Fun Fridays

Scooby-Doo Turns 50!

While this may be “Friday the 13th,” it also happens to be the 50th birthday of Scooby-Doo! Doesn’t that make you feel old?

Happy birthday, Scooby Doo!

If you want to enjoy a couple of articles that discuss the origins of the show, you can find them here “History of the Scooby-Doo Series” and here “A Behind the Scenes Look at the 50th Anniversary of Scooby-Doo”.

Meanwhile, you can enjoy a couple of videos for those who have nostalgia for Scooby-Doo!

The first is the theme song from the cartoon. Sing along with me:

While waiting for the next video, buy these delicious Scooby-Snacks!

This video attempts to stuff 22 minutes of an episode into a one-minute mystery.

And finally, did you know some of the famous people who were the voices behind the characters? Casey Kasem as Shaggy?

Last week was a modern-day duet. This week we can enjoy the artistry of Chico and Harpo Marx playing a duet on the same piano (from the 1941 movie “The Big Store”). The tune they are playing is “Mama Eu Quero” made famous by Carmen Miranda the year before. What …

Today the U.S. celebrates Labor Day as a national holiday. For many of us, it used to mark the end of summer and the day before the first day of school. But with many schools starting the year in August, that has been lost. I suspect few don’t know what …

The sheer delight of this duet is fun to watch. Classical pianist Lang Lang and jazz pianist Jon Baptiste sit down and improvise for two minutes on a very familiar piece of music. Enjoy! HT: Trissina Kear

So incredibly creative. Watch this video and be inspired to create origami with your words! Craft them into a story never seen before. Inspire others to think beyond the paper airplane you made when growing up.

Since schools across the world are ramping up to begin the new year (or already have begun), I thought it would be fun to visit a comedy sketch between Andy Griffith and Don Knotts (circa 1965, or two score and 14 years ago). Know anybody like this? Dare you write …

To follow up on Monday’s discussion of the printing press, let’s take a five minute walk through the distribution process. Specifically Amazon.com. This video was release last week, but is already a little out of date. Yesterday FedEx announced they are severing their relationship with Amazon. The effort by Amazon …

So many metaphors for the writing life are expressed in this endearing video. Care to supply one of your own?

We laugh at cat videos and dog videos. But what about birds? Today we rectify that oversight. Enjoy some fun with little birdies!

Watch and laugh again at the classic Tim Conway sketch “The Dentist.” It never gets old.