Hot on the heels of that 1920’s footage of the Big Easy comes this footage of the roaring 20’s in New York City. Now I know what you’re all thinking — The Great Gatsby! And yes, this was the era of Art Deco, jazz, and flappers. But look at that
In what is hands-down the most British things I’ve seen in a while, this is a 1974 clip from BBC Nationwide of Michael Barrat interviewing snail aficionado Christopher Hudson and his beer-loving giant African snail, Boozy. Honestly, I thought it was a Monty Python skit at first, and I’m still
This is some historical black and white footage from The Big Easy captured in the 1920’s that’s been upscaled to 60FPS, stabilized, remastered, and colorized, with some sound design added for good measure. The result isn’t fantastic, although I imagine the source material was pretty rough around the edges. I
This is a vintage 1988 clip from the Minneapolis–Saint Paul talk show Good Company, where hosts Steve and Sharon Edelman (who reminds me of Shelley Long) discuss the opening of an exciting new Italian restaurant in the area: Olive Garden. They run through the location and menu, before delving into
Take a trip in my time machine to 1992, when Hasbro Flirt Squirts commercials aired on television, trying to convince girls to secretly spray their friends with water guns disguised as a calculator, candy, nail polish, lipstick, portable cassette player, and sunglasses. Those were different times, weren’t they? I can’t
This is a 16mm film featuring a tour of Disney World in 1972 that’s been remastered in high definition so you can fully appreciate just how scary those old costumes really were. I assume this was before they adopted ‘The Happiest Place On Earth’ as their slogan. “They’ve been using
This is some footage from the wayback machine, taking us to the year 1968 and The Rolling Stones recording the banger ‘Sympathy For The Devil’ for their album Beggars Banquet. It was interesting to watch the process. Also, I found it particularly impressive how they were able to smoothly edit
To celebrate Carol Burnett’s 90th birthday yesterday (the big 9-0!), here’s a best-of compilation of the show’s actors breaking character with laughter. It’s a good time. Remember the Carol Burnett show? I sure do. Of course I also remember the Renaissance like it was just earlier this year. Now I