Results tagged “curiousgeorge”

Remakes and sequels and genre formula, oh my! February is a great month for releasing exactly what the studios think the people will pay to see and this week's release schedule is a textbook example of this development by marketing focus group strategy. Oh well, doesn't mean Gothamist is ready to give up on moviegoing quite yet. Here's a few suggestions to guide your weekend viewing.

If you're not interested in flag stamps, or pairing a 37-cent stamp with a 2-cent stamp, Gothamist highly recommends the wonderful "Favorite Children's Book Animals" stamps that we found yesterday. We were too impatient to wait for our personalized stamps, and the post office at Church and Vesey was pleasantly quiet. There's The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Wilbur from Charlotte's Web, Fox in Socks, Maisy (dressed as a Queen), a Wild Thing, Curious George, Olivia the pig from Ian Falconer, and Leo Lionni's Frederick! The postal employee helpfully suggestd that we use the pig stamps "for bills" but even those are too nice. Maybe we'll use Ronald Reagan stamps for those.

In another spooky step to monkeys taking over the world, Duke University researchers have found that monkeys can control a robotic arm...with their minds! Eeep. boing boing also notes the crazy Flash animation on the Duke site; Gothamist thinks drawings of monkeys are fun, but we want video footage.