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The Tommyverse

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 02:17:22 GMT

In the series finale of St. Elsewhere, it was revealed that the whole thing actually took place inside little Tommy Westphall’s mind. Due to crossovers and spin-offs, this means that 280 other television shows also occurred inside Tommy’s head.

Link: http://home.vicnet.net.au/~kwgow/crossovers.html

I am quite envious of the Rockband team

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 20:36:29 GMT

If only all software projects glorified their engineers with credits like these.

KITT is a Mustang

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:48:01 GMT

In NBC’s new ‘Knight Rider’ series.

Link: http://jalopnik.com/cars/knight-rider/its-official-knight-riders-kitt-is-a-shelby-gt500kr-mustang-333022.php

Philip Glass's Sesame Street animations

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 06 Dec 2007 13:21:57 GMT

I remember seeing these on Sesame Street as a kid. I hated them and was mesmerized by them. They’re pure geometry, mixed with color theory wrapped up and set to an exceedingly eerie score — particularly for a children’s program.

Retro television themes

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 10:16:42 GMT

In the spirit of my recent post on the TV Theme Song Game — read: “so I can practice” — check out RetroStatic and their massive collection of opening sequences from ‘80s and ‘90s television.

Specificially, cartoons like:

And even some “regular” shows:

There are just so many opening sequences to memorize before the competition really heats up over the holidays.

Name that theme song

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 20:24:08 GMT

I could play this game for hours. Seriously. It’s a problem.

Link: http://www.televisiontunes.com/game.html

Top 10 worst sci-fi shows

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Thu, 02 Aug 2007 07:12:36 GMT

The opening sequences of the worst sci-fi tv shows of all time. (Includes Automan!)

Link: http://forevergeek.com/sci-fi/top_10_worst_sci-fi_shows_ever_wvideos.php?fromrss=1

Jellyfish is one year old at midnight

nicholasjon@nicholasjon.com (Nick) — Mon, 25 Jun 2007 19:53:10 GMT

One year ago we threw the switch and opened all our hard work up to the public. Tomorrow, we’re turning the deals over to our users. From shopping search, to live game show, to social shopping — it’s safe to say there’s never been a dull moment.