Wednesday, October 8, 2014
THE BEST BRITISH USE OF THIS SONG NOT INVOLVING A MASSIVE MOSAIC OF COUPLES REUNITING AT HEATHROW: The BBC got a whole lot of famous people to cover "God Only Knows."
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
A/K/A THE BEST RIDE IN ALL OF DISNEY'S WORLD: WDW Hollywood Studios is experimenting with making Toy Story Midway Mania a Fastpass-only ride:
Requiring passes for rides with long waits could ease frustration, said John Gerner, founder of Leisure Business Advisors in Richmond, Va. "If visitors have to wait more than an hour, It almost doesn't matter how good the ride is – they're upset," Gerner said.
On the other hand, Disney risks angering guests who don't snatch up FastPasses reservations before they run out. "You're essentially making people reserve in advance and are taking away this really long line at the scene," Gerner said. "The trade-off is that people willing to wait six hours don't get to do so."[When we did the ride at California Adventure in late June, I'd say the wait was 45m-1h both times in the late morning, and the kids were a bit antsy the second time but believed that it was worth it.]
ABSOLUTELY BONKERS APENUTS: According to our own Amy Watts, writing for the Baltimore Sun, the audience deeply appreciated Alfonso Ribeiro's breaking out the Carlton Dance for DWTS this week, a crowd pop perhaps only exceeded on television last night as that received when Finally, The Rock Has Come Back ... To Brooklyn.
I AM LOOKING FOR A 'DARE TO BE GREAT' SITUATION: I'm totally fine with Cameron Crowe wanting to spike a tv adaptation/sequel to Say Anything, but perhaps then shouldn't Crowe be returning to 20th Century Fox TV the money they've paid him for those adaptation rights over the years?
IT WAS NOT ACCOMPANIED WITH A PROFANE TIRADE AGAINST JOHNNY MARR: Morrissey has admitted he has undergone treatment for cancer, issuing the most Morrissey-esque statement on the matter possible--"If I die, then I die. And if I don't, then I don't."
Monday, October 6, 2014
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