Walt Disney Mustaches Volume 2

On KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #208: Boobknobs And Breadsticks They mention the Moustaches.

In addition to a Walt Disney version, they make these:

Here are the characters. As you can see, some have mustaches (like hook and Geppetto.) Some are weird like (Sulley and Cheshire Cat.)  Some are debatable, like Hitchhiking Ghosts and Jafar (who may have mustaches, but they don't exactly look like these.)

Narcoossee's

On KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #208: Boobknobs And Breadsticks Ken and Dana talk about Narcoossee's.

It's pronounced NAHR-COO-SEES.

Slip away to this elegant waterfront retreat for exquisite seafood specialties and spectacular views of Seven Seas Lagoon. 

It's known for it's fine seafood.

The Logo Fiasco-rama

Ken was digging through old pics and found this photo taken during KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #13: The Logo Fiasco-rama.

Here is the original asitecalledfred.com description:

Dana & Ken assemble a virtual (yet real) cornucopia of [adult swim] luminaries to judge the seemingly never, yet mercifully ending logo contest, with a guest list that includes The Venture Bros.’ Jackson Pubick and Doc Hammer, Aqua Teen’s Ned Hastings, Home Movies and Lucy, Daughter of the Devil’s Loren Bouchard, writer extraordinaire Brian Studler, and the beautiful Jennifer Stephens, direct from [as] headquarters. It’s a real mess, but fun. Really. Trust us. You’ll find a cheat sheet of all the logo entries below.

We are still waiting for the cheat sheet...


Here is a timeline of quotes from the episode:

02:35 Give me a sharpie and 15 minutes and I'll give you guys a logo.
03:05 ...the blue one isn't the worst, the green one is...

26:58 You can't fake this kind of awfulness.
28:16 I'm getting this as a tattoo. The green one. The little logo that could.
34:00 As god as my witness this is the greatest logo ever!
37:27 I will fight anybody who says this isn't the greatest logo in the history of logos.

Ken in the tub!

The photo has surfaced!

Walt Disney Mustaches Volume 1

So now we just have to buy them.

ZZCoop posted this on Twitter. God bless him.

Sesame Place

On KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #208: Boobknobs And Breadsticks the boys talked about Sesame Place.

Sesame Place is a amusement/water park in Langhorne Pennsylvania (about an hour outside of Philadelphia.)

Ken remembers getting his photo taken in Ernie's bathtub. Here is a photo (that's not Lil' Kenny) of the bathtub:

 It was an area where you could get a souvenir photo next to a replica of Sesame Street.

Dana mentions seeing the animatronic Cookie Monster and Oscar:

Dana mentions the history of the site. Here's a timeline I put together of the early history of the park:

June 1960: Jim Henson visits Disneyland and is interested in the way theme parks can bring characters to life. 

April 1978: Jim and CTW discuss the idea of a theme park based on Sesame Street. The goals were to promote exercise, healthy eating and learning in a fun way. 

June 27, 1979: A formal groundbreaking takes place in Middletown PA (just outside of Langhorne) with a group of children, from the New Approach Method day care. 

July 30, 1980: Sesame Place opens to the public. Admission is $3.95. 

August 12, 1980: The Middletown township supervisors vote 5-0 to seek a declaratory judgement from Bucks County Court against the operators of Sesame Place. The township wanted Sesame Place to collect an "amusement tax" from patrons. Sesame Place contended that it was not an amusement park. 

1982: Sesame Place adds "Automated Muppets," animatronic versions of the Sesame Street characters that tell jokes sing and laugh. (THIS IS WHAT DANA MENTIONS SEEING)

1983: The first walk around characters: Ernie and Bert and The Honkers debut at Sesame Place. 

You can read the full timeline I put together here and many more articles about the park's history I have written here. 

Dana mentioned that I go there often, which is true... I should note I take my pre school age son with me. Dana also says that he believes that everything is pretty much the same as it was in the 1980s there. This is most definitely not true.

Almost none of the features from the 1980s (including the animatronic Muppets) have been removed from the park.

Dana mentioned the restaurant he ate at. It was a super sleek restaurant called The Food Factory. Today it's re-themed as Elmo's Eatery (this answers Ken's "Is it all Elmo now" question.)

The park has been totally redone and expanded many many times over from the 1980s.

This was actually why I ended up blogging about the history of the park. I was fascinated by how different it was and unable to find good info online.

If you want more info check out the blog I put together: http://bigbirdbridge.blogspot.com

It's not updated often, but it's the most comprehensive historical look at Sesame Place online.

Milius on EPIX Tomorrow

On KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #208: Boobknobs And Breadsticks Dana mentions that Jonah Hill had once tweeted about Milius (the documentary Ken is a producer on.)

Ken was unaware of this and then Dana sounded unsure.

But he did tweet about it and tweet boldly.

Back in March he tweeted that it would be his "new favorite documentary."

