Fun with YouTubes : The Most Amazing Video that Glimpses the Future You Need to Watch Because It’s So Amazing

Fun with Youtubes: Canada Announces 2016 Presidential Candidacy

Fun with Youtubes: The Great War

Seriously.  This is what the internet is for.  Indy Neidel guides you through what happened each week 100 years ago this week during World War I.  I only wish I wasn’t 8 months behind.

Fun with Youtubes: DART–The Early Year

Anyone who knows me knows that my three absolute favorite things in the world are history, public transportation and the smell of hobo urine.  And what better way to satisfy all three than to watch a WFAA special on the opening of DART rail from way way back in 1996.

• It’s great seeing the late, great Chip Moody.  I have memories of seeing him on Chanel 5 Texas News as a small child.*
• “Tourists will flock to The West End..”   Hahaha.  You can’t make shit like that up.
• No mention that the West End Station is the #1 place to purchase WMDs and Yellow Caps** in the CBD.

* I was a small child, not Chip.
** Obligatory hipster reference to The Wire.

The Real Tonight Show, Alive and Well on Youtube

Last week when my one-time leader David Letterman announced his retirement, I stumbled upon this video of Dave talking to the great Johnny Carson about not getting The Tonight Show job.

I then discovered that whole episodes of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson are now available on YouTube.  There are currently only a very limited number of episodes available.  But anyone, like myself, who grew up equating staying up past 10:30 pm to watch Johnny as an extra special sussie, will, no doubt, look fondly upon these interweb treats.

Here’s a whole episode featuring Dave from 1979, three years before Late Night with David Letterman would premiere.

 

As an added bonus, the original network commercials are intact.  How great is it to see Orson Welles shill for that Paul Masson swill?  They will sell no wine before its time.  Which apparently is 45 minutes after pressing.

Oh, and look what else I found, also from 1979.  The full length version of the DVD release of Monty Python’s Life of Brian.  For whatever reason Life of Brian an Holy Grail are unavailable anywhere for streaming on Netfilx or Amazon.  But here’s a free copy on Youtube.