I think I just got killed by a Koopa and went to heaven.
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Look at the girly drink Optimus Prime is sipping…what a wuss.
-via Unique Daily
Thanks to Italian artist Franco Brambilla and his series “Invading the Vintage”, your grandfather’s postcards never looked so cool. These are some of my favorites:
-Check out the rest of Brambilla’s kick-ass portfolio. (Via Presurfer)
If you were obsessed with Super Mario Land on the Gameboy as much as I was, this rap-remix will bring back some amazing memories…I forgot how trippy this game was (aliens, huge tarantulas, mystical pyramids) – plus, Mario was cheating on Princess Peach with some chick named Daisy! OK…enough geeking out for one day – just press play:
-College Humor via Buzzfeed
I remember spending countless hours spelling out bad words on my Lite-Brite (like ‘poop’). The artists behind the masterpieces below probably spent their time more productively.
***Artist Joey Syta recently (and painstakingly) recreated a stunning tapestry from the 15th century called “Mon Seul Désir” (My Only Desire), which is part of famous series of tapestries called “The Lady and the Unicorn”. This took 2 years to create and was made with 55,000 Lite-Brite pegs and 36 pegboards.
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***The current world-record for the largest Lite-Brite creation is held by Lori Kanary who made this huge sneaker in conjunction with Asics.
(347,004 pegs)
-via Sneak Hype
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***The 2nd largest Lite-Brite creation is a rendering of Da Vinci’s “Last Supper” designed by artist Mark Beekham.
(124,418)
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***And finally, the 3rd biggest Lite-Brite masterpiece was also made by Lori Kanary (remember her from the Asics sneaker?) – it was creatively named “Giant Lite-Brite”, and was inspired by Monet’s “Impression Sunrise”.
(62,586 pegs)
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Growing up, I remember my tired, blurry eyes straining to find Waldo among the intricately detailed and wacky scenes in the “Where’s Waldo” books. But maybe I should have been looking harder…apparently there are some crazy (and scandalous) images hidden alongside our red-and-white striped friend. Topless Robot has compiled a list of the 9 strangest things found in Martin Hanford’s “Where’s Waldo” books – here are a few of my favorites:
“On the Beach”: A topless woman on the beach getting startled by a kid putting an ice cream cone on her back:
This image caused some school librarians to freak out (prudes!), so this lady was covered up in the book’s 1997 re-release.
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“Having a Ball in Gay Paree”: A cross-dressing aristocrat!
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“Safari Park”: Lions patiently waiting for their turn in the Port-O-Potty, and another lion making his escape by driving out of the park.
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“Campsite”: Besides the fact that the women in this image are leaving their husbands and boyfriends to catch a glimpse of the muscle-dude boat, this is clearly a gay pride parade.
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“Fun and Games in Ancient Rome”: A lion is about to get “friendly” with a warrior. Woah.
-via Neatorama
Two Michigan librarians named Mary & Holly have created an amazing site called Awful Library Books. It’s exactly what it sounds like – a collection of some of the strangest, creepiest, and most politically incorrect books they’ve discovered on their shelves. These are some of my favorites:
(Ew…)
-via Neatorama
Slashfilm unearthed a vintage 6-minute behind the scenes documentary about my ultimate favorite movie,”Goonies” – it’s funny to see how some of the kids were exactly like their characters (especially Data and Chunk). Also, how hilarious is it that the director, Richard Donner, basically wanted to kill himself every night because the kids drove him so crazy!? Child actors rule!
Just in time for the upcoming “Seinfeld” reunion on “Curb Your Enthusiasm”, Dailyfill has a really cool diagram which maps every random supporting character on “Seinfeld” to Jerry, George, Kramer, or Elaine.
Some of the things I noticed after taking a look:
-Peterman’s first name is “Jacapo”!?!
-Denise Richards was on the show, and was related to Russell from NBC!?! My friend TJ reminded me that she was Russell’s 15-year-old daughter – remember, George got busted staring at her bust -
-Besides his fellow comedians, we only met one person that Jerry ever worked with (Katie, the overprotective personal assistant)
-Wow, Jerry really did have a LOT of girlfriends…and several of them went on to A-list superstardom (Marcia Cross, Catherine Keener, Courtney Cox, etc.)
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