Articles for tag: Gonzo, Muppet, Muppet Show, The Muppet Show

Karla News

The Muppet Show: The 10 Best Characters

In another article I did the unthinkable and actually said something bad about one of the most beloved television shows of all-time, the Muppet Show. Now I will try and make it up to the Muppet Show by saying something good. There are some horrible characters in the Muppet Show but fortunately there are also ...

Karla News

The Unofficial “Empire Records” Soundtrack

“Empire Records” is a rare film in its inclusion of many great songs. However, there were many songs featured that did not make the official soundtrack. Here are those songs. Enjoy! Artist – Song The Dirt Clods – Can’t Stop Losing Myself The Cruel Sea – The Honeymoon is Over Jimi Hendrix – Hey Joe ...

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The 5 Funniest Muppets of Them All

The Fleshtones sang “If I lose my head along the way, it’s one less step I’ll have to take.” Something about that line always reminds me of a Muppet song. Don’t know why, but there is an essence of the surreal that would do the great Dadaist Hugo Ball proud. The Muppets go all the ...

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Hunter S. Thompson: Gonzo Journalist

In the annals of popular journalism, no one has done as much as Hunter S. Thompson to revolutionize and create controversy in this institution. His unique methodology and unorthodox stories have been generally labeled as “gonzo” journalism which is noted because it “blurs the distinction between fact and fiction,” as noted in Contemporary Literary Criticism. ...

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The One and Only Gonzo Journalist: Hunter S. Thompson

As the Great Depression dissipated into the post-World World War II boom, the dawn of the 1960s signaled the arrival of radical social, political, and cultural change in the United States. While the Civil Rights Movement, Vietnam War, and emergence of the counterculture highlighted the political controversy surrounding the nation at the time, a cultural ...