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Voice artist Brian Hull has put together a video of him doing quick impressions of one hundred cartoon and film characters all in one take. And he does it in less than four minutes.
Hull put together the video to celebrate reaching 100,000 subscribers on YouTube. The impressions include characters from Disney, Lord of the Rings, SpongeBob SquarePants, The Jetsons, and Dirty Harry. Check it out.
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It looks like viewers should expect a war in The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies (2014). Warner Brothers Pictures has released a new teaser trailer for the final Hobbit film. In the trailer, Thorin (Richard Armitage) asks his colleagues but he might as well be asking us, “Will you follow me one last time?”
If the song sounds familiar, we first heard hobbit Pippin (Billy Boyd) singing it in Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003). The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies hits theaters on December 17, 2014.
Are you excited about another trip to Middle Earth? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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The actress and comedienne Gilda Radner was born on June 28, 1946 in Detroit, Michigan, meaning on this birthday she would be in her late 60s if she were still around. It is hard to picture the ever-youthful Radner in her old age. But it is not difficult to imagine what Radner, who passed away from ovarian cancer in May 1989, would be doing now. She would be making us smile.
I was a kid when Saturday Night Live premiered in 1975, and I remember staying up late to watch it with my older sister and her boyfriend (both who wished I would go to bed). Live television was something new for my generation, and there was something strange and wonderful about the new show. Although I had no idea how the Not Ready for Prime Time Players would ultimately be a constant presence in my life, I did sense that those folks would be around awhile. It was just too bad that some of them like Radner and John Belushi did not stick around longer.
In 1979, during one of her final seasons on Saturday Night Live, Radner appeared on Broadway in Gilda Radner – Live From New York, and one of the performances was later taped for television. In this segment she captures some of that childhood innocence in the song “Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On).” If you watch closely, you’ll catch Paul Shaffer on piano, and the saxophone player is Howard Shore, who went on to win three Academy Awards for writing the themes to the Lord of the Rings trilogy movies. [2016 Update: Unfortunately, the video of the performance is no longer available, but you may hear it below.]
More recently, Radner’s performance of “Honey (Touch Me With My Clothes On)” was sampled in Kid Koala’s “Vacation Island.”
We miss you Gilda.
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After the news came out that director Peter Jackson was splitting The Hobbit into three films, I was among those who were skeptical. Saturday Night Live this week perfectly captured that skepticism by imagining if the director were to split the film into even more parts. Check out the funny video. {June 2014 Update: Unfortunately, the video is no longer available for embedding, but for now you may watch the SNL video for “More Hobbit” on Yahoo.}
As for me, after seeing The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012), I was glad that Jackson made the choice he did. Perhaps I will grow weary of the story by the end of the trilogy, which I did to some extent with Lord of the Rings. But those like me who enjoy the world he has created probably will not mind the fact you get to spend a little more time in Middle Earth. So if you have not yet seen The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey, you might want to check it out.
What did you think of The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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A fan has put together and edited the trailers and TV spots released thus far for director Peter Jackson’s upcoming The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012). The clips for this Lord of the Rings prequel are sequenced in an approximation of the order they will appear in the film so that you can get an extended view of the anticipated film. Check it out.
According to the post on YouTube from joatmonjb, the above “Unexpected Trailer” compilation includes the following: Announcement trailer, Announcement trailer (G), Trailer 1, TV Spot 1 – 7, UK 1 minute TV spot, Japanese 1 minute TV Spot. What do you think of the advanced look at The Hobbit? Leave your two cents in the comments.
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