Here is one of the best old comedy shows from the ’50s, The Three Stooges, Starring Moe, Larry, Curly, Shemp. Actually, the Three Stooges were made for movies as short videos in the 1930s. I think of them as made for TV in the ’50s because that is when and how I saw the Stooges. On TV at home in the ’50s. The Three Stooges actually began in the 1930s and were re-broadcast in the ’50s, ’60s & ’70s on TV.
Sam White roguetech.substack.com What is pixel art? Well, it’s art made from pixels. Pretty simple. Except most digital images are made from pixels, so we should add that pixel art tends to mean retro 8-bit or 16-bit looking compositions. Think ’80s and ’90s console graphics, repurposed simply
Ben McCann Ben McCann, Associate Professor of French Studies, University of Adelaide mercatornet.com On October 16 1923, brothers Walt and Roy set up a modest cartoon studio. Their goal was to produce short animated films. They created a new character: a mouse, with large ears. Named “Mickey”, he soon
Old folk have been grumbling about ‘young people these days’ at least since Socrates allegedly groused that the youth of Athens “have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise”. No doubt, there were misery-gutses on the African savannah who warned
Ben McCann University of Adelaide In November 1942, a romantic drama directed by a Hungarian immigrant and starring an ex-naval officer and an obscure Swedish actress was released. The film began shooting without a finished script. Many at Warner Brothers Studios thought the film would quickly disappear into obscurity. It
The question is whether New Zealanders are prepared to give up equal, democratic control over water itself. That would be a step too far.
I hope you’ve all enjoyed a solid break over the holidays. We certainly did, recharging for what’s ahead. Now, we’re ramped up and ready for a cracker of an election year. Let’s make it count.
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About 30 minutes before the race, they were told the guide would be Sam Ruthe – a record-smashing runner who on January 4 became the fastest 16-year-old to ever run the 1000m distance.
