He might not have any ears, but he’s got a ticklish tummy and a lathery longevity. Sesame Street‘s ode to good, clean fun in the tub, “Rubber Duckie,” just turned 50. The song debuted on Feb. 25, 1970, in episode 78 during the first season of the upstart TV classroom series. Ernie sang it from the bathroom of the basement apartment he shared with his best friend Bert at 123 Sesame Street.
“Rubber Duckie” is the only original song the educational series managed to land on the Billboard charts. “Mah Nà Mah Nà” and “The People in the Neighborhood,” which premiered the year earlier, didn’t do it. Neither did “Sing,” which the Carpenters covered and got into the top five. Not even the subtly subversively inclusive classic “Bein’ Green” hit the charts with Kermit at the mic, and that one has since become an American Standard.
“The arrangement is hysterical, the idea is funny,...
“Rubber Duckie” is the only original song the educational series managed to land on the Billboard charts. “Mah Nà Mah Nà” and “The People in the Neighborhood,” which premiered the year earlier, didn’t do it. Neither did “Sing,” which the Carpenters covered and got into the top five. Not even the subtly subversively inclusive classic “Bein’ Green” hit the charts with Kermit at the mic, and that one has since become an American Standard.
“The arrangement is hysterical, the idea is funny,...
- 3/2/2020
- by Mike Cecchini
- Den of Geek
Exclusive: Hot SXSW title Number 37, a Hitchcockian South African crime thriller, is heading to theaters in the U.S. after Dark Star Pictures picked up all North American rights.
The film, which is the directorial debut of Nosipho Dumisa, is to get a fall theatrical release, starting in New York and L.A., followed by an early winter video-on-demand release.
Number 37, which started out as a short film before picking up steam after the festival route, aired as part of the Narrative Feature section at the Austin fest earlier this year.
The plot of the Afrikaans-language pic is an homage to Hitchcock’s Rear Window and centers on Randall, a low-level criminal recently crippled in an illicit deal gone wrong. Cooped up in his apartment in a rough Cape Town neighborhood, he is heavily indebted to a loan shark named Emmie with the clock ticking for him and his girlfriend...
The film, which is the directorial debut of Nosipho Dumisa, is to get a fall theatrical release, starting in New York and L.A., followed by an early winter video-on-demand release.
Number 37, which started out as a short film before picking up steam after the festival route, aired as part of the Narrative Feature section at the Austin fest earlier this year.
The plot of the Afrikaans-language pic is an homage to Hitchcock’s Rear Window and centers on Randall, a low-level criminal recently crippled in an illicit deal gone wrong. Cooped up in his apartment in a rough Cape Town neighborhood, he is heavily indebted to a loan shark named Emmie with the clock ticking for him and his girlfriend...
- 5/3/2018
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
USA Network has a treat for “Mr. Robot” fans. On Monday, June 20, the network will air a one-hour special, “Mr. Robot_dec0d3d.doc,” that explores the show’s authenticity and societal impact.
For those waiting patiently for the second season, the program will recap the dramatic events of Season 1 and show what’s in store for Season 2. “Mr. Robot Decoded” will also have commentary and interviews from creator Sam Esmail and cast members Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday and Carly Chaikin.
Read More: ‘Mr. Robot’ Will Feature Virtual Reality Segment In Season 2
And that’s not all! The show will also ask high-profile experts, writers, journalists and filmmakers such as Jeff Moss, Zachary Levi, Kor Adana, Ryan Kazanciyan, Lance James, Fred Kaplan, Pieter C. Zatko and more: “Can hackers change the world?” and “should they?”
It’ll be quite interesting to see what they all say!
Watch:...
For those waiting patiently for the second season, the program will recap the dramatic events of Season 1 and show what’s in store for Season 2. “Mr. Robot Decoded” will also have commentary and interviews from creator Sam Esmail and cast members Rami Malek, Christian Slater, Portia Doubleday and Carly Chaikin.
