For some of us, Carl Sagan's 1980 series Cosmos is an almost mythic memory -- Kid Zoom knows that one sure way to get Dad all sentimental (and maybe even weepy) is to just queue up Vangelis's theme music from the series. Those shots of Carl Sagan staring in pretended rapture at the viewscreen of his dandelion-fluff "ship of the imagination" were simultaneously cheesy and awe-inspiring -- the man had an infectious SensaWonder that he invited us all to share -- and we really
Just chiming in with a typically wimpy bleeding-heart liberal response to say that I am finding this exchange very informative, even though I come to Wonkette strictly for the snark and lulz. (Oh, OK, and also for most of my news updates also too.)
I recorded (almost wrote "taped" - don't want to sound like a geezer; looking like one is bad enough!) this and watched it last night.
WOW! Thank you Wonkette! I'm very glad I read about it here.
Best thing about recording it is skipping throught the million commercials. Good Lord!
2 gig hard drive? My very first HD had a whopping capacity of 40 Mb! I soon augmented it with a second, "big" hard drive, which had a nominal capacity of 300 megabytes.
Fox has a bigger audience of Teh Youngz.
Just chiming in with a typically wimpy bleeding-heart liberal response to say that I am finding this exchange very informative, even though I come to Wonkette strictly for the snark and lulz. (Oh, OK, and also for most of my news updates also too.)
Proof that Tyson was wrong about zombies. (See upthread.)
Would you rather be burnt at the stake or beheaded?
Better a hot stake than a cold chop!
[h/t Three Stooges]
Why can't I post comments this long? Is my p-ness too short?
Apparently you didn't watch the show. Dazzling!
I recorded (almost wrote "taped" - don't want to sound like a geezer; looking like one is bad enough!) this and watched it last night.
WOW! Thank you Wonkette! I'm very glad I read about it here.
Best thing about recording it is skipping throught the million commercials. Good Lord!
That's what she said!
Rigor mortis is a temporary state, not permanent.
2 gig hard drive? My very first HD had a whopping capacity of 40 Mb! I soon augmented it with a second, "big" hard drive, which had a nominal capacity of 300 megabytes.
Where is CReature? I need a Wonkette science fix.
With Seth producing I expected some fart jokes.
It was the chrome version so it's OK.
I thought it was commonly referred to as a "cleft."
Pffftttt! My Amiga 1000 did not have a hard drive and the memory expansion came with real mice to power it.
I'd like to see him punch them anytime they say something stupid.
O'Really: The tides! Who knows how they work? Neil: *Smack*