Last year, creator of cool radio shows and film scholar Aaron Neathery posted a great Eddie Cantor tune, The Only Thing I Want For Christmas, on The Third Banana blog last year. I like it a lot and, being way too damn lazy to write a blog, cribbed Eddie's 1939 Yuletide offering for today's Merry Christmas blog entry.
The Menu For Hope fundraiser runs through Christmas Day! If you're lucky enough to have a job or investments that didn't tank, bid online for these very cool gifts - and have fun doing it!
Courtesy of RetroJunk.com, here are some truly cheesy Christmas commercials for reprehensible and diabetes-inducing products. I feel guilty enough to flee to the gym with turbo-jets on my ass after just one viewing of these ads!
Until I find a 1976 TV commercial in which reggae icon Peter Tosh says "friends, here's a wonderful Christmas gift for anyone who smokes herb" (giving new meaning to the phrase "it's TOASTED"), this Christmas chestnut from Your Hit Paradewill have to do!
Regarding Eddie Cantor and vaudeville, the following documentary provides valuable insights on this wildly popular artform that preceded movies, radio and TV.
I saw this, believe it or not, for the first time last night at San Francisco's fabulous Castro Theatre, as part of their excellent Samuel Goldwyn retrospective. Also thought I had seen every bizarre musical production number ever committed to film in 1928-1934. Well, think again!
The final 20 minutes of Kid Millions had me sitting with gaping-mouthed astonishment, marveling at the sheer quantity and variety of WTF moments!
Like a determined yet mindless zombie in a George Romero flick, theKFJC Psychotronix Film Festivalreturns to wreak its harvest of pop culture mayhem yet again!
When: December 12, 2009, 7:00 to 11:30 P.M.
Where: Room 5015 on the Foothill College campus, Los Altos Hills, El Monte exit off of Highway 280.
Who: Hosted by Robert Emmett of KFJC-FM'sNorman Bates Memorial Soundtrack Show. PLUS special guest appearance by horror host Mr. Lobo of Cinema Insomnia.
Why: a frothing celluloid mixmaster simply oozing with a multi-decade concoction blending ridiculous comedy, the indescribably bizarre and swingin' music never fails to be loads of fun!.
How Much: $5 Donation to Benefit KFJC and $2 Parking.
