….the next “Avengers” movieĀ better have the Black Panther in it! I mean, he is all over the cartoon, as seen below. Note the obvious differences between these two Marvel productions. š Glad to find out BET finally aired thisĀ six-partĀ miniseries last November. ItĀ had beenĀ slow-rolling on thisĀ for quite a while.Ā The below airs around the world and in America on Disney XD.
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The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Season 2, Episode 13: "Along Came A Spider" (Or, Why I Love Captain America, Exhibit B ;))
The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes, Season 2, Episode 10: "Prisoner Of War" (Or, "Why I Love Captain America, Exhbit A" ;))
"I Went Out In The World And I Wrote": Neil Gaiman's Graduation Speech
Pretty great. Amen. š
Now, the below I finally watched today, since I’ve been hearing about it for YEARS…. š
Hands Down, My Favorite (Televised) American History Discussion
I’ve never heard or seen all of the the famous “Black Athena Debate” from 1996, so putting that to the side……
Ladies and Gentlemen, Brothers and Sisters, Lerone Bennett Jr. I don’t know if I’ve ever enjoyed a historical discussion so much. Real debate! Real audience comments! (And where was this happily stereotypical Harlem audience during the Malcolm X-Manning Marable discussion?!? LOL! š )Ā And why won’t C-SPAN allow embedding of this fantastic 2000 discussion?
Twenty years ago this coming Labor Day I came to Maryland to try to become a serious student of history. Thousands of hours of goofing off later :), I’m very inspired by this. (As my anniversary approaches, Bennett keeps coming back into my head.) Time to go back and read those Ebony “encyclopedias” Bennett (clearly) wrote and edited.
The respectful review that BennettĀ thankedĀ Foner forĀ is here.
John Edwards, a.k.a. "Big Daddy," :) Gets Off [INITIAL REACTION FROM CBS AND NBC]
Yeah, when this went past Day 6 I knew he’d get some good news.
Everybody got what they really wanted: a public show.
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Is It Too Early To Talk About…….
……. “Iron Man 3?” It is? Okay :), but here’s a picture of the Iron Patriot, so it looks like some version of him will be in this flick.
Make Fun Of Me All You Want…….
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…but I think I’m going to have to see this this weekend! LOL! š My excuse is that Thor and Charlize TheronĀ are in it. š
Asante Sana, Hal Jackson…..
…..for being there from the beginning. And leaving a huge legacy.Ā
Another Black broadcasting legend in the Realm of the Ancestors. Sad, but understandable, sinceĀ it’s hard to beĀ considered an American mass media pioneer without starting your career sometime between 1930 and 1970. And as we keep seeing in the celebrity obits, the 1970s are now 40 years ago.
A sad irony: the young sister interviewed here, Michelle Thomas—known in “the industry” as Urkel’s girlfriend on “Family Matters” and Malcolm Jamal-Warner’sĀ one-time girlfriend—is also an Ancestor. More irony: the oldest of the three lived the longest.
Okay! I'm Letting "The Avengers" (Movie) Go And Moving On To……
…. “The Amazing Spider-Man!” (Finally saw this trailer on the big screen last nightĀ before “MIB3,” a skippable movie unless you love those characters.) I don’t know how well this will work ( “MIB3” well? “Batman Begins” well? $100,000-in-one-holiday-weekend-like-the-“old”-Spider-Man–movies well?), but I’m now convinced this movie is going to work and, sadly, we’ll have moved on from Tobey and Co. by the time the final credits roll.
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