Time to give thanks–for horror. On this special horror film N.E.R.D.cast, Jordu, Joey, Norman Meyers and special guest Norman Cabrera talk about horror films and other monstery goodness. Oops! Episode 20 was accidentally re-posted, but it’s fixed now. Here is 21:

N.E.R.D.cast

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The Navi maquettes are all Jordu’s; however, the faces on the painted figures have been altered from his original sculptures. The clip is short but still cool.

He is not Rastafarian. Stop asking.

This is parody. No need for a lawsuit.

Vintage!

“No, I’ve tried acupuncture. It doesn’t really help.”

Oh, you are in for a special treat, my little nerdlings. This is, indeed, the long-awaited Star Wars N.E.R.D.cast. Strap onto your Tauntauns, because the ride begins here. More Star Wars to come in the future.

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FRIDAY!

Likes: Batteries and Christmastime, Dislikes: Lightning Storms and Marbles

This guy goes through a LOT of deodorant.

It was the street I grew up on, like so many other children of the sixties and seventies; and, it would seem, every decade since. The Children’s Television Workshop launched Sesame Street forty years ago on the 10th of this month to a generation of kids previously raised on the standardized kid-show formats of Captain Kangaroo and Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood, and it changed and advanced the way children are educated. With short, commercial-length segments, colorful cartoons and, of course, the beloved Jim Henson Muppets, Sesame Street revolutionized not only kids’ programming, but television itself. Condescending to children was nowhere to be found on the program, and the diversity of personalities and ethnicities was long overdue on television. (Mississippi banned it initially, claiming that the state “wasn’t ready” to see a mix of races presented so equally.) But the show transcended its kiddie roots especially by being the first to deal with real difficulties, like getting lost, getting to know someone with a handicap, even death itself—a segment for which the show was widely praised.

For me, it introduced me to the incredible expressiveness of puppets as characters, and how faces can be created with an economy of form. Grover and Big Bird are marvels of simple design, and the puppeteering was astoundingly polished, giving so much life and believability to these furry creations that the kids featured on the show knew them not as inanimate objects, but as people.

Its influence is impossible to measure, the characters icons of Americana, and the sweet and gentle way in which it introduced so many children to the world is a testament to the loving people involved in its creation. Happy Birthday, old friends—and thank you!

(As of 2009, Sesame Street has won over one-hundred-and-seventeen Emmys!)

“Has anybody seen my tail?”

You can force him to watch the new “V”, but you can’t force him to like it.