Watch This: Gummi Bears – A New Beginning

Posted 10 years ago by Television, Uncategorized

I was telling my wife about the Gummi Bears* the other day because she never watched it as a kid, and it gave me the urge to track it down again. For some reason, I never picked these up on DVD, but I think I might have to now.

For your viewing pleasure, here is the first episode of the Gummi Bears: A New Beginning.

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Watch This: I Never Harmed an Onion – The Muppet Show

Posted 10 years ago by Television

Before the days of DVDs, I had a couple VHS compilation tapes of skits from the Muppet Show, and this was always one of my favorite songs. I thought of it the other day when I was chopping onions, and I had to look it up.

Disney/Marvel Rumblings: New Avengers Cartoon & Ant-Man Movie?

Posted 10 years ago by Movies, Television

There hasn’t been a whole lot of news from the Disney/Marvel acquisition front yet, until now. Some enterprising fanboys discovered that one of Disney’s recent domain name purchases was ANT-MAN-THE-MOVIE.COM. We already knew that Disney has to keep their hands off the Marvel film franchises already in development with other studios, so they’re obviously frantically flipping through the pages looking for undeveloped characters.

Lets just hope that they stick with the Edgar Wright version of Ant-Man.

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The Simpsons Sing the Blues

Posted 10 years ago by Music, Television

The Simpsons Sing the Blues came out in 1990, riding on the huge wave of popularity the Simpsons were enjoying at the time. I was an insanely huge Simpsons fan when I was younger, and I’m starting to regain that obsession now thanks to finally buying all the DVD sets.

I had two or three of the Simpsons albums back in the day, and The Simpsons Sing the Blues was my first. While I liked the albums of music from the show better, I can’t help but feel nostalgic when I listen to Do the Bartman or Deep Deep Trouble. Since it’s a couple decades old, you can pick up the album on Amazon for less than ten bucks, or you can listen to all the songs with me thanks to the magical world of YouTube.

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A Complete Guide to the Dances of A Charlie Brown Christmas

Posted 11 years ago by Television

I wanted to write something about A Charlie Brown Christmas this year besides a review, something a little more academic. I thought long and hard about something deep and meaningful I could pull from the animated classic, and finally I settled on the awesome dance scene.

I’m sure everyone has imitated at least one of the dances from A Charlie Brown Christmas once in their lives, but I doubt few have mastered them all. Here is your chance.

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