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Unmoderated Tag: Science Rating: Ok Hits: 96 Comments: 0 TEDTalks: Eric Sanderson Pictures New York's Natural History TEDTalks: Eric Sanderson Pictures New York's Natural History 400 years after Hudson found New York harbor, Eric Sanderson shares how he made a 3D map of Mannahatta's fascinating pre-city ecology of hills, rivers, wildlife -- accurate down to the block -- when Times Square was a wetland and you couldn't get delivery. Oct 13, 2009 10:08 AM
Headline Tag: Pop Culture Rating: Amazing Hits: 1128 Comments: 2 Hello To Broadway - Crossing Time Square Hello To Broadway - Crossing Time Square This is an actual filming in 1932 with a woman crossing Time Square , New York , hanging by her teeth. This is real and what I love is that she does an aerobic routine while she is hanging by her teeth; because hanging by her teeth 500 feet up might not be enticing enough. Awesome and will never be repeated. A 1932 film of Tiny Kline, a Hungarian-born burlesque dancer and aerialist who became Disneyland's first Tinker Bell at the age of 70. Surreal isn`t it? User: Pantufas Sep 1, 2009 2:26 PM
Headline Tag: Celebrities Rating: Good Hits: 722 Comments: 0 1959 First Ever Barbie Commercial 1959 First Ever Barbie Commercial This is the first Barbie commercial that first aired during Mickey Mouse Club! Ruth Handler watched her daughter Barbara at play with paper dolls, and noticed that she often enjoyed giving them adult roles. At the time, most children's toy dolls were representations of infants. Realizing that there could be a gap in the market, Handler suggested the idea of an adult-bodied doll to her husband Elliot, a co-founder of the Mattel toy company. He was unenthusiastic about the idea, as were Mattel's directors. During a trip to Europe in 1956 with her children Barbara and Kenneth, Ruth Handler came across a German toy doll called Bild Lilli. The adult-figured Lilli doll was like what Handler had in mind, so she purchased three of them. She gave one to her daughter and took the others back to Mattel. The Lilli doll was based on a popular character appearing in a comic strip drawn by Reinhard Beuthin for the newspaper Die Bild-Zeitung. Upon her return to the United States, Handler reworked the design of the doll (with help from engineer Jack Ryan) and the doll was given a name, Barbie, after Handler's daughter Barbara. The doll made its debut at the American International Toy Fair in New York on March 9, 1959. This date is also used as Barbie's official birthday. Mattel acquired the rights to the Bild Lilli doll in 1964 and production of Lilli was stopped. The first Barbie doll wore a black and white zebra striped swimsuit and signature topknot ponytail, and was available as either a blonde or brunette. The doll was marketed as a "Teen-age Fashion Model," with her clothes created by Mattel fashion designer Charlotte Johnson. The first Barbie dolls were manufactured in Japan, with their clothes hand-stitched by Japanese homeworkers. Around 350,000 Barbie dolls were sold during the first year of production. Barbie was one of the first toys to have a marketing strategy based extensively on television advertising, which has been copied widely by other toys. It is estimated that over a billion Barbie dolls have been sold worldwide in over 150 countries, with the well-known fact that three Barbie dolls are sold every second. The standard range of Barbie dolls and related accessories are manufactured to approximately 1/6th scale, which is also known as playscale. Barbie products include not only the range of dolls with their clothes and accessories, but also a huge range of Barbie branded goods such as books, fashion items and video games. Barbie has appeared in a series of animated films and makes a brief guest appearance in the 1999 film Toy Story 2. Uniquely for a toy fashion doll, Barbie has become a cultural icon and has been given honors that are rare in the toy world. In 1974 a section of Times Square in New York City was renamed Barbie Boulevard for a week, while in 1985 the artist Andy