9 Thumbs (Episode 5)
The 9 “likes” featured in this episode:
The Voice Bible translation
Title to Live HD for iPad
Matt Groening’s interview in Smithsonian Magazine
The Fast Camera iPhone app
The blog Flux Machine
Scrivener writing app
The blog Ugly Renaissance Babies
“Pillows and Blankets,” Community’s Ken Burns parody
The parody trailer for Titanic Super 3D
Other items of note:
The actual non-parody movie Titanic
Ken Burns’ Civil War documentary
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
Corrections:
The Simpsons is the longest-running primetime scripted series in the history of television. We didn’t qualify it to that extent. Other categories of shows, like “60 Minutes,” have been around longer.
Rob Stennett pronounced Matt Groening’s last name “groaning.” It’s actually pronounced “graining.” He doesn’t feel too bad about this because it’s a common mistake.
Matthew Paul Turner referred to the book/movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Killer.” It’s actually Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He feels no remorse whatsoever for this error.
In discussing Community parodies, Jason mentioned something called “Breakfast with Andre.” He was probably thinking of the film My Dinner with Andre. Or maybe Breakfast at Tiffany’s. Mostly he was trying to appear smart and bungled it.
This week’s “Question of the Week,” submitted on Facebook by Korista Lewis:
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