Saturday, August 06, 2005
More Fun with Wikipedia (TM)
So originally I was going to post about my tests and the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, but as I was browsing the web this evening over dinner something caught my eye. And so without any further ado, it's time for
Wikipedia Bloopers! (a copyrighted feature of this blog...as Harry Shearer might say.)
Today's blooper centers around that anchor of the ever competitive weekend public radio schedule, A Praire Home Companion. Yes, with its old fashioned charm, nostalgic humor, and monologues about life on the prairie, it can hardly be surprising that this rollicking variety show would be made into a motion picture.
Let's see what Wikipedia has to say:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion_%28movie%29
It stars the show's creator, Garrison Keillor, who wrote the film screenplay. Big Hollywood names in the movie include Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Lily Tomlin, Maya Rudolph, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson. There is talk about possible cameo appearances from Sora Takenouchi. A few Prairie Home regulars like Sue Scott and Tim Russell will also appear in limited roles.
Most people have probably heard of the the big Hollywood names mentioned in the article, and die-hard fans may recognize Sue Scott and Tim Russell. But who is Sora Takenouchi?
Let's click on the link and find out!
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_Takenouchi
Sora Takenouchi (武の内 空 Takenouchi Sora) is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon. She is partnered with Biyomon. Sora is a very reliable person and tries to take care of the other kids. Her father works as a professor at the Kyoto University but she lives only with her mother, a famous flower arranger. Sora is the bearer of the Crest of Love.
Well, color me impressed. Talk about your cross-marketing. Finally a movie to appeal to all ages, from nostalgic senior citizens to junior high kids with the attention span of a hyperactive gnat. Altman and Keillor are geniuses. I only wonder where they plan to fit Sora into what will likely be a convoluted plot. Perhaps she'll ask Guy Noir to seek out the Crest of Love when it is stolen by Generic Anime Bad Guy #1.
This has been another fun filled episode of Wikipedia Bloopers!
(Found a blooper on Wikipedia? Send it along to theinvisibleben@gmail.com , and we'll spread the hilarity before it gets edited away!)
So originally I was going to post about my tests and the 60th anniversary of the Hiroshima bombing, but as I was browsing the web this evening over dinner something caught my eye. And so without any further ado, it's time for
Wikipedia Bloopers! (a copyrighted feature of this blog...as Harry Shearer might say.)
Today's blooper centers around that anchor of the ever competitive weekend public radio schedule, A Praire Home Companion. Yes, with its old fashioned charm, nostalgic humor, and monologues about life on the prairie, it can hardly be surprising that this rollicking variety show would be made into a motion picture.
Let's see what Wikipedia has to say:
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Prairie_Home_Companion_%28movie%29
It stars the show's creator, Garrison Keillor, who wrote the film screenplay. Big Hollywood names in the movie include Kevin Kline, John C. Reilly, Meryl Streep, Lindsay Lohan, Lily Tomlin, Maya Rudolph, Tommy Lee Jones, and Woody Harrelson. There is talk about possible cameo appearances from Sora Takenouchi. A few Prairie Home regulars like Sue Scott and Tim Russell will also appear in limited roles.
Most people have probably heard of the the big Hollywood names mentioned in the article, and die-hard fans may recognize Sue Scott and Tim Russell. But who is Sora Takenouchi?
Let's click on the link and find out!
From: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sora_Takenouchi
Sora Takenouchi (武の内 空 Takenouchi Sora) is a character in the anime and manga series Digimon. She is partnered with Biyomon. Sora is a very reliable person and tries to take care of the other kids. Her father works as a professor at the Kyoto University but she lives only with her mother, a famous flower arranger. Sora is the bearer of the Crest of Love.
Well, color me impressed. Talk about your cross-marketing. Finally a movie to appeal to all ages, from nostalgic senior citizens to junior high kids with the attention span of a hyperactive gnat. Altman and Keillor are geniuses. I only wonder where they plan to fit Sora into what will likely be a convoluted plot. Perhaps she'll ask Guy Noir to seek out the Crest of Love when it is stolen by Generic Anime Bad Guy #1.
This has been another fun filled episode of Wikipedia Bloopers!
(Found a blooper on Wikipedia? Send it along to theinvisibleben@gmail.com , and we'll spread the hilarity before it gets edited away!)
