Ben Folds Five, Elton John, Billy Joel, Beatles, Scissor Sisters, Keane, Maroon5, Travis, Jason Falkner, Fountains of Wayne, Robbie Williams, Radiohead, Matthew Sweet, Jellyfish, Queen, Meat Loaf/Jim Steinman, Bleu, Self, ABBA, The Killers, The Divine Comedy, The Flaming Lips, ELO, Madness, Nilsson, Blur, Pulp, The Push Kings, Klaatu, Supertramp, Under the Influence of Giants, The Carpenters, pop/rock, Chess (the musical), old EPCOT songs, TV themes
My music video pick of the week:
Movies
Who Framed Roger Rabbit?, Beauty and the Beast, Star Wars, Empire Strikes Back, Indiana Jones, Airplane!, Clue, Gremlins, Goonies, That Thing You Do!, Borat, Dreamgirls, Hairspray (2007 version), Blazing Saddles, Top Secret!, The Naked Gun, South Park: Bigger, Longer, and Uncut, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Enchanted, Muppets Take Manhattan, Time Bandits, Xanadu, Flash Gordon, Midnight Madness, The Apple, and this one really burrowed out of the recesses of my 80s childhood...SUPER FUZZ!
Television
Match Game, The Price is Right, Pushing Daisies, Amazing Race, American Idol, Survivor, Project Runway, Make Me a Supermodel, Desperate Housewives, Lost, 30 Rock, The Big Bang Theory, The Office, Chuck, Reaper, The Simpsons, Family Guy, SNL, SCTV, Letterman, Conan O'Brien, Daily Show, Mr. Show, Best Week Ever, The Soup, Scrubs, Arrested Development, South Park, The Apprentice, The Surreal Life, So You Think You Can Dance, Big Brother 8, America's Next Top Model, Beauty and the Geek, Hey Paula, The Golden Girls, Soap, Taxi, Cheers, Police Squad (in color), Newhart, The Bob Newhart Show, Mary Tyler Moore, Next, The Greatest American Hero, Reality Remix, game shows
Books
The Late Shift, Saturday Night, Arcade Fever, Jump the Shark, I Am 8-Bit, The Disneylands that Never Were, Candy Freak
Heroes
Elton John, David Letterman, Johnny Carson, Conan O'Brien, The Beatles, Walt Disney, Mark Goodson
But plain and simple...I'm a pop culture geek...I've lived in L.A. since '99 and happily make a living in the TV biz!
Here's an "E! True Hollywood Story," my friend Ted along with my other friends Scott and Drew put together for my birthday. Some of the facts may or may not be true...you be the judge!
When I'm not busy making sure the masses get their fix of reality television, I can usually be found doing one or more of the following...
* Gathering my friends together for a TV night or better yet, a game night to test drive the latest board game I picked up from the store
* Figuring out ways to update my website: mandelweb.com
* Plunking out tunes on my piano pretending I'm some sort illegitimate child of Elton John and Ben Folds in my living room
* Belting out a song...or two...or three...like I'm some sort of illegitimate child of Elton John and Ben Folds at karaoke night at Fubar
* Humming some obscure network jingle like "Now is the time...ABC is the Place"...such a lost art form...
* Being the perpetual "Phone-a-Friend" - for instance, getting a call from a friend who needs to know what obscure sitcom so-and-so starred in back in so-and-so year...(that would be "Buffalo Bill" with a young Geena Davis...cue all-too-catch theme song and Dabney Coleman montage...HERE)
* Spending way too much time online either chatting or going through Ebay looking (but never having the guts to buy) whatever game show, EPCOT, or classic video game memorabilia I stumble across...now if I can just save enough for that Multicade cocktail table!
Just wanted to stop by and say hi and have a GREAT Week!! Let me know if you like my website and if you want me to add any images, banners or links. Its always free. www. WeHoParty. com
going through friends list saw i havent talked to you for some time thought id come by and say hi... are you going to be at Pride this weekend? let me know what day..
Not sure if you're familiar with Duran Duran's "Arena" but this could truly be the worst concert film ever. Every song is interrupted by aliens and screaming...possibly even worse than "Kilroy Was Here"?!?....
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Dangit...KayBee used to have a ton of those keyboard components for about $20:
A collection of Intellivision hardware and games sold for $4000 in an eBay auction ending midday Sunday, April 20.
The collection included a rare working Intellivision Keyboard Component, along with a Master Component, Intellivoice module and a number of games. The private seller only found the collection recently and was unaware of the worth until doing some research on the web.
Only 4,000 of the Keyboard Components were manufactured and those were only sold in limited test markets.
When Mattel Electronics decided not to release them nationally, they recalled all the ones sold for a full refund plus free products. Those who wanted to keep their Keyboards had to sign a waiver stating that they understood Mattel would not support the unit nor publish any more software for it. To find a working Keyboard Component (with its original box!) is one of the rarest finds in video game collecting.
