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Classic Television Intro Segments @ YouTube

deadseablogs — Fri, 15 Jun 2007 13:31:13 +0000

Keep in mind these are host elsewhere than my control, so as the article grows older, links may expire or be removed (as they are, after all, not likely to be the poster’s Int.Prop. anyhow =P

Adam 12
Addams Family
Airwolf
ALF
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
All In the Family
A-Team
Battlestar Galactica
Batman
Beverly Hillbillies
Bewitched
Bonanza
Brady Bunch
Cagney & Lacey
Captain Kangaroo
Car 54 Where Are You?
Cheers
CHiPs
Dennis the Menace
Dick Van Dyke Show
Diff’rent Strokes
Doctor Who
Doogie Howser M.D.
Dragnet
Dukes of Hazzard, The
Emergency!
Facts of Life, The
Family Ties
Flintstones
Flipper
Full House
Get Smart
Gilligan’s Island (bonus)
Golden Girls, The
Green Acres
Growing Pains
Happy Days
Hawaii Five-O
Hill Street Blues
Howdy Doody
Home Improvement
I Dream of Jeannie
Jeffersons
Knots Landing
Knight Rider
Lassie
Laverne & Shirley
Leave It To Beaver
Love Boat, The
MacGyver
Mad About You
Magnum P.I.
Married… With Children
Mary Tyler Moore Show, The
M*A*S*H (bonus)
Monkees
Mork & Mindy
Mr. Ed
Mr. Belvedere
Munsters, The
Muppet Show, The
My Two Dads
Newton’s Apple
Night Court
Odd Couple, The
Perfect Strangers
Perry Mason
Price is Right
Quantum Leap
Roseanne
Sanford & Son
Saved By the Bell
Seinfeld
Six Million Dollar Man
Star Trek Original
Star Trek TNG
Star Trek DS9
Star Trek VOY
Star Trek ENT
St. Elsewhere
Taxi
Walker, Texas Ranger
Welcome Back, Kotter
Who’s The Boss
WKRP In Cincinnati
Wonder Woman
Wonder Years, The

Wacky Japanese Vehicle Modifications

deadseablogs — Wed, 13 Jun 2007 16:27:55 +0000

There was a recent Boing-Boing article about some bizarre overcustomization of their motor vehicles. We’ve all seen the wicked huge spoilers on the back of a dropped Honda with low profile tires and ground effects lighting, but this type of modification goes much further beyond that. These are no mere hood scoops. I did some hunting and found a few other galleries to share, such as StrangeVehicles.com, another loosely collected gallery, and a few goofy motorcycles. Kaneda would be proud, I’m sure.

Jpop: The Girls on the Bus

deadseablogs — Mon, 21 May 2007 17:12:59 +0000

For the second time, I’ve become a bit enamoured by a jpop music videos for both its songs catchiness as well as (or perhaps moreso) for the cuteness of the singers. This time, it’s the unlikely-I-can-pronounce-correctly Joshi Kashimashi Monogatari by the always-the-cutest, Morning Musume. If you’re wonder what they’re saying (as I was, a few loops later) here is a translation both into Romaji (the japanese kanji translated into roman-alphabet sound clusters) and English meanings. Similarly to the previous fave entry, each member is featured in their own little section, but this time actually going into some detail about them personally. If they continue this trend of individually recognizing/featuring (although I realize these videos are some years old by now) I’ll have to be hooked beyond any reasonable doubt =P

Steel Ball Contraptions (YT)

deadseablogs — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:39:58 +0000

Daydreaming recently about my favorite Sesame Street segment, the counting steel ball clips (this kind, not that kind, although the latter is a close second), and inspired by this here Digg Video entry of a wooden kinetic “Octopult” sculpture, I went a-surfing and found a few other nifty steel-ball videos. By far my favorite so far is the ceiling one. The Disc Lift is a clever way to raise the balls to the top, extra credit for using plexiglas! =D Let’s Play Outside is another such contraption, with nifty pass-offs in the middle and a quaint little outdoor scene at the base. Flight of the Bumblebee (an overused classical piece, IMHO) is one of Eddie‘s wider machines that I’ve seen and features a few percussion implementations. The Screw Lift is nothing new as far as these ball machines go, and although neither is the Chain/Fork lift from the Bumblebee, both are still just as fun to watch. Here’s a two-parter demonstration of some of the mechanical aspects involved in making the rotating functions operate smoothly — gearhead porn if you ask me =P Another of Eddie’s clever ideas include the Snake and Mouse finale, whereby one solitary ball appears as if scurrying away from a multiball snake some distance behind. Last in this delighful collection is a VT Link (?) device that has a few clever ball resetting elevators, grabs and release timers that I could just watch all day long. Reminds me of the times lazily sitting in my grandfather’s brightly sunlit plantation house sitting room of olde watching the little steel ball clock as each rose to top, passed a trigger on its way down and stood in queue for another turn.

