The 52-year-old magician has trained for weeks for the risky stunt, taking shallow breaths while locked in his box. He says he only feels slight dizziness after the pool ordeal. “The important thing is to believe that you are safe, don't breathe deeply and don't make any unnecessary movements.” 2/2

Aug. 5, 1926: Harry Houdini seals himself into a coffin that’s then lowered to the bottom of the pool at the Hotel Shelton in New York. With no visible breathing apparatus, he remains underwater for 1 hour, 31 minutes, before signaling through a buzzer to be brought back to the surface. 1/2

Weird to see Ted Lasso’s return posited as a long-awaited return of a beloved classic TV show, even though it only ended a few years ago, which is the average length between seasons for a lot of TV shows now anyway.

Patrick Klepek@patrickklepek.bsky.social · 1h ago

Ted Lasso is back for another season, but I do not think Ted Lasso knows why it's back for another season. We discuss on Decoding TV https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/decoding-tv/id1163344992?i=1000780060619

THE NINJA TURTLES WERE *RIGHT THERE* Literally! In New York! It coulda been a fun meta joke!

Tomm Hulett@hypnocrite.bsky.social · 1h ago

Not surprising. This is the same film that claimed soon-to-be 90’s children had fallen out of love with the Ghostbusters in favor of *checks notes* He-Man.

The Ghostbusters 2 soundtrack is a perfect example of white Hollywood having a hard time grappling with the resurgence of ‘black music’ since the first film. The first movie’s soundtrack is entirely a grab bag of white Top 40 fluff, but then you’ve got Boingo balancing out Bobby Brown, etc in GB2

Mike Sterling, Funnybooks Guy@mikester.bsky.social · 9h ago

I can't find a clip, but in GHOSTBUSTERS 2 Oingo Boingo's song "Flesh 'n Blood" starts to play, but you only hear about a second or two of it before they cut to another scene. Still appears on the soundtrack album, though! (And it's a different mix than the one on the OB studio album.)

If you'd like something even more dangerous, our archive is so old that we don't use these fancy modern rolling stacks. Ours are attached to a motorised chain that runs the length of the room. This means sometimes they like to move by themselves just a little, enough to keep you on edge.

alix e. harrow@alixeharrow.bsky.social · 17h ago

i don't like to police genre, but it's not dark academia unless somebody gets squished in one of these bad boys

Aug 5th - Racial tensions heat up in a Brooklyn neighborhood over the course of a hot summer day. 📽️📅 Do the Right Thing (1989)

“Sure, we just shoved 3 episodes of a TV show into a trenchcoat and called it a movie but no one cared, but it moved a lot of Fortnite skins and we can write it off as longterm benefit for Disney+”

The Spaceshipper 🚀@thespaceshipper.com · 4h ago

"The company did note that The Mandalorian and Grogu “underperformed” at the box office, but argued that “these franchise investments contributed to value creation beyond their theatrical releases.” You had to be incredibly optimistic to hope for anything better from a film that follows 4 seasons.

They were sent back in time to save the Soviet Union. But they were too late. [🎵Terminator drums with a tremolo of balalaikas]

USSR Pictures@ussrpictures.bsky.social · 3h ago

The ORSN “Kobra” (Special Purpose Company), an elite unit of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic, was established in Tiraspol on March 16, 1992, to combat armed crime and terrorism.

God forbid a man has hobbies

Phil Lewis@phillewis.bsky.social · 3h ago

Man arrested after dressing as Grim Reaper on hospital roof and staring at patients

Me: "I'm feeling the urge to pick up some Golden Age Grabbers" Oddly Sensual Kirby Self-Portrait Pinup Above My Bed: "That's right, Carl-

for those who celebrate: it is the 20th anniversary of a funny dog eat a pepsi.

this is a great mindset but also a hilarious drag on hong kong phooey, a multiaxial gimbal of racism

Raven Lyn Clemens@ravenlynclemens.bsky.social · 12h ago

i think about this all the time

Medicine. Medicine has grown by leaps and bounds. You cannot introduce vaccines that crater cancer rates, cure AIDS, and cure sickle cell, and then tell me things have only gotten worse. Also: Food. To a HUGE degree. I eat what I once considered rare treats every day, now.

Constantine@ajaxsinger.bsky.social · 14h ago

Food, man. Food is so much better than it was in 1986. All of it. Poor-people food, restaurant food, fresh food, frozen food. Food is just a hell of a lot better.

i have been wanting this since my first game jam ~3 years ago, imagine what you could do with all this power. bbc library is nice, freesounds is okay, but these are real spits and farts from the people whose job it was to make the wettest spits and silliest farts

Sean Dick @seandick.net · 18h ago

Y'all the warner brothers sfx library is on sale, it's so fucking over. sound-ideas.com/products/war...

I love you too, Robocop.

Robocop (1987)@robocop1987.bsky.social · 15h ago

I love you.

Today's gender is Karen Allen dressing up in Pacino's leather bar togs in Cruising (1980).

Just got back from visiting the family in Illinois. Found some important reading material in my old room.

from the people who brought us self-propulsion diarrhea:

onion person@junlper.beer · 19h ago

suspiciously green bananas is sadly one of the funniest things i’ve read in awhile

It was so damn depressing to watch every TV writer who was willing and eager to have open, intelligent conversations about their process get hounded off social by a combination of aggressive stans and belligerent wannabes defending the right to be a shithead to creatives

C. Robert Cargill@crobertcargill.bsky.social · 16h ago

I keep thinking about the discourse from the other day suggesting writers are gatekeeping writing information for ourselves and I just think back to 2019 when every writer was out there giving away writing advice until one by one each stopped because social media blows and we can't have nice things.

My friend, Cat mentioned she has some availability for projects so if you want a collaborator who is imaginative, easy to work with and makes art with charm for days then reach out. She's ready to make another masterpiece with the right material!

Cat Farris@cattifer.bsky.social · 2y ago

Hey! It's station identification time! I'm Cat Farris, comic book artist and cartoonist. Here's what my art looks like:

The console wars *were* like that, though. This is the music God would blast as you ran through Hills department store, trying to nab the last Super Entendo: youtu.be/9-G4xAijMq4?...

Glory Soundtrack- Charging Fort Wagner

YouTube video by moviesoundtrackgod

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Brad Lynch@marinov1.bsky.social · 17h ago

Absolutely zero 80s/90s kids born in The South™ escaped 5th grade without sitting through all 37 hours of Ken Burns' Civil War documentary on VHS. I feel targeted. Thanks, @grubb.wtf. youtube.com/shorts/nGuyn...

I love that they decided to sculpt to Fords default face which is “what the fuck is wrong with you?” face.

Yeah, I can see why Weird Al shot UHF there.

Retro Commercial Screens@retro-commercials.bsky.social · 18h ago