Here’s another clip from Penn and Teller: Fool Us from Season 7 Episode 8. When Léa Kyle began her performance, I thought, “Oh, she’s just doing a quick change act. They’ve been doing that stuff in the theater for years. Decades. Centuries. It’s just the wardrobe designer making tear-away costumes. No big deal.” I was kinda … Continue reading Quick Change? No, It’s Magic!
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Penn and Teller have a television program where they invite magicians of all kinds (professional, aspiring, young, old) to try to fool them with a trick that they’ve devised. If the guest successfully fools the masters, the guest is invited to perform in Penn and Teller’s long-running Las Vegas act. One of the joys of … Continue reading D.K.
Ripping the Abbey
View fullsize Highclere Castle, where Downton Abbey was partially filmed In anticipation of the recent movie of Downton Abbey, which I expect to watch when it’s available on Blu-ray, I decided to watch all six seasons (or series, as the Brits call them) of the original TV program again.As it wasn’t to be found on … Continue reading Ripping the Abbey
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I’m in the process of adding another classic television program to my Plex library, even though this one is currently available on Netflix.“Why?” I hear you ask. Well, in the case of the Blu-ray edition of The Twilight Zone: The Complete Series, there are tons of extra features that make it worthwhile, not to mention … Continue reading Do-do-do-do Do-do-do-do
A Zellers Christmas 2004
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I Can’t Belt! Don’t Ask Me!
A few days ago I was watching a news program where the topic was the court's declaration that same sex marriage was now legal in Utah, and something that someone said suggested a song parody and video to me. As it happened, Apple had just released a major upgrade to their Final Cut Pro X … Continue reading I Can’t Belt! Don’t Ask Me!