consumer electronics industry, so they caught on. C and D batteries also found a niche in medium- and high-drain applications. The mid-size A and B batteries simply didn’t have a market and more or less disappeared in the U.S.. While you typically won’t see either A or B batteries on American store shelves, they’re still out there in the wild. A batteries were used in early-model laptop battery packs and some hobby battery packs. B batteries are still sometimes used in Europe for lanterns and bicycle lamps. According to Energizer, though, their popularity is dwindling there, too, and they might be completely discontinued. -Via mental_floss

Lounging by the Fire Posted: 27 Dec 2016 07:59 AM PST Four cats and two dogs snuggle together peacefully in front of a warm fire. Can life get any better? Well, yes it does. The title of this video is "The end is worth the wait!" because something does happen. (YouTube link) The four kittens -Cera, Ducky, Petrie, and Spike- are being fostered for Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue (VOKRA), but they've already learned the important parts of human language. You can see more of these cats and dogs at beanthechiweenie's Instagram gallery.  -via Laughing Squid

These Teachers Are Pretty Much the Best Posted: 27 Dec 2016 06:59 AM PST We all had an amazing teacher in our lives and while some are just good at making educational concepts click with their students, some connect with their kids through humor and then work to get them to learn something. Over at Buzzfeed, you can see 23 amazing teachers that certainly made their kids smile -even if they didn't teach them a thing. If you had any funny teachers go ahead and share their stories in the comments.  So see the whole list here.

The Best Japanese Commercials Of 2016 Posted: 27 Dec 2016 05:59 AM PST Every year we're treated to a bunch of "Best of..." compilations, which are a fun way to watch an entire year's worth of clips in a flash, but none of them can compare to those wacky Japanese TV commercial comps. That's because Japanese television commercials are the zaniest, craziest and most eye-pleasing ads on the planet, and most of us only get to see them on these year-end compilations. So close out one of the crappiest years of all time with some super terrific Japanese commercial fun! (YouTube Link) JPCMHD sifted through over 2200 commercials to pick out the very best commercials Japanese TV had to offer in 2016, and they really picked a pack of winners! -Via Laughing Squid

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