A behind-the-scenes in-the-studio making-of-video of the best theme song in the history of television. For the gearheads out there, the signature doo-wee-ooo sound is the production of an Arp Odyssey. The track also uses a Yamaha CS-80, vocoder, and some other cool toys.

Thanks Clive.

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by cameron at 2pm, May 8th, 2007 in 70s, documentary, instructional, music, tv (0)

Sometimes there is a man that stands above everyone else as a role model for everyone. Fred Rogers was certainly that man for a long period of time. In this very important speech to the Senate Subcommittee on Communications, Fred defends the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and more importantly breaks through the heart of every person, even the self-proclaimed hard-ass John O. Pastore who headed the committee.

I wish that our current administration would heed a little to Fred’s song, What do you do?, especially the last verse:

I can stop when I want to
Can stop when I wish.
I can stop, stop, stop any time.
And what a good feeling to feel like this
And know that the feeling is really mine.
Know that there’s something deep inside
That helps us become what we can.
For a girl can be someday a woman
And a boy can be someday a man.

A few goosebumps might do them good.

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by cameron at 9am, May 8th, 2007 in children, politics (1)

This Japanese TV spot features hot animated girls who are happier now that they use maxipads.

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by mandydale at 11pm, May 3rd, 2007 in commercials, Japanese (0)

This is one of those rare internet gems that is nearly impossible to decide whether it’s real or not. In any event, someone took the Family Guy and made El Chombo emerge from James William Bottomtooth’s giant bottom tooth.

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by cameron at 12am, May 3rd, 2007 in cartoons, international, mushmouth (0)

Soft jazz, and Andy Warhol? Warhol hails from Pittsburgh, so I have a special place in my heart for him since I’m from there as well–but this Japanese advertisement is pretty strange. Warhol closes his eyes for the majority of the commercial, holds a TV with color bars up on the screen, and speaks in monotone — all for the joy of selling cassette tapes for TDK.

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by mandydale at 9pm, May 2nd, 2007 in advertising, art, commercials, Japanese (0)

“You’ll wonder where the yellow went, when you brush your teeth with Pepsodent!” But what on earth is IMP and Irium?

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by mandydale at 9pm, May 2nd, 2007 in 50s, advertising, animation, retro (0)

I love Daft Punk. When I saw this video mash up of Charleston dancers Al Minns and Leon James grooving to “Around the World,” I had to watch it a few times as their dancing syncs up so perfectly to the song, you’d think that they were actually dancing to Daft Punk in the first place. And wouldn’t it be a wonderful world if we still danced the Charleston to electropop?

The original version is here:

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by mandydale at 10pm, May 1st, 2007 in dancing, music ((2))

A fan’s take on the Silver Jew’s song — with the use of a creepy cowboy figurine. (Thanks Jeff Johnson)

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by mandydale at 5pm, May 1st, 2007 in music (0)

Ok, let’s begin. This song, produced with the Cut Chemist is one of the songs that is in my head when nothing else is in there. I didn’t even know that it had a video, much less such a typographically awesome one.

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by cameron at 1pm, May 1st, 2007 in hip hop, music, typography (1)

What do you get when you mix Bollywood and martial arts? Something that is so fake and bad it is laughable.

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by mandydale at 9am, May 1st, 2007 in bollywood, parody (1)