A Little Hard on the Beaver

They could never imagine a world with a "pause" button.

As a kid, Leave It To Beaver was one of my absolute most favourite shows. It was corny, not particularly funny and seemed to exist in a completely different world than the small town Canadian suburbs of the late 1970s where I watched it from.

But still, the tame and lesson filled adventures of Theodore “Beaver” Cleaver resonated with me. Maybe it was the strangeness of the fake 1950s setting. Maybe I found the show’s earnestness more palpable than the cloying kids of more modern shows like The Brady Bunch. Or perhaps I dug Hugh Beaumont’s suits and suave demeanor – he was, after all, the original Don Draper. Dunno.

Anyhow, it was on a second season episode that Beaver brought home a letter from his teacher to give June and Ward. Recently, the good people at Shorpy were thoughtful enough to freeze their DVD on the one brief glimpse of the letter and transcribe it’s contents.

“My typing is lousy, but the typewriter isn’t so hot either. After all, why should I
take the blame for these mechanical imperfections, with which all of us must contend. Lew Burdette just hit a home run and Milwaukee leads seven to one in the series.”

The letter is clearly the work of some poor schlub on set – probably a production assistant of some kind or other – pulled away from his duties one day to craft the letter Mrs. Rayburn sent home with the Beav.  It’s awesome and it’s here.

Where Were You?

"Honestly, I just think Palpatine knew all along..."

A trio of  Imperial Stormtroopers throw back some drinks and talk about where they were the day the Death Star blew up. Brilliant.

Nerds

"But I thought Han shot first?"

Girls in bikinis reading scenes from Star Wars. If that sort of thing interests you.

Pimp Vader and Pimp Bobba Fett approve.

"How YOU doin?"

"Good grief!"

Artist Tim O’Brien does weird and wonderful things with paint, including this “realistic” (and terrifying) portrait of good ol’ Charlie Brown.

More info about his work can be found here.

Behold the Power of The Lord

A Holy French Fry

As well all know, Jesus is all-powerful and can basically do whatever the hell he wants. This includes having his sacred image appear on everything from bagels to pancakes to the late Nell Carter’s ass. (Though that last one can’t be confirmed, I do have it on good authority such an event once delayed production on a third season episode of  “Gimme A Break.”)

Here’s a montage of news reports detailing the various times and places The Lord has popped up in America in just the past few years.

HIGGINS!

Han Solo P.I. – Imagine the world we could be living in if Lucas had spent the 80s making this instead of Ewok movies. (Side by side with the original Magum P.I. – and this is amazing – HERE.)  /via metafilter