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Becky, who's on line four? Really? Ugh, I am not looking forward to this call.
(Pushes button on phone.)
JC! How's my favorite third of the Trinity? Enjoying that trip to Jersey? What? Oh, oh, Jerusalem. Sorry, musta misunderstood you. I dunno, thought you were a Kevin Smith fan or something. Well, yes, "Dogma" was awesome, but…
Anyway, what can I do for my favorite client, you King of Kings, you? What? Yeah, yeah, the weekend grosses are in. Hey, did I mention that you were awesome on Conan last week? I told you that bit with that dog puppet thing would go over like gangbusters! Wasn't that so…
What? Well … the numbers aren't great, JC. I mean, they're great, but not great great, you know?
You made 10 million. I mean, that's amazing, that's awesome, that's … it's not gonna hold, JC. The flick dropped more than 50 percent from the first week.
I know, I know. I wish there was something I could do, but….
Well, there's a lot of reasons, JC. I mean, you opened strong — really strong! You were only second behind Liam Neeson! Liam Neeson, man! That's awesome! And for a movie that was mostly just reused footage from that TV movie you did… Sorry, sorry, miniseries.
Anyway, you had an amazing opening, dude! So it didn't hold up in the second weekend. That doesn't take anything away from what you did!
But I gotta tell ya, JC — it may have been too soon.
Well, you brought out the new flick just a decade after that one that Mad Max did. I mean, if you are gonna try and relaunch a franchise, you gotta give the audience time to miss it, ya know? Build anticipation. Make them want it. Then you give them the new version.
And you know, I'm not sure we went far enough with retooling your origin story.
Now, now, wait. I know, I know. It's all about spreading your message of hope and love and brotherhood and stuff. And I believe in that, I do! But modern audiences want something a little more — you know, gritty. Darker. Edgy.
Just hear me out, JC. We can keep all the important stuff intact, the message of love, the healings, the rebirth and all that, yadda yadda. But there's nothing wrong with tweaking some of the details if it gets more people in the door, am I right?
Well, take the setting, for example. Period pieces are so 2009, JC. I mean, who wants to watch a story set in the time of sand and sandals when we could bring it up to present day? I mean, you can totally still heal lepers and stuff, but who said you couldn't heal them in New York City? Or L.A.? Or how about Vegas — what better place for you than the very den of sin itself, huh?
And I gotta tell ya, for the Greatest Story Ever Told, yours is missing a few important beats to really make it, well, commercial. You know, like some action sequences. I know, you turn the other cheek and all that, but while you're turning who says you can't dish out a roundhouse karate kick or two? And when you're done, you can heal their wounds! It's perfect!
And let's kick up the star power next time. I mean, Cecil B. DeMille got Charlton Heston to be Moses, why can't you be portrayed by a bigger name? Enough of these unknowns who might "give good performances" and such garbage. Let's get someone who can put butts in pews, man! I have the perfect guy.
Justin Bieber.
Wait, wait, hear me out. He needs a career redemption right now, right? And what better way get back in the public's good graces than to bring to life such a beloved figure? And imagine the soundtrack sales!
Oh, okay, no Bieber. Joe Jonas?
What? Oh, you have to go. I understand, miracles to perform, multitudes to feed, etc. Listen, we'll have lunch at Spago's when you get back into town. And trust me — we can make this work. Someday. Maybe audiences just aren't ready for a full biblical epic right now.
All right, JC. Bye bye.
(Hangs up.)
Becky, who's on line two? … All right!
(Hits button.)
Noah, baby! Are you ready to be a star?!?
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MOUNT PLEASANT — Julian Smith arrived for work early Thursday, but as the longtime race director attempted to enter Cooper River Bridge Run headquarters, the office door wouldn't open. Dust from a Shelmore Boulevard construction project clogged the keyhole.
Bridge Run
What: 36th Cooper River Bridge Run 10K run and walkWhen: April 6, 8 a.m.Participant cap: 38,500Runner spots: 1,000Walker spots: 4,000Port-o-let toilets ordered: 450Info: www.BridgeRun.com, 856-1949
In other words, a delay.
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Check out our Bridge Run section for everything you need to know about this year's race.
Good morning, Julian. Can we talk about this year's Bridge Run? And last year's delay?