Warhol created a painting of Barbie. Barbie's full name is Barbara Millicent Roberts. In a series of novels published by Random House in the 1960s, her parents' names are given as George and Margaret Roberts from the fictional town of Willows, Wisconsin. Barbie has been said to attend Willows High School and Manhattan International High School in New York City, based on the real-life Stuyvesant High School. Today the Barbie line is responsible for more than 80% of Mattel's profits. Sep 9, 2008 11:10 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Politics Rating: Good Hits: 225 Comments: 1 Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by Nypd Critical Mass Bicyclist Assaulted by Nypd A Critical Mass bicyclist is attacked by police in Time's Square on July 25th 2008. Jul 29, 2008 12:01 AM
Permanent Tag: New York Rating: Good Hits: 176 Comments: 0 Freakishly Long Fingernails Freakishly Long Fingernails Lee Redmond, the queen of long nails, shows off her talons to Dave Price, celebrating the opening of the Times Square Odditorium (Ripley's Believe It or Not!) in 2007. User: White_Wolf May 31, 2008 5:43 AM
Permanent Tag: Television Rating: Ok Hits: 1559 Comments: 0 SNL Weekend Update: Andy as Naked Guy from Times Square SNL Weekend Update: Andy as Naked Guy from Times Square Andy Samberg interrupts Weekend Update as the naked guy from Times Square. From Saturday Night Live. Oct 14, 2007 2:46 AM
Unmoderated Tag: Pop Culture Rating: Ok Hits: 492 Comments: 0 Times Square Holograph Times Square Holograph A luxury car maker puts up an ad in the form of a holograph where people on the New York City sidewalk can interact with it and the crowd goes wild. User: spam_vigilante Oct 25, 2005 12:10 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Cinema Rating: Ok Hits: 306 Comments: 2 A Consumer's Guide to Ads in Times Square A Consumer's Guide to Ads in Times Square cigarette girls distribute the Consumer's Guide to the teeming masses in Times Square — with often amusing results. User: Danziger Jun 27, 2005 7:36 PM
Permanent Tag: Television Rating: Bad Hits: 1337 Comments: 0 Labscam Labscam 'In the fall of 1989, Rob Pike met Penn Jillette, of the comedy/magic team of Penn and Teller. The introduction and initial conversations were through e-mail, and the mutual acquaintance who started things off was Mike Hawley, now enmeshed at the Media Lab at MIT. After a series of electronic letters, Rob attended one of Penn's Friday movie nights, which was just as described by Calvin Trillin in his recent New Yorker profile of P&T. (Meet in the Times Square HoJo's. Rob wondered, `How will I know you?' and Penn said, `I have samurai hair and I'll be at the back.') Penn's interest in visiting Bell Labs had already been piqued not only by Hawley, but also by Ron Graham (BTL mathematician/juggler), another mutual acquaintance. By the time Rob met Penn, thoughts of something more than a mere see-the-sights visit began to stir: there was the possibility of pulling off a great trick. Who should be tricked, and what should happen? There was only one possible target--Arno Penzias. He satisfied simultaneously all the desirable criteria: stature (Nobel prize laureate and Vice President of the Bell Labs Research area); ability to be tricked (he trusted us and liked technology); challenge (he's smart); and, we hoped, appreciation of the effect. It was known through Graham that Arno was a great Penn and Teller fan, and it was worth gambling that he would feel flattered rather than anguished at being fooled.' User: Danziger Mar 12, 2005 8:36 PM
Unmoderated Tag: New York Rating: Ok Hits: 271 Comments: 0 New York's New Years New York's New Years Here's your guide to what's happening in town on the big night. Everything except your pocket getting picked by a guy name Luis in Times Square. User: spam_vigilante Dec 31, 2004 2:26 PM
Unmoderated Tag: Pop Culture Rating: Ok Hits: 458 Comments: 0 Happy New Year in NY Happy New Year in NY Panoramic view inside Times Square in NY when the ball dropped. Jan 2, 2004 4:29 AM
 
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