Billy Eichner of the truTV show Billy on the Street recently hosted his first-ever Thanksgiving Day parade. And what would be a Thanksgiving day parade without giant balloons, floats, and Katie Couric?
The segment does a nice job of parodying the cultural icons often selected for such parades. And every parade needs a giant Sean Penn balloon. Check out the funny video.
Happy Thanksgiving! What is your favorite part of Billy’s parade? Leave your two cents in the comments.
The Remember website is making videos compiling music, movies, TV shows, video games and other pop culture references from past years. Their newest video takes a look at the year 1990. Remember Wilson Phillips, Beverly Hills 90210, “Vogue,” and Goodfellas? Check it out.
So far, they have covered five years. So far, the earliest year they have covered is 1986, but they are taking votes about which year to cover next. Below you may check out the 1986 video. Remember Alf, Don Johnson’s “Heartbeat,” the Challenger explosion, Stand By Me, and “Invisible Touch”?
What year would you like to see compiled into a video and why? Leave your two cents in the comments.
In case you were too busy getting ready for the holidays or trying to avoid a fiscal cliff the last few weeks, here are some of the pop culture stories you might have missed.
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The Atlantic featured production storyboards from 15 beloved films.
What if there were an animated series called “Clockwork Orange Babies“? Here’s what the promo posters would look like.
Check out this “Honest Trailer” for The Dark Knight Rises. Even though I liked the movie, the “Honest Trailer” is funny and captures a number of plot issues. (Thanks @PopcornJunkies.)
Kinky Friedman on Folk Music, Politics, Mass Murder, and His Bipolar Tour. (from No Depression)
Beck is trying to revive the days of singing ‘round the piano.
The A.V. Club wrote about how Townes Van Zandt’s song “Lungs” veers from platonic epistemology to magical realism. I can’t explain what that means. You’ll have to read the article.
Unfortunately, some of the biggest pop culture news recently has been about the deaths of Mike Wallace, Dick Clark and Levon Helm. But in case you missed some of the other recent news, check out the following.
Finally, here is Marc Cohn’s song about Levon Helm, who passed away last week. “I was was lost/ I was gone/ Listening to Levon/ I was looking at the girl/ But I was listening to Levon.” -Marc Cohn.
Robert Hegyes, who played Sweathog Juan Epstein on Welcome Back Kotter passed away. I hope he has a note to get into heaven. In other death news, Ian Abercrombie, who played “Mr. Pitt” on Seinfeld, passed away. RIP.