I've been putting it off for a while now, but I was thinking of drawing cartoons on YouTube. Lo and behold, I found a cartoonist named Lev Yilmaz is already doing it. He's got several he narrates and they're kind of amusing. Maybe this is territory where the line between cartooning and stand-up comedy gets blurred, kind of like the stuff Demetri Martin does, but maybe it's all storytelling. Yilmaz appears to be drawing live on tracing paper with a camera focused underneath the page through a glass table. Although apparently simple, it's really a quality hand-made production. Here's one of Yilmaz's cartoons called "Procrastination." To quote one of the commenters, "I found this while procrastinating."
The House, gorgeous yet haunting, is an episode of Rod Serling's Night Gallery that's truly a work of art. Starring the lovely Joanna Pettet, an actress so beautiful she makes me ache for the seventies, the circuitous dream of this haunted house infects the mind like a computer virus. Pettet stars in a couple of other episodes of the Night Gallery , so I'll be sure to admire her in those when I find them. Her wispy flowing hair and wardrobe reminds me of an angelic mermaid. She's a breath of fresh air after seeing Serling introduce the story, more troll-like than ever with his post-Beatles mop hairstyle. Thank heavens he could write such brilliant stories. Not only do you get a gorgeous girl, and a great story, collectible car enthusiasts will love seeing the pristine red convertible in this video. Right now, you can watch the full episode free on NBC: Postscript: Not sure, but I think that car is a 1969-70 Chrysler 300 convertible like this one I found on eBay: ...
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