Halo 2 Killimanjaro Compilation (YT)

deadseablogs — Mon, 21 May 2007 16:05:26 +0000

In the current running theme of posting video compliations, I was looking through other Halo 2 videos after the last post, and opted to make a colly of the killimanjaro videos, just because I could =P Yay! One, Two (!!!), Three, Four, Five, Six, Seven, and Eight. Good stuff.

Halo 3 Beta spiffiness

deadseablogs — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:49:47 +0000

If you hadn’t been aware, the giant Halo franchise is about to add yet another game into the fray, to likely conlude a 3-game story arc that, most recently, slipped its fans a mickey by ending Halo 2 with a giant cliffhanger. Well, the multiplayer gurus at Bungie have granted us frag-hungry fans of the famous fingermasher a reprieve by at least creating a Beta edition (a Beta is a test version of a game, usually only reserved for the illustrious Beta Testers to run the game into the ground and report irregularities that don’t show up on the final release) to the public for certain people closely associated with the group.. or whoever buys another game, Crackdown. I bought Crackdown, and on the mega-touted “release day” for the Beta, Microsoft and Bungie bit the big blunder bite by failing to test the fact that the Beta would even correctly download for Crackdown users resulting in a let-down so large, many people have complained that they lost valuable vacation days from work only to end up not even being able to play it! It wasn’t until about 9pm Central US time that the download finally worked, and around 10:30 or later I was set in front of the projector, friend alongside for some Xbox Live action. So here, for the moment, are some shots of the action that I myself recorded and posted to YouTube. They were taken with the game’s in-game session-recording feature, then played back and recorded thence with my digital camera (and I have higher quality versions stored locally) that turned out little better than “eh.. ok”. Here are a few highlights of those first few days of frenzied fraggery. First there’s a moment where I (top) get splattered by a passing Ghost (driven by my guest, bottom) and sliiiiide out into the snow surrounding the Snowbound level and eventually pass the normally impossible to pass invisible barrier of the level. Secondly, a similar incident whereby my flailing body passes said barrier but goes into some wacky kind of glitchy elasticity where various appendages beging to stretch in a wicked crazy manner. Thirdly, whilst passing innocently by the open main gate of ___ I get splattered by an oncoming Warthog and whimsically ricochet off a nearby barrier that I just thought was funny (the ricochet, not the barrier). Fourthly comes quite possibly the shortest splatter spree ever (which is now a medal, btw) when my guest splatters me for the medal, just as a latch a Brute shrapnel grenade onto his ghost and blast him out of it, for a Killjoy medal (ending a killing spree) in return. Fifth, using the new Bruteshot, I embed a few projectiles into partymate GM80 and with a quick uppercut using the sharp end, send him flying up into the air, after which his dead MC actually lands on his feet before toppling over. Lastly and my favorite, I manage get my first 3-medals-at-once combo, by managing a double-kill from the grave. Yeah, I’m aware the video quality isn’t all that great =P

Vidz – Andy McKee YT Compilation

deadseablogs — Mon, 21 May 2007 15:20:07 +0000

Dear Dear! I hadn’t realized it’s been nearly a month since my last post. Sounds like something I’d write on my reunion site =P Anyhow, I’ve come across an amazing acoustic guitar and harp-guitar musician, named Andy McKee. He performs something called drifting, that, although the term sounds like a cheap attempt on snagging a buzzword, the actual feat is rather more amazing and clever to me than creative steering of foreign automobiles. Submitted for your perusal, I bring you my YouTube link colly of Andy McKee vidz.. including Heather’s Song, Shanghai, Keys to the Hovercar, The Friend I Never Met, For My Father, Into the Ocean, Rylynn, Drifting, Dreamcatcher, Africa, and my favorite, Tight Trite Night. You can check out his personal site at AndyMcKee.com or pop over to his vendor’s site at CandyRat.com. Enjoy!

