... the venerated Uncle Walt, who mostly employed radio actors back in the day, hired Bing Crosby for IchabodCrane in the 1940s, and Crosby was at that time a multi-media giant . So not to pick on DreamWorks Animation, since every studio goes this route at some point or other, but DWA travels the road more.
... team created KeatingEconomics.com and pushed it on millions of voters. The main video showed the IchabodCrane –like Charles Keating —the wealthy, politically connected poster child of the '80s savings-and-loan scandal—in handcuffs. The Obama video portrayed John McCain as Keating's stooge and likened the S&L crash to the 2008 Wall Street meltdown, except that...
Last Friday, mischief night, and the moon was full, the Yankees had the night off, and the new AIGA Metro-North chapter celebrated its first year by hosting a special Halloween Dead Brands evening in Sleepy Hollow, home of Washington Irving’s famous legend of IchabodCrane, the Connecticut schoolmaster, and his escape from the headless horseman. An [...]
Headless Horseman and IchabodCrane painting by John Quidor . And a few more links: 1. I'm amazed people wearing t-shirts advertising kgb mobile were allowed to sit behind home plate during the World Series. 2. Apparently , Facebook will ask people to be nice to you if it notices that you're a social outcast. 3. Soon all content will be crowdsourced - - the New Yorker wants you to use...
... ----Freaky Cats at BAMcinematek. See OTBKB Movies by Pops Corn. FAMILY THEATER: The Legend of IchabodCrane adapted from the Washington Irving story and performed by Dan Kitrosser. Brooklyn Lyceum. 227 Fourth Ave. at President Street. (718) 857-4816 TALK: On Sunday Nov. 1: Children of Imprisoned Parents speak at the Brooklyn Society for Ethical Culture (PPW at 1st Street) High school...
Ok, so I haven't posted anything about Halloween, my most favorite holiday!!! Usually my house is decorated on October 1st...this year, I have shirked my duty. Half the month had passed before I'd even pulled the boxes out of the garage. Anyway, I was a little behind so I decided to declare this week, H A L L O W E E N W E E K at our house. We are doing a fun Halloween centered activity each night...