Animals

Awesome Battle… Movie Posters Featuring Dogs With Sunglasses

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When I set out to compile this Awesome Battle, I honestly expected to encounter more fodder for the masses.  So in addition to a slide show rolling through the history of movie posters featuring dogs in sunglasses (or any type of eye wear), I decided to seek out the source of this unfortunately underused fad.

To begin, here’s the slide show:

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Now some might be inclined to believe that Carl Reiner’s Summer School poster kicked off the trend, but that was released around the time of Bud Light’s Spuds MacKenzie ad campaign, and Spuds was quite the party animal.  Check out his “wild” antics here:

(SIDENOTE: Here’s his “wild” music mix, including “wild” songs by The Beach Boys, Jerry Lee Lewis, and The Human Beinz.)

Spuds MacKenzies Party Faves... Album?

And maybe others might even further think that this Dustin Hoffman classic was the inspiration for it all:

Straw Dogs (1971)

But in reality, you’d have to go all the way back to this Walt Disney classic for the source:

Old Yeller (1957)

(SIDENOTE: Yes, those are Gucci sunglasses on Old Yeller…)

Hibbidy-Wah?! The Difference Has Never Been Made So Clear (And Catchy)

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Thank you, thank you, thank you Parry Gripp!  Now I know what makes a turtle a turtle and a tortoise a tortoise!

This is a real Blastoise.

(More real Pokemón here.)

Drunken Recollection… Strange Animal Sports

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Apparently, this happens:

At the bar, someone brought up the fact they used to play this in high school.  (I still doubt they played it.  Seems kind of potentially dangerous.)  But nonetheless, I didn’t believe, and in not believing, I made an ass of myself.

The last time I didn’t believe, it was about this being possible:

I had to eat crow after that.

Thanks, I’m here all night!

Worth 1003 Words… Snowy AT-AT Edition

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Star Wars Leashed

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InASense, Lost… Unaware Of This “Business”

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It’s another edition of InASense, Lost, and there’s still room to surprise me.

This time, it’s a children’s book entitled: The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business.

This is the cover:

Yes. That is shit on his head.

Basically, it’s about a mole that gets his head pooped upon, and the entire book he tries to figure out who did it.  SPOILER ALERT: It was the dog.  So the mole poops on the dog’s head as revenge.

The analysis from one Amazon reviewer:

So, what does this teach my children?

1. It’s ok to poop on others.
2. Revenge is better than forgiveness.
3. Different types of animal poop. (Is this really necessary?)
4. Poop is safe to touch.

Ultimately, poop is funny.  And let’s be honest… the author is German (Werner Holzwarth), and we all know they’re into Scheiße.  What?  It’s all over the TripleDoubleU so it must be true!

(SIDENOTE: If you want a good and decent children’s novel, I’d recommend A Sick Day for Amos McGee.  In fact, I’d recommend anything but The Story of the Little Mole Who Knew It Was None of His Business…)

No animal poop in this one. Just someone who feels like it.

Happy Find… And A Happy Rediscovery!

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I was catching up on the new episode of Archer on FX when a preview for this show appeared:

Is is going to be great?  Who cares!  It’s different at the very least (albeit a remake of an Australian show).

And as for that rediscovery – remember the old Cybill Shepherd show, Cybill?  Probably not because I barely did.  Alicia Witt played Zoe on that show, and I forgot about her until she played Miss Pasternak on Two and a Half Men.

Alicia Witt... how could I ever forget you...

Sure, she’s been in plenty of things I haven’t seen since then (including the Two and a Half Men rerun from two and a half years ago), but I did find out that producer Chuck Lorre created both shows, so it’s nice that he’s still looking out for her.

  • Alicia Witt on Cybill
  • Alicia Witt on Two and a Half Men

Worth 1002 Words… We’ll See How Long This Lasts Edition

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Just Desserts

Some alternates:

  • Dog Gone-It
  • Kitty Litter
  • Pussy Galore
  • Cat Happens

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Scary/Hairy Christmas!

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Hopefully you haven’t seen either of these already, but if you have, I’ve included the gift receipt.

Something naughty:

Something nice (and a weird mix of funny and sad):

All I Want For Christmas Is… This Song To Really Be About What I Hope It’s About!

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Mostly everyone nowadays knows Clarence Carter for his song, Strokin’.  If the blind blues singer is known for anything else, it should be at least for the hook from his song, Backdoor Santa.  Run-DMC “borrowed” the back beat for their better-known Christmas in Hollis, but here’s the original:

Awesome, right?  It’s definitely sexual in nature, butt am I wrong to think it could be about a little something extra under the tree?  I known the TripleDoubleU has been around for quite some time and my purest thoughts are no different from yellow snow, butt I don’t think I’m reading too much into these lyrics:

I’m your
Backdoor Santa
I make my run
At the break of day

“The break of day” is also known as “the crack of dawn.”

I ain’t like
Old Saint Nick
He don’t come
But once a year

That part is obviously sexual, and the concept was stolen by Pierce Brosnan’s James Bond.  Here’s where it gets really interesting…

I kept that door open
In case anyone
Smelled a mouse

No comment.

All I Want For Christmas Is… To Live In Japan!

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It’s not like there aren’t enough other reasons to live in Japan, but because things like Japanese Bug Fights exist, it continues to give me hope about one day opening an exotic animal battle center of my own!

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