Read More: ‘Mr. Robot’ Will Feature Virtual Reality Segment In Season 2
And that’s not all! The show will also ask high-profile experts, writers, journalists and filmmakers such as Jeff Moss, Zachary Levi, Kor Adana, Ryan Kazanciyan, Lance James, Fred Kaplan, Pieter C. Zatko and more: “Can hackers change the world?” and “should they?”
It’ll be quite interesting to see what they all say!
Watch:...
- 6/16/2016
- by Liz Calvario
- Indiewire
Today in 2001, the first Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing opened at the Plymouth Theatre now the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. Bells Are Ringing is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story revolves around Ella, who works at an answering service and the characters that she meets there. The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years, and starred Judy Holliday as Ella and Sydney Chaplin as Jeff Moss.
- 4/12/2016
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday Marc Kudisch Kudisch was nominated for the Tony Award first for the role of Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations as well, and then for Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Outer Critics nomination as well. His other Broadway roles include The Proprietor in Assassins Drama Desk nomination, Jeff Moss in Bells Are Ringing, Jackie in The Public Theatre's production of The Wild Party, Chauvelin in the 3rd incarnation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, George Kittredge in High Society, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- 9/22/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2001, the first Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing opened at the Plymouth Theatre now the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. Bells Are Ringing is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story revolves around Ella, who works at an answering service and the characters that she meets there. The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years, and starred Judy Holliday as Ella and Sydney Chaplin as Jeff Moss.
- 4/12/2015
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2001, the first Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing opened at the Plymouth Theatre now the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. Bells Are Ringing is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story revolves around Ella, who works at an answering service and the characters that she meets there. The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years, and starred Judy Holliday as Ella and Sydney Chaplin as Jeff Moss.
- 4/12/2014
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday Marc Kudisch Kudisch was nominated for the Tony Award first for the role of Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations as well, and then for Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Outer Critics nomination as well. His other Broadway roles include The Proprietor in Assassins Drama Desk nomination, Jeff Moss in Bells Are Ringing, Jackie in The Public Theatre's production of The Wild Party, Chauvelin in the 3rd incarnation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, George Kittredge in High Society, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- 9/22/2013
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2001, the first Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing opened at the Plymouth Theatre now the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. Bells Are Ringing is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story revolves around Ella, who works at an answering service and the characters that she meets there. The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years, and starred Judy Holliday as Ella and Sydney Chaplin as Jeff Moss.
- 4/12/2013
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Happy Birthday Marc Kudisch Kudisch was nominated for the Tony Award first for the role of Trevor Graydon in Thoroughly Modern Millie Drama Desk and Outer Critics nominations as well, and then for Baron Bomburst in Chitty Chitty Bang Bang Outer Critics nomination as well. His other Broadway roles include The Proprietor in Assassins Drama Desk nomination, Jeff Moss in Bells Are Ringing, Jackie in The Public Theatre's production of The Wild Party, Chauvelin in the 3rd incarnation of The Scarlet Pimpernel, George Kittredge in High Society, Gaston in Beauty and the Beast, and Reuben in Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
- 9/22/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
Today in 2001, the first Broadway revival of Bells Are Ringing opened at the Plymouth Theatre now the Gerald Shoenfeld Theatre, where it ran for 68 performances. Bells Are Ringing is a musical with a book and lyrics by Betty Comden and Adolph Green and music by Jule Styne. The story revolves around Ella, who works at an answering service and the characters that she meets there. The original Broadway production, directed by Jerome Robbins and choreographed by Robbins and Bob Fosse, opened on November 29, 1956 at the Shubert Theatre, where it ran for slightly more than two years, and starred Judy Holliday as Ella and Sydney Chaplin as Jeff Moss.
- 4/12/2012
- by Stage Tube
- BroadwayWorld.com
The Second Annual Questy Awards celebrates the best of the worst of the year in comics. Created by Donnie Coulter and Jeff Moss of the Watchtower podcast and the Naked Nerd Katherine Curtis, the Questys are much more than just an award show: they are a nerdy celebration, timed to coincide with Toronto Fan Expo.
