There is a standard trailer for the 1979 movie The Jerk, starring Steve Martin. But I just discovered an alt trailer that is unusual, clever, and meta. It features Martin… Read the rest of the article: The 1979 trailer for Steve Martin's "The Jerk"

I recently rode the "Jurassic World VelociCoaster" roller coaster at Universal Orlando's Island of Adventure, and it's a groundbreaking ride with multiple inversions that tops out at 70mph. It's the… Read the rest of the article: Universal Orlando's VelociCoaster ride is an innovative roller coaster that reaches 70mph

Elemind, a startup founded by MIT researchers, has developed an electroencephalogram (EEG) headband that emits acoustic stimulation aligned with people's brainwaves to help them fall asleep faster. Link to an… Read the rest of the article: MIT's acoustic stimulation headband may help you fall asleep

On this week's episode of the excellent podcast "Disney Dish," Disney journalist and entrepreneur Len Testa (Touring Plans) describes a Maya Archaeology conference he recently attended, "Maya at the Mouse,"… Read the rest of the article: Planned "Tropical Americas" land in Disney World places emphasis on authenticity

When baseball hat company New Era released a new line of "Overlap" hats, bearing a Major League Baseball team's logo overlapping with its home city/state, it must have thought it… Read the rest of the article: "Vulgar" Texas Rangers ball cap pulled from sale

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British cartoonist R.E. (Becky) Burke has been in ICE custody in Tacoma, Washington since February 26. She had been on a planned four-month backpacking trip in North America, but when… Read the rest of the article: British cartoonist R.E. Burke, detained by ICE, "simply wants to return home to her family"

Journalist Gary He has authored McAtlas: A Global Guide to the Golden Arches, a huge, gorgeous book about the amazing array of different forms and menus of McDonald's restaurants around… Read the rest of the article: McAtlas documents, analyzes, and celebrates the international multiformity of McDonald's

Last week, Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, changed its admission policy on its sensational new ride, EPCOT's "Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind." Previously, one could only experience the… Read the rest of the article: You can now queue for "Guardians of the Galaxy: Cosmic Rewind," one of Disney's best rides

Get the new book that explains it all. "IT'S THE GREAT STORM, TOM THE DANCING BUG!" collects all Tom the Dancing Bug comics from 2020-2023 (and more!)! Now accepting orders right HERE!… Read the rest of the article: Super-Fun-Pak Comix, feat. Marital Mirth, Public Domain Mickey Mouse, and MORE!

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Comedians Seth and Josh Meyers recorded an episode of their popular podcast "Family Trips with the Meyers Brothers" on Friday at the On Air Fest podcast conference in Brooklyn, NY.… Read the rest of the article: The Meyers brothers' family trip to a podcast festival

Todd Alcott is a screenwriter, essayist, and graphic designer who creates retro-looking prints and postcards that I just love.  I wrote about his music-themed posters on Boing Boing previously: Your favorite… Read the rest of the article: Propaganda posters for our new fascist oligarchy

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WESH's helicopter hovering over the upcoming Universal Orlando theme park Epic Universe caught the testing of a freestanding animatronic figure for the park's "How to Train Your Dragon: Isle of… Read the rest of the article: An amazing walking and dancing animatronic dragon at Universal's upcoming Epic Universe theme park (video)

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In his Washington Post newsletter "How to Read This Chart," Philip Bump presents a map of New York City street gangs from a 1954 article in The New York Daily… Read the rest of the article: From the Pig Town Boys to the Green Avenue Stompers: A 1954 map of New York City street gangs

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Dark Horse Comics has just released a hardcover book compiling the four-issue run of "Space Circus," a comic book that legendary cartoonist Sergio Aragonés created with writer Mark Evanier in… Read the rest of the article: A beautiful new book compiling Sergio Aragonés comic book "Space Circus"