Recently a guy in in Minnesota was remodeling his 70 year old home and was tearing down the walls. The insides were insulated with old newspapers and periodicals. Oh and an original printing of Action Comics #1 the first Appearance of Superman. Even in its aged and tattered condition, it was still worth $100,000.
(Note to my sister - I know your house is 80+ years old. Do not start tearing down the walls)

Also, Joss Whedon confirmed that the brother/sister super hero team of Quicksilver and The Scarlet Witch will be in Avengers 2. Just today Bryan Singer announced that Quicksilver will be in his new X-Men movie DAYS OF FUTURE PAST. Why is this so odd? Both characters are mutants (the children of Magneto even!) and both have long histories as Avengers. What makes this a head scratcher is that FOX owns the rights to all the X-Men franchise of movies and Marvel's production company of course owns their own Avengers stuff. Will two mega-studios actually compromise and cooperate and let these characters exist in two different franchises? Will Avengers 2 just not mention the backgrounds of these mutants? You KNOW the lawyers worked over the paperwork with a fine-tooth comb. It will be interesting how this is shown.

MAN OF STEEL opens in 21 days. 2 years ago I made a memory. I am very excited to revisit that memory on the big screen and see what technical magic Zack Snyder did. In the movie it will be dark and windy with a tornado chasing me. I can assure you those days were sunny and hot. We would have loved some breeze.

I hope this movie does for DC what IRON MAN did for Marvel. DC needs to get their cinematic ducks in a row and start cranking out the quality movies.

I say we just give Patton Oswald all the money he needs to make his screenplay.

I think I can honestly say that in all of my 37 years of avid and dedicated television watching, I have never been more excited for a show than Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.

I hope you have seen the trailer. When Coulson says, "Don't ever tell me it's not possible!" I get chills every time.

Oh and yeah - COULSON!!!!!!

Fall can't get here soon enough.

I am a die-hard, unashamed and unapologetic Disney fan. They are not a perfect organization but the good and joy they have brought to the world is undeniable.
One of the best and most powerful things about Disney is the music. It is engrained in our culture now. So with that flourishy and superfluous introduction I give you:

Mister_C’s Top 5 Musical Disney Moments

5. Jungle Book “I Wanna Be Like You.” King Louie and Baloo just swinging it out with all their laid-back might! You could just tell Louie Prima and Phil Harris were having a blast! All of the music in this movie is wonderful and covers such a wide range of genres but The King of the Swingers gets my vote every time.

4. Aladdin “Never Had a Friend Like Me” Letting Robin Williams loose was one of the best ideas Disney ever had. Like Aladdin in the cave I just sat back in awe wondering what was going to happen next while the Genie sang. Just pure bliss.

3. Mary Poppins “Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious” The biggest word you’ve ever heard! Julie Andrews singing with animated characters. Didn’t it just blow your mind when you were little? This song is such a part of our culture. And how can you not end up having this song stuck in your head and not really caring all that much?

2. Lion King “Circle of Life.” I can remember the swell of the music and the animation and at the end of the song the title just exploded on the screen. WHOA! What did I just watch? I also think it was so jaw-dropping because I didn’t know what to expect. It was not a fairy tale. It was a Disney original. (OK maybe it was Hamlet with animals…) I watched it just the other day with my girls and they were transfixed. I still got goose bumps too.

1. Ariel singing “Part of That World.” I was a teenager and still remember the feeling when she was done singing. I think the audience started clapping. Just tops in terms of music, lyrics, the voice and the animation all working together to create something….something….I don’t even have the words. You may question my masculinity but that moment is tops in my book

So give me your thoughts. Agree? Disagree? What are some of your favorite Disney moments in song?

and he is not being nice.

ugh I feel bad.

then you know today is Ella Fitzgerald's birthday.


There is not greater voice in jazz than Ella Fitzgerald.

There was no greater female singer than Ella Fitzgerald.

There is a reason she is "the First Lady of Song"

I have to go listen now....


that is all.