Rob Lowe in Austin Powers (The First One)

 Was watching "Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me" (the second in the series, in case you forget) and noted this imdb trivia:

Rob Lowe (Young Number Two) and Michael McDonald (N.A.T.O. Soldier) appeared uncredited in Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) as different characters from this movie. Lowe appeared in the scene where a group of friends waiting at a henchman's bachelor party hear of his death. A similar scene showed McDonald's family being informed of his death.

In case it's not clear, they're saying it's strange that Rob Lowe has a part in Austin Powers 2 because he already played a different role in Austin Powers 1. The only problem is, I know the movie pretty well and I was pretty sure that scene doesn't exist.

The answer to the riddle is that it does exist, in the international version, not in the American version. It was deleted for time, or so I've read. If you're like me and never heard of this scene in your life, here it is:

And here is the scene it would have followed. RIP John Smith, his death was a heady moment.

And here is the second deleted scene connected with the second repeat actor, also cut for time from the version we all saw:

Late Night - Dana Carvey

Dana Carvey is one of the few surefire talk show guests. This was released today apropos of nothing, as far as I know... wait a minute, did Dana Carvey die? No, Dana is still alive. Phew.

Pineapple Lumps

 

Pineapple Lumps are a snack/candy from New Zealand. They're pineapple-flavored marshmallow(?) covered with a thin layer of chocolate.

As far as snacks-of-the-world go, they're pretty good and they may be the only snack I've tried native to New Zealand.

So all of that is all well and good. But here's the twist part...

It turns out that when you mix pineapple, marshmallow and chocolate it tastes like bubble gum. I would never have guessed it in a million years and it makes no sense to me, but it is absolutely true. Weird, right?

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.