Happy New Year

Bernice Goes to a Pajama Party

I love Designing Women. I came across this snippet and had to share it with y'all.

Alice Ghostley. There will never be another.

When Rabbits Attack.

I told you they were evil.

Caption This

It's Time for Eartha Kitt

Because I work VERY long days, I often write my posts in advance. Truth be told, most of my December posts were written at the beginning of the month. So it was with sad irony that as I reviewed what I had written for this week, I saw this Eartha Kitt video was due to post. So here it is anyhoo, The Grand Diva singing, "It's My Life" with the Rick Warren Dancers.

Hmmmm, I was surprised the Rick Warren Dancers were even available.

Limahl...Why Not?

In Mourning

The lights are still dim here in Scootersville as we continue to mourn Eartha Kitt. I searched the web today for some performances of the great diva that I've never seen and found these.

"Let's Do It"


"Do It Again"


With Nat King Cole in 1957, "What's Wrong with Me?"



"I Want to Be Evil" Okay, I've seen this one many times...but thought you might enjoy.

The Day After

Goodbye Eartha Kitt. You Will Be Missed.

Eartha Kitt passed away today.
Having seen her perform and even met Eartha several times, I can honestly and sadly say, there will never be another like her. One of the most gracious stars I've ever gotten the opportunity to meet. When she would perform at Seattle's Jazz Alley, she would always meet fans after the show in her dressing room. She would chat and sign autographs. The last time we went to see her, we were in the front row. Eartha spent much of the night flirting with Matt. She even looked at me, smiled and asked Matt who was this apple tart he had with him tonight. She was amazing.
I remember my grandparents loving this song, "An Old Fashioned Millionaire."

Her first hit was "Usku Dara", over half a century ago.

"Her big 80's GMD hit, "Where Is My Man?"

Ironically, having passed way on Christmas, the song many know her for is "Santa Baby".

This will be a blue Christmas without her. Rest in Peace Eartha. We loved you and will miss you.

A Salsoul Christmas

Merry Christmas

Merry Chrismas

David Sedaris' Six to Eight Black Men

David Sedaris is brilliant! Whether is be reading his Sanataland Diaries or telling you about his Stadium Pal. None of these prepared me for this story about Six to Eight Black Men.

Part Two
Part Three
Though tomorrow is David Sedaris' birthday. Let's celebrate today, shall we?

Wain Dwops on Woses

I remember that this is the year Andy Williams bought Claudine a Xanax Pex dispenser....and what's up with her hilarious head twitching at the beginning? Who knew Miss Longet had turrets?

Joyeux Noël

Minuit Chrétiens

NANA MOUSKOURI "Minuit, Chrétiens"
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Which of the Miser Brothers Are You?

They don't make 'em like this anymore...

O Holy Nights

Merry Christmas

Miss Ross' Amazing Grace

Diana Ross - Amazing Grace (Live - Christmas in Vienna 1992)

Allow Me to Introduce You to Allison Crowe

A Chirstmas Song for those Who Work Retail

Christmas Evie

Evie Harris (Girls Will Be Girls) had her own holiday special, Chirstmas Evie.
Careful kids, it's NSFW!

Jack Plotnick is such an amazing actress...who can forget her assssstrophisssissssst line from GWBG?

Peace Train

Now This Should Be a Christmas Song!

It would make better sense than "These Are a Few of My Favorite Things."

David Sedaris' Santaland Diaries

For those of you who have never heard David Sedaris' brilliant reading of his Santaland Diaries, I have found the link from NPR. This is one of the funniest things I've ever encountered.

To listen in RealMedia

To listen in Windows Media Player

There's nothing like hearing David Sedaris channeling Billie Holiday to sing Away in a Manger. No wonder this is the second most requested segment in NPR's broadcasting history. Brillaint.

6- Pack Tagged!

TJB from Stirred, Straight Up, with a Twist tagged me.

The hateful Mr. Peenee has, in a shocking display of Yuletide malice, tagged TJB's blog who who smacked me. The rules are as follows:
1. Link to the person who tagged you.
2. Post the rules on your blog.
3. Write six random things about yourself.
4. Tag six people at the end of your post and link to them.
5. Let each person know they've been tagged and leave a comment on their blog.
6. Let the tagger know when your entry is up.

