The Pink Panther is a 1963 American comedy directed by Blake Edwards, who wrote the screenplay alongside Maurice Richlin. Produced by The Mirisch Company and released through United Artists, it is the film that launched the franchise. The cast includes David Niven, Peter Sellers, Robert Wagner, Capucine, and Claudia Cardinale. The story follows Inspector Jacques…
Things I Like: Last Samurai Standing (TV Series) Season 1
Last Samurai Standing was something I stumbled across a few months ago on Netflix. My wife and I started watching it together, but that proved tricky since it’s a violent show and not exactly something you can have on with our 4-year-old, Alex, around. My wife found it too intense, so I ended up finishing…
Fun Facts and Trivia About The Magnavox Odyssey Video Game System
The Magnavox Odyssey holds the distinction of being the first commercial home video game console. The hardware was designed by a small team working under Ralph H. Baer at Sanders Associates. Magnavox took over final development and released the system in the United States in September 1972, with an international release following the next year….
Things I Like: Contra (NES)
Contra is one of the most classic franchises in retro gaming, even if it has never quite found its footing since video games made the jump to 3D. We did not have it growing up, so I came to it later than most, but it has held up surprisingly well. I played the arcade version…
Fun Facts and Trivia About Lentils
The English word lentil traces back to the Latin lens, the classical Roman term for the plant. That Latin word may also be the origin of the prominent Roman family name Lentulus, following the same pattern by which the family name Cicero derived from the chickpea and Fabia from the fava bean. The optical lens…