Meat Is Murder Protest by PETA
PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) demonstrators mimic typical meat packages with signs reading, ‘Meat Is Murder,’ in Times Square in New York on July 27, 2010. The activists lying nearly naked on large trays and covered with clear plastic will feature oversized price stickers that warn, ‘Billions of Animals Are Abused and [...]
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#125 – Week of January 7, 2010
The Deadliest Place on the Planet, video – [mind-boggling]Experience New Year on Times Square in VR – [has audio]Top Ten Places You Can’t Go – [fascinating]The data-crunching powerhouse behind “Avatar” – [geek info]Men were there only once, in 1960, for 20 minutes… – [time to explore more]Sculptural Pocket Watches, [...]
Mel Blanc: Man of a Thousand Voices
Although you may have never seen Mel Blanc’s face, you’ve definitely heard his voice — he voiced hundreds of classic cartoon characters including Bugs Bunny, Porky Pig, Speedy Gonzales, Barney Rubble, Foghorn Leghorn, and bunches more. Known as the “man of a thousand voices,” he actually claims roughly 400 voices in the video below — [...]
The Photograph That Isn’t as Romantic as You Might Think
“V-J Day, Times Square, 1945,”
a.k.a. “The Kiss” Alfred Eisenstaedt, 1945
On August 14, 1945, the news of Japan’s surrender was announced in the United States, signaling the end of World War II. Riotous celebrations erupted in the streets, but perhaps none were more relieved than those in uniform. Although many of them had recently returned from [...]
6 Promotions That Didn’t Quite Work Out
Marketing has come a long way in the last two centuries, but it’s hard to get people’s attention these days. Sometimes, you’ve got to do something big and outrageous and potentially dangerous, and sometimes, those things don’t always work out exactly the way you’d planned. Like employing a guerilla marketing firm to promote a cartoon [...]
The Quick 10: 10 Abandoned Disney Projects
We leave for our annual Halloween Disney World trip in a little more than two weeks and I am getting ridiculously excited. I can’t wait to ride the Haunted Mansion 13 times (a lofty goal that we never reach), get creeped out at the Tower of Terror and glimpse a sighting of the elusive Yeti [...]
