Carol Channing meets Hogan's Heroes

Just how and why did Carol Channing travel back in time to World War II and meet the gang from Hogan's Heroes? And why did Jell-o think it appropriate to use Nazis in a TV commercial? Click here for the alarming answers.

What If...?

What if -- the Beatles were Jewish?

Talent / No-Talent®

It's time for our newest feature - Talent / No Talent - and today we feature Tina Fey and late-night superstar Jimmy Fallon in their "screen test" as news anchors for Saturday Night Live.

See if you can guess which person has legitimate talent, and which one will be lucky if he's still on the air six months from now.

Of course, it's too early to make fun of Fallon's flop-sweat fueled train wreck of a talk show, but it's not too late to poke fun at Mr. Unprofessional's lame ad-libs after his very first joke in the clip.

Dig It

Above left, we have Philadelphia broadcast pioneer Georgie Woods - an influential DJ from the 1960's, and over on the far right, we have Wee Georgie Wood - a British midget actor who excelled at playing children.

For years, I believed the Georgie Wood mentioned at the end of the Beatles' song "Dig It" was the guy on the left (I've even seen interviews with Georgie Woods asking him about it) - but according to Wikipedia it was the little guy on the right. (And who are we to doubt Wikipedia?)

Since we're discussing "Dig It" - the famous version from the Let It Be album is actually a greatly distilled edit of a much longer performance which can be viewed here. It's from the film version of Let It Be, that is so bogged down by music copyright problems that you'll probably never see the DVD in your lifetime.

Get Smart Blooper Reel

You might well ask why I am linking to a Get Smart Blooper Reel. Well last week, I received the complete Get Smart series on DVD (a great bargain at - would you believe - $86.99), and happened upon part of this as a bonus feature on the first season disc.

This is pretty standard mid-60's blooper territory - with the notable exception that Don Adams (Max) is a bit of a dick to Ed Platt (the Chief) throughout - calling him "dummy" at one point, chastising him for being unprofessional, and only giving him one more take to get his lines right.

Blabberize

Have you, like me, been waiting patiently for a way to take still photos and animate the subjects' mouths - with the ability to add your own dialogue track to make it look like the picture is talking?

No? Well here's Blabberize anyway.

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