The Muppets Take on Queen

I never was a big fan of Queen other than a few songs. One of their biggest hits, Bohemian Rhapsody was never a song I particularly liked. 


However, I've always been a fan of the Muppets and they do a really funny rendition of that old Queen classic. 


Enjoy!

Simon and Garfunkel: Reunion Videos

 I had watching various Simon and Garfunkel videos with the song, "The Boxer", a favourite of mine.

For some reason, this version from a 2006 reunion sticks out for me. They still have it after all those years!

Here they are on David Letterman in 2006


Here they are reunited on some show, introduced by Dustin Hoffman in 2003, singing "The Sounds of Silence", another Classic.

The Graduate - An All Time Classic

One of my all time favourite movies has got to be The Graduate from 1967 starring Anne Bancroft and Dustin Hoffman. 


You couldn't help but feel sorry for Ben at times; you know, the perfect prodigal son returning home from College, graduating with all kinds of honours and winning prizes. The poor guy had to paraded around like a circus poodle by his parents at both his graduation and when they oohed and aaahhed around the swimming pool while Ben must show off the expensive scuba diving garb.  I'm sure most who had seen the movie must have thought to themselves: 'why didn't Ben simply tell his parents thanks but no thanks?'


I wonder if anyone actually felt sorry for Mrs Robinson? A woman unhappy in her marriage and life. I'm sure if she didn't attempt to make life for those around her as miserable as her's was, maybe she could have been a more sympathetic character.


Well, I happen to think that's why Ben caved into the advances of the unhappily married Mrs. Robinson.


My favourite scene, though, was the end when Ben is screaming "E-LAINNNE!!" over and over again outside the church where Elaine is marrying that Blonde all-American type every parent dreamt for their daughters at that time. 


Gotta love a man who would make an absolute fool of himself for a woman. Obviously, Elaine was impressed: I loved how Ben locks the entire crowd in the church by wedging the large crucifix though the door handles and they run onto the bus.



Anybody ever imagined what would have happened to all of them if they had the chance to write a sequel?
Enjoy!

Happy Birthday Sesame Street!!

I couldn't let one of the few tv shows I was allowed to watch growing up without even commemorating its' Anniversary, now can I? Most of us enjoyed learning to sing the alphabet, count with the count, watch how Cookie Monster would always get more cookies all over the place than actually eating them.

The anniversary will be commemorated with Michelle Obama, planting a garden with Elmo and Big Bird tomorrow. I would imagine an effort to teach kids the values of being green. She will be the fourth First lady to appear on the show. Good on her.


However, all has not been A-OK with Sesame Street over the years. Yes, in a country with right wingnuts, an innocent TV show where pre-schoolers can actually have fun learning to count or sing along to the Alphabet was not without controversy. It had received criticism from paranoid parents scared that in promoting sharing, Sesame Street was indoctrinating Socialism.


Even a kids show is indeed not spared from the Right/left debate.  Here is one Right Wingnut's take on those evil Communist muppets and their 'indoctrination' of innocent school children. After reading from that wingnut, I can see how Obama speaking to school children would be frightening to these individuals.


Another controversy was a change to Cookie Monster's character. They decided to promote healthy eating and thus, scrapped the cookies. Inspite of good intentions, it was felt that Cookie Monster lost his identity.


My favourite character had to be Oscar the Grouch, who for some reason, changed colours over the years, it would seem. He ate trash, his favourites  would be things like spinach sundaes and pickle juice.  His pet was Slimy the Worm. Like myself, he was forever cranky. According to this blog, the controversy with Oscar was that he made folks feel depressed.


According to this opinion piece, however, quirky characters like Oscar the Grouch and the short tempered Bert served to show children tolerance to different temperaments.


The latest Oscar the Grouch scandal has got to be when, you guessed it! The Show took a jab at Fox News. Below, is the controversial skit. I think it's cute but it's getting right winged pundits in a  snit to say the least!

This of course, has got all the right winged bloggers in a tizzy. They're all fit to be tied!


The good folks of Sesame Street and PBS believe that this was  "just another one of the many parodies that 'Sesame Street' has done over the years."  At least, they're not running apologizing to Fox News like Desperate members of the GOP seem to keep doing.


Of course, Michelle Obama's guest appearance, planting that agrarian garden is also causing no shortage of grief for this idiotic blogger. OK, Ass-hole Adam Baldwin, time to dislodge that conservative coin from up your ass. Just because you're frustrated with your life is no need to take away the fun of learning from kids.


Sadly, it seems more and more obvious things will not continue to be A-Ok anymore as Americans go more and more to the right, what would their kids be allowed to watch? 


Happy Birthday Sesame Street! Thanks for those fun formative years!!