Stephen’s back from his two week vay-kay. I assume he recorded a couple of “Better Know A District” segments, and some other special features. Wednesday night will have a new Tek Jansen cartoon. Always fun, but sometimes a bit too raunchy for all ages. Isn’t it great how Captain America’s shield is kept proudly in view?
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Year: 2007
Paul Sullivan Passes On
Last week Boston talk radio host Paul Sullivan gave up cancer treatment to go into hospice. It wasn’t a long stay. Paul died Sunday.
Paul Sullivan lived in Tewksbury, Massachusetts, where his family has been prominent for generations. I lived in Tewksbury for ten years, on Sullivan Parkway. I assume there’s a connection, but I don’t know for certain.
Cave Chat
Fred Flintstone may have had trouble losing weight, but that actually wasn’t a big health concern for most cave men.
©The New Yorker
Popeye Is Eye-Popping!
HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME! And to my twinster, Jean. The day is almost over, but it took time to get the video for this post ready.
Jeanie Beanie and I watched a lot of TV together while growing up, and Popeye cartoons were among our favorites. For my birthday I got what I wanted, the new Popeye DVD set. It was in expectation of that I made the new banner, with Popeye and Bluto, using a couple of cardboard puppets from the Kenner Super Show I won on eBay.
The Popeye DVD has been getting rave reviews. How good is it? Watch the 3-minute video I made, transitioning back-and-forth between the DVD and a VHS that is typical of what’s been available until now.
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All but two of the cartoons are in black & white, but are just as stunning in their own way. To order a copy of this must-have 4-disc DVD from Amazon.com, click here.
Pre-Historic Gastric Bypass
Writer Mark Evanier, whose biography of Jack Kirby is imminent, is a gastric bypass surgery success story. But what did overweight, compulsive eaters do in the stone age?
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JW Flash Player 3.11
I took the site offline for a little while to update the JW FLV Player from 3.6 to 3.11. At the same time I updated the WordPress plug-in I use for it, FLV Embed, to version 0.3.2.
It’s working, but I have the same complaint I had before, when trying to update to JW FLV 3.7. The parameter $flv_overstretch: fit doesn’t work. It’s my assumption for now that it’s a problem with the plugin not properly telling the player what to do. I’ll pursue that angle again, like I did last time to no avail. For now I’ve gone back to JW FLV 3.6 and everything is once again AOK.