Polyphonic guides you through a full history of music videos. I find the research, knowledge and editing to be so impressive.
Above you will find the series from the beginning and going to near the end of the MTV era. It is at that point - the early 2000s - where I personally lose interest. If you're interested in watching the full history/series, you can find that here.
The trailer for Neil Breen's new film "Dire Duplicity."
I'm not sure but it seems, in this film, Neil Breen is playing Fantasy Neil Breen - the world's greatest secret agent, soldier, hacker, computer scientist, terrorist.
Red-beet pickled eggs are my favorite. It would be my #1 recommendation except when people actually take that recommendation, it never turns out well. People who didn't grow up with them seem to be utterly repulsed 100% of the time, so I guess they're not the best idea.
Secondly, birch beer is also worth trying.
When it comes to pie, these kind of taste-tests are always Shoofly pie. Every time. That's fine, as far as it goes, but everybody's sleeping on Funny Cake. Funny Cake is the superior dessert.
Anyways, kudos to this family because they really went all out and over-performed.
I just wish people liked red-beet pickled eggs though.
Who is that in the thumbnail, is that Estelle Costanza? No. Is it Jim Downey's mom? No, that's Jim Downey.
Apparently there's a new documentary out all about Jim Downey. It's called "Downey Wrote That" and it apparently covers his time as a writer for Letterman and SNL. I'm not big on movies anymore but I'm gonna have to find this one.
Warren Zevon has been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and David Letterman was chosen to be the ... what's the term for this - inductor? He was inducted by David Letterman.
By the time I saw Mr. Rogers for the first time, there had been a thousand (perhaps thousands) of episodes that came before it. Now, in 2025, the first episode has been uploaded to youtube.
The differences stand out. The kitchen is different, the character of Edgar (the traffic light?) was never a thing in my day and rolling out a bed for make-believe is... pretty weird. Pretty weird. The closing song is different.
Visiting the woman who wears lampshades is an interesting segment. On the one hand, Fred traveling to another location to talk to someone is a regular part of the show. On the other hand, it was always a realistic person doing some real activity that kids could learn about. I don't remember anything like this "real" woman wearing lampshades in my day. Fred Rogers loved whimsy and lampshade fashion is certainly that.
But it's also notable how much didn't change. You're looking at a 20 year difference (this first episode being 1968) and it's pretty much the same show. Same theme song, same set (mostly), same format, same characters.
