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When you are watching Charlie Brown Say, A Charlie Brown Christmas The reason why Their delivery pauses in weird spots Is because.... They used actual kids for recording the dialog. Apparently, some of the younger kids couldn't really read yet. And some of the slightly older ones read outloud exactly like most 2nd graders. SO.... they'd feed them their dialog one chunk at a time and record the kid restating it. Then they spliced the pieces together. Being the 1960s, there was just so much recording magic they could do to smooth this all out. It is interesting to me that some of the dialog is a lot more choppy than other parts. Some kids were better at it than others. Linus' big speech in the Christmas episode is a lot smoother, for example, than anything Charlie Brown says.
When you are watching
Charlie Brown
Say, A Charlie Brown Christmas
The reason why
Their delivery pauses in weird spots
Is because....
They used actual kids for recording the dialog. Apparently, some of the younger kids couldn't really read yet. And some of the slightly older ones read outloud exactly like most 2nd graders. SO.... they'd feed them their dialog one chunk at a time and record the kid restating it. Then they spliced the pieces together. Being the 1960s, there was just so much recording magic they could do to smooth this all out.
It is interesting to me that some of the dialog is a lot more choppy than other parts. Some kids were better at it than others. Linus' big speech in the Christmas episode is a lot smoother, for example, than anything Charlie Brown says.
That's interesting. And it got me to thinking, I can't imagine the dialogue any other way.
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How Common Is Your Birthday? The following table shows every day of the year, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, along with a ranking based on how many babies were born in the United States on that date between 1973 and 1999.
The following table shows every day of the year, from Jan. 1 to Dec. 31, along with a ranking based on how many babies were born in the United States on that date between 1973 and 1999.
Did you notice? December 25 is ranked 365 and January 1, 364. Obstetricians take holidays off?
May 22 is average.
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Suzy Favor-Hamilton is a high-priced Vegas escort.
Did an angel whisper in your ear and hold you close and take away your fear...In those long last moments
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In Great Britain, about 35 people a year die due to handgun deaths.
In the USA, at least 35 people a DAY die from handgun deaths.
(No, I am not on either side of the argument concerning guns, but it is a true fact all the same, just for pondering...)
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In Great Britain, about 35 people a year die due to handgun deaths. In the USA, at least 35 people a DAY die from handgun deaths. (No, I am not on either side of the argument concerning guns, but it is a true fact all the same, just for pondering...)
Toby Zeigler has something on this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bFIYLimyRHU
Nobody in England eats Thomas's English Muffins
Didn't even know they existed until I moved to the States
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The population of United Kingdom; England, Northern Ireland, Wales and Scotland is roughly 62,200,000
The population of Australia is roughly 22,850,000
The Population of Canada is roughly 34,500,000
The Population of the Unites States is roughly 315,000,000.
The UK, Canadian and Australian populations combined is roughly 119,550,000
The US populations exceeds that combined total by about 195,450,000
Enough to completely repopulate the British Isles with population to spare for Bermuda, The Falklands, New Zealand on other locations.
Also those population numbers also are indicative why the US is Crazy. Its the Rats ina Cage Syndrome. Also why Laws which work for the Common Wealth Nations won't work in the US.
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Wot? Run? I thought they said Rum!
You may be right
A few sports facts for you....
The football huddle was conceived by a deaf quarterback at Gallaudet University who used sign language to communicate. Not wanting the opposition to see his signals, the team bunch together to shield him.
The nine foot statue of Babe Ruth at Baltimore's Oriole Park shows him leaning on his bat and clutching a right-handed glove. Which is strange, given that the baseball great was a lefty. When told that Ruth was actually a left-hander, the sculptor, Susan Leury, simply replied, "Oh well.".
Initially the numbers put on baseball uniforms were done in accordance with the player's positions in their teams batting order. So Babe Ruth became 3 and Lou Gehrig was 4, etc.
Don't believe everything you think.
The world will not end today.
Darn. That means I have to clean my house.
Cindy
Kinda counting on it, were you?
I did have a short list of things I wouldn't miss.
Eye of Sauron
Just as nobody expects the spanish inquistion, here's something I bet you wouldn't expect to find on the snack aisle and is almost assuredly something YOU DO NOT KNOW.
(copied without permission from L Train who himself appropriated it elsewhere)
And once again Mr. Wizard (aka: Stevie Ray) explains the internet.
Just as nobody expects the spanish inquistion, here's something I bet you wouldn't expect to find on the snack aisle and is almost assuredly something YOU DO NOT KNOW. (copied without permission from L Train who himself appropriated it elsewhere)
Why are American Doritos SO BORING?
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