The internet is a magical, magical thing.As a young, impressionable child in the 80's, I used to watch a show called The Great Space Coaster. I remember it with great fondness, but I've never been able to find another living soul who has heard of this program or will admit to having watched it. When I try to describe the show, people generally roll their eyes and accuse me of dreaming or otherwise hallucinating it. Granted, an amazing (an vaguely psychedelic) space roller coaster and a talking gnu do seem a little far-fetched.
I got sick of being called crazy though, so one day, I decided to Google it. Miracle of miracles, you can actual watch the (fabulous) intro in its entirety here. But be warned, that song will be stuck in your head for years.
My favorite character from The Great Space Coaster was a newscaster (or should I say gnuscaster?) named Gary Gnu, whose tagline was "no gnus is good gnus". I don't know exactly what a gnu is (Wiki does!), but they seem to wear a lot of eye makeup. Watch Gary in action here.
Take that, nay-sayers! Even hit show Family Guy has grabbed a piece of the space coasting action. Who's crazy now?
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While this isn't the correct piece to post in, I still wanted to share an article from Slate: http://www.slate.com/id/2167297/fr/flyout
The curious history of church marquees.
By Doree Shafrir
MF
Great article, thanks MF! I enjoyed the slideshow (hooray for samplers!).
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