Star Trek Stamps from USPS

Posted on January 3, 2016 at 8:00 am

The US Postal Service is commemorating the 50th anniversary of Star Trek with a new set of stamps that have four digital illustrations inspired by classic elements of the television program:

the Starship Enterprise inside the outline of a Starfleet insignia against a gold background;
the silhouette of a crewman in a transporter against a red background;
the silhouette of the Enterprise from above against a green background; and,
the Enterprise inside the outline of the Vulcan salute (Spock’s iconic hand gesture) against a blue background

The words “SPACE… THE FINAL FRONTIER,” from Captain Kirk’s famous voice-over appear beneath the stamps against a background of stars. The stamps were designed by Heads of State under the art direction of Antonio Alcalá.

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Coming to the CW This Month: DC Comics’ Legends of Tomorrow

Posted on January 2, 2016 at 8:00 am

Victor Garber, Brandon Routh, and Wentworth Miller star in this latest comic book series and I think it looks great!

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Kukla, Fran, and Ollie: Christmastime is Here

Posted on December 24, 2015 at 3:19 pm

Burr Tillstrom, the man behind Kukla and Ollie, was a friend of my parents, so I was lucky enough to see the Kuklapolitans in person. Here they are singing “Christmastime is Here” (not the Charlie Brown version). And you can hear their other Christmas songs online.

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Trailer for Bill Murray’s Christmas Special — Coming on Netflix

Posted on December 2, 2015 at 3:16 pm

Bill Murray’s Christmas special will be available on Netflix December 4, 2015.

Jim Henson’s Turkey Hollow — Tonight on Lifetime!

Posted on November 21, 2015 at 8:00 am

Lisa Henson, CEO of The Jim Henson Company and daughter of Jim Henson, discovered an unproduced script by her father, a Thanksgiving story. Tonight, it premieres on Lifetime. “Turkey Hollow is an unproduced gem from our Company’s archives. I have fond memories from my childhood of my father planning and developing this production. He was delighted by the idea of magical creatures living in the woods and was excited to portray them in a more realistic way than his other well-known puppet characters,” she said.

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