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I write, do interviews, host podcasts, produce, & other stuff. AUTHOR: Go Team Venture/The Art Of DuckTales linktr.ee/kenplume

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Vintage 1918 poster announcing the establishment of Daylight Saving Time showing Uncle Sam turning back a clock while an anthropomorphic clock throws up its hat in celebration with the text “VICTORY! CONGRESS PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL” and the tagline “GET YOUR HOE READY!”

Vintage 1918 poster announcing the establishment of Daylight Saving Time showing Uncle Sam turning back a clock while an anthropomorphic clock throws up its hat in celebration with the text “VICTORY! CONGRESS PASSES DAYLIGHT SAVING BILL” and the tagline “GET YOUR HOE READY!”

There’s… a lot going on in this 1918 poster announcing the establishment of Daylight Saving Time…

09.03.2026 19:21 — 👍 14    🔁 3    💬 2    📌 0
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Chuck Jones sketching Daffy Duck...

09.03.2026 08:59 — 👍 55    🔁 14    💬 0    📌 0
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Chuck Jones sketching Bugs Bunny...

09.03.2026 08:58 — 👍 40    🔁 10    💬 1    📌 0
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So, what specials does CBS have in store for Fall 1974...

08.03.2026 08:22 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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"I don't want to share my wife, Barbara, with the kitchen..."

08.03.2026 08:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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I'm trying to wrap by brain around the "Fight - Friendship - Freedom" branding in these vintage Japanese G.I. Joe toy commercials...

08.03.2026 08:53 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 1
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A McFever Dream...

08.03.2026 08:45 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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I wonder if that nacho cheese flavor will catch on...

08.03.2026 08:28 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0

Finally, I don’t have to adjust that clock I never changed at the end of Daylight Saving Time last year, proving once again that my supposed apathy is just remarkable patience.

09.03.2025 07:10 — 👍 64    🔁 9    💬 4    📌 0
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Watching a documentary on the collaboration between Dolly Parton, Emmylou Harris, & Linda Ronstadt when an unexpected talking head makes an appearance, with a brilliantly low-key intro from Linda… “I was going out with this guy who made films…”

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From her November 1976 Rockpalast concert, here’s Linda Ronstadt performing her cover of “Willin’”…

16.07.2025 00:24 — 👍 23    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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I'm trying to wrap by brain around the "Fight - Friendship - Freedom" branding in these vintage Japanese G.I. Joe toy commercials...

08.03.2026 08:53 — 👍 18    🔁 8    💬 3    📌 1
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A McFever Dream...

08.03.2026 08:45 — 👍 12    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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"I don't want to share my wife, Barbara, with the kitchen..."

08.03.2026 08:31 — 👍 3    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0
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I wonder if that nacho cheese flavor will catch on...

08.03.2026 08:28 — 👍 12    🔁 4    💬 2    📌 0
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So, what specials does CBS have in store for Fall 1974...

08.03.2026 08:22 — 👍 8    🔁 3    💬 1    📌 0
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NEW EPISODE!

In JUST A FEW THINGS, I welcome a special guest who shares favorite items from their personal collections.

For this ep, I'm joined by writer/performer Emily Fleming of GOOD MYTHICAL MORNING, FREE WITH ADS, MYTHICAL KITCHEN, and more!

youtu.be/EZNbmlrmCw8

06.03.2026 06:19 — 👍 13    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 1
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Yeah, my generation had a lot of mixed messages (and catchy earworms) about food...

08.09.2025 04:12 — 👍 33    🔁 2    💬 6    📌 1
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Listen, I know the message was well-intentioned, but it's nearly 50 years later and I'm still unpacking the emotional fallout this ad had on me as a kid...

08.09.2025 04:09 — 👍 96    🔁 18    💬 8    📌 0
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Beyond letters & numbers, it was always impactful when SESAME STREET would take a beat to impart some emotional lessons, & acknowledge & address that children had big, esoteric thoughts floating about in their heads. Here’s another Jeff Moss song that burrowed deep into my heart.

07.09.2025 08:28 — 👍 56    🔁 22    💬 3    📌 1
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Every so often, usually at my lowest, this song will pop into my head. What’s so lovely about this sequence, & why it still resonates with me, is that it’s played utterly sincere. There are no gags - Just the emotion of these friends separating, & how painful it is for them to have to do so…

08.09.2025 05:41 — 👍 37    🔁 6    💬 2    📌 1
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The songs for MUPPETS TAKE MANHATTAN were written by Jeff Moss - who had long worked on SESAME STREET as a songwriter, having penned the iconic “Rubber Duckie” & many more, & had also been the show's head writer for a few years early on. Here’s Moss performing “Saying Goodbye” from MANHATTAN…

07.09.2025 08:26 — 👍 54    🔁 11    💬 3    📌 1
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It’s been nearly 45 years since I first saw it on an RCA SelectaVision VideioDisc (which I transferred these clips from), and I still can’t get this song out of my head...

Walt Disney’s “Coyote’s Lament”...

14.09.2025 05:57 — 👍 23    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
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We need to put fragrances back into objects, but make them practical things we use as adults - Like a stapler that smells like strawberries, or a cellphone that smells like bananas.

08.10.2025 07:10 — 👍 26    🔁 3    💬 4    📌 0
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The was hours of fun. HOURS. And much better than the clown head with the water-spraying whips for hair.

08.10.2025 07:05 — 👍 16    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 0
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Further proof that my generation was largely parented by objects, entertainment, and absence.

07.10.2025 08:28 — 👍 26    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 1

I’m sorry, I’ve failed you.

Again.



I’ll see myself out.

06.03.2026 09:55 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

MISS YA, FRIEND

06.03.2026 09:43 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

WE ARE ALL NOTHING BUT BITS IN A CELESTIAL SOUP

06.03.2026 09:23 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Here's Craig Ferguson's DOCTOR WHO cold open from waaaaaaay back in 2011, which feels like several lifetimes (and regenerations) ago...

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