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Rick Melick Family @ Grand Canyon (2004)
We spent the day in the park on a guided tour of the South rim of the Grand Canyon, seeing: Yavapai Point; Grand Canyon Village (Hopi House, Bright Angel Trail, endangered California Condor birds, El Tovar Hotel, Santa Fe Depot, Klob Studio); Grandview Point; the Tusayan Ruin; Desert View tower. We saw a lot of things through our guide's scope, like: Wotan's Throne, Vishnu Temple, Cardenas Butte, Venus Temple. We learned about plants in the area, such as desert sage. We learned about many of the ecological challenges to the canyon, like: fires, land reclamation initiatives and the humanization of animals. We learned about canyon safety and how others have been injured and died in the past. We learned how to identify the Raven bird (round tail). We learned about the native Humpback Chub fish, and the non-native Rainbow Trout. We learned about the Colorado River, dams and lakes. We learned why the canyon is so wide. We learned about some important people to the Grand Canyon, like John Wesley Powell and Mary Colter. Eli and Gilly flew over the canyon on Grand Canyon Airlines, taking pictures and video of the flight.
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MST3K TV-Series (1988-1999)
Mystery Science Theater 3000, often abbreviated MST3K, is an American cult television comedy series created by Joel Hodgson and produced by Best Brains, Inc. that ran from 1988 to 1999.
It features a man and his robot sidekicks who are trapped on a satellite in space and forced to watch a selection of terrible movies, especially (but not limited to) those of the science fiction genre. The premise of the show is that the man and his robots make a running commentary on the film, making fun of its flaws and wisecracking their way through the film in the style of a movie theater peanut gallery. Series creator Hodgson originally played the stranded man, Joel Robinson. When he left in 1993, series head writer Michael J. Nelson replaced him as new B-movie victim Mike Nelson, and continued in the role for the rest of the show's run.
The format proved to be popular. During its eleven years and 198 episodes (including one feature film), MST3K attained a fiercely loyal fan base and much critical acclaim. The series also won a Peabody Award in 1993, and was nominated for writing Emmys in 1994 and 1995.
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Charlie Chaplin (1889-1977)
Charlie Chaplin was an English comedy actor. Chaplin became one of the most famous performers as well as a notable director and musician in the early to mid Hollywood cinema era. He is considered to be one of the finest mimes and clowns ever caught on film and has greatly influenced performers in this field.
Chaplin was also one of the most creative and influential personalities in the silent film era. He acted in, directed, scripted, produced, and eventually scored his own films. His working life in entertainment spanned over 65 years, from the Victorian stage and music hall in England as a child performer, almost until his death at the age of eighty-eight. Chaplin's high-profile public and private life encompassed highs and lows with both adulation and controversy.
His principal character was "The Tramp" (known as "Charlot" in France, Italy, Spain, Greece, Portugal and Turkey). "The Tramp" is a vagrant with the refined manners and dignity of a gentleman. The character wears a tight coat, over sized trousers and shoes, a derby, carries a bamboo cane, and has a signature toothbrush mustache.
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