Sunday, April 30, 2023
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NHL PLAYOFFS: Catherine O'Hara
"Leaving behind enduring images that define the sport ... "
Catherine O'Hara provides the gulp-inducing Hockey Night in Canada opening used during the first round of the Stanley Cup playoffs. (2.58)
Clip: Catherine O'Hara's Hockey Night In Canada Open
The Dip and the Chip
British papers prepare readers for The Coronation in six days.
U.S. readers, slightly less prepared.
"Thank God for 1776,"goes one published comment. "We may complain about life in the US but at least we are not swearing allegiance to a ridiculous King who did nothing but manage to get born."
Only ten percent of Brits think Camilla should be Queen, pollsters report.
Pip pip! More pomp!
Game Six in Five Minutes
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The five-minute game highlights package Leafs fans will watch again. And again.
Clip: NHL Game 6 Highlights | Maple Leafs vs. Lightning - April 29, 2023
_Saturday, April 29, 2023
LEAFS 2, LIGHTNING 1
The Leafs last advanced to the second round of the Stanley Cup playoffs in 2004, 19 years ago.
BIRTHDAY BOY: Willie Nelson
Willie Nelson is 90 today.
A country classic with Waylon Jennings, above 
Clip: Willie Nelson - Mamas Don't Let Your Babies Grow Up To Be Cowboys 1983
Song: Ed Bruce
Where is my Tucker?
"Vladimir Putin has lost his taste for U.S. Prime-Time. He prefers old episodes of Friends now."
Image: Barry Blitt for newyorker.com
The napping bat
_Cartoonist Siegel is at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival today and Sunday, Toronto Reference Library 789 Yonge Street
Friday, April 28, 2023
Zombie Spores with Boners?
Ze Frank is not a scientist but he plays one on YouTube. He has four million subscribers, snickering in the darkness.
His latest riff: parasitic fungi too small to see.
With boners. Jerry! Stop that.
Clip: True Facts: Killer Parasitic Zombie Fungi
Thursday, April 27, 2023
Aliens already underfoot
_This is Romulon, God of Household Robots.
When you toss this fiberboard liner in recycling, it spawns more robot vacuums.
Do you hear a low humming while you sleep? Watch your ankles.
PERFORMANCE: Calm Down!
Sometimes a music video is just too weird and intriguing not to appear here.
If you've eaten an edible or done the first bong hit of the day--or consider yourself even a bit paranoid, don't hit play.
All Time Low is the band.
Clip: Calm Down - All Time Low
Tommy in Toronto
_Cartoonist Tommy Siegel
--creator of New Yorker cartoons and bareass birds--
is at the Toronto Comic Arts Festival this weekend.
It's at the T.O. Reference Library
Saturday and Sunday.
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