Jpop: All For One, One For All

deadseablogs — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 09:13:46 +0000

A few months ago, I became a fan of Jpop partly because of the song catchiness but also (ok, largely, yeah yeah) because so many of the gals were just so darn cute =P Here’s my all-time favorite music video so far, which is a huge room full of a bunch of Hello!Project and Morning Musume jpop groups all singing one song. Interspersed are brief closeups of each gal with their name, as a good introduction to each artist. This Google Video version has the lyrics in English and all of the artists translated including the groups they’re in. If you’re looking for a higher quality version, check out this 151mb Stage6 DiVX post (direct download/save as).

Massive Compilation of Cartoon Intros

deadseablogs — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 08:31:52 +0000

Among 1980′s cartoon theme segments found in Volume 1, you’ll find: He-Man, She-Ra, Inspector Gadget, Ghostbusters (with the ape), The Real Ghostbusters (with the movie tune), BraveStarr (reminds me of “Planet Texas” by Kenny Rogers), Heathcliff and Marmaduke, Heathcliff (argh get that song out of my head), Gilligan’s Planet (sounds like a few original voices), Voltron, Mighty Orbots, Danger Mouse, Duck Tales (the trumpets playing when the alien laughs is a nice touch), Chip and Dale Rescue Rangers, The Littles, Pac-Man, Captain N The Gamemaster (NES-based), Super Mario Brothers Super Show (live-action hosts), Super Mario Brothers Super Show (all animated, same rap song), The Legend of Zelda, Thundarr The Barbarian, GI Joe (gives me goosebumps!), Transformers (starts with blue grid), Transformers (starts in space), Challenge of the Gobots, Beetlejuice, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (starts with moonscape), Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (starts with sewer), The Charlie Brown and Snoopy Show (not the famous theme), Dungeons & Dragons (party gets their powers), Dungeons & Dragons (party well established, with Voltron narrator), and Blackstar. In Volume 2 are a bunch of repeats except for Battle of the Planets, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Thundercats, Teenage Mutant *Hero* Turtles (Mikey is missing his nunchakus, shown in the UK, “Splinter taught them to be fighting teens”) and The Trap Door. In Volume 3 comes Ulysses 31, Pole Position, Disney’s Adventures of the Gummi Bears, Roobarb & Custard, Count Duckula, Action Force (“International Heroes”, Foreign version of GI Joe, similar lyrics), Denver The Last Dinosaur, and Silverhawks. In Volume 4 we find Jem, The Mysterious Cities of Gold (an all-time fav!), Spiderman and His Amazing Friends, Jim Henson’s Muppet Babies, My Little Pony, The Racoons, and Dogtanian. In the fifth volume of 80s intros, we see C.O.P.S. (yes, an animated series), Wuzzles, Ovide Video, Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers, Dennis The Menace, Teddy Ruxpin, The Simpsons (started in 1989, has some atypical footage). Part 6 continues with Chuck Norris Karate Kommandos, Mr.T, Around The World With Willy Fog, Dino-Riders, Galaxy High, The Snorks, Spiral Zone, Transformers (starts with a giant head from a green grid), and The Get Along Gang.

As if that wasn’t enough nostalgia, there’s also cartoon intros from the 1990′s. In Volume 1 comes Batman The Animated Series, Animaniacs, Beavis and Butthead, Fantastic Four, Swat Cats, The Adventures of He-Man (unusual version), Bucky O’Hare, Spider-Man (with 3D city), Pokemon, Superman (drawn like Batman), Dexter’s Laboratory, and Duckman. Volume 2 brings Gargoyles, Samuri Pizza Cats (their spelling), King of the Hill, Rocko’s Modern Life, South Park, Dr. Zitbag’s Pet Shop, Sonic The Hedgehog, Aahh! Real Monsters, The Tick, Angry Beavers, Spongebob Squarepants, and Family Guy. Volume 3 presents us with Sharky & George, Back To The Future, Goof Troop, James Bond Jr, Zorro, Talespin (a favorite), Highlander, Pinky & The Brain, Prince Valiant, Dragonball Z (quite possibly my topmost favoritest cartoon ever).

Lastly comes a 2000′s decade cartoon intro set, featuring Sonic X, X-Men Evolution, Transformers Cybertron, TMNT, Spider-Man, Justice League, Fantastic Four, Beyblade, Duck Dodgers, My Dad The Rock Star, and Camp Lazlo.

Whew!

Foreign TV show: oddly dancing Korean girls

deadseablogs — Thu, 19 Apr 2007 06:25:13 +0000

Some asian television program features this pair of Korean girls who have choreographed a very peculiar homemade video. Must… look… away…