"It's such a minuscule thing that people keep dwelling on, the delay," Smith said. "I mean, it's happened at so many races and it happens repeatedly at other races. I don't know why people continue to bring it up. It's a very sore subject."
A shuttle bus snafu left a Bridge Run record 36,652 runners and walkers standing around in Mount Pleasant almost an hour after the scheduled 8 a.m. start.
That the 10-kilometer model of Lowcountry excellence went off with few hitches from 1978 through 2011 made last year such a big deal. Civic pride suffers when hundreds of agitated people full of pre-run Gatorade scramble behind structures along Coleman Boulevard in search of relief.
"I'm not trying to be defensive," Smith said, "but how long can you keep talking about a 45-minute delay?"
Just long enough to mention that the best road race in America is better (if not bigger), with some improvements directly tied to our recent unpleasantness.
A giant expo. A Friday night food fest. More bus pick-up locations.
If Bridge Run management cues up Kelly Clarkson screaming "What doesn't kill you makes you stronger" as runners cross the start line on April 6, many participants will get the double-meaning.
Food and beer
Atlanta's Peachtree Road Race and Colorado's BolderBoulder have larger 10K fields.
"Our goal is not to be the biggest, but to be the best," Smith said. "That's what we're striving to be."
Six weeks out, the Bridge Run is about 1,000 runners and 4,000 walkers short of a sellout capped at 38,500, Smith said.
Among the cool new Bridge Run things they probably will appreciate:
The Charleston Area Convention Center as the new site for the Cooper River Bridge Run Expo.
"It will be one of the biggest expos of any race in the country," Smith said. "The Peachtree had the largest expo in the United States and it's a third smaller than ours."
Complete with 185 vendor booths, up from 110 last year at the Gaillard Auditorium. And no more Friday afternoon peninsula gridlock.
Taste of the Bridge Run. There will be more than a dozen restaurants and lots of beer involved from 5 to 8 p.m. on Friday, April 5, at three locations, the Maritime Center downtown, HarborSide East in Mount Pleasant and the Charleston Area Convention Center in North Charleston.
Five — count 'em, five — shuttle-bus pick-up/drop-off sites (up from just one in 2012). They are the Gaillard, the South Carolina Aquarium parking garage, Towne Center in Mount Pleasant, the Family Circle Tennis Center on Daniel Island and the Convention Center.
'We corrected it'
It's not as if the Bridge Run already wasn't admired, copied and envied around the U.S. and beyond. The Event Directors' College is all set for 2013 in Charleston the week of the Bridge Run.
Subtitle: "A Workshop for Event Directors and Committee Members of Running & Walking Events of All Sizes"
Host: Our own Julian Smith.
He can tell the other race directors how the Bridge Run kept getting more popular. More than 45,000 people signed up last year.
"We just grew too fast," Smith said.
So, Julian. What about my friend from out of town?
Let's call him Darryl.
First-time Bridge Run participant in 2012.
Plans to return.
What do you say to such a runner or walker?
"I'm sorry it happened," Smith said, "but it's not the end of the world. We put on a great race. We had great entertainment. It was staged perfectly. It was just a logistics problem and we corrected it."
It's hard to argue with tastier food and more bus stops and beer, not necessarily in that order.
Reach Gene Sapakoff at 937-5593 or on Twitter @sapakoff
Lessons were learned from the 2012 Cooper River Bridge Run — and the delay that left 36,652 participants waiting.×
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pizza rolls =The Great Pacific Garbage Patch Island
$#@!.... $#@!... when is the supplementary draft?
So wait, is the category we draft random or are we in the food category's draft right now?
I think you make a pic from whatever category you want.
5280 and I are "right justified". The rest of y'all are all doooooomed!
Pizza rolls is worse than Ryan Leaf. It would be like choosing Ryan Leaf when you could choose from every other quarterback in the history of football.
BL can you put the spreadsheet link in the OP of the draft thread?
You can make a pick from whichever category you want, the first two just chose food
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so this draft should end right before the 2011 season opener against Rice. sweet.
i just saw that snow dog commented on the pizza rolls on the pick thread. (no offense to snow dog) but bob, can you delete his post, then sticky that thread? it won't get the action this one will get, but i think we should keep it just the picks. this thing is gonna be $#@! show enough.
