Another Quick Fix of Flicks, 15 August 2010
You might want to turn the volume down for some of these.
1. "Radiolab and NPR Present Words"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j0HfwkArpvU>
A clever montage.
2. "Mad Men: The Carousel"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2bLNkCqpuY>
"Mad Men" is a show about advertising people set in the early 1960s.
It's well-written and a welcome departure from those endless crime-scene
shows. SBS (belatedly) starts showing Season 2 from tonight. Here's a
clip of a highlight from the end of Season 1.
3. "Mad Men Opening Credits"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcRr-Fb5xQo>
Not only a great show, but it also has one of my favourite opening
credits from any TV series at the moment. Cool music, too.
4. "Simpsons parody of Mad Men"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KcmM7Jh2Y3k>
"The Simpsons" openers are probably my other favourite opening credits.
5. Schumacher's pitstop from "Asterix at the Olympic Games"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FfSWYxMqhAc>
The rest of the movie was ok, but not great. This bit was a highlight.
Ferrari Formula 1 fans in particular will get a kick out of this.
6. "Fishing for a goal"
<http://blog.planetargon.com/entries/2010/7/28/fishing-for-a-goal>
Elaborate, entertaining goal celebration.
7. "Champion cardstacker builds capitol with 22,000 cards"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YvLkjuYunRw>
This guy has an interesting job.
8. "World's Most Amazing Trick Shot!"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XTGBOKqccw>
Uses billiard balls _and_ dominoes.
9. "Amazing Amazon Box"
<http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Nv28lunRSY>
I wonder if this happened naturally, or if it was staged?
10. "Freakonomics, the movie"
<http://devour.com/video/freakonomics-trailer/>
For those who don't like reading books. Hopefully it will get more
people thinking about economics.