THE FILM WILL BE ON EPIX TOMORROW. You can watch the promo here:

KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #208: Boobknobs And Breadsticks

Ken & Dana return with mustaches affixed.

>Go listen!

Dana's record collection (part 4)

Dana mentions having "six different" Telly Savalas records. It's a solid chunk of his discography.

According to this site it appears he made five LPs, one compilation album and numerous singles and EPs.

Here is a sampling of album artwork:

Now, enjoy the sounds of Telly:

Dana's record collection (part 3)

 This one sounds fun! You can get it on iTunes:
http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/ghost-of-davy-crockett/id385798022

 You may remember Dana and Ken talked in depth about Zero on KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #201: Elephansnydus. They discussed his books, paintings and Dana's future as The Vero Zero.

 Here's a clip of the very talented Hague:

Enjoy a bit of Moms here:

From WIKI:
The Baby Sitters was a music group that recorded four albums of children's folk songs from 1958 until 1968.[1] Its original members were Alan Arkin, his then-wife Jeremy Arkin, Lee Hays,[2] and Doris Kaplan. Jeremy Arkin was later replaced by Barbara Dana.[3]
For instruments, the group used a guitar, a toy piano, a toy xylophone, pots, pans, and jars.[4]

Also from WIKI:
Alan Wolf Arkin (born March 26, 1934) is an American actor, director, musician and singer. He is known for starring in such films as Wait Until Dark, The Russians Are Coming, the Russians Are Coming, The Heart is a Lonely Hunter, Catch-22, The In-Laws, Edward Scissorhands, Glengarry Glen Ross, Thirteen Conversations About One Thing, Little Miss Sunshine, and Argo, the last two of which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and the former of which he won. He is the father of actors Adam Arkin, Anthony Arkin, and Matthew Arkin.

Here's some music:

Dana mentions this one on the show specifically because Ken is such a fan of the Caballeros.
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More tomorrow.

Dana's record collection (part 2)

From Wiki: Phil Silvers (May 11, 1911 – November 1, 1985) was an American entertainer and comedy actor, known as "The King of Chutzpah." He is best known for starring in The Phil Silvers Show, a 1950s sitcom set on a U.S. Army post in which he played Sergeant Bilko.

Yep. That Maya Angelou. Here's what wiki says:  Miss Calypso is a 1957 album by writer and poet Maya Angelou. The album was released during a craze for calypso music catalyzed by Harry Belafonte the previous year. Angelou sings every song on the album, and she composed five of them. Behind Angelou's voice, studio guitarist Tommy Tedesco and percussionist Al Bello created an exotic mood. Angelou toured in support of the album, performing calypso songs in nightclubs. The album was a modest success but Angelou did not make any further records as a singer.

 Enjoy a taste of Diller:

A legendary wrestler who also found fame in odd corners of Hollywood. Here he is wrestling Bruno Sammartino:

From WIKI:
John Uhler "Jack" Lemmon III (February 8, 1925 – June 27, 2001) was an American actor and musician. He starred in more than 60 films, including Some Like It Hot, The Apartment, Mister Roberts (for which he won the 1955 Best Supporting Actor Academy Award), Days of Wine and Roses, The Great Race, Irma la Douce, The Odd Couple, Save the Tiger (for which he won the 1973 Best Actor Academy Award), The Out-of-Towners, The China Syndrome, Missing (for which he won Best Actor at the 1982 Cannes Film Festival), Glengarry Glen Ross, Grumpy Old Men, and Grumpier Old Men.

You can buy this (or listen to samples) on Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Gypsy-Rose-Lee-Remembers-Burlesque/dp/B005FA6LY4

More on Monday!

Dana's record collection (part 1)

On KEN P.D. SNYDECAST #207: Yule Be Sorry Dana mentions that he is cleaning up his record collection.

He tweeted several pics. Take a look:

NOTE: William Holden (April 17, 1918 – November 12, 1981) was an American actor. One of the most popular movie stars of all time, Holden was one of the biggest box office draws of the 1950s. Holden won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1953 for his role in Stalag 17, and a Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor for his role in the 1973 television film The Blue Knight.

Holden starred in some of the most popular and critically acclaimed films of all time, including such blockbusters as Sunset Boulevard, The Bridge on the River Kwai, The Wild Bunch, The Towering Inferno, and Network. He was named one of the "Top 10 Stars of the Year" six times (1954–1958, 1961), and appeared on the American Film Institute's AFI's 100 Years…100 Stars list as number 25. (FROM WIKI)

NOTE: I couldn't find much about Peggy other than that she appeared in a 2009 documentary on Hugh Hefner and this 1965 news article:

Here's a sample of Bud Fletcher:

Wow, talk about rare:

Also super rare, but it can be bought on eBay for $10. Signed to someone else.

JYD was a wrestling legend, known for his powerful headbutt and for dancing with kids to this song in the ring after his matches.

Here's a documentary on this whistlin' dude:




More to come tomorrow!

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