OK, this bitch is heading towards FUBAR at light speed.
if somebody drops out, let me know...
skipperj is getting close to the ban hammer
how is pizza not out? are pizza rolls not considered pizza-ish?
i was going for all things pizza like. so pizza, pizza rolls, hot pockets, bagel bites, etc.
if that's the case, can i change my pick to just pizza?
no, you picked leaf, live with leaf.
i would think pizza rolls would rule out hot pockets and bagel bites but pizza is still on the table.
What you are seeing is the dismantling of a Fantasy Island by the drafting of a bad food item.
Lazy is trying to have Pedo Island and lure in the 6 yr old shaggy posters to pick his island
vic is up. let's go vic.
Threads like this make me feel a hole lot smarter.
hoosier horn and skipperj are alternates
if any of deftwillp, hook1997, goofyboy, dubya, chult86, and orangeblood777 miss their picks hoosier you are in, skipper if a second one misses you are in
post in this thread if you would like to be an alternate.
i would like to be an alternate if possible.
also, after the thing is finished, will all of shaggy get to vote on whose island is the best? because if i cannot play, i would like to vote.
Thank you for deleting Oak Hill Horns non-pick post on the PICK thread.
do i need to pm dubya?
other thread, yo! it's stickied.
and pm dubya.
Jesus H. Christ, dude! Not here and couldn't you at least find an album cover or something to post?
Great I'm behind TOY. He's going to be on autodraft like he was for the shaggy FF league and $#@! me over.
Joshua Tree. I like that album a lot, but that's like drafting a kicker in the first round.
Is this really that $#@!ing hard?
Bob, you should charge admission! This is entertaining as hell. I change my mind. When the zombies come, $#@! all of y'all!
"Ok, but what if the zombies can fly?"
"I get to kill all the hot female zombies."
"How do we kill something that's already dead?"
Bets on how many pages before this gets moved to NSAA?
do i need to pm dubya?
In my best Mel Kiper impersonation (without giving up too much of my thoughts on the draft)......
Pick #1 - Beef Brisket
By comparison to pick #2, he looks like a draft genius. However, while this draft pick is solid first round material, I think there is definitely better first round picks in either categories that I expect to be much thinner or with better first round talent in the food category.
Pick #2 - Totino's Pizza Rolls
Look, I love the pizza rolls as much, if not more than the next guy. HOWEVER, there is way too much value on the board for those to go in the first round. Maybe as a sleeper late in the draft, but no way a first round pick.
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I parked at Bisbee's to run in and get some veggie seeds and when I came back out someone had taken the two magnets on the back of my vehicle that where ribbons "Support out troops" and "God Bless America." Whether they agree with my views or not, I am allowed them.
My brother-in-law is currently serving in the heart of Baghdad for his country and believes in what he does. My husband has served in the military overseas for six years protecting us and our rights to be free. Also, the foundation of America was built on people being able to worship their "God." I don't belittle those who don't believe in God so I would appreciate it if you would let me have my views, as I do believe in God and believe he blesses us each and every day.
Next time you consider taking something that does not belong to you, maybe you should think about how you would feel if someone took something that belonged to you no matter what the value.
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Who wins in an f-bomb contest? Not really mma, but still a battle I want to see.
Who wins in an f-bomb contest? Not really mma, but still a battle I want to see.
Thats what Im thinkin, but Dana is really giving it a run..
What about these mother fuckin snakes on this mother fuckin plane.
Sam all the way.
According to fightmetric, dana lands more often, but virtually all of Sam's have significant impact.
do you guys remember when rogaine was supposed to fight Wesley Snipes?
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I'm not sure what to feel right now. I lost my teaching position due to this economy this year a month after my daughter passed away. I was still on my maternity leave and knew that I wasn't ready to go back into a room full of children. I opted to wait until fall to go back. Well needless to say the district hasn't called me back and I have been on the job search.
Today I got great news about landing a job at a local daycare facility. I walked into the room with the infants and felt overwhelming panic. I came home and just bawled my eyes out. I feel excited to be teaching again, I truly miss my students and look forward to moving on with this part of my life, but I am soooooo scared I might have a melt down at some point.
