This 1978 footage shows the great no-respect-getting comedian Rodney Dangerfield (aka Jack Roy aka Jacob Cohen) doing his signature schtick in front of a 16-piece band who play after his punchlines, like a drummer doing rimshots. Via Wikipedia, here’s some great trivia about the origin of the “Rodney Dangerfield” name and character: He took the…
Winning a New Ice Cream Truck on Price Is Right in 1962
You were wondering what The Price Is Right game show was like 50 years ago, right? Now you know: this clip from New Years Day 1962 shows a very different game where players guess the cost of expensive jewelry instead of a box of Rice-a-Roni. This first version of the show debuted in 1956 and…
The Quest For A Copyright-Free Happy Birthday Song
Art by Greg Harrison Everyone knows the song “Happy Birthday to You“–the Guinness Book of World Records says it’s the most recognized song in English. Most of us sing it several times a year, for free. So it may surprise you that Warner Chappel music owns the rights to the song and charges thousands of…
Veteran Rocker Bob Mould’s 2011 See A Little Light Concert DVD
In November 2011 legendary rocker Bob Mould played a show in LA with some friends. Now a year later there’s a Kickstarter to fund a DVD of that concert. The funding deadline is Saturday December 22. The venue was The Walt Disney Concert Hall and these are the friends who 2000+ lucky people got to…
Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parades Through the Years
This Newsreel of the 1965 Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade features cast members from The Munsters and their custom “Munster Koach” hot rod built by George Barris. The “Koach” was a modified 1926 Ford Model T with a custom hearse body. It cost nearly $20,000 (a lot of money back then). Thus continued, with a little…
The Long Now Foundation Salon Redesign and Limited Edition Spirits
The Long Now Foundation is building a new event space at the site of their current museum / store in San Francisco’s historic Fort Mason. Their Help us build it… video announces details of the project including design by Because We Can, a fundraising distillation collaboration with St George Spirits and unique bottles by Adams…
Who’s Who & What’s What in the Books of Dr. Seuss (2000)
Who’s Who & What’s What in the Books of Dr. Seuss is an index from A (Letter of the alphabet central to a question–in The Cat’s Quizzer) to zZZ (Sound made by Grand Duke Wilfred’s arrows–in The 500 Hats of Bartholomew Cubbins) to the works of Dr. Seuss (aka Theodor Geisel). Published by Dartmouth College…