Proceeds from the Questy Awards go to support Epilepsy Toronto. Visit their website at www.epilepsytoronto.org
In addition to the awards, this years Questys will feature live performances by Toronto comedy bigwig Gavin Stephens, infamous nerd-folk minstrels Nerds With Guitars, geek chic comic Andrew Ivimey, nerd rock legend Kyle Stevens of Kirby Krackle, and last-minute addition comic artist Ethan Van Sciver will be playing a rare musical set to end the night!
Raffle and silent auction with fantastic comic goodies!
Tickets are $15.00 at the door, or $10.00 with a valid Fan Expo pass! Doors at...
Proceeds from the Questy Awards go to support Epilepsy Toronto. Visit their website at www.epilepsytoronto.org
In addition to the awards, this years Questys will feature live performances by Toronto comedy bigwig Gavin Stephens, infamous nerd-folk minstrels Nerds With Guitars, geek chic comic Andrew Ivimey, nerd rock legend Kyle Stevens of Kirby Krackle, and last-minute addition comic artist Ethan Van Sciver will be playing a rare musical set to end the night!
Raffle and silent auction with fantastic comic goodies!
Tickets are $15.00 at the door, or $10.00 with a valid Fan Expo pass! Doors at...
- 8/25/2011
- by Dork Shelf
- DorkShelf.com
Lots of code excitement will spring from the Black Hat hacker conference this week, but already a huge controversy is erupting: Black Hat's founder thinks Ssl--the security code making much of online commerce safe--is broken.
Ssl, Secure Sockets Layer (and its successor Transport Layer Security) is a Net-based security protocol that ensures communications between computers is safe and unhackable--essentially so that no one can "listen in." It works like this: A server and computer connect together and say hello, digitally. This bit is unsecured. The two machines exchange a "key" which unlocks a private line that only they can communicate on.
These private exchanges are the basis of safe e-shopping, including credit card transactions. On the server side the site's owners can be certain they're speaking to a genuine customer, who's data can be trusted (to an extent).
So when Black Hat's keynote speaker Jeff Moss, founder of Black Hat and Defcon,...
Ssl, Secure Sockets Layer (and its successor Transport Layer Security) is a Net-based security protocol that ensures communications between computers is safe and unhackable--essentially so that no one can "listen in." It works like this: A server and computer connect together and say hello, digitally. This bit is unsecured. The two machines exchange a "key" which unlocks a private line that only they can communicate on.
These private exchanges are the basis of safe e-shopping, including credit card transactions. On the server side the site's owners can be certain they're speaking to a genuine customer, who's data can be trusted (to an extent).
So when Black Hat's keynote speaker Jeff Moss, founder of Black Hat and Defcon,...
- 7/29/2010
- by Kit Eaton
- Fast Company
Call them "cult classics." "Guilty pleasures." "Comfort movies." We all have a mental rolodex of flicks that may not be terribly popular but, for one reason or another, they resonate in a very special way. Maybe you saw it at the right moment. Maybe you just see gold where everyone else sees feces. Whatever the case, these are the special favorites that you keep stashed away for sick days. Here are some of ours.
One of the great things about the holiday season is the plethora of fantastic holiday movies that come with it. Everybody has their favorites: some go for the classics like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story," while others are interested in twists on the genre such as in "Die Hard," and still others are more inclined for modern holiday fare like "Four Christmases" and "Elf."
But for me, it's always about Jim Henson's "The Christmas Toy.
One of the great things about the holiday season is the plethora of fantastic holiday movies that come with it. Everybody has their favorites: some go for the classics like "It's a Wonderful Life" and "A Christmas Story," while others are interested in twists on the genre such as in "Die Hard," and still others are more inclined for modern holiday fare like "Four Christmases" and "Elf."
But for me, it's always about Jim Henson's "The Christmas Toy.
- 12/24/2009
- by Josh Wigler
- MTV Movies Blog
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