Happy Thanksgiving and “You’re Welcome”

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Today is Thanksgiving and many of us will come together with family and friends to pause and give thanks for what we have and perhaps what we’ve been spared.  Charles Dickens may have said it best…

  • “Reflect upon your present blessings, of which every man has many–not on your past misfortunes, of which all men have some.”

Of course not everyone gives thanks.  The Sexy Pilgrim doesn’t. Instead he says, “You’re welcome.”

I hope that you and yours have one of the best Thanksgiving Days ever. Count your blessings, eat too much turkey, ignore that family member who irritates you, make big plans, eat too much pie, doze in front of the tube, have a bit more turkey, and remember to watch a bit of the parade and some football!

Billy the Butcher’s Frank Miller Dark Knight Returns Homage

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If you’re a fan of Frank Miller’s Dark Knight Returns you should quickly recognize Billy the Butcher’s homage featuring Captain American blasting Iron Man with a knuckle-sandwich.

Iron Man fans will want to click over to io9 to see Iron Man returning the favor by kicking things up a notch in another Miller Dark Knight homage.

Well played, Billy the Butcher.  Well played.

The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi

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I’ve been a fan of The Amazing Randi since I first heard of him decades ago.

Despite The Amazing Randi’s stage name, and ability to perform what appear to be supernatural feats, The Amazing Randi is quite the opposite of what you might expect.

While it is true that Randi can perform mind-reading stunts, bend spoons just as those who claim to do so via mental powers, escape from padlocked chains and the like, The Amazing Randi claims no supernatural powers.

In fact since 1964, Randi has been offering up an ever-increasing amount of his own money to anyone who can show scientific evidence of supernatural powers.  The amount is now up to one million dollars and no one has ever collected.  The challenge has become so popular it is now an annual weekend event attended by over 1,000 believers and skeptics alike.

The NY Times.com recently posted The Unbelievable Skepticism of the Amazing Randi by Adam Higginbotham and it is well worth a read!

Behind The Scenes With Ray Harryhausen And His Special Effects Models

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Mighty  Joe  Young.   The  Beast  From 20,000 Fathoms.   20  Million  Miles  to  Earth.   The  7th  Voyage of Sinbad.   Jason  and  the  Argonauts.   The Valley  of  Gwangi.   The  Clash  of  the  Titans.

If these movies take you back to your childhood, you’ll get a kick out of i09’s   Behind The Scenes With Ray Harryhausen And His Special Effects Models.  

Rarely Seen Pilot to “The Orson Welles Show”

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The video embedded below is to the rarely seen pilot to The Orson Welles Show.

The Orson Welles Show  had it been picked up would have been a weekly anthology series hosted by, you guessed it, Orson Welles.

Sadly that was not to be.  Otherwise Welles  could have been mentioned right there with Serling and Hitchcock when folks spoke about the great anthology series that used to be on tv.

Source: io9.