This was one of my favourite episodes of Married With Children. Originally airing on December 17th, 1989 this is the trash tv interpretation of the 1946 Christmas film, It's A Wonderful Life. Instead of Clarence the compassionate angel showing our depressed hero the value of his life we have Sam Kinison. How I love Sam Kinison! Our tv hero, Al, the Dad-of-Dads, is down in the dumps at Christmas. After his best efforts at giving something to his much-hated family he wonders what life would have been like without him. After seeing how much happier everyone would have been had he not been born he decides to live. One of the highlights of this two-part episode is during one of Al's last-ditch efforts at earning some money to buy his family Christmas presents. He has agreed to babysit horrible children in the shoe store while their horrible mothers go shopping. While the kids are tied up with festive garland they demand entertainment. Al recites the overworked, una
~ ? ? ? ~ ________________________________________________________________ Nature can be as horrific as it can be lovely. After wildlife officials in Hamburg, Germany, had been notified by concerned locals a full investigation was launched into what appeared to be animal abuse. After exhausting several avenues of possibilities, ruling out various potential sources such as contaminants, poisons, rats, etc.. the cause was traced to crows. Crows living in a park with a small pond discovered that there is a way to harvest the delicious livers from these toads without facing the consequence of touching the toxic secretions from their skin. _________________________________________________________________ Click the link to watch the National Geographic documentary on Hamburg's exploding toads. This segment is approximately seven minutes. _________________________________________________________________ On another note, what's more terrifying than
Cryptopsy. We all know and love Cryptopsy for the crushing swell of metallion death that is delivered with every album. At the moment they're on the road with the Devastation On The Nation tour which wraps up June 11 th . After that there will be a short pit stop in Clisson, France for opening day of every metalheads dream: Hellfest. Also playing that day will be Belphegor, Behemoth, Ministry, Marduk, Obituary, Rancid, In Flames, and about a million others. Immediately following Hellfest is the kickoff for None So Live MMXVII Europe Part I, celebrating 21 years since the release of one of the most iconic albums in recent music history. With such an intense schedule we were pretty happy to be able to catch up with Chris Donaldson for a short chat. DK: Yo! Thank you for finding some time to chat. How's the tour going? CD: Good. Very busy. Touring and producing bands is extremely demanding. Just finished mixing one from the West, Divinity . DK: I heard! I'
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