The Complete History of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles
If you were a kid in the 1980s or 90s, you probably spent some time reading, watching, or playing with four adolescent reptilian martial arts experts with irregular DNA. To make sure I got the scoop on...
View ArticleThe Voices Behind 6 Classic Cereal Mascots
Their faces aren’t as famous as those on the boxes, but odds are you’ve heard each of these beloved cereal mascots’ voices somewhere else. 1. Paul Frees Paul Frees was one of the most sought-after...
View ArticleEvery Product Billy Mays Ever Pitched
Billy Mays, America’s favorite infomercial star, died three years ago today. He began his career selling the WashMatik, a car-washing brush that siphoned water through the bristles without electricity....
View ArticleTiger Tug: Tug of War with a Tiger
Photo: Busch Gardens Zoo Think you’re stronger than a tiger? Test your strength by playing a tug of war with a full-grown tiger at the Busch Gardens: Link
View ArticleThe Disputed History of the Tarzan Yell
Johnny Weissmuller made it famous. Carol Burnett made it funny. But the origin of Hollywood’s iconic jungle cry is shrouded in mystery. Getty Images Back in 1932, in movie theaters across the country,...
View ArticleThe First Tarzan Yell
(YouTube link) This clip is from the 1929 film Tarzan the Tiger. It was not the first Tarzan film, but the first with sound. Frank Merrill did his best to illustrate vocally what Edgar Rice Burroughs...
View ArticleTank Slippers
Want to wrap your cold feet in a Tiger 1 Panzer tank? Amagurimi maker Miligurumis will put you in business! You do the crocheting yourself, with the pattern sold at Etsy. Or if you wait, she might...
View ArticleFood on My Dog
Oh, humiliation – they name is … Food on My Dog, a Tumblr blog by Andrew J. Small, featuring his dog Tiger (who, on the plus side, gets to eat most of the food that got put on her head): Link – via...
View ArticleLink Latte 191
#191 – Week of November 7, 2012 Here’s who should’ve been elected – [The Hero!] Amazing List of Disney’s Historic Failures – [interesting] Spaceship House Built Outside Moscow – [pics, transl.]...
View ArticleThese Adopted Cubs Sure Are Talkative
(Video Link) When a tiger mom abandoned her cubs at a Russian zoo, Tallim, a white Swiss Shepherd, stepped in to nurse the cubs and serve as their surrogate mother. Let’s just hope the job came with...
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