Monthly Archives: June 2006

John Sutherland Productions

I accepted the suggestion of placeboKatz and took a look at Destination Earth. It is a propaganda cartoon sponsored by the American Petroleum Institute, where a Martian explorer discovers the secrets behind the USA’s prosperity: oil and free enterprise. The … Continue reading

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Shrew pictures

How can someone resist to that super-cute-furry-tiny-adorable-little-creature? Awww… so cute! That is just one of the several picture that Jamie McCarthy took from the northern short-tailed shrews that appear on his back yard. (Thanks André!)

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Canadian War Poster Collection

A fabulous collection: Canadian War Poster Collection – The holdings of the Print Collection in the Rare Books and Special Collections Division include some 250 Canadian posters from the two World Wars. During the First World War, the imagery of … Continue reading

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Classic Cartoons

Classic Cartoons: This blog is intented to support the love and rediscovery of Classic Theatrical Cartoons from the Golden Age of Animation but with an eye on modern productions as well as on tv animation! Full of images, the blog … Continue reading

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IR Control Daleks

Who wants a IR Control Daleks? Each IR Dalek stands 8 inches high and is happiest when gliding across your desk shouting “EX-TER-MIN-ATE!” and hunting for the Doctor. Complete with tank-like controls and digitized grating dalek voices you’ll feel just … Continue reading

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The Starry Night

From the APOD: The Starry Night by Vincent van Gogh painted 1889. This painting is wonderful and now I have a good excuse to post it. The painting Starry Night is one of the most famous icons of the night … Continue reading

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Pac Man: The Insatiable Hunger

Videogame Theater presents Pac Man – The Insatiable Hunger. A funny video using puppetry and animation, with Pac-Man as a junkie and wife-beater. Poor Ms Pac-Man. (I know this isn’t new, but I found it now). More Pac-Man: Frogger, 1980 … Continue reading

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Cinémannecy

Association Cinémannecy se met en quatre pour vous proposer une ribambelle d’images nouvelles. Découvrez notre univers emplit de Courts et Très Courts Métrages… The list of films of 2005 contains some great videos and almost all have links to watch … Continue reading

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Le Moulin

Le Moulin (The Mill) is a pretty good animation by the student Florian Thouret . The animation was his project to the to École Émilie Cohl in 2005 and it was in the last Annecy. Through love, a man disrupts … Continue reading

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We love Orson Welles

Here are six stupendous reasons why I love Datajunkie: "O" is for Orson!, "W" is for Welles!, "C" is for Campbell Playhouse!, "H" is for Harry Lime!, "M" is for Mercury Theater on the Air and "Z" is for Zither!. … Continue reading

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