Lots of items in the inbox and yet not enough time to post them, so I'm going to start with an entertainment cleaning with a little of everything considered entertainment!!These lovely gentlemen on the right are Green Goblin, Electro, and Vulture from the classic 1967 Spiderman animated series, which was not only memorable to kids of the 1960's on ABC on Saturday mornings but the 1970's as well in syndication.
The site 13th Dimension takes a glance back at the first mainstream appearances to bring Spiderman outside of comic book racks with this series and picks 13 great things about the show!
I have the DVD set but haven't watched it in quite a while and apparently, it's one of the harder DVD sets to find to the point of being fairly expensive on eBay and Amazon, which is not something that I would have thought.
Staying with animated series, Beth Daniels for Smithsonian Magazine writes about the Rocky and Bullwinkle series from the Jay Ward studios in the early 1960's and how the show was not only entertaining children but teaching viewers about political satire.
Daniels writes about how Bullwinkle gently jabbed at the nuclear age at a time that was the peak of the Cold War and all of the talented voices that were used on the show that was able to appeal to adults as well.
I remember watching that show as a child and even then thinking that this stuff was way over the head of most kids and yet it was funny enough to still get a kid laughing without letting them in on the joke!
It also mentions such comedy from the time when comedy often was released on LP's, Do you remember those Long Playing records with comedians like Tom Lehrer (remember our post on Lehrer?) to name one from the era.
It's great stuff from Daniels, who seems to write about things that I'm interested in and I bet her work appears here in the future...
Rachel Thompson of SeriesFuse discusses how "Root" of Person of Interest became one of her favorite characters after watching the show on DVD.
You've likely seen Amy Acker, who portrayed Root here often of late as this year's face of the PPM.
Acker's character along with "Shaw" played by Sarah Shahi were the variables in the show that drew a line from before they arrived (although Acker was an occasional guest star early on in the show's run) to after they were regulars.
Some fans loved the new additions, some preferred before they arrived (like Cherie and Rachel), so it was quite polarizing among the fan base.
My opinion?
I liked both versions of the show and respected the differences in them.
I loved Root and Acker, but the Shaw character seemed too much like another character and despite liking Shahi in "Life", her character here was not a favorite of mine.
Hot Press covers the "Wrecking Crew", the legendary group of studio musicians that included Glen Campbell, that played on just about every great record in the 1960's that you've ever heard of.
The Wrecking Crew were the backup band for so many terrific songs that might have been stars had they wanted to tour and spent time promoting records etc and would rather have spent their time playing music with the added advantage of having a regular home life.
Another note is that on the Beach Boys critically acclaimed album "Pet Sounds", the music portion is almost all the Wrecking Crew, not the Beach Boys because the Beach Boys (minus Brian Wilson) were on the road during most of the recording of that album....
We wrap up with another visit to the Smithsonian website for an article about good ol' SPAM, the Hormel mixed meat product that so many either love or hate.
Personally. about twice a year, I really get in the mood for SPAM and I'll grab a can from the grocery store.
I like it on bread (no rolls), yellow mustard, cheez whiz (Cheese perfected by science) and onion.
The article talks about how the products were developed, different countries love of the product and some recent variations of SPAM.
The funny thing about SPAM is that gross jell that always comes with it.
I always rinse SPAM off before using it because of the yucky film all over it!
Anyway, the really funny part is when you look at the knockoff SPAM products by competing companies such as Treet or Dak.
If you think SPAM looks or tastes bad, try Treet (which tastes like those awful Vienna Sausages, if you ground them up and then pressed them into shape) or Dak, which uses a different style of a can, but its taste is the worst of them all!!
Still plenty more from the inbox coming soon that needs to be freed from confinement!!
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