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August 2010

Mr. Popper's Penguins

Mr. Popper’s Penguins

How many of you read the book Mr. Popper’s Penguins as a kid? It is the story about a man named Mr. Popper who is a house painter, and not a rich one at that. He dreams of traveling all around the world. He writes a letter to Admiral Drake …

Chicks Dig Rayguns - Dave Smith - Space Base 8

Chicks Dig Rayguns

My friend Dave Smith (no, not the one from Disney Archives) embarked on an adventure to create an online comic strip a little over a year ago. It centers around a monkey named Cargo and his life in space in and around Space Base 8, which also happens to be …

Where's Mr. DAPs? - Take 7

Where’s Mr. DAPs? – Take 7

The last Where’s Mr. DAPs? turned out to be a lot more difficult than I expected! I will admit, I hadn’t noticed it before taking the picture so I think it would have been equally hard for me. Now, the moment some of you have been waiting for. The unveiling …

Sam and Friends Donated to Smithsonian National Museum of American History

Kermit Goes Home

Did you know that Kermit the Frog was originally from Washington D.C.?  I know, you thought he was from the swamp where he sang Rainbow Connection.  Perhaps he was, but he did make his first television appearance in Washington D.C. on Washington’s WRC-TV in 1955 on Sam and Friends. 55 …