Commercials

I recently complained about commercials and how sexist they are-I still think they are but at least they aren't as bad as they used to be. Here is a compilation of a bunch of old Folger's commercials that I shared with my students.

Fist City

I love Loretta Lynn.

I was looking for the sing 'The Pill' to play to my class tomorrow and found this song on youtube-

Grover

(BTW- I changed the design of my blog so I could widen the posts and you would be able to see entire clips instead of having the sides cut off- what do you think of the new design??)

A friend posted this on Facebook- I love it and had to share. Hopefully Robin will see this as Grover was always her favorite!



The inspiration for Sesame Street's clip...

Stop It!

My sister, who recently received an APC- which stands for Associate Professional Counselor, recommended this video- apparently this clip was shown in several of her classes. And, since I love Bob Newhart, I decided to share it and encourage you to take his advice.

Little Red Riding Hood

I recently posted a video of Swing Shift Cinderella here and my friend Katie asked if i had read the book Little Red Riding Hood Uncloaked- I hadn't, but i recently got the book and just started reading it. Every time i see the title I get the Little Red Riding Hood song stuck in my head and, as I only know one line of it, it was getting quite annoying. So this morning I finally decided to look for the song so that at least I would know more of the lines when it got stuck in my head and I came across this amazing video on youtube of an old Betty Boop cartoon put to the song. It seemed perfect because I had recently been talking to another friend who is teaching a film class and is using Betty Boop cartoons in the class and had just sent me an article on Betty Boop. Anyway, I figured I'd share the clip here- it's amazing what they could get away with in cartoons in 1931!

Bronte Sisters!

A friend posted this on Facebook- I had to share.

too funny (and I'm not even a Star Wars fan)

Swing Shift Cinderella

This is a bit long- but I am fascinated by the use of wolves in cartoons during WWII to represent sexual aggressiveness. (Sorry- I've got my dissertation on my mind....)

W-O-M-A-N

Jammin' the Blues

This is a truly awesome short from 1944- we watched it in the cinema class- we've watched some amazing stuff...

The Seven Dwarfs- in French!

Yes!

When I was home last month we woke up one morning to find this on my parent's driveway...



(It says- "YES! oops wrong house, response to Homecoming")

Sherlock Jr.

I love this movie and I think it includes one of the best car chase scenes ever (well- the best I have seen) and I've been meaning to put a clip here for a while. It's a longer clip than I wanted but if you skip forward a bit- to like the four or four and a half minute mark you can just watch the car chase- but the rest is great too!

rest stops

Rest stops in Virginia...



Rest stops in Utah...

Dallas

If you haven't watched Dallas you have no idea how awesome this is. Still, it's too funny.

self defense

Oddly enough this clip ties in nicely with the reading I did this week.

Simon and Simon

I just started watching Simon and Simon (I don't know what it is with me and 80s TV). The end theme song cracks me up every time so I thought I'd share. Enjoy!

Flight of the Conchords

I just started watching Flight of the Conchords- too funny.

Only at Christmastime ....

I was walking through the parking lot, back to my car after going to the Hallmark store, and almost got ran over by Mrs. Claus. I guess she was running late to pick up her husband.

Couldn't think of a good title

I got Rusty a couple new toys today, he played with each of them for about 30 seconds and then hid them under the bed. I was trying to find a squirrel- since he loves them so much- the closest thing I could find was a hedgehog. But he seems to like it anyway.

We went for a walk around Colonial Williamsburg- Rusty loves it. He has discovered horses, cows, and sheep. He likes sheep the most (maybe because he looks like one). I should say he likes them until three of them turn around, gather at the fence, and stare at him- then he runs away. Here are some pictures from around town.

Sadly, our walk did not end well, I was listening to my ipod and one of my earbuds fell out and somehow got tangled in Rusty's leash and... well look at the picture below. And I've only had them a couple weeks :(