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All I want for Hannukah is Amy Winehouse

February 20th, 2008 · No Comments

“We’re talking about making a holiday record, with Christmas songs on one side and Hanukkah songs on the other. She’s got songs called, like, Kosher Kisses and Alone Under the Mistletoe. She was kind of f**king around, but I was like, ‘You have all these amazing records to play for Christmas, like Motown and Carla Thomas and the Charlie Brown Christmas, and unfortunately, us Jews have nothing that cool to listen to. So we should do something.”

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Tags: music

Everywhere a sign #10

January 6th, 2008 · 1 Comment

Ah, yes, that recent Christmas party. Remember? It was so much fun, until it all fell apart at the end.

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Tags: signs

Happy New Year!

January 1st, 2008 · No Comments

Happy New Deed!
Happy New Deer!
Happy New Beer!
Happy New Br’er!
Happy New Brew!

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Tags: language

Christmas Time At Last!

December 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Daniel Tashian, a musician I admire, posted this new Christmas song on his website yesterday.

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Tags: music

Doodlin’ in a doodly wonderland!

December 11th, 2007 · No Comments

Banana, banana, banana.

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Of course, once you told me I was no good, I could probably get a job at a bargain basement and like it!* (Screenings: Holiday Inn)

December 5th, 2007 · 1 Comment

  • Hatching a plot to get Bing’s girl under contract as Fred’s dancing partner.
    Danny, Fred’s manager: “This is no time to be honest!”
    Fred: “Well, what should I do?”
    Danny: “All we have to do is to convince Jim that he’d be a heel if he stood in the way of a chance like this.”
    Fred: “Oh, that’ll be easy. Like peeling a turtle.”
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    Tags: film · language · Screenings

    Proof that when you’ve got it, you’ve got it.

    November 30th, 2007 · No Comments

    Concerned that he may not seem believable as an inebriated dancer, Fred Astaire got into character for a scene where he is supposed to drunkenly flail around a dance floor on New Year’s Eve by downing a shot of bourbon before each take. Most of the footage used in this clip is from the seventh […]

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    Tags: film

    The secret recipe uses yellow cake mix.

    November 28th, 2007 · 4 Comments

    Form into balls and roll in sugar, flattening slightly.
    Press a Hershey’s Chocolate Kiss in the top of each cookie.

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    Tags: family · food