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Holidays
Holidays
Santa Claus is Dead
Hate to break the news to everyone, but Santa Claus died on December 23, 1985 of congestive heart failure. Santa was born in 1927 with the name Leroy Scholtz. He grew up to become the most dedicated mall Santa of all time. He liked the job so much that in 1980 he legally changed his name to Santa C. Claus. FindaDeath.com has a copy of his 1985 death certificate.Rudolph the Reindeer is also dead. He died of shock in 2005 when two F-16s from the Danish Air Force flew overhead. I assure you, this is a true story.
Along similar lines, I like this 1993 headline from the Dallas Morning News: "Funeral home inviting kids to come visit Santa." The article explains that the funeral home director, Dan Hiett, came up with the idea of inviting kids to sit on Santa's lap in the foyer of the funeral home because "Not every child has the opportunity to go to the mall."
Posted By: Alex - Tue Dec 09, 2008 -
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Category: Death, Holidays
A Day of Thanksgiving
Posted By: Paul - Wed Nov 26, 2008 -
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Category: Family, Food, Holidays, Money, Documentaries, 1950s
Christmas on Mars
Is there a better "mainstream" weird band than the Flaming Lips? Possibly not. And surely their long-awaited feature film Christmas on Mars will be excessively weird as well.Here's the trailer. Despite the allusion therein to a 2003 release, the delayed film has not yet appeared, although it will have a showing this Halloween in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Posted By: Paul - Sun Oct 26, 2008 -
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Category: Holidays, Movies, Music, Performance Art, Surrealism
Pumpkin Drop
The incredible Sandy Pearlman delivers us this gem.Happy Halloween!
Posted By: Paul - Sat Oct 25, 2008 -
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Category: Agriculture, Customs, Destruction, Holidays, Cars
Monster Mini Golf
How about Monster Mini Golf?
Posted By: Paul - Thu Oct 02, 2008 -
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Category: Business, Holidays, Horror, Sports, Golf
Follies of the Mad Men #29
Chick Chick and Presto Rabbit are the stuff of nightmares! Any child would surely run screaming from these hideous mascots. Note that the company that makes these kits is "Fred Fear"!!!
Posted By: Paul - Mon Sep 22, 2008 -
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Category: Animals, Business, Advertising, Holidays, 1950s
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