MetaFilter posts tagged with hat

Let There Be Snow

Toekneesan — Sat, 19 Dec 2009 19:08:06 -0800

In 1992, CBS released a Christmas special directed by Bill Meléndez and produced by Lorne Michaels (a more current link), the cast included John Goodman in the title role, Jonathan Winters, Jan Hooks, Andrea Martin, Brian Doyle-Murray, and a young Elisabeth Moss as Holly. Music by Mark Mothersbaugh. How could this go wrong?

Frosty Returns, in an abbreviated version, but really more than you need to see. Disputably the strangest Christmas special since Fisher crooned Happy Life Day, Frosty Returns is about Frosty’s battle with the evil manufacturer of an aerosol spray that melts snow and ice. The cartoon explores the verge of an environmental apocalypse, and appears to be the first Christmas special that manages to never actually mention Christmas. It’s also notable for its slight problem with continuity, both with the Rankin and Bass version, and with the conceit of the original song (a more current link ), the one requiring Frosty wear a hat. It just aired on CBS last night and 3 million viewers changed the channel or turned off their television.

The dot and dash that adorn his hat constitute the Morse code symbol for the letter "A"

Astro Zombie — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 06:15:21 -0800

Just what is the deal with Jughead's weird crown cap? I'm learning to share investigates a forgotten history of haberdashery.

Heil Hatler

three blind mice — Wed, 16 Apr 2008 10:50:19 -0800

It's the hat. The German ad agency serviceplan uses the iconic image of Der Führer to create an ad for selling hats. Thomas Weber of the Bonn hat retailer, Hut-weber, was "a bit reluctant at first, but won over fast by the rather cunning idea and the craftiness carrying the simple, straightforward message that 'hats make people'."

Phreaking subculture alive and well

Roach — Fri, 29 Feb 2008 09:01:51 -0800

If you thought phone phreaking was a dying art, you may be surprised to read the story of "Li'l Hacker", as told by old-school hack/phreaker Kevin Poulsen.

LED Hat Making 101

gummi — Sun, 21 Oct 2007 16:27:51 -0800

You down with LED? Yeah, you know me! Complete with construction notes I will never comprehend.

Oh Shat!

rare_g — Thu, 04 Jan 2007 07:14:51 -0800

Is it a shirt? or a hat? Oh no... its the Shat!

ho ho ho beard

brundlefly — Wed, 13 Dec 2006 18:32:35 -0800

Santa'd: Flickr's new holiday Easter egg.

Hash hat bang and star

Plutor — Wed, 26 Jul 2006 06:45:42 -0800

# ^ ! & *

Tin-Foil Hat Effectiveness

GuyZero — Thu, 10 Nov 2005 10:46:13 -0800

Do you spend a lot of time worrying about government mind-control satellites ? New research from MIT indicates that your tin-foil hat may be less effective than you think.

Rex 84

Smedleyman — Sun, 11 Sep 2005 03:45:54 -0800

Back in April monju_bosatsu posted something on FEMA and the REX 84 Program and Concentration Camps in the U.S. So Katrina hits, the news reports talk about how bad the evacuee (or 'refugee' for you racist bastards) camps were, people dying from stomach flu at the Astrodome and Russ Kick is chewing over the impact of possible escaped monkeys from the level three infectious disease biolabs in NOLA, the authorities bar the Red Cross, but Blackwater gets the go-ahead, FEMA is under homeland security and chunks have been 'privatized'... REX 84 was a plan to suspend the Constitution in the event of a national crisis like a major disaster, massive internal dissent, or national opposition to a U.S. military invasion abroad requiring martial law. Trifecta anyone?

Asshat

jonah — Tue, 15 Feb 2005 17:26:12 -0800

Asshat (on sale). more views

African Hats and Hair

plep — Thu, 30 Oct 2003 10:39:26 -0800

Hats Off! A Salute to African Headwear. 'Many African cultures throughout the continent have long considered the head the center of one's being--a source of individual and collective identity, power, intelligence and ability. Adorning the head as part of everyday attire or as a statement, therefore, is especially significant. '
Related :- African Loxo: photos of hairstyles from the Fifties (in French); mathematical patterns in African American hairstyles.

Warning: anime cuteness!

JoanArkham — Wed, 23 Jul 2003 09:40:39 -0800

Genki Gang has the most amazing anime-inspired hats ever. I wonder if I can get a Totoro one in time for the DC Meetup? Kawaii! (Sorry, Flash site so no direct links...click on "store" then "hats".)

hats made of balloons

iconomy — Tue, 03 Dec 2002 05:23:48 -0800

Addi Somekh and Charlie Eckert travel around the world, photographing people wearing their spur-of-the-moment, whimsical balloon hats. It's hard not to smile when you have an inflatable, multi-colored crown on your head. Via obsessive Magnificent Obsessions.

machaus — Tue, 29 Oct 2002 10:45:31 -0800

"Hitler must have committed suicide after he found a skinny Jewish kid from Brooklyn stomped on his top hat." The story of a Jewish G.I. that stole a tophat from Hitler's Munich apartment is the latest documentary vehicle by noted independent filmmaker, Jeff Krulik. Famous for "Heavy Metal Parking Lot", Krulik will be viewing "Hitler's Hat" at the MOMA in December. You can read current interviews with the artist here and here, or view his movies in quicktime and realplayer format here. Unfamiliar with his work? Start with these two shorts.

sudama — Fri, 22 Jun 2001 00:07:09 -0800

Some of us work on the plantation.
Some of us own the plantation.
Facts are facts.
This hat is for those who own the plantation.

rcade — Sun, 19 Nov 2000 10:16:29 -0800

George W. Bush is wearing a ZZ Top hat this morning. I wonder if he's a fan of the band's 1976 song Arrested for Driving While Blind ... "When you're driving down the highway at night/And you're feelin' that wild turkey's bite/Don't give Johnny Walker a ride/Cause Jack Black is right by your side/You might get taken to the jailhouse and find/You've been arrested for driving while blind."