Flashback Friday: First airing in Melbourne on the 28th February 1983 and recorded on Betamax, McDonald’s Australia served us up a nice big budget, yet slightly schlocky, Broadway style production number inspired by earlier 1970s American television advertising. Well done, Macca’s – it’s this high level of fast food aspiration that has earned you a place in Australian pop cultural hearts forever.
Film editor Himker Rovde has created a brilliant montage using super hero television shows and films from the 1970s and 1980s to create a real-looking promo for an early version of ‘The Avengers‘ which even includes Hawkeye 😉 Clever clogs – love it 🙂
Check out Marvel‘s first official trailer for their upcoming Netflix original series Luke Cage – this bulletproof ex-con superhero takes on the bad guys and begins cleaning up the streets of New York City. All season one episodes will be available for streaming from the 30th September 2016.
Video editor and musician Jeff Dutton a.k.a. “Bonecage“ recently teamed up with Mr. Gee to create ‘Rick It!’ a brilliant musical parody tribute to Rick Grimes of The Walking Dead that is set to a Rick-themed mix of the 1980 hit ‘Whip It‘ by Devo. LOVE it! 🙂
We love the work of artist Rocky Davies who has created these awesome visual mashups of iconic pop cultural heroes & villains and music hits from the 1980s and 90s. So very cool! 🙂
Mashable Watercooler imagines what E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial would be like as a 1990s sitcom by creating these awesome opening credits. LOVE it! 🙂
Created by artist Julia Lepetit for the website Dorkly, here are ten illustrated lessons learned from the characters of Game of Thrones. Funny ’cause it’s true 🙂
Rowlf the Dog goes nuts rapping a Muppets version of the Snoop Dogg classic “Who Am I? (What’s My Name?)“, with Fozzie Bear as Dr. Dre, in the latest mashup video by the always awesome Mylo the Cat. Does life get any better?! – Love it! 🙂
For The Love Of Spock is an upcoming documentary, directed by Adam Nimoy, that both celebrates the 50th anniversary of Star Trek and reflects on the inspiring life of Spock, actor and father Leonard Nimoy. With Zachary Quinto, who plays Spock in the Star Trek reboot films, narrating the documentary, For The Love Of Spock is set for release sometime in 2016. Looking forward to this one 🙂
Mylo the Cat has nailed it again with this latest mashup of Bert, Ernie and the cast of Sesame Street performing “Regulate” by Warren G and Nate Dogg. Love it! 🙂
