It looks like somebody got ahold of the 1-800-LUV-SPAM catalog and went on a shopping spree! Note the cutout sole of the Spam-branded flip-flops, which stamp the word SPAM into the sand as you walk. Decades before it cluttered up your email inbox, Spam was ubiquitous on breakfast, lunch, and dinner plates across the United States and worldwide. Over the years, Hormel’s iconic ready-to-eat canned meat product has spawned a collecting category: Spamorabilia. From vintage advertisements to zany branded merchandise, Spam collectibles are hot, hot, hot! From the start, Hormel embraced humor in marketing their “miracle meat of many uses.” Introduced to the world on July 5, 1937, the headline of the very first print advertisement for the new convenience...
To some folx, puzzles are the ultimate single-player game, but to others, they are like getting a single Tootsie Roll on Halloween. [Shane] of Stuff Made Here must fall into the latter category because he spent the equivalent of 18 work-weeks to make a robot that solves them automatically. Shots have been fired in the war on puzzles. The goal of this robot is to beat a hybrid idea of two devilish puzzles. The first is all-white which could be solved by taking a piece at random and then checking its compatibility with every unsolved piece. The second is a 5000-piece monster painted white. There is a Moby Dick theme here. Picking up pieces like a human with fingers is...
It was announced on August 2 that "Batgirl," originally scheduled for release later this year, has been scrapped entirely. Although nearly complete, and covered optimistically in press releases only a few weeks ago, Warner Bros. has elected to nix the project. This news accompanies other mysterious blows to the current Warner Bros. catalogue, including the cancellation of a "Scoob!" sequel and the vanishing of several notable HBO max originals from their streaming service. The studio seems to be having their own Crisis on Infinite Earths. The cancelation of "Batgirl," however -- while perhaps baffling -- may denote a new trend that has been playing itself out for the past few years. Already $90 million deep, Warner chose to shelve the film rather...
Fire your imagination! Ignite your passions! No, it’s not a commercial for some new fragrance. It’s chapter three of our rundown of cartoons dealing with fire and firefighters. Hopefully, we’ll keep things sizzling enough to develop heated discussion, and add a little spark to your life. We begin with what may be the earliest screen credit for a legendary director – a credit which he would not even take in his own name. Frank Tashlin would refer to himself by the nickname “Tish Tash” in the production of Hook and Ladder Hokum (Van Buren, Tom and Jerry, 4/28/33 – Geo. Stallings/Tish Tash, dir.) Tom and Jerry (Van Buren’s Mutt and Jeff counterparts, not the cat and mouse) kill time at...
The seventh episode of the first season of "Only Murders in the Building," "The Boy from 6B", was a true standout. You may recall it well enough if you're a fan of the Hulu crime comedy series: the installment was almost entirely free of spoken dialogue, as it primarily was presented from the perspective of Theo Dimas (James Caverly), the deaf son of deli king Teddy Dimas (Nathan Lane). Theo's connection to Mabel Mora (Selena Gomez) and her friends was fraught and darker than anyone could have realized, and it's no surprise that the excellent episode was nominated for Emmys in the category of direction and guest actor. (Nothing against the incomparable Nathan Lane, who got that latter nomination, but...
