Jordan Schlansky briefly explains the difference between Star Wars and Star Trek (and why Star Wars is superior).
Monday, September 11, 2017
Sunday, September 10, 2017
Mini-Golf Championship of 1961
In an earlier post, I bemoaned the fact that the "Putt Putt" championship was played on a course without all the signature mini-golf trappings. There's no ferris wheel, no windmill, no waterfall, nothing.
But if you go all the way back to 1961, things change ever so slightly. If you go all the way back to the 1961 PPA "Parade of Champions" and get to Hole 7, it has a barn with doors that periodically swing open and shut.
And it's all in glorious grey.
In later holes, there's a loop-de-loop hole, a ramp hole and a pipe hole. Finally. Thank You. Now that's a sport.
And speaking of sports, when we get to Hole 14, professional putter Frank Holt decides it's time to really 60s it up and lights up a cigarette during the match.
Athletes! Classic.
Other than the different styles and mannerisms of a different era, the 1961 Putting Championship broadcast is largely the same format as the 1985 edition. One notable difference is that in 1961, they refer to a diagram to show the layout for every hole.
Look at that style. They even have a pointer to refer to it. Here's Hole 11.
Remember I told you about the loop-de-loop hole? Here's what that looks like in brilliant abstraction.
Man, Wes Anderson, eat your heart out.
But if you go all the way back to 1961, things change ever so slightly. If you go all the way back to the 1961 PPA "Parade of Champions" and get to Hole 7, it has a barn with doors that periodically swing open and shut.
And it's all in glorious grey.
In later holes, there's a loop-de-loop hole, a ramp hole and a pipe hole. Finally. Thank You. Now that's a sport.
And speaking of sports, when we get to Hole 14, professional putter Frank Holt decides it's time to really 60s it up and lights up a cigarette during the match.
Other than the different styles and mannerisms of a different era, the 1961 Putting Championship broadcast is largely the same format as the 1985 edition. One notable difference is that in 1961, they refer to a diagram to show the layout for every hole.
Look at that style. They even have a pointer to refer to it. Here's Hole 11.
Remember I told you about the loop-de-loop hole? Here's what that looks like in brilliant abstraction.
Man, Wes Anderson, eat your heart out.
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Good Game - Episode 1
I went into this show with no expectations but it's actually pretty funny. It's not perfect but it really only suffers from the same problems that every other comedy made today suffer from.
Due mainly to Dan's delivery, enough jokes land to make it worth watching.
Due mainly to Dan's delivery, enough jokes land to make it worth watching.
Late Show - First Episode
It was 24 years ago today that the Late Show with David Letterman first premiered.
I remember seeing the commercials leading up to the first episode that "Dave" was "coming to CBS" but didn't really know what that meant at the time. My mom was a Dave fan but would never in a million years have let me stay up to watch it in 1993.
Having not seen it at the time - and watching it now - I'm not filled with nostalgia, but rather something much weirder - excitement. In this first episode, it really seems like the dawn of a brand new era. A seismic shift has occurred and the world will be better from now on because of it. Very strange to be excited for a future that's already past. Very strange indeed.
Now all we need to do is bring the Paul Newman "shoot point" back into common usage.
I remember seeing the commercials leading up to the first episode that "Dave" was "coming to CBS" but didn't really know what that meant at the time. My mom was a Dave fan but would never in a million years have let me stay up to watch it in 1993.
Having not seen it at the time - and watching it now - I'm not filled with nostalgia, but rather something much weirder - excitement. In this first episode, it really seems like the dawn of a brand new era. A seismic shift has occurred and the world will be better from now on because of it. Very strange to be excited for a future that's already past. Very strange indeed.
Now all we need to do is bring the Paul Newman "shoot point" back into common usage.
Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Continue - Buck Bumble
The boys at Continue are doing their part against the insect hordes, are you?
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WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW MORE?
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
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