Late Late Night FDL: Peace On Earth
Posted in Main Blog (All Posts) on December 4th, 2011 5:44 am by HL
Late Late Night FDL: Peace On Earth
Peace on Earth. This Metro Goldwyn Meyer cartoon was released on December 9, 1939 and nominated for the 1940 Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
Peace on Earth. This Metro Goldwyn Meyer cartoon was released on December 9, 1939 and nominated for the 1940 Academy Award for Best Short Subject, Cartoons.
Directed by Hugh Harman. Produced by Hugh Harman and Fred Quimby. Written by Jack Cosgriff, Charles McGirl, and Khat Harman. Voices by Mel Blanc (Grandpa Squirrel) and others. Original Music by Scott Bradley. Charles Wesley, hymnist, Hark! The Herald Angels Sing (uncredited).
Grab your popcorn, put your feet up on the seatback in front of ya, and aim your spitballs at the ushers please. This is Late Late Night FireDogLake, where off topic is the topic … so dive in. What’s on your mind?
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Sunday Talking Heads: December 4, 2011
As Peterr notes, “Someone at ABC has a sense of humor. Scheduling Barney Frank behind Rick Santorum is hilarious.” And lookee! a complete Chris Hayes lineup, may we be so lucky from now on. TBogg hosts James Wolcott for Book Salon, dday and Stuart Zechman Virtually Speak and the Monday Movie is Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter.
Lucking Out: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York
As Peterr notes, “Someone at ABC has a sense of humor. Scheduling Barney Frank behind Rick Santorum is hilarious.”
And lookee! a complete Chris Hayes lineup, may we be so lucky from now on.
TBogg hosts James Wolcott for Book Salon, dday and Stuart Zechman Virtually Speak and the Monday Movie is Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter.
ABC’s This Week: Rick Santorum. Then, Rep. Barney Frank (D-MA). Roundtable: George Will, Donna Brazile, Arianna Huffington, Major Garrett. Finally, Angelina Jolie on her movie about Bosnia, “In the Land of Blood and Honey.”
CBS’ Face the Nation: Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus. Obama Campaign Advisor Robert Gibbs. Roundtable: Norah O’Donnell, John Dickerson, Nancy Cordes, Mike Allen.
CNN’s State of the Union: Rep. Ron Paul (R-TX). Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Sen. John McCain (R-AZ). Roundtable: Alice Rivlin, Douglas Holtz-Eakin, Ron Brownstein.
Chris Hayes: Rev. Samuel Rodriguez, President of The National Hispanic Christian Leadership Conference. Dr. Donald Berwick, Former Administrator for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services under President Obama. Jared Bernstein, executive director of the White House Task Force on the Middle Class, and a member of President Obama’s economic team. Chrystia Freeland, editor of Thomson Reuters Digital. Mahlon Mitchell, President of the Professional Fire Fighters of Wisconsin and a possible candidate for Wisconsin governor, should Gov. Scott Walker be recalled. John McWhorter, Columbia University Professor of Linguistic and American Studies, and Contributing Editor at New Republic and TheRoot.com. Katrina Vanden Heuvel, editor & publisher at The Nation magazine.
Chris Matthews: Do Republicans Dislike Mitt Romney So Much That They Might Nominate Newt Gingrich? Is Iran The Biggest Threat Now, and Will It Be A Political Problem for President Obama?
Fareed Zakaria – GPS: Former Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou. Roundtable: Anne-Marie Slaughter, Ian Bremmer, Gideon Rose, Nile Gardiner. Then, the man behind Pakistan’s “memogate” scandal, Mansoor Ijaz.
Fox News Sunday: Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN). Sen. Kent Conrad (D-ND) Chair, Budget Committee and Sen. Tom Coburn (R-OK) Senate Finance Committee. Roundtable: Byron York, Mara Liasson, Ed Gillespie, Kirsten Powers. Power Player of the Week: Kahil Byrd, CEO of Americans Elect.
NBC’s Meet the Press: David Axelrod. Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus. Roundtable: Publisher of the New Hampshire Union Leader Joe McQuaid, Katty Kay, Harold Ford, Jr., Mark Halperin.
Newsmakers: White House National Economic Council Director Gene Sperling discusses the latest jobs numbers and the economy. With the latestunemployment rate dropping to 8.6%, Sperling said “It’s not nearly good enough.” Sperling called on Congress to pass an extension and expansion of the payroll tax credit, a proposal the Senate failed to advance last week…
Q & A: Film producer Carl Colby discusses his latest documentary film about the life of his father, former CIA Director William Colby. Carl details the actual production of the film, and discusses the choice of his mother, Barbara Colby, as one of his primary interview sources…
60 Minutes: Prosecuting Wall Street – Two whistleblowers tell Steve Kroft that their warnings about fraudulent and substandard mortgages were ignored by their companies, offering a rare window into the root causes of the subprime mortgage meltdown still holding back the struggling U.S economy. Michael Bublé – He fills concert halls and has sold 35 million albums by covering classic American songs made famous by crooners like Frank Sinatra and Tony Bennett. Lara Logan profiles this still-rising singer whose current album, “Christmas,” is number one.
To the Contrary: Topics: Obama to choose between Bishops and women’s groups on birth control. The Failure of abstinence only programs. Celebrity Advocacy—Actress Monique Coleman and Singer Natalie Imbruglia. Panelists: Global Summit of Women President Irene Natividad; Independent Women’s Forum’s Executive Director Nicole Kurokawa Neily; CNN Political Analyst Leslie Sanchez; and Former Bush White House Aide Mercedes Viana Schlapp.
Univision’s Al Punto: Dan Restrepo, Special Assistant to the President and Director for Western Hemisphere Affairs at the National Security Council; Netzai Sandoval, Human Rights Lawyer; Meron Reuben, Fifteenth Ambassador of Israel to the United Nations; Esai Morales, Actor and Activist.
Virtually Speaking: David Dayen and Stuart Zechman discuss developments of the week, highlighting issues neglected or misrepresented on the Sunday morning broadcasts, drawing from their work of the prior week and the wickedly funny Bobblespeak Translations on the Most Outrageous Moment from the Sunday morning talk shows.
FDL’s Book Salon: My Life Getting Down and Semi-Dirty in Seventies New York. “A beguiling mixture of Kafka Was the Rage and Please Kill Me, this memoir is a sharp-eyed rendering, at once intimate and shrewdly distanced, of a fabled milieu captured just before it slips into myth.” Chat with author James Wolcott and host TBogg. 5pm ET.
FDL’s Movie Night Monday: Charles & Ray Eames: The Architect and the Painter. “Jason Cohn and Bill Jersey’s definitive documentary delves into the private world the Eameses created in their Renaissance-style, Venice Beach, California studio, where design history was born.” Join filmmaker Jason Cohn and host Lisa Derrick, 8pm ET.
