Roosevelt Franklin’s Alphabet Song

I’ll offer a whole big pile of hugs and grins to the mother and son team that successfully recreates Roosevelt Franklin’s Alphabet Song in real life. Deep voice optional (that’s Matt Robinson singing!), and oh yes, if you’re playing Roosevelt, do be careful with those grin-inducing head throwbacks. Bonus smiles: download the song and get [...]

That Lion Dance World Record

3,971 boys and girls from central Changhua County in Taiwan recently set a world record for performing a lion’s dance. Practice was for a year, and the performance had to last at least 5 minutes. I’m curious to pieces: how did the organizers get 3,971 boys and girls to do something coordinated for more than [...]

That Noh-dancing robot

Still need to meet your randomness quotient for the day? Here, this should help. Hoppity hoppity hop. *triple grin* More on Toko Toko Maru (Japanese only). And that’s all the randomness I can handle for now. I’m going to bed.

Terrific (Cheap) Tap Tap Tap Shoes

My grandma used to make these tap shoes for the grandkids! 1. Take a 20cm-long piece of wide elastic and thread it through a big metal washer. (What’s your largest coin? The washer should be about the same size.) 2. Tie the elastic around the toe part of each shoe, adjusting the washer so that [...]

Prisencolinensinainciusol

That’s some serious hip swinging choreography. It doesn’t hurt? Listen to “Prisencolinensinainciusol” and smile, especially when you realize they’re not singing (rapping?) in Italian. I can’t give you the English lyrics…because they’re not singing in English, either. They’re singing gibberish Italian that sounds like English. Neat, ja? Eh? Singing gibberish that sounds like English? That’s [...]