Food and Life | CCANDTNR

Honoring the 100th Birthday of Marcel Marceau and Bip the Clown

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | May 3, 2023 | Cinema, Food and Life, TV, Uncategorized

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! This past March 22 marks the 100th year of Marcel Marceau’s birth. In terms of the art of miming, he is THE mime of the modern era. The definitive article. He wanted to be a mime after being inspired by Charlie Chaplin’s famous...

Dark Side of the Moon: Pink Floyd’s Masterpiece Approaching 50

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Jan 25, 2023 | Food and Life, Hidden Gems, Uncategorized, Underground

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here! On March 1, 1973, Pink Floyd released their eighth studio album called “The Dark Side of the Moon.” It would retain a legacy unheard of that stands to this day. It popularized the “concept album.” It revolutionized sound...

Mafalda: The Comic Strip That Was Ahead Of Its Time

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Mar 28, 2022 | Comics, Food and Life, Uncategorized

Ahoy Captain Cats here and today we are going to look at a comic strip that was way ahead of its time in terms of using humor to address social commentary that is still relevant to this day and that comic strip was Mafalda. The series was created by Argentine...

Bob Saget: America’s Favorite Dad

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Jan 18, 2022 | Cinema, Food and Life, TV, Uncategorized

Yo Ho, WeRCatz here. We have lost Betty White and Sidney Poitier this month. Now we have lost another person of popular interest: Bob Saget. We all knew him as Danny Tanner from “Full House” and as the original host of “America’s Funniest Home...

Golgo 13 Creator Takao Saito Dies At 84

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Oct 5, 2021 | Anime, Food and Life, Uncategorized

Ahoy Captain Cats here and today some sad news to report as Golgo 13 creator Takao Saito dies at the age of 84 due to pancreatic cancer. Saito debuted in 1955 with his first manga Baron Air to some success and in 1960 he created the Saito Production. In 1968 he would...

Sonny Chiba Died At 82

by Captain Cats and the Nightrider | Aug 24, 2021 | Cinema, Food and Life, TV, Uncategorized

Sad news to report everyone, legendary Japanese actor and martial artist Sonny Chiba passed away at the age of 82 this past week. Born as Sadaho Maeda on January 22, 1939, in Fukuoka, Japan, Chiba would spend most of his youth doing sports and at one point was a...