All right, here goes. Six random things about Scooter:
*Met the love of my life on the internet after nearly a year of exchanging emails before we finally met in person.
*Am obsessed with music, with over 18,300 (really) songs on my iPod.
*Hate the taste of liquor or the smell of cigarettes.
*LOVE ANIMALS. We have 3 dogs, 2 cats, 14 finches, a canary, 6 parrots (including a blue & gold macaw), a koi pond, 2 aquariums (cichlids in one, butterfly koi in the other), 5 bettas, 10 turtles, 2 axolotls and a chinchilla.
*I used to model tuxedos.
*Went 10 years without calling in sick for work.

And now, the evil continues. I tag: Matterdays, The Lisp, Big Daddy, RAD, Misster Kitty, and Mikey. Damn, Mean Dirty Pirate & Stephen Radar , you were already tagged!

Jesus Is Coming

I Want!

Anagram This

Big Daddy had a fun post called "Anagram This". It's about a site that generates anagrams. One of his anagrams was "Dig by Dad."
I decided to see what fun I could have anagramming "Scootersville". My favorites were:
* Ice Lovers Lost
* To Slice Lovers
* Volt Loses Rice
* Lost Love Cries
....and my personal favorite, Sit Closer Love.

Anagram your site and post your best as a comment here.

Christmas Balls

Merry Christmas Friends

Shrub's Legacy

One of the president's last acts will be to create the GMAS to flame the religious right.

Thanks to Tres Fab Sweetie! for this hysterical graphic! You rock.

Honey, Can We Get One?

Rob from Seduced by the New posted a story about this adorable giraffe, Margaret. Born premature she's only 5' tall. Look at those eyes....how can we say "no?"
If we get her now, she'll be perfect for putting the star on top our Christmas tree next year.

More Christmas with Judy

And a VERY young Judy sings Silent Night.

It's a Triple Dose of Judy Garland Christmas Music

I Can Almost Smell the Gin from Here.

A Christmas Special That Will Stand the Test of Time

To watch the whole thing...
Part One (with Miss Yvonne!)
Part Two (with Whoopi, Grace, Frankie and Annette)
Part Three (with Cher, Joan Rivers, and the Del Rubio Triplets)
Part Four (with kd, Zsa Zsa, Dinah, & Oprah)
Part Five (with Charo
Part Six (with Lawrence Fishburne, et al)

I Don't Remember This Either

Ew. My jaw dropped at 3:44. This is not what I want for Christmas.

What Do You Wear When You Clean the Toilet?

Happy Tree Friends - Reindeer Kringle

I hope you get a kick out of Christmas.

Achmed's Christmas Carols

A Sarah Palin Christmas

Good thing they didn't win!

Dr. Who & Kylie's Chrismas Special

OMG, This looks great!

The Dusty Towne's Sexy Holiday Special

Before Cookie Fleck (from Best in Show), Sheila Albertson (from Waiting for Guffman), Mickey Crabbe (from A Mighty Wind), Sally (from Nightmare before Christmas), Delia (from Beetle Juice), and countless other brilliantly off kilter characters, Catherine O'Hara was Dusty Towne on SCTV. Here is her delightfully disturbing Dusty Towne's Sexy Holiday Special.

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Satan Baby

Santa, Satan...it's all the same. There are no more Eartha Kitt versions of Santa Baby left on YouTube. We'll have to settle for Kylie.

Kylie Minogue - Santa Baby
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Straight No Chaser's The 12 Days of Christmas

Matterdays introduced me to Straight No Chaser last year. I love this group. Check it out.

December's 12 of 12

Yesterday was the 12th. That when we celebrate Chad Darnell's 12 of 12, where bloggers all over the world share their day with pictures. For more details and to send healing prayers, visit Chad's site.

I work retail. So it's up at 4 am for a little yummy coffee. When I die, I shall be embalmed with coffee.


The only critters stirring when I get up are the fish and Charlie, the chinchilla.
This is Warren, one of our Siamese fighting fish. His partner, Mo, is a pacifist.


We finally got our tree. The animals seem to leave it alone while it's wrapped up...plus it sheds less.


I have a pretty long commute but it's quite pretty. I never forget how gorgeous it is up here so my commute is never boring.
The view coming into Seattle.


A view of I-5 heading north at rush hour.


The Space Needle is always wearing a festive dress this time of year.


The dogs are all at the back door waiting, wanting, begging to come inside.


Boo Boo is excited. So excited, he's not talking...but he is staring at something.


Now I know what Boo Boo is staring at...we are going to a potluck party tomorrow and we said we'd bring a main course.


My Christmas present to me from me...a record player that records to my computer. I've spent the last couple of days downloading records to my iPod. I'm already up to the B's, specifically "Basil."


The dogs come inside and Stoli sits on her perch.


