When I was a freshman in high school, a show called Eerie Indiana came to NBC. It was a about a 13 year old boy who recently moved with his family to a place called Eerie, Indiana. Right away he realizes things are very strange and begins to document the weirdness with his new found pal, Simon. Sadly, the show only lasted one season, from 1991 to 1992. The show is on Netflix, so get some popcorn and enjoy the silliness. Highly recommended!
The Original IBM ThinkPad was a Paper Notepad
I love when I find out fun facts about items I had up to that point not really considered. I have owned and worked on IBM ThinkPads for years and never once thought about their origins. Yesterday I was doing a search on IBM when I came across an older post at A Continuous Lean called, The Original IBM ThinkPad. It has wonderful photos and tells how the IBM ThinkPad got its start as a humble Paper Notepad giveaway that would inspire the name of their line of laptops.
Photo from A Continuous Lean
[more] The Original IBM ThinkPad
Retro DVD and Blu-Ray Releases for June 21, 2011
A lot of Warner Archive stuff went wide this week, which makes this a pretty good week. I am particularly excited to rewatch Rocko’s Modern Life and to see Face Of The Screaming Werewolf for the first time.
Watch The Killings at Outpost Zeta Online
Good news, the 1980 science fiction film “The Killings at Outpost Zeta” is now available to watch, it its entirety on YouTube (and right here in this post). It is probably most noted for its use as an album cover for the Boards of Canada’s “Twoism EP”.
More information about “The Killings at Outpost Zeta” can be found here at All Clues No Solutions.
Thanks to DrWho42 for the submission.
Oh, no! It’s Mr. Yuk!
When I was young, I was taken to the emergency room because I had downed a bunch of purple (grape flavored) medicine. For some reason, I associate that experience with “Mr. Yuk”.
Mr. Yuk is a character that is supposed to keep children away from poison, cleaning fluids and paint. Parents could opt to place green-round stickers on things that children should avoid in the house. However, the fluorescent green color wasn’t yucky enough, but actually attractive to a young child – like moth to a flame.
Here is a link to a 70s era PSA which is a terrifying combination of fire, knives, psychedelic images and out of control appliances.
The throbbing, wheezing moog synthesizer soundtrack combined with the stylized cartoon graphics was enough to send any child running out of the room in fear. Especially in the 70s when electronic sounds were new and strange to the ears.
This had to be one of the scariest things on TV since Sesame Street decided to help kids learn to count to 10. Mr Nobody – a strange disembodied head that spoke numbers in front of GGI squiggly lines and a bubbling Moog soundtrack, also had children running out of the room in fear (check out the youtube comments on this video)
I sure miss those days of hiding behind the couch!
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