Guy Beats Tetris

Did you ever see someone beat Tetris? Well apparently not because this video claims to be the world first. "Beating Tetris" means here that you get to Level 255 and move to the next level and it goes back to Level 0. They're calling this a "Rebirth" which seems confusing to me, but whatever.

A few notes of no interest to anyone... The highest digit of the Lines Count goes 0-9 and then A-Z and then hyphen, comma, apostrophe, right arrow, exclamation point, question mark and left parentheses. The highest digit of the Score goes 0-9 and then A-F (hexadecimal) and then back to 0. The Level, as said, goes to 255 to 0. That's 3 different "numbering systems" on one screen.

I can't understand this video. My mind cannot process this quickly. And he even seems to be monitoring the chat and responding in real-time. Crazy. Just crazy.

Solo in Rural Pennsylvania

A bit of a word of warning: this is not going to be everyone's cup of tea. It's a guy with a camera going around central Pennsylvania, eating, filming the scenery and talking to the locals. It's not for everyone but I love it. 

This is something I would love to do, if I could. I admire this guy's ability to do it. It's an amazing idea that you can just pick someone out at random, interview them and get something interesting. But not just getting something of interest, it's amazing how people chosen at random can all be so likeable.

I even had a life goal to visit Centralia but it looks like I missed my chance, in a way. Centralia has really gone downhill.

BrutalMoose - More Mystery Tapes

Larry Appleton sighting at 36:10.

By the way, I was in the era to experience both the Sunkist vitamins and the kids' toothpaste. They were both awesome. I used to want to eat the vitamins like candy and then I'd wonder if that meant I was addicted to drugs.

Actors Who Got Their Start on Little House on the Prairie

"Little House on the Prairie" was about children about as much as it was about adults. The only problem was that, throughout the 9 seasons, the children just kept growing up, creating a constant demand for even more children. And so the children came out of the woodwork - children born, children adopted, children picked up off the street, orphaned children whose parents die, and so forth. In addition, there were children who were new to town or had been in town for a long time but we're just now seeing them for the first time, somehow, and will never see them again, somehow.

Here are some of the actors who got their start on "Little House..."

Jason Bateman

Jason Bateman shows up in S07E21. His parents die in a wagon crash and he's adopted by Charles Ingalls, thereby making Jason a cast member for a few years. "Little House" was his first role.

Shannen Doherty

In S09E01 Shannen Doherty shows up as Jenny Wilder. Her father dies and she is left with her Aunt and Uncle, becoming a cast member for the next 2 seasons.

Peter Billingsly

Peter Billingsly arrives in S08E12 as a kid with a stutter who has trouble making friends. This is about a year before "A Christmas Story."

Sean Penn 

Sean Penn shows up in "The Voice of Tinker Jones" (S01E11 or S01E12 depending on the source) as just a random kid in the background. He was included in the show because his father directed the episode.

Robert Loggia

Robert Loggia.

And finally, not a child actor like the others, but I should include this somewhere... Jonathan Banks, who played Mike Ehrmantraut on "Breaking Bad," shows up in S06E16 as an outlaw.

Paul Jr. Has a Podcast

Continuing to pretend that the sudden re-emergence of "American Chopper" is real and organic, it turns out that Paul Jr. has a podcast now.

Above is the third episode where he talks about recently watching the episodes and finding that so much time has past that he feels more like a viewer than a participant. He also says he's working on getting a new show but it's early stages.

So he has a podcast and a youtube channel, Paul Sr. has (at least) a youtube channel, it looks like Mikey has a podcast, Vinnie has a youtube channel... does Rick have a podcast? - no, I think he was a guest on Paul Sr.'s podcast... Basically it's 2024 and everyone in the world is on youtube with a podcast. There isn't enough time in the world to keep up with it.... except I'll probably keep up with Paul Jr.'s channel because I have the American Chopper brain damage and this is how bad it is.

Andy Richter in The Real Live Brady Bunch

Apparently there was a live show in 1991 where actors would re-enact episodes of "The Brady Bunch" and the cast included Andy Richter as Mike (the dad). Other cast members included Jane Lynch and Melanie Hutsell (who would go on to parody the same part on SNL.) Becky Thyre as Marcia is spot-on.

Quite a time capsule. Man, I wish I enjoyed anything as much as this audience loves this show. Does this support my theory that people in the past were much more joyous? My instincts tell me this is just an aberration.

You can watch a behind-the-scenes "making of" look at the show here.