While appearing on The Odd Couple in 1975, the now sadly departed legend Roy Clark of Hee Haw fame quite nicely shunned the musical requests of both Felix Ungar and Oscar Madison. Instead, he peformed an absolutely incredible cover version of the Cuban Flamenco song “Malagueña” by Ernesto Lecuona. Clark flawlessly captured the rhythm, melody…
The World’s Fastest Talking Man Performs the Michael Jackson Song ‘Bad’ in 20 Seconds in a 1987 Interview
In a 1987 interview, John Moschitta Jr, actor and then Guinness World Record holder for World’s Fastest Talker, opened up to reporter Marcus Jones about his career up to that point, the commercials he’s done and his 10 minute school. But the highlight of the interview was when Jones handed the albums sleeve of Michael…
The Emotional Difference Between Bruce Springsteen’s Albums ‘Born To Run’ & ‘Darkness on the Edge of Town’
Music writer Polyphonic, who creates informative video essays on an ongoing basis takes a rather insightful look at the emotional difference between Bruce Springsteen’s albums Born To Run (1975) and Darkness on the Edge of Town (1978). Polyphonic notes that several upsetting events occurred in the three years in between the albums, and that growing…
Native Dubbing That Seamlessly Translates Video Content Into Various Languages Through Generative AI
Synthesia, a company focused on using artificial intelligence for good, has created ENACT, a native dubbing feature that uses generative AI to seamlessly translate video content into various languages. The program synchronizes the lip movements of an actor with that of a voice actor speaking a specific language, thereby lifting the barriers of language and…
Amazing Remastered High Definition Footage of Fans Celebrating the Arrival of Queen in Budapest in 1986
In 1986, the members of Queen went to Budapest as part of the band’s final tour with the late great Freddie Mercury as lead singer. The band was given a royal welcome by awaiting fans and dignitaries as they arrived into the city by boat. Because Hungary was part of the Eastern Bloc during the…
Busy Work, A Frantic Computer Game Challenging Players to Reply to Customers Despite Interruptions
Busy Work by Lisa and Matt Bethancourt is an absolutely hilarious multiplayer workplace, customer service-themed computer game that challenges players to answer as many customer emails they can while being constantly interrupted by urgent emails, tasks and texts from co-workers. The competitor who is able to answer the most emails within a two minute window…
How Harry Potter Brought the Sound of Magic to Film
Video blogger and web producer Evan Puschak aka The Nerdwriter takes a spellbinding look at how the series of Harry Potter films effectively brought the sound of magic to films. Puschak specifically focuses on the talent of the sound designers who created an aural sense of enchantment without putting to heavy a hand on it….
Russian Fisherman Shares More Fascinating Photos of the Unusual Deep Sea Creatures He’s Found at Work
View this post on Instagram A post shared by ????? ???????? (@rfedortsov_official_account) on Dec 16, 2017 at 5:44am PST In 2016, we wrote about Roman Fedortsov, a deep-sea fisherman in Murmansk, Russia who shared photos of the fascinating, rare and somewhat disturbing discoveries he’s made while doing his job. Since that time, Fedortsov has been…