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  • ‘My Heart Skipped a Beat': Appraiser Recalls Emotional Moment When Rankin/Bass Christmas Puppets Showed Up at His Table

    12/19/2024 5:17:24 PM PST · by nickcarraway · 22 replies
    UltimateClassicRock ^ | December 18, 2024 | Stephen Lenz
    Some of the most memorable moments on PBS's long-running Antiques Roadshow happen when a guest learns their dusty attic find is worth a small fortune. They cry. You cry. It’s pure magic. Equally great are the moments when an appraiser catches a glimpse of something out of the corner of their eye and instantly knows: “This is going to be special.” A Tupperware Container Holding Christmas Magic That’s exactly what happened in 2005 when appraiser Simeon Lipman was at the table during an Antiques Roadshow taping in Providence, Rhode Island. A man walked up carrying—of all things—a Tupperware container. Inside?...
  • Biden mocked over number of jump cuts in Trump debate challenge video: ‘Like a Claymation film’

    05/15/2024 2:17:17 PM PDT · by lowbridge · 153 replies
    nypost.com ^ | May 15, 2024 | Ryan King
    President Biden was mocked by critics Wednesday over the number of jump cuts in his 14-second debate challenge to Donald Trump — with one wag on Twitter likening the brief video to “a Claymation film.” The video of Biden, 81, was released at 8 a.m. and featured the incumbent taunting the former president to “make my day” by agreeing to a on-one-on debate. “In a super short 14 second video, the Biden campaign needed to do 5 jump cuts because Crooked Joe couldn’t deliver a clean reading. Total disaster,” Trump campaign official Steven Cheung posted on X. “Biden’s video has...
  • Will Vinton, Oscar-Winning Legend of Claymation, Dies at 70

    10/05/2018 8:44:39 AM PDT · by ProtectOurFreedom · 21 replies
    Hollywood Reporter ^ | 10/4/18 | Pete Levin
    Will Vinton, the Oscar-winning visionary with the distinctive waxed mustache who coined the term "Claymation" and founded the studio that created the California Raisins, has died. He was 70. Vinton died Thursday after a 12-year battle with multiple myeloma, his children Billy, Jesse and Alex announced in a Facebook post. "He brightened any room with his signature mustache and continued to make jokes and laugh until the very end," they wrote. "His work will live on in animation history and will continue to inspire creative thinkers and makers." The Oregon native saw himself as a filmmaker first and an animator...
  • PLEASE! STOP POSTING SAME MESSAGE ON ALL BOARDS!

    08/16/2002 7:39:49 AM PDT · by Merchant Seaman · 755 replies · 30,137+ views
    Annoyed Reader
    The purpose of FreeRepublic.com's multiple message boards is to limit the topics for each board to particular topics. Posting the same message on all the boards defeats the purpose of multiple-boards for special topics. It is very annoying to see the same message on every bulletin board. PLEASE! DO THE READERS A FAVOR. STOP CROSS-POSTING YOUR MESSAGES!