It's a YouTube Christmas - Pt. 8

<span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family:trebuchet ms;">From time to time this upcoming Christmas season, I'll be posting some amazing videos that have been rescued by people like us and posted at the mecca of all things wonderful and obscure - <a href="http://www.youtube.com/">YouTube</a>.<br /><br />I invite you to add a fun comment, witticism, clever remark, or observation in the comments section provided. Any comments deemed worthy of repeating will be included into this entry where all the world will see it.<br /><br />We're barely into the second week of December and believe it or not, the Post Office is giving you <a href="http://www.usps.com/holiday/shippingcalendar.htm">important deadlines</a>. Tomorrow marks the last day to mail military and international packages around the world if you want it guaranteed to be delivered by December 25.<br /><br />In that spirit (and the fact that I have to deliver two such packages - one military, one international), here is a truly astounding 30 second video from the late 1970s.<br /><br />Featuring stars as Robert Klein, Rose Marie, Willie Mays, Bobby Riggs, Milton Berle, and Lynn Redgrave, they drive home the point across to (what else?) mail early:<br /><br /><object height="344" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u-i2Lczqsps&hl=en&fs=1"><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u-i2Lczqsps&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br />Yes, mom and dad - your tax dollars and what you paid for postage back in the day helped pay for that!<br /><br />What do you think?<br /><br />Ernie says: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">I always see these YouTube posts when I'm at work. Problem is, we've got YouTube blocked here, so all I see is a big post with lots of white blocks that have nothing in them. *sigh*</span><br /><br />Stubby says: <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">Very cool (said the former postal worker).</span> (Be sure to read Stubby's other comment below)<br /><br /><br />Any other opinions?<br /><br /><br />Capt</span></span>

It's a YouTube Christmas - Pt. 8

From time to time this upcoming Christmas season, I'll be posting some amazing videos that have been rescued by people like us and poste...

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P.O. Box 13207 - Fort Wayne, IN 46867-3207

<a href="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2732/712/1600/PO%20BOX.2.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/blogger/2732/712/400/PO%20BOX.0.jpg" style="cursor: pointer; display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center;" /></a><br /><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">We're always on the look out for deserving Christmas CDs to review here at the yuleblog. Major releases, indie labels, out-of-print discs, homemade Christmas compilations, and, of course, vinyl transfers of long forgotten Christmas albums to CD.<br /><br />With that in mind, I decided to rent some space from the US Government over at my local post office.<br /><br /><br />WHAT WOULD I LIKE TO FIND AT MY P.O. BOX?<br /></span></span> <br /><ul><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Any new Christmas releases on CD<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Christmas cards and letters</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Annual Christmas compilations from other Christmas enthusiasts </span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Anything on 33/45/78 from Christmas Seals<br /></span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Any of the "Kapusta Kristmas" albums from Al Kooper</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Your favorite Christmas samples (Simpsons Christmas sound bites, etc)</span></span></li><li><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;">Questions about lost Christmas music (I'll try my best to answer them here at the blog)<br /></span></span></li></ul><span style="font-size: 100%;"><span style="font-family: trebuchet ms;"><br />Please include an <span style="font-weight: bold;">e-mail address</span> with any and all correspondence - especially with the Christmas compilations!<br /><br />As of January 5, 2009, we are not trading <span style="font-weight: bold;"></span> anything further from my collection. We've had several bad experiences during the past 2 1/2 years with trades and we chose to end it. <br /><br /><br />For anything else, please don't be shy... give us a shout!<br /><br /><br />Capt</span></span>

P.O. Box 13207 - Fort Wayne, IN 46867-3207

We're always on the look out for deserving Christmas CDs to review here at the yuleblog. Major releases, indie labels, out-of-print disc...

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