Arthur C. Clarke, Cephalopodcaster
28 Feb 2008 22 Comments
in 70's, Celebrity, Cthulhu, Generation X, Literary, Science, Squid, Weird, YouTube, animals, environment, fish, horror, television
Enjoy this fine, fine television programming from the golden days of the Seventies
Arthur C. Clarke.
Chariots of the Gods.
Sea Monsters!
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Feb 28, 2008 @ 14:14:08
Yeah, but I’m still waiting for his prediction of international phone rates coming down to local rates to come true.
I remembered this even before I clicked the clip. Discovery was such a cool channel back then . . . .
Feb 28, 2008 @ 14:21:07
If you have an expensive enough cellphone service, it already IS true.
Which reminds me about my cable bill. Shaw Cable is charging me $29 per month, PLUS $20 per month for every month that I have an amount left over on the account. So, this month I had $50 and paid it to them and they charged me $49 anyway. They even charged me $20 each for October and November when my internet was entirely cut off! One blog post coming up…I’m majorly steamed about this; no WONDER I can’t get this goddam bill paid off.
Feb 28, 2008 @ 14:27:08
Good point. Arthur C. Clarke is either a tool of the telecommunications industry or merely an astute observer of the robber-baron continuum.
For cable and the broadband that the family still needs for work and school, I’m paying $119 a month. God love Comcast – somebody has to, I suppose.
Feb 28, 2008 @ 14:29:44
The even more horrible aspect of this clip – th epetty officer describing the Stein’s strange encounter is wearing the uniform that temporarily replaced the ‘cracker jack’ uniform for sailors in the mid-to-late 70′s. The running joke was that the Navy was the largest formation of bus drivers and chaffeurs in the world.
(Insert favorite theremin score here)
Feb 28, 2008 @ 15:59:45
You’ve got a good point there. I had a hard time resisting the urge to yell “home, James!”
Feb 28, 2008 @ 17:26:13
I think this film was written and produced by the Dharma Institute.
Feb 28, 2008 @ 17:30:30
Not that there’s anything wrong with that.
I heart this video. It demonstrates just why I find the whole thing so exciting!
Feb 29, 2008 @ 09:10:55
Her Grace la Marchionesse RegenKuester de W under B della Z
Your Grace
ScHocking … this is an Educational Blogge read by discriminating Ladies & Children
Do we detect Monsieur AerChie’s deplorably Humorous Influence – he is vell-known as a ruthless exploiter of the infamous counter-revolutionary socialist Mesonychoteuthis Hamiltoni for information & entertainment purposes und enjoyment
“…. Professor Cloudsley-Thompson …. This was in the Mess … Cold Waters of the Labrador Channel [seething with Retrievers going woof, woof] ….”
Was this Klip ein Joke !!
If not (which is not admitted), it may explain why no Mummified Faerie Remains have been found in AustrAAAlia
— Economic Migrant Faeries ( …. errrr Political Asylum Seekers) did not survive the swim across the Timor Sea to escape the Eurasian LandMass’s sub-prime Krisis, due to the unInvited und unWelcome Attentions of these Giant Crustaceans, intent on re-distribution of the World’s Fresh-Meat Supplies AND this was BEFORE they would have met Greedy Flocks of M AerChie’s famous Long-Donkeys, eager to vary a Dreary Vegetarian Diet of Eucalyptus Leaves
Es macht man denken, nee
Das ist es, doch
[Harrumppphissimus]
and an interesting use of Englisch – where “It must be” means “It may be” …. I suppose this is what passes in Evolutionary Circles as “rigorous pScientific Proof”
Again, your Grace, I say :
Harrrumphissimus
AND can one expect Sartorial Elegance in the Uniforms of the World’s Largest but 2nd-best Navy – can FFE assure us that they do NOT pass the Port to the Right …
Ainnatirb Elur
Your Grace’s obedt servant etc
G Eagle
Feb 29, 2008 @ 14:12:23
I can assure M. Eagle that most of our sailors still can differentiate between the blue-green light and the red light.
And the ‘cracker jack’ uniform finally resumed its rightful place.
Mar 01, 2008 @ 00:06:41
@Herr Harrrumphissimus, It is well known that American Republicans and many modern Tories have begun passing the Port to the Right, such is their hatred of the Left.
@Rain, I had intended a spot of canoeing today – - -
Mar 01, 2008 @ 05:28:41
The Navy has endured decades of rightists, Know-Nothings, Mugwumps, Manifest Destinists and neo-cons and will manage to pass through channels and straits correctly despite all of them
Mar 01, 2008 @ 14:43:01
Well, where do you THINK Labrador Retrievers come from? We also have the Nova Scotia Duck Toller, which is caught in nets in the Bay of Fundy at the turn of the tide. Where do you get YOUR dogs from? A pet store?
Mar 14, 2008 @ 01:00:07
My friend LK (as we sit here drinking vodka and admiring your wit) says you forgot to add “Boy Lover” to your tags!
Mar 14, 2008 @ 03:17:02
Well who isn’t one, really?
Mar 14, 2008 @ 04:12:11
Hey, just because Arthur C. Clarke lives in Ceylon (oops, my imperialism is showing) and is accused of having his way with the local male adolescents doesn’t make him a pedera . . . . uh, never mind.
Mar 14, 2008 @ 04:26:47
Have you seen the Celonese adolescents? No, no, I’ve said too much…
Mar 14, 2008 @ 14:18:13
You haven’t said enough….
R.E.M. right?
Mar 15, 2008 @ 01:13:11
No comment. NOOOOOO COMMENT!
Mar 15, 2008 @ 02:10:25
Shiny happy people, I always say . . .
Mar 15, 2008 @ 02:19:18
Do those people look shiny? I ASK YOU!
Mar 15, 2008 @ 02:24:49
Not really, but Kate Pierson looked hawt in that miniskirt and knee socks . . . .
Mar 15, 2008 @ 05:22:19
Different tastes. Michael Stipe’s chemo chic never did anything for me.