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23 Orson Welles on Cold Reading and "Shut-eyes"A fascinating yarn about Welles' brief stint as a charlatan. 15 Monty Python - Home EntertainmentJohn Cleese and Graham Chapman as a pair of sexy cougars enjoying a radio programme. Quite a surreal sketch. More so than usual. Happy 40th anniversary of the Flying Circus' first episode! 11 The Beach Boys- God Only KnowsOne of the greatest songs ever written. I killed the other one I posted because they were lip syncing. This one is live with a few different cuts from different concerts. I feel very lucky to have seen Carl perform this before he died. 28 Across the Universe - The BeatlesUm I hardly believe this is not already posted. I could not find it at least. 19 Video Toaster - computer magic anno 1990A fun look at the Video Toaster for the Amiga computer, amazing in 1990 :) And if I read my history books correctly, this program was behind CGI magic in the first season of Babylon 5. 12 The Owl and the Raven: An Inuit LegendA stop-motion animation of the Inuit legend of how the Raven became black produced by the National Film Board of Canada. 21 "My Rifle, My Pony and Me" - Dean Martin - Rio BravoHere's Dean Martin and Ricky Nelson singing an old cowboy song in Rio Bravo, starring John Wayne. 23 Largest non-nuclear explosion in history (for a while)On April 5, 1958 an underwater mountain, Ripple Rock, was decapitated by the explosion of 1,375 tonnes of Nitramex 2H (an ammonium nitrate based explosive). The destruction of Ripple Rock was a brilliant... more inside 22 Truman Capote Explains the Non-Fiction Novel (1966)Eccentric writer Truman Capote explains his writing style for In Cold Blood. If you haven't read In Cold Blood you should. I just recently finished it after watching the movie Capote starring Phillip... more inside 14 Happy 40th Birthday, Sesame Street!Sesame Street debuted on Public Television 40 years ago today, November 10 1969. This is apparently the first Sesame Street footage, shot as a promo bit for the series. Bert and Ernie, sponsored by Xerox. 12 Eskimo Hunters - 1949 FilmA film from 1949 featuring an Eskimo family from Alaska. (Canadian Inuit prefer to be called 'Inuit' - Alaskan Inuit prefer being called 'Eskimos').
My father was born in 1950, and grew up in a way... more inside 12 SSP - So Have IAnother toy classic from 1972! I loved these. I remember when I was a kid, I could never figure out what he said... "So Have I"! I always wanted one of these - I did get the Smash up Derby Set though - Which was way cooler; Ramps, pieces that flew off... Way cooler than todays "Safety Toys". | Top Sift for Nov 20th, 2009Friends O' the Sift Top New Vintage Videos by Vote Subscribe Top 15 Vintage Sifters of All Time Top 8 Vintage Sifters of the Past Week Newest Appreciated Comments |