Top 10 Seinfeld episodes

I would put The Soup Nazi first but these are fantastic clips!!

Newman's Best scene

Classic Seinfeld - you gotta love it!

I've never been to me

This beautiful song is by Charlene -

Quote of the Day

Thanks to my friend Merry for the Quote of the Day -

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us."

- Ralph Waldo Emerson

Quote of the Day

Today's quote -

The greatest mistake a man can ever make is to be afraid of making one.

- Elbert Hubbard

Ultimate Fan Quiz

There is a fun "Jon Hamm Ultimate Fan Quiz" on the AMC website.  My score was 70% - I missed 3.  Not bad, eh?

How well do you know Jon Hamm?

http://blogs.amctv.com/mad-men/2011/01/jon-hamm-quiz.php

Quote of the Day

From George Carlin -

"The reason I talk to myself is because I'm the only one whose answers I accept."

He was great!

James Bond returns!

Good news for James Bond fans!

http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/01/11/james-bond-returns/?xid=email-top25-today-James+Bond+returns%21+And+not+a+moment+too+soon%21

I like Daniel Craig as Bond so I'm happy to hear this!

Arizona Shootings Reaction

I'd like to share this link to The Daily Show with Jon Stewart with his comments on the Arizona shootings. 

http://www.thedailyshow.com/watch/mon-january-10-2011/arizona-shootings-reaction

I am a regular viewer of the show and this demonstrates how smart Jon is and I just wanted to put it out there.  Here is a good review of the episode with the link to the program -

http://watching-tv.ew.com/2011/01/10/jon-stewart-gabrielle-giffords/

Forever Young

At the end of The Wonder Years today this song "Forever Young" was played.  It was the perfect ending to the episode and one of the most beautiful songs I have heard in ages. It actually gave me goosebumps!  Joan Baez sang the song on the show but it was originally a Bob Dylan song.  I haven't heard his version but here is Joan singing "Forever Young" -



I can't imagine anyone doing a better job singing that song, can you?  The lyrics are quite meaningful, so Bob Dylan does get the credit for that!

Quote of the Day

The quotes for today are from my good friend Wendy -

"The secret of health for both mind and body is not to mourn for the past, worry about the future, or anticipate troubles, but to live in the present moment wisely and earnestly.”

I don't know where she got that but it's excellent advice!

“Tomorrow is always going to be a great day!"   Thanks to Wendy for these positive quotes!

The Human League

I was watching a movie today called Cyrus starrring John C. Reilly and Marisa Tomei.  There is a scene where the song "Don't You Want Me?" by the British new wave band called The Human League, is played at a party and John's character really gets into it and starts singing and dancing to the song.  This is a song from the 80's and I hadn't heard it in a long time but it was such a fun scene that I looked for "Don't You Want Me?" on YouTube.  Cyrus is not the greatest movie but it's well acted.  Anyway, I'm glad I saw it, if for no other reason than I had the chance to hear this song again! 

Enjoy! -

Actor Pete Postlethwaite died

Oscar nominated British actor Pete Postlethwaite died of cancer on Sunday at age 64.  I had seen him recently in The Town where he played a tough Boston mob boss.  I remember him most from his Oscar nominated role as Daniel Day-Lewis' father in In the Name of the Father in 1993.  Recently, he was in Inception with Leonardo DiCaprio but I haven't seen that one yet.  I hope to see it soon.

Here are the reactions of Day-Lewis and Ben Affleck (who directed him in The Town):

Daniel Day-Lewis, who played Postlethwaite’s son in 1993′s In the Name of the Father (for which they both earned Oscar nominations), and co-starred with him in 1992′s The Last of the Mohicans: ”Pos was the one. As students, it was him we went to see on stage time and time again. It was him we wanted to be like; wild and true; lion hearted; unselfconscious, irreverent. He was on our side. He watched out for us. We loved him and followed him like happy children, never a breath away from laughter. He shouldn’t have gone. I wish so much that he hadn’t. There’s a tendency to make lists at this time of the year. When we get to the Best of British, if Pete isn’t at the top of that list, he shouldn’t be far from it.”

Ben Affleck, who co-starred with and directed Postlethwaite in last fall’s The Town: “Pete was a wonderful actor and an extraordinary man. I will miss him as will the countless others whose lives he touched either personally or through his work. This is a great loss of a wonderful man. My prayers go out to his family.”

It's sad when anyone dies but it's especially hard at the age of 64.  He sounds like a great guy.