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12 articles from 2009
For One Young Grad, Design Is Child's Play
2 December 2009 2:30 PM, PST | Fast Company | See recent Fast Company news »
Erik Stehman's furniture is inspired by childhood toys--from stuffed animals to balloon animals.
Erik Stehmann, a recent design-school graduate, thinks design takes itself too seriously--the fun has been sucked out of the room, but a bunch of stiff-limbed jerks in black. So instead, he creates objects using techniques inspired by kid's toys.
Balloon animals are a particular fascination. For his Tube Chair, he experimented with them for months, looking for ways to recreate their shapes in other materials. Eventually, he hit upon the idea of wire coated in foam and upholstery. The chairs are made by bending and twisting, just like that creepy clown did at your sixth birthday:
His Inflating Lights puff and breath like cuddly living things. Tiny photovoltaics are used to power ventillators; when you turn on the light, the shade puffs up with air. Turn it off, and it sags and deflates:
This one looks a …
- Cliff Kuang
Broderick's Wonderful World Gets A Trailer
24 November 2009 2:47 PM, PST | cinemablend.com | See recent Cinema Blend news »
Matthew Broderick has disappointed us time and time again. The worst part about actors like him is that we know they're capable of so much better. For every The Producers, there are two or three versions of Godzilla. For every Ferris Bueller, there.s an Inspector Gadget. Broderick.s latest, Wonderful World, seems to be taking him down a better road. While it looks to be taking equal parts from The Visitor and every other sentimental indie flick about a middle-aged man released in recent years, it has Matthew showing off his ability in ways that we haven.t seen in a long time. The flick follows a cynical divorcee who, when a friend falls ill, is forced to re-examine worldview and make some important decisions about his life. Apple brings us the first trailer of the flick, and as always, it can.t be embedded. I.ll tell you …
Jaroo is the Hulu for 80’s Cartoons
6 November 2009 10:35 AM, PST | ScreenRant.com | See recent Screen Rant news »
Hankering for some Captain N? In need of the Superhuman Samurai Cybersquad? Been wondering what Penny, Brain and Inspector Gadget are up to? Well, we’ve got just what you need as The Cookie Jar Company has just launched Jaroo.com, a Hulu-esque video site with full-length episodes of over 50 television series that anyone who remembers when Saturday morning was “Saturday morning” will enjoy.
Jaroo.com launches today with one of the largest selections of full-length episodes of popular kids television programming and movies, both current and classic. The new free premium video destination for kids of all ages will initially offer over 50 popular TV series with more than 500 episodes available on-demand, any time, making entertaining your child or inner-child just a simple click away. Full episodes of such longtime favorites as “Inspector Gadget”, “Johnny Test”, “Super Mario Bros.”, “Zelda”, “The Adventures of Paddington Bear” and “Madeline” as well as the exclusive U. …
- Anthony Ocasio
Jaroo, “Hulu” for Kids
4 November 2009 8:33 AM, PST | Atomic Popcorn | See recent Atomic Popcorn news »
After purchasing Dic Entertainment for a cool $83 million last year Cookie Jar Entertainment has positioned itself to launch its new online component, Jaroo. Jaroo is an ambitious project with a similar goal as Hulu, to provide ad-supported televisions shows online for free. Using Dic Entertainment’s expansive library of children’s shows, Cookie Jar hopes to capture what it believes is a substantially untapped market, young children.
Jaroo is set to launch with 500 episodes of 50 different television shows and is in the process of digitizing an additional 6,000. Some of the series that are currently available for launch include the classic Inspector Gadget, Madeline, and the Adventures of Zelda. Needless to say with a catalog that expansive Jaroo will soon be a heavy-weight in its division. Cookie Jar hopes to continue expanding through partnerships with major networks in order to bring more shows to its online service.
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- Thomas OLaughlin
Jaroo: Tune in, kiddies!
3 November 2009 12:00 PM, PST | EW.com - PopWatch | See recent EW.com - PopWatch news »
A new kid-oriented video site Jaroo launched today, serving up episodes of around 50 children's shows, from '80s hits like Inspector Gadget to the perhaps lesser-known Siegfried & Roy cartoon. There's old-school stop-motion Paddington, Madeline, and live-action shows that I'm too old to recognize. It's a cool enough site, and it's a decent way to monetize content that's otherwise just gathering dust somewhere -- Beverly Hills Teens, anyone? Sadly, though, none of the videos are embeddable, which for me invalidates any comparisons to Hulu. Jaroo's line-up should continue to grow (it's from Cookie Jar Entertainment, which owns a vault of childrens' …
- Margaret Lyons
'Hong Kong Phooey' Gets a Director
12 July 2009 9:10 PM, PDT | CinemaSpy | See recent CinemaSpy news »
If you thought The Smurfs represented the last word in cartoons-turned-movie adaptations, Alcon Entertainment says Phooey to you.
The studio has just hired Alex Zamm, a producer of The Family Guy cartoon series, to helm Hong Kong Phooey, based on a 1970’s Hanna-Barbera animated series. Variety reports Zamm will direct from a screenplay by David Goodman, who wrote the script for Who’s Killing the Great Chefs of Vegas for Warner Brothers.
Hong Kong Phooey, which ran Saturday mornings on ABC from 1974-1976, revolves around a mild-mannered police station janitor named Penrod Pooch, who also happens to be a talking dog. Pooch can transform into Hong Kong Phooey, a superhero who can do kung fu.
