Liquid Generation put together this cool little video collecting some of the 100 best movie lines. It’s pretty good, though how one leaves out the “damn, dirty apes” escapes me. And I never thought the day would come that someone, somewhere would compile a list of the best film quotes ever and include not one by John Wayne. The Duke must be rolling over in his grave.
Back in 1990 ABC hosted a star studded special for the 20th anniversary of Earth Day. As the special starred such celebrities as Chevy Chase, Danny Devito, Bugs Bunny, Downtown Julie Brown, Kristie Alley, Rodney Dangerfield, Robin Williams, Candice Bergen, and Kid N’ Play among many others, I remember that the premiere was truly Must See TV. I think my parents and I actually ate dinner in front of the TV… a incredibly rare occurrence. Now, 19 years later the special feels as antiquated as something from the 50’s; not because of the actors, but because of how we, as viewers, absorb information (and especially advertising) has changed so dramatically as of recent. Here’s the opening:
I finally started a YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/jaredmoshe. I know this would make me cool if this was 2006, but everyone has moved on to twitter now. Or perhaps they’ve moved on to whatever is after twitter. I’m not quite sure. All I know is there are two many things to update these days (since when did linkedIN get status updates!?) and if I link them all what’s really the point of keeping them separate. First video is here:
(Yes, this is probably the least enthusiastic endorsement for a YouTube channel ever. I can live with that)
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