Time for bed. Hunter is using the computer (he loves Misster Kitty's Internal Voice)...so I sneak up behind him to kiss him good night.

If you haven't tried a 12 of 12, you have a month to get ready.

Oh Hooker Gurl

I Don't Remember this Commercial

Dina Martina for the Holidays

Nothing says Christmas quite like Dina Martina. She's a Seattle holiday tradition!
With Santa hat, jolly attire, muff, and camel toe, she's a tour de farce.


Her Christmas CD is divine. Though she's never done videos for the album, someone has placed two of the songs on line.
Angels We Have Heard on High
Away in a Manger
I know, I know, this last number isn't really a Christmas song per se...but as Ralph Waldo Emerson said, "A foolish consistancy is the hobgoblin of a little mind."

(Now really, when was the last time you read a post with both Emerson and camel toe discussed?)

Early Memories

To Live

Yesterday, December 10th, was Emily Dickinson's birthday. I would not have known this had Garrison Keillor not reminded me on the Writer's Almanac. On nights when I work the dreaded closing shift, I get to listen to this show on NPR. Yesterday's show caught my full attention, when Garrison read this piece by Emily Dickson.

"To live is so startling it leaves little time for anything else"
.
True.

Mom?

Comes with a lemon wedge for extra freshness.

Who Here Makes Sense...and Who Has Their Had up Their Ass Blowing Bubbles?

I found this on Are You There, Blog, It's Me Stephen. I soooooo love Jon Stewart, especially when he makes people like the Archbishop of Fakeabee squirm.

The Daily Show With Jon StewartM - Th 11p / 10c

Mike Huckabee Pt. 2

Barack Obama Interview
John McCain Interview

Sarah Palin Video
Funny Election Video

Les chanson de Noël de M. Hankey

Qui n'aime pas des hymnes de louange de Noël ? Qui n'aime pas le français ? Et qui n'aime pas South Park ? Ainsi c'est seulement un sens de marques que chacun aime que chacun aime les hymnes de louange françaises de Noël de South Park. Les voici dans la version française de M. Noël de Hankey spécial.
Vous êtes-vous toujours demandé quel Cartman ressemble à de doublé en français ?
Saisissez ainsi ceux que vous aimez, jugez-les serrées et appréciez. Joyeux Noël, chacun.

Ne savent toujours pas ce qui pour acheter les enfants pour Noël ? Pourquoi ne pas leur obtenir M. Hankey, le petit Caca Noël?

Gee, vous sentez un sort terrible comme le gui !

One Day This Won't Be an Issue

Swedish tennis superstar Björn Borg has started a fashion company.
The welcome screen shows this beautiful video.
Brilliant.

Christmas with Sarah

My Kind of Santa

The Bette Davis Christmas Album

Okay, it's not really Bette Davis...but then who is?

December, a Wonderful Month for Witches

Who would have thought December would be the birth month of three of my favorite screen witches.
Dec 6th; Four-time Oscar-nominated Agnes Moorehead.

Dec 9th; Delightfully green, Margaret Hamilton

And Dec 28th, Goddess and Dame Maggie Smith (6 Oscar nominations & 2 wins)

Happy Birthdays!

Ever Want to Look like Anni-Frid?

Eeek

I had some fun with Photoshp today.

Better be careful, I remember what happened to Flo.

Barenaked for the Holidays

Kylie's BoomBox

Kylie has a remix album out next week and her x2008 tour will be released on DVD in the UK. Sadly, the DVD won't be available in our format...yet.

This first video is from the tour. The second is an AWESOME HQ Ellectrika's reconstruction video of the projection playing behind her. Found this on zephyr-files.

Damn!

HOT!
...Still waiting for her World Tour to come to Seattle.

For J*O*E

I was reading The Notorious J*O*E today and I came across this post. It reminded me of this sketch from The Kids in the Hall.

It's True

Happy Birthday Jaye P Morgan!

Jaye P Morgan was half the reason I watched that trainwreck TV program, The Gong Show. This woman always made me laugh...so far ahead of her time. Heck she is ahead of time itself! And here's proof!


But it was this bit that truly raised my admiration for Miss Morgan. Honesty took her places...that and a lack of gag reflexes.

It is her 76th birthday...for anyone keeping score.

A Great Idea for Christmas

Whatever happened to Mrs. Miller????

Proof: Bunnies Are Evil

Happy Birthday, Miss M

You are truly divine.

The Stephen Colbert Christmas Album!

Available now on iTunes! Too bad THIS isn't on it!

WTF?