Wednesday Link Dump
July 2nd, 2008 -- by Augie De Blieck Jr.
- Color pictures of Mark Twain. Never thought I’d see that.
- Classic paintings - with extra ducks.
- They’re remaking The Prisoner as a TV show. Ian McKellan will play Number Two, which is pretty cool.
- OK, this is cute: Colbert vs. Cookie Monster.
- How to take pictures of fireworks this weekend.
- Ladies and gentlemen, I present the bat%&^ insane Mary Murphy.
“So, to be clear, when dancers enter the Tra La La zone, they have achieved something greater than landing a spot on the Hot Tamale Train, the gold standard Murphy established last season when a fiery jive performance prompted her to issue first-class tickets on the “hot tamale train” for the couple, confusing everyone around her, including executive producer and judge Nigel Lythgoe.”
- The most exciting golf simulator coming for the Wii looks to be CustomPlay Golf.
July 2nd, 2008 at 12:08 pm
Color photos of Mark Twain? Wow! These pics are the coolest things I’ve seen in a long time. Thanks for linking, Augie.
July 2nd, 2008 at 7:36 pm
Love the Mark Twain pictures. I visited his office and grave in Elmyra, NY, 10 years ago. The neat thing about the grave is that the height of it is a “mark twain,” or the name for the distance that the riverboaters on the Mississippi would yell out and where Samuel Clemens got his pen name.
As for the remake of The Prisoner, I’m excited, yet wary about it. I always thought the best actor to play No. 6, if they ever made a movie, would be Russell Crow. He has the same intensity and barely restrained rage that I think would be perfect for No. 6. Ian McKellen as No. 2 will be cool. Will he be the only one?
July 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Cousar - Yeah, it tickled me, too. You’re welcome. We all have these pictures in our mind of Twain. They’re most of him slightly younger and more cartoony. White suit, bushy moustache. But, now, you see him as a real person. It’s fabulous.
Will - I learned what “Mark Twain” meant from a Don Rosa Uncle Scrooge comic book. You just never know where you’re going to find this stuff out sometimes. . .
Crow would work well. But I bet he doesn’t do TV. . . Don’t know if there will be multiple #2s, though I kind of doubt it. But we’ll see. . .
July 3rd, 2008 at 8:51 am
I learned the meaning of “Mark Twain” from an episode of Bonanza.
July 3rd, 2008 at 2:05 pm
I believe Jim Caviezel has already been cast as #6.
Saw the Cookie Monster vs Colbert a few days ago. Classic. Reminds me of all those “Hellboy meets” clips going around nbc right now.