Zamm’s previous credits include direct-to-video sequels to Inspector Gadget and Dr. Doolittle. Broderick Johnson and Andrew Kosove, along with Brett Ratner and Jay Stern, are on-board to produce the film, which will combine live-action footage with realistic-looking animation. …
Hong Kong Phooey has a director
12 July 2009 5:48 PM, PDT | TotalFilm | See recent TotalFilm news »
The live-action/CG blend update of the old Hanna-Barbera ‘toon Hong Kong Phooey has a director, in the shape of Alex Zamm. Zamm, who has mostly directed straight-to-video sequels to the likes of Inspector Gadget and Dr Doolittle, is the man chosen to bring the tale of Penrod “Penry” Pooch, a seemingly ordinary police station caretaker who, when trouble strikes, transforms into a kung-fu fighting super dog. He’s a bit of a blundering hero – and he’s usually helped along by Spot, his police cat...
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- James White
'Father Knows Best' Getting Made Over For the Big Screen
16 April 2009 5:45 PM, PDT | Cinematical | See recent Cinematical news »
I thought the television-into-movies trend was going to die in the 90s after Inspector Gadget, The Mod Squad, and Lost in Space annoyed the crap out of everyone. A last gasp like Josie and the Pussycats was understandable, but it's kept on going, and it doesn't get any better. Most of them are a Bewitched level of quality that makes Miami Vice seem like Chinatown.
But Hollywood is just going to keep on trying, and the latest to get the makeover treatment is Father Knows Best. According to Variety, Fox has bought the rights and set Chad and Dara Creasey down to write a script. The film will be a contemporary version focusing on a father whose modern day parenting style clashes with that of his traditional father ... and guess who's coming to live with them and clash over which father knows best? Yep. I expect this to be Gran Torino meets Meet the Parents. …
- Elisabeth Rappe
Five Minutes of Golden Bat April Foolishness
1 April 2009 12:42 AM, PDT | DreadCentral.com | See recent Dread Central news »
Being April 1st, today is a day when many will try to fool you. I thought instead of a trick, I might prepare a treat: five and a half minutes of Golden Bat foolishness!
If you're not familiar with Golden Bat, then you clearly haven't been listening to any of the latest Dinner For Fiends or the Foyday the 13th Foycast where it was discussed for a half hour or read my extensive dissection over at my own personal website FoyWonder.com. Once I turned Uncle Creepy on to this obscure gonzo 1966 Japanese superhero flick, we haven't stopped bringing it up.
Only the Japanese could conjure up a motion picture with a superhero that has a gap-toothed skeleton head clad in a shiny jumpsuit and high-collared cape combination that would make both Liberace and Gene Simmons green with envy out to save Earth from an extraterrestrial threat in the form …
- Foywonder
Celebrity Birthdays - 03/21/09
21 March 2009 7:35 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Can you guess whose birthdays are today based on the following clues? He was an important character in the Harry Potter world but did not live past TOotP. Although he has many interesting credits to his name, he is best known for portraying Lieutenant Groves in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. She plays the role of Blair Cramer in One Life to Live - in over 300 episodes! He's done everything in his power to control the life of his ex-wife, Britney Spears! One of his very first movies was WarGames, a cult classic now. He's famous for many reasons, but perhaps you'll remember him best as Inspector Gadget? We're not quite sure what originally made her famous, but she's a household name, sort of like Madonna, but we call her Rosie. First up, Sirius Black of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Gary Oldman, 51, has quite a long and distinguished career. …
- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
Celebrity Birthdays - 03/21/09
21 March 2009 7:35 AM, PDT | PopStar | See recent PopStar news »
Can you guess whose birthdays are today based on the following clues? He was an important character in the Harry Potter world but did not live past TOotP. Although he has many interesting credits to his name, he is best known for portraying Lieutenant Groves in the Pirates of the Caribbean movies. She plays the role of Blair Cramer in One Life to Live - in over 300 episodes! He's done everything in his power to control the life of his ex-wife, Britney Spears! One of his very first movies was WarGames, a cult classic now. He's famous for many reasons, but perhaps you'll remember him best as Inspector Gadget? We're not quite sure what originally made her famous, but she's a household name, sort of like Madonna, but we call her Rosie. First up, Sirius Black of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire. Gary Oldman, 51, has quite a long and distinguished career. …
- rsw@corp.popstar.com (Robert Samuel White)
Click remote control named most coveted fictional film gadget
18 March 2009 3:28 AM, PDT | Boxwish.com | See recent BoxWish news »
Ah, the age old dilemma – which fictional film gadget would you most like to possess. Here at Boxwish HQ we’ve long since chewed the fat on that thorny issue. Do you go sci-fi chic or maybe more fantasy-led in an “I wanna hang out with Gandalf” kinda way? And what are the criteria? Do you consider what would make your day-to-day life easier and opt for something practical or choose a more outlandish route and settle on something weird but wonderful? And should it be something that science bods have a hope of inventing or something that bends all the rules and blows raspberries in the face of logic? As you can tell, we’ve done our homework on this conundrum, and so with us stuck in stalemate we’re thrilled to see that LG has conducted a survey and found the UK public’s top pick – the remote control from Click. …
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