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Was Summer of '42 Based on a True Story?
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The happiest blog on earth. I was walking around a beach town when I suddenly remembered the movie "Summer of '42." (A teenaged boy in a summer resort town has a crush on a woman whose husband is serving in the war.) Remembering the movie, I felt like I had to know: was the movie really based on a true story? It turns out the answer is yes, according to Wikipedia. And there's two more big surprises. After the movie was released in 1971, the author of the story actually. And the actress who.
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Stieg Larsson explains the economy
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The happiest blog on earth. There's a great speech about the economy towards the end of. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo. The Stock Exchange is something very different. There is no economy and no production of goods and services. There are only fantasies in which people from one hour to the next decide that this or that company is worth so many billions, more or less. It doesn't have a thing to do with the Swedish economy.". So you're saying that it doesn't matter if the Stock Exchange drops like a rock?
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Love Songs by the Monkees
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The happiest blog on earth. My girlfriend likes The Monkees. So for her birthday, I'd made her a "mix tape" of 26 of their best love songs. And "As We Go Along" was my favorite. (It was co-written by Carol King! You can listen to the song below while watching a pretty video showing a field of flowers. Here's the lyrics to "As We Go Along.". And if you're a hard-core Monkee fan, here's the 26 love songs I picked!
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See the Episode Where Fonzie Jumped the Shark on Happy Days
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The happiest blog on earth. Fonzie literally "jumped the shark" — on water skis — in a 1977 episode of. Three decades later, the writer of that episode insists. I still don't believe that the series 'jumped the shark' when Fonzie jumped the shark.". It aired Sept. 20, 1977, and was a huge hit, ranking No. 3 for the week with a 50-plus share (unheard of today) and an audience of more than 30 million viewers. Why did we rank among the Top 25 in five of those six seasons? Are you out of your mind? Believe i...
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Watch video of General Motors' Popeye/Animal House ad
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The happiest blog on earth. This is one of the most beautiful advertisements I've ever seen. And yes, that. The ad was broadcast for just one day, on Thanksgiving Day during the NFL's traditional broadcast. Of a Detroit Lions football game. It's an implicit thank-you to America from GM for bailing out the struggling automaker, and it was produced by the ad agency Goodby Silverstein and Partners. I'd like to know who's the boxer in the ad, but the symbolism of the NASA rocket is pretty obvious.
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"The Office" cast re-creates George Seurat's Sunday in the Park painting
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The happiest blog on earth. Yes, it's the cast of "The Office" re-creating George Seurat's famous painting, "Sunday in the Park". Click the images to enlarge. NBC apparently created the image as part of their "upfront presentation," which tries to build excitement for their fall line-up of shows - both new and returning - when they're previewed to television critics. Apparently snagged the image for their blog. See also: When Jim proposed to Pam.
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Destiny-land
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The happiest blog on earth. I've become obsessed with the great music that Ben Folds wrote for "Over the Hedge." William Shatner was on his (new! Version of " Rocking the Suburbs. And there's a gentle ballad called " Still. I love the sweet (and satirical) '60s euphoria he sneaks into songs like "(I've Always Got My) Family of Me. And even a cover of The Clash's " Lost in the Supermarket. The melody itself is almost a commentary on middle-class suburban life.
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The secret lyrics from Road to Morocco
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The happiest blog on earth. I've always loved the laid back song that Bing Crosby sang in. The Road to Morocco. He's accompanied by the "ghost" of Bob Hope's grandmother on harp. It's been more than 20 years since I've seen the movie, but the tune. Sticks in my head. Ain't got a dime to my name. What a terrible shame. Ho ho, hum. Just found a hole in my shoe. And my stocking shows through. Ho ho, hum. I know that when you're as free. As a bird in a tree. Life is a wonderful whim. Rolling along at a loss.
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When Joe DiMaggio asked Paul Simon about his Mrs. Robinson lyrics
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The happiest blog on earth. Paul Simon remembers walking into a restaurant, where he's introduced to Joe DiMaggio, and "we immediately fell into conversation about the only subject we had in common.". What I don't understand," DiMaggio said, "is why you ask where I've gone. I just did a Mr. Coffee commercial, I'm a spokesman for the Bowery Savings Bank and I haven't gone anywhere! Today Reason.com reports that there's more to DiMaggio's story. Dug up DiMaggio's World War II medical record. When "The Grad...
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Lounge Singer "Richard Cheese" does SpongeBob SquarePants Theme
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The happiest blog on earth. Okay, here's something I never, ever thought I'd hear. Lounge act "Richard Cheese" does a snazzy, jazzy cover version of. The SpongeBob SquarePants theme.
