http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/ Out of the crooked timber of humanity, no straight thing was ever made Mon, 13 Feb 2012 09:29:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-186728 Western Dave Mon, 12 Feb 2007 16:53:24 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/#comment-186728 It is truly a tragedy that Dr. Seuss only made this one live action movie. It says more about masculinity in the fifties than just about anything else out there. To wit: "Help! Evil intellectuals are feminizing our boys by taking away their bats and (metaphoric) balls and replacing them with (gasp!) piano lessons. Quick covert agent, save us from the arts and humanities limp-wristers with your scientific knowledge!" It is truly a tragedy that Dr. Seuss only made this one live action movie. It says more about masculinity in the fifties than just about anything else out there. To wit: “Help! Evil intellectuals are feminizing our boys by taking away their bats and (metaphoric) balls and replacing them with (gasp!) piano lessons. Quick covert agent, save us from the arts and humanities limp-wristers with your scientific knowledge!”

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-186531 snarkout Fri, 09 Feb 2007 01:41:52 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/#comment-186531 John, did you know there are lost songs and deleted scenes from <i>The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T</i>? <a href="http://hometown.aol.com/seivadj18/5000fingers.html" rel="nofollow">This guy</a> is probably the Internet's leading expert on the subject (although the documentary he was working on seems to have stalled out), and he's got some RealAudio tracks of the missing ones. John, did you know there are lost songs and deleted scenes from The 5000 Fingers of Dr. T? This guy is probably the Internet’s leading expert on the subject (although the documentary he was working on seems to have stalled out), and he’s got some RealAudio tracks of the missing ones.

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-186501 Davos Newbies » Blog Archive » The cure for linkrot? Thu, 08 Feb 2007 19:17:58 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/#comment-186501 [...] also liked Holbo’s observation about the distinction between these services and Google: “It’s interesting: neither of [...] [...] also liked Holbo’s observation about the distinction between these services and Google: “It’s interesting: neither of [...]

]]> http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/comment-page-1/#comment-186499 G Corbett Thu, 08 Feb 2007 18:23:54 +0000 http://crookedtimber.org/2007/02/08/is-it-atomic-very-atomic-sir/#comment-186499 Ahh, Dr. T! When I finally bought a DVD player the first two movies to enter my library were <i>The 5000 Fingers</i> and Altman's <i>Popeye</i>. Many acquisitions later, those are the ones my whole family goes back to for reruns. I'll never get tired of the dungeon dance fantasy - and the "Is it atomic?" line is frequently heard at the dinner table. Ahh, Dr. T! When I finally bought a DVD player the first two movies to enter my library were The 5000 Fingers and Altman’s Popeye. Many acquisitions later, those are the ones my whole family goes back to for reruns. I’ll never get tired of the dungeon dance fantasy – and the “Is it atomic?” line is frequently heard at the dinner table.

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