Gil Elvgren's iconic pin-up girls and the models he used for reference.

R2D2 and C3P0 on the set of Sesame Street.

These are awesome; somebody please buy me some.

The best title sequences not only express the concept of a show, feature the typographic logo, and present the key production and cast members, but they capture our attention and draw us in to the show’s mood. These are the 60 Coolest Main Title Sequences of All Time.

"Good News Everybody!"

Although we know quite a few famous cartoon characters by first names or nicknames only – Casper, Shaggy, Scooby-Doo and Peppermint Patty, for example – many of them have “real” names. I mean, do you think Shaggy’s mom really calls him “Shaggy”? Nope, when mom calls, Shaggy answers to “Norville.” Buzzfeed has uncovered the full names of 24 other characters like this. Your mind will be blown.

Total bad-ass.

I can't decide what my favorite is. The Oompa-Loompa is fantastic, the Princess Leia and Walter are also super solid. But face-hugger Lincoln might take the cake.

I WANT.

I'm a pretty big fan of The Brouha on Mustafar myself, but lots of good recreations in here.

One of the joys and privileges I had during my time at Filmation was checking out what artists in other departments were creating. I especially sought out the background painters and layout artists, marveling at their work. One day after work, I spied blue pencil drawings sticking out of a folder lying in the open dumpster next to my car. After a quick check for possible witnesses, I dove in and retrieved a treasure of 1st season Masters of the Universe background layouts.

GOD I WANT THIS. The Lego Millennium Falcon is nearly 3 feet long; it costs $499 and it is made of over 5,000 pieces! The Millennium Falcon has been listed as the biggest Lego set ever sold.

This is genius. I want this wetsuit.

A giant illustration of 101 Muppets. Mouse over them to learn more about some of the lesser-known ones. Done in celebration of their 40th anniversary.

Brilliant series of shots showing how the Russians are creating an army of Arnold Terminators. Just brilliant.

This just blew my mind. I never thought of the movie in this way, but it makes it SO much more depressing.

These are brilliant. I'd totally buy one for myself if it weren't $1,400. So I'm going to need someone to buy it for me, ok?

These are really good. "It's no secret that the Something Awful Forum Goons love inserting Star Wars references into things, and this week that love runs wild and untamed. Using classic art as their canvas, they, uh, paint in Star Wars references. If you enjoy the wonders of art and/or the darling antics of beepy robots and outer space wizards, this Phriday is for you!"

I particularly like the rack of hats, and all the various font treatments on the signs.

Charlie Brown, as done by Frank Miller. brilliant.

By the same guy that brought us the Trilogy Meter, we are treated with another brilliant piece of charting and infographics. This time he's laid out, painstakingly I might add, the floor plans of many sit-com houses.

A great article about how great the Butthole Surfers were live. How crazy, how nuts, and how great. For starters they were total freaks. Drummer King Koffey and his “sister” Theresa played the double drums like they were from another planet, the bassist Jeff had a backwards Mohawk and looked like he was having trouble staying awake, guitarist Paul Leary was cross-eyed on purpose Last, but certainly not least, was seven-foot tall, Gibby Haynes. No shirt, gut hanging out, long greasy hair, yelling at whomever he could yell at. The guy was fucking scary.

If you watch the Brady Bunch backwards, you find out they killed Oliver, and the grief over his "disappearance" caused the family to split with the mom taking the girls and the dad taking the boys.

A unique behind-the-scenes visit of the crafstmen who hammer out the best and most expensive kitchen knives in the world in the city of Sakai, Japan.

Fascinating. Did you know Oscar the Grouch was originally an alarming shade of orange. In Pakistan, his name is Akhtar and he lives in an oil barrel. In Turkey, he is Kirpik and lives in a basket. And in Israel, it's not Oscar at all -- it's his cousin, Moishe Oofnik, who lives in an old car.

True Terror is to wake up one morning and discover your high school class is running the country.

The Big Picture comes through again with this excellent series of photos from the Inauguration.

Neatorama provides us this fantastic link to a very accurate representation of some BSG characters in Lego.

Wow. This is a photo from 1916 of 4 former slaves. They're all over 100 years old. James Madison was president when they were born, and America was 36 years old. And here they are in a relatively "modern" photo. I'm blown away.

I'd totally go see this. It's a kung-fu movie based on one of the more iconic arcade games of all time. NICE.

Olly has decided to create a series of movie posters reinterperated in a kinda minimalistic post modern German-ism style. Six posters (The Dark Knight, Die Hard, Deer Hunter, Rain Man, The Great Dictator, and American History X) are listed here. The Deer Hunter and Die Hard are probably the best in my opinion.

The Princess Bride, a classic movie. Here is some trivia about this fantastic film. I like the one about Rob Reiner running into Jon Gotti's henchmen myself.

This is not a list of 'iconic' SFX shots, such as the opening shot in Star Wars or the final shot in Back To The Future, etc. There are many fantastic SFX shots in cinema history that are artistically 'awesome' without qualifying here. For the purposes of this list, a shot has to be either a) exceptionally convincing, b) ground-breaking or c) an exemplary execution of an oft-used technique. Only one shot is allowed per film.

Man wins a Double Showcase Showdown by guessing the exact price. The last time this happened was 1972.

The first part of Wellmedicated.com's amazing list of horror movie posters. Fantastic stuff. It's a shame, nowadays you don't get a poster, you get a trailer that shows you the good parts of the movie. Not nearly as interesting.

WellMedicated gives us a delightful list of horror movie posters. These are art, plain and simple. Just gorgeous.

Pruno, a prison wine created from fruit, sugar and ketchup, is such a vile and despicable beast in the California state penal system that prisoners can't eat fresh fruit at lunch.

Wondermark's latest print, the "Hierarchy of Beards," depicts the evolutionary history of luxuriant face-fur. I love the descriptions as much as the beards. (via Boing-Boing)

I love these drawings. So simple, so clean, so evocative.

The Top 25 Comic Book Battles, as voted on by the readers of Comic Book Resources. This list is just brilliant.

Brilliant outtakes of Pop Culture done up in a old school propaganda style. Now I love me some propaganda, and they nail the style with these selections.

I love his stuff, I have the book and have spent much time enjoying his work.

A great map drawn up by a fan of where the superheros live and work.

Nearly every death from the classic movie Friday the 13th.

The comments are the real meat of this.

Ultimate RPG table

D&D Chess Set

Movies. Lots of Movies.

Clever Shopping Bags

List of films that most frequently use the word fuck.

Super (Mario) Cake

Top 20 Oriental Commercials.