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The Simpsons Downton Abby Couch Gag
The Simpsons Downton Abby Couch Gag
The Simpsons gets the royal Downton Abbey treatment in all-new Couch Gag. Downton Abbey for those who don’t know is a British drama television series created by Julian set in the Yorkshire country estate of Downton Abbey, depicting the lives of the aristocratic Crawley family and their servants. Don’t miss an all-new episode of The Simpsons, Sundays at 8/7c, on FOX’s Animation Domination! Check out The Simpsons Downton Abby Couch Gag below.
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Mitt Romney Flips the Bird on Big Bird and PBS Fans
PBS was not happy with the comments made by Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney ruffled some feathers (again) in the first presidential debate Wednesday. Romney claimed “I like PBS. I love Big Bird,”“But I am not going to keep spending money on things [we have] to borrow money from China to pay for.” Sesame Workshop is a nonprofit that produces the show “Sesame Street,” which made $46.9 million in revenue from licensing Big Bird, Elmo, the Cookie Monster and other characters in 2011. This money pay’s the salaries of 1,320 employees. Sesame Workshop depends on the channel to distribute its programming for free to all families, including those who can’t afford cable or satellites. This guy is gathering up a substantial amount of enemies. I am HUGE fan of PBS from their documentaries to the idea channel to my childhood nostalgia shows, PBS gives back to the community in one day then a Presidential candidate could in 4 years. Read more comments below and watch the video. And be sure to retweet PBS status!
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Amtrak x Jim Henson: Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes
Get on board with the Big Big Dinosaur Sweepstakes! The Jim Henson Company and PBS Kids’ Dinosaur Train, have joined forces with Amtrak for some summertime fun. Awarding one lucky family an Amtrak vacation to Chicago and Washington DC, where they will get to visit the National Museum of Natural History exhibits. As part of the national promotion, Amtrak will distribute over 65,000 free Dinosaur Train themed activity booklets to young travelers and 1 million Amtrak Dinosaur Train ticket jackets to passengers, as well as 20,000 Dinosaur Train placemats for use in its dining cars. There will also be entry details printed on counter cards and seatbacks in over 100 Amtrak stations. Details can also be found on Amtrak.com and toy partner TOMY’s website.
LEGO Art by PBS Off Book
I love Lego’s and these mini documentaries that PBS Off Book puts out and the latest of all the ones they have put out, is getting a ton of hits! The mini documentary features LEGO’s one of the most beloved toys in the world and how they have evolved from simple childhoods toy to an art form. In this episode you meet three LEGO artists Sean Kenney, Alex Kobbs and Nathan Sawaya who have made beautiful mosaics, amazing stop-motion videos, thoughtful sculptures, and have turned these tiny building blocks into a true artistic medium. Pretty amazing stuff I really enjoyed this one. Watch it Lego Art by PBS Off Book below.
Hello Kitty Minimalism Video by PBS
PBS keeps surprising me with these great mini documentaries covering all my favorite things. Though I have lost most of my interest with Hello Kitty the older I got. When I was younger I was a sworn Hello Kitty fan. But Hello Kitty changed she became very water down and was collaborating with just about everyone. At first it was cute then for me it soon becoming sickening. She was not that hard to find special character I grew up with. PBS takes a deeper look into Hello Kitty who is one of the most recognizable characters in the world. With billions of dollars worth of merchandise, but what is behind Hello Kitty’s simple minimalism or is it not so minimal anymore? Watch the video below and you decide.
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Fan Art An Explosion of Creativity by Off Book PBS
PBS Off book has been really putting together some great mini documentaries I’m hooked! the latest and I think so far the greatest is about the fan art community. Which is one of the most creative and active online communities. Junior artist take pop culture stories and nostalgic icons mixing and infusing them into new adventures and unexpected relationships. If you are a fan of deviant-art threadless or reddit this mini documentary is perfect for you. What is your take on fan art? do you do any of your own? if so please post some of your fan art below I would love to post it! Check out the mini documentary below.
White House Easter Egg Roll 2012
To celebrate Easter every year for the past 134 years the White House has its annual Easter Egg Roll on the white house lawn. You can only attend if you were invited of you are white house staff member, friend or family. Or if you are lucky enough to win the White House lottery, then you can get in for free! The event will be streamed live all day Monday, April 8, 2012 on WhiteHouse.gov/live. Ok so what’s so special about the White House Easter Egg Roll, and the reason you should watch? well there will be a bunch of your favorite animated characters parading around the White House lawn celebrating Easter, check out the roster of cartoon mascots below. There is so many!
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A 25th Anniversary GIF Mashup 8-bit Dubstep by Off Book @ PBS
To continue celebration of GIF’s check out this youtube video “A 25th Anniversary GIF Mashup set to 8-bit Dubstep” produced by Off Book a PBS special. OFF Book compiled some of the more recognizable GIFs that we have all used at least once or twice or even seen. They mashed them all together threw in some 8-bit Dubset type sounds by Known To Be Lethal to fit the perplexity of the pixels. Check out the original story I wrote about Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium by Off Book. Both equally cool videos a must see.
PBS Animated GIFs: The Birth of a Medium by Off Book
Check out this short documentary of an in-depth look into history of animated GIFs, produced by Kornhaber Brown PBS Off Book. Which gives some insight into internet history, animation, online art, online animation, gif art and anwsers questions It’s “gif” not “jif” Why? GIF stands for “graphic interchange format” not “jraphic interchange format.”
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Dr. Seuss Cat In Hat Marathon PBS Kids
PBS Kids is celebrating the 108th birthday of Theodor Geisel all so known as the infamous Dr. Seuss on March 2, 2012 with a 2 hour Cat-In-The-Hat-A-Thon featuring the popular preschool series The Cat in the Hat Knows a Lot About That! Kids and parents enjoy online and mobile games along with video content plus a new Birthday Party Builder Tool on the PBSKIDSshop.com.
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