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Jan 28, 08 - 11:10 pm Comment from: ChrissyOne

If you haven't seen MirrorMask, fix that.

Jan 28, 08 - 11:16 pm Comment from: qka

But no "The Muppet Show"? Bummer!

Jan 28, 08 - 11:20 pm Comment from: ericdano

Farscape. Sadly, I own the whole series on DVD......sadly cause it was expensive. Great series.

Madame trashheaps orders you to watch farscape. nyaaaa.

Isnt that Shitscape

Jan 28, 08 - 11:49 pm Comment from: shen

"Madame trashheaps orders you to watch farscape. nyaaaa."

the trashheap has spoken!

Jan 28, 08 - 11:50 pm Comment from: Brau

Sigh ... I wish SG-1 had tried continuing via iTunes instead of just packing it in.

can you say cooperation?

Jan 29, 08 - 01:15 am Comment from: standardmess

I second The Muppet Show!

Jan 29, 08 - 01:28 am Comment from: MacSmiley

I third "The Muppet Show" !!

move along nothing to see here...except a buncha geekier than me people...oO

Jan 29, 08 - 01:55 am Comment from: doc

And all of this world
Is for children who play
Days that never end always should remain
Another perfect day

Jan 29, 08 - 02:28 am Comment from: UltraVisitor

C1, I second that about MirrorMask.

I don't think of it as a movie so much as an hour long moving painting. It's an incredible visual treat everyone should enjoy!

Jan 29, 08 - 03:09 am Comment from: Dsquare

Kermit rocks.....hope h'ell join the party....

Jan 29, 08 - 05:15 am Comment from: LorD1776

doc,

Lovely. Who wrote that?

Farscape - Made in Sydney, Australia.

Excellent lighting, if I may say so.

Jan 29, 08 - 08:40 am Comment from: grok

Farscape - excellent, original show.

Fraggle Rock Rox... I can't wait to be able to buy the entire series. It'll be my first video purchase from the store.

Jan 29, 08 - 09:23 am Comment from: eMax

How about the Muppet babies show? that was classic!

Jan 29, 08 - 09:28 am Comment from: NCMacMan

One of my favorite Muppet Show skits is with Sandra Bullock as a Therapist for Kermit. Check it out on YouTube!

Jan 29, 08 - 09:55 am Comment from: Ampar

"The World of Peter Rabbit and Friends"

(Music and lyrics by Colin Towns)

"Perfect Day"

"The rain has moved on
And left a new day
Nothing seems to move; everything is still
It's just a perfect day

The shadows and light
That move with the wind
Hidden violets grow, splashed with summer spray
Just another perfect day

On the wild and misty hillside
Fear is nature's warning
Hunger here is never far away

And all of this world
Is for children who play
Days that never end always should remain
Another perfect day"

Jan 29, 08 - 10:03 am Comment from: madgunde

I hardly watched Fraggle Rock, but for some reason, I can recite the entire theme song from memory.

Yet I can't remember the name of a person I met 1 minute ago.

Funny how my brain works.

Jan 29, 08 - 10:33 am Comment from: Grigori

@madgunde, you're not alone.

Jan 29, 08 - 12:19 pm Comment from: doc

@LorD1776

I am thankful Ampar knew who wrote that, I did not.
I learned it many years ago while watching the Peter Rabbit video box set (about three thousand times) with my children.

Miriam Stockley is the vocalist, and you can find this tune on iTunes.

The Muppet Show isn't included on this because Henson doesn't own it anymore. Disney does.

Still, Disney's got a lot of other stuff up. Why not The Muppet Show? Get on it, folks!

Jan 29, 08 - 01:34 pm Comment from: Ampar

" . . . because Henson doesn't own it anymore. Disney does."

If only we knew someone important at Disney that had some influence with Apple. Or is it the other way around?



(doc: You're welcome. I taught pre-school and first grade many years ago. "What heaven can be more real than to retain the spirit-world of childhood, tempered and balanced by knowledge and common-sense..." – Beatrix Potter’s Journal, 11/17/1896, from the National Trust collection.)

Jan 29, 08 - 01:52 pm Comment from: Ampar

P.S. http://phobos.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewAlbum?i=75677621&id=75677704&s=143441

Jan 29, 08 - 02:33 pm Comment from: doc

I greatly appreciate the sentiment expressed by Bea. I have gone to great lengths to protect the innocent spirit of my children, and to give them knowledge, with heavy emphasis on common-sense. I have not seen that quote since... don't know when!

Jan 29, 08 - 04:03 pm Comment from: doc

I should add that the tune ""Perfect Day" also helps calm me after listening (about 10 times in a row) to "Kodo - Inside the Sun Remix" by the Yoshida Brothers.

Jan 29, 08 - 05:41 pm Comment from: LorD1776

Ampar & doc,

Thanks guys. I wasn't familiar with that. It made my day.

Jan 29, 08 - 06:08 pm Comment from: doc

You are quite welcome and thanks to Bea.

Farscape on iTunes? Wonderful.

Farscape is an incredibly intelligent, sophisticated, well-written show that never underestimated the intelligence of their audience.

The philosopher Marshall McLuhan warned viewers that "we become what we behold" - and Farscape recognised that truth and did their best to make TV something other than mindless, superficial and simple.

I think Marshall McLuhan would have like Farscape. I know I do. Farscape is 'lean forward' TV. A show where you have to engage every part of your being to fully appreciate. Not just those atrophied brain cells, but also those atrophied emotions.

Farscape is the most rewarding TV that I have ever watched.