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Four actors have played Gordon on Sesame Street since 1969: Matt Robinson, Hal Miller, Roscoe Orman...and someone else. This video shows footage from an early test pilot of the show. Producers have attempted to identify this actor who is portraying Gordon, but have not been successful. It's a mystery, and the whole Sesame Street community is trying to solve it! Click on the link to study the clues.

Link -- Thanks, Dan Lewis!

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The vocal prompt GPS car navigation system TomTom lets you cruise to your location with the help of Bert and Ernie. Here are funny outtakes from their recording session. It does not go well.

http://www.tomtom.com/en_us/products/voices/bert-ernie/ -via The Mary Sue

Christina Conway of the Subtext Gallery in San Diego had a clever idea for an exhibition. "Homeroom" features the works of famous, successful artists...when they were young kids. Each old drawing is accompanied by a recreation by the adult artist. Pictured above is Allison Sommer's "All Aboard!"

If you have kids who are exploring art, it's a great demonstration of artistic potential that is sometimes hidden.

You can view more at the link. Content warning: there's one nude -- a really lovely one by the brilliant Audrey Kawasaki.

Link | Gallery Website

No, there's not going to be a Muppet Babies version of The Blair Witch Project. Or at least I don't know of any currently planned.

You know, that idea actually has some cinematic potential.

Anyway, British photographer Emily Cleaver places her son Arthur in famous movie scenes, including ones from American Beauty, The Shining, and Twelve Angry Men. They're quite amusing.

Link -via Flavorwire

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The little old lady whispering hush can't be heard by anyone in the room. Half the kids have earbuds plugged in and the others have the volume turned up way too loud. David Milgrim, also known as Ann Droyd (clever!), offers this parody of Margaret Wise Brown's classic children's book Goodnight Moon.

Link -via Nag on the Lake

Previously: The Astrophysics of Goodnight Moon

Adorable! For their Halloween family photoshoot, Hillary dressed as Princess Leia, Benjamin as Darth Vader, and Hailey as a hungry little Ewok. When George Lucas gets around to making the next trilogy, he should work in this scene.

Link | Photo: Ashley Taylor

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Unlike this video, in which a lion is clearly trying (and failing) to eat a child at the zoo through the safety glass, it really looks like this animal is playing. Still, if this cat wants to sit on my keyboard, I won't try to push her off.

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Halloween is coming up...and you're pregnant. Very pregnant. So your Basement-Dwelling Blogger costume from last year won't fit. No problem! You can be a zombie. WonderHowTo has photos of some creative women who have made their bellies a central part of their zombie costumes. The one pictured above is among the more subtle examples.

Link -via Bit Rebels

Do you remember the artist who planned to give birth in front of an audience in an art gallery? She did it!

New York performance artist Marni Kotak gave birth to a healthy baby boy yesterday morning at the Microscope Gallery in Brooklyn's Bushwick neighborhood, in front of a small crowd of family, friends, and select spectators, the AP reports. "The atmosphere in the gallery was magical," writes Katarina Hybenova of the Bushwick Daily, who was one of those spectators. "I believe that all of the participants were deeply moved by this emotional, raw, and true 'piece of art.'"

Link -via Ace of Spades HQ | Photo: AP/Kathy Willens

And you can't take chances with poultry. Don't burn it, but don't serve undercooked turkey. Or, for that matter, a baby in Isabelle Baril-Ortley's turkey costume. It was featured on Martha Stewart's television show

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This video allegedly shows a Hot Wheels toy track that is fully two thousand feet long. Watch it stretch all over a house, down sidewalks, and through backyards. Oh, to have such a toy when I was a boy!

It was produced on behalf of a foundation that funds research on Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy, a rare genetic disorder that effects mainly young boys.

Foundation Website -via Geekologie

Previously: Hot Wheels Loop Installed in Highway

These two photos floated into my RSS reader this week, and they're too good not to share.

Yes, I know. I'm terrible. But you're laughing too.

First Photo: http://www.reddit.com/r/reddit.com/comments/l8uj6/changing_table_nope_bbq_time/ -via That's Nerdalicious!
Second Photo: -via The Hairpin

The world has changed since the Girl Scouts of the USA was founded in 1912 -- as well as the roles of women in society. That organization which has nurtured so many girls into women has decided to keep pace by offering new merit badges in science, technology, and business:

There's also a badge within the Innovation series called Product Designer, which Niehaus calls "the intersection of design and business." Girls working on that badge might try to improve the functionality of backpack straps or improve the design of a cell-phone case.

Girl Scouts keeping track of the bottom line will also have the opportunity to earn Financial Literacy badges in which, as a girl works her way up from Daisy to Ambassador, she can earn badges like Money Manager, Budgeting, Financing My Future, and Good Credit. And yes, there are plenty of cookie-related badges: Meet My Customers, Business Plan, and Customer Loyalty, among others.

http://www.npr.org/blogs/monkeysee/2011/10/12/141276815/new-girl-scout-badges-offer-different-choices-to-smart-cookies -via The Mary Sue | Image: Girl Scouts

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This is the future.

iPads predate the life of this child. Even at one year old, she can manipulate an iPad with ease. But she doesn't understand why a print magazine doesn't work the same way. Watch her try to navigate it with her fingers.

YouTube user UserExperienceWorks says "For my 1 year old daughter, a magazine is an iPad that does not work. It will remain so for her entire life."

Get ready.

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MobiSante has developed an ultrasound scanning device that can be operated from a smartphone. So instead of simply showing your co-workers printouts of your gestating baby, you can give them a live image!

Well, maybe not. It does cost $7,495. Just put it on your wish list for now.

Link -via OhGizmo!