typepad (Free subscription) | 11/25/2009
... assistance, wearing her usual big smile. Then the lead teacher told an interactive story about Davy Crockett going hunting. The kids on the right were supposed to sing out Davy, Davy Crockett whenever the teacher said his name. The kids in the center of the group were supposed to yell BANG! whenever the word "gun" was said. And the kids on the left were supposed...
Philadelphia Inquirer (Free subscription) | 11/24/2009
... to end. Opening with a shot of Mr. Fox on a hill beneath a great tree, listening to "The Ballad of Davy Crockett" on his Walk Sonic (the Walkman of the fox world) as he waits for his lovely wife to appear, the film ranges over a wide swath of English farmland and country villages. Its hero is voiced by George Clooney - a fitting choice, because, like the star's Danny Ocean, "Foxy"...
The Rap Sheet (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... The further investigations of Sam Spade, private eye: This week’s episode, brought to you by Davy Crockett’s Almanack, is titled “ The Apple of Eve Caper .” • The latest short fiction offering in Beat to a Pulp comes from pseudonymous San Francisco writer Cormac Brown. His contribution is called “ They Come from Above .” • Mark Billingham...
TheSpoof.com - Spoof News (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
NASHVILLE - Tennessee Titans owner Bud Adams is minus $250,000 after the NFL fined him for his childish bird flip during the Tennessee Titans - Buffalo Bills game.The two handed finger shooting occured as Adams' Tennessee Titans were soundly trouncing the visiting Buffalo Bills 41 to 17.Adams was up in his Davy Crockett Commemorative Luxury Box when he just stood up, put down his bottle...
Movie-Moron (Free subscription) | 11/22/2009
... nearest and dearest (minus the arguing and deeply buried neuroses). And The Wellingtons’ Ballad of Davy Crockett might have come straight from High Noon. In case you’re not sure, that’s a good thing. A specially composed track by Jarvis Cocker, inspired by the cockerel minstrel in the 1973 animated Robin Hood (a classic) sounds like a great idea, but turns out to be a barely listenable...
[CinemaRatty] Lattest Articles (Free subscription) | 11/21/2009
... nearest and dearest (minus the arguing and deeply buried neuroses). And The Wellingtons’ Ballad of Davy Crockett might have come straight from High Noon. In case you’re not sure, that’s a good thing. A specially composed track by Jarvis Cocker, inspired by the cockerel minstrel in the 1973 animated Robin Hood (a classic) sounds like a great idea, but turns out to be a barely listenable...
