Your Friday Afternoon Video #36: Conan O'Brien's Commencement Speech

Lucky Harvard Class of 2000. In two parts.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #35: Stand By Me

Unknown singers around the world, check out here.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #34: Richard Simmons on Who's Line Is It Anyway?

Your Friday Afternoon Video #33: Eartha Kitt

Your Friday Afternoon Video #32: Go See Slumdog Millionaire

Your Friday Afternoon Video #31: The Cutest Thing Ever

Your Friday Afternoon Video #30: SNL

SNL is the only good thing about McCain Palin.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #29: Pandas

Your Friday Afternoon Video #28: Take Me Home

Rediscovering classic Phil Collins.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #27: Christian the Lion

More about Christian here.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #26: Numbnut

This kid won the 2008 national spelling bee.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #25: Sleeping Baby Bear

Your Friday Afternoon Video #24: Sex and the City Extended Trailer

Looks pretty good to me. Check it out.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #23: Michelle Obama on Larry King

She's a class act.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #22: Kathy Griffin, Super Funny

On Anna Nicole (before she died) and Hollywood Squares.



Anna Nicole (cont'd).

Your Friday Afternoon Video #21: On Rotation in My Car: Jose Feliciano and Dusty Springfield

I really love his Star Spangled Banner from the 1968 World Series. Apparently, his rendition was very controversial, and one of the first non-traditional interpretations to hit the mainstream. Really quite beautiful, I think.


And here are Dusty Springfield and Jose Feliciano singing together, in Spanish.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #20: Howard Dean Scream, the Chipmunk Remix

The Long and Happy Weekend

Last weekend was the first long weekend in a while that the Octopus and I stayed local. And yay for that. On Saturday we took the LA Conservancy's walking tour of downtown's historic core. It was our first Conservancy walking tour and it was great. I highly recommend. We're planning on doing another one, probably of Broadway's historic theaters.

Another highlight of the weekend was seeing 27 Dresses. Can't remember the last time I saw a romantic comedy in the theater (does Knocked Up count?) If you're in the mood for a cute, funny and formulaic (and I don't necessarily mean that in a bad way) chick flick, this is for you.



We also caught the Murakami exhibit at the MoCA. His sculptures, painting, videos, and even his merchandise for Louis Vuitton. Probably the weirdest thing at the exhibit were these videos with Inochi, a bizarre, surreal, prepubescent Murakami character.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #18: Michael Jackson at the '84 Grammys

Sorry, I couldn't resist posting this footage of MJ at the Grammys with his entourage- Brooke Shields, Webster, Janet and LaToya (looking like Wonder Woman).

This will be the last MJ post for a while, I promise.

Your Friday Afternoon Video #17: It's the Holidays!!!

Cannot believe Thanksgiving and Christmas are just about here. If this doesn't make you smile, then you're a grinch!