Category Archives: arts

the television-wide web

A chart of the crossovers linking many tv series. (cited by Nev Dull) Tommy Westphall was an austistic child on ST ELSEWHERE who, it was revealed in the closing moments of the final episode of that series, had dreamt the … Continue reading

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chimæra contest

The Ugly Zoo collects a hundred photographs of surprising creatures, the best of which include the eagle-headed Retriever, the lynx-headed squirrel, the salamander-legged antlered anteater. (Cited by JoAnne Schmitz.)

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type-casting

I wonder whether Tony Robinson got the part of Baldrick, flunky to Prince Edmund the Black Adder, partly because he resembles Gunnar Björnstrand who played Jöns the squire in The Seventh Seal (1957).

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movies rented recently

War and Peace (1956). I got bored halfway. Henry Fonda, at 51, played Pierre, traditionally a young idealist. Bus Stop (1956). Fluff. I was curious about it mainly because my hi-skool put on the play one year. I remember being … Continue reading

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cheap pun

Has the blind cartoon mouse met his match? Don’t miss — Zatô-itchy and Scratchy!

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watching the talkies, 1956

Funny blunder in Kubrick’s The Killing (1956): when George (Elisha Cook) takes a pistol from its hiding place, he pointlessly works the slide before inserting a magazine: the gun is thus not in firing condition. Other movies seen this week: … Continue reading

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Mutant Enemy ate my brain

A few months ago you may remember I had some dreams inspired by Buffy. This morning in dream, I was among the crew of Serenity, apparently taking Book’s place. We happened to be on Wash’s home planet, and I heard … Continue reading

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