I think the scariest thing to me is if my boss/co-workers find out that I lost my daughter. I just don't want pity from anyone. I want to try to live a normal (well as normal can be) life and try to move on in a healthy way. I'm just not sure how to feel right now. LUCKILY I will be working in the school aged room, which should help, but right down the hall there will be all of these babies.
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There has been much talk about the Walton County Tourist Development Council in recent weeks.
In a surprise move on Jan. 8, TDC Director Dawn Moliterno tendered her resignation with a 90-day notice. Since then, the role of the TDC has been under the microscope from the Board of County Commissioners and the general public. The general consensus is that the TDC's scope has grown beyond its original intent and that its role needs to be narrowed and explicitly defined.
I wouldn't disagree with that assessment.
The TDC remains an important organization in Walton County. The vitality of our economy — yes, even that of the rural north part of the county — depends heavily on tourism. But managing that tourism demands a group of talented individuals dedicated exclusively to the task. The TDC fits that role when it operates efficiently and focused.
I spoke with a tourism professional last week about the Walton County TDC. This individual lives in Florida, is involved in the tourism industry and has held multiple, highly-visible tourism executive positions around the state – including in the Panhandle.
"There was a time not too long ago when South Walton was known as a luxury tourist destination," the professional, who wished to remain anonymous, told me. "That's not the case anymore. It is being marketed broadly instead of to a specific, upscale clientele. That's why you're seeing what you're seeing."
What we're seeing is a less-sophisticated visitor, particularly during spring break. That was never clearer than this year when some beaches in South Walton looked more like Panama City than South Walton with kids elbow-to-elbow, music blaring — and heaven knows what was going on inside the throng. When the beach cleared it was littered with tons of trash.
Such scenarios simply didn't happen just a few years ago. Most Walton Countians don't want to see them happen again.
But what is to be done? How do we turn the tide back to the luxury destination days?
My contact said it should start with the hiring of a new TDC director. My source knows all of the 10 finalists in some capacity. They all come with some baggage, but that there is some talent in the pool.
"What the TDC needs is a destination manager with management savvy and some marketing background. That individual's first priority should be re-building South Walton's brand into a luxury destination. They should place the marketing focus on highly-desirable income brackets and demographics instead of saying, 'We're got great beaches! Y'all come on down!' "
The clientele change happened over a relatively short time frame. It can be turned around almost as fast.
The marketing professional I spoke with wouldn't use this term, but I will. We've got go get a bit more snobby with our branding and marketing if we want to raise the demographics of our visitors. We must start with the re-branding process, then make our marketing efforts specifically targeted.
I know. That sounds, well, snobby. But the fact is that a richer (in all aspects) visitor boosts our economy in ways a van full of 20 year olds simply can't.
The BCC would do well to take a deeply critical look at the 10 finalists for the TDC position. Then it should consider hiring a qualified headhunter to get a couple of prime candidates.
Do this right, BCC, and your TDC worries can be set aside for a long time. Do this wrong and your nightmare continues
Rick Thomason, former publisher of The Walton Sun and The Destin Log, is owner of OnPointMessage (onpointmessage.com), a Santa Rosa Beach-based professional editing and writing business. His personal blog, Third Cup of Coffee (thirdcupofcoffee.wordpress.com) is where this piece originally appeared.


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David was a murderer and an adulterer. Both crimes were punishable by death by the law.
Solomon had ... how many wives and concubines? I don't even remember.
Why neither David nor Solomon were stoned to death? Was there any provision in the law for special cases when the one who commits a crime is the king of Israel?


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Bad weather causes stop in search for missing hiker
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Weather forced a halt to the search.
The Pinal County sheriff's office said 51-year-old Robin Bird also was the
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On that occasion, Byrd said she was looking for the fabled Lost Duchman's gold
mine when she got lost.
The sheriff's office said three other hikers who were located early Wednesday
evening after being reported missing Tuesday evening said they'd encountered
Byrd Tuesday afternoon.
According to the sheriff's office, those hikers got lost after Byrd gave them
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Hens staffer's Fan Cave bid falls short, but was fun experienceWritten by Don Lee | | firstname.lastname@example.com
Kate Longenecker of Perrysburg had hoped to be watching Major League Baseball as part of the MLB.com Fan Cave crew, but instead she was in the control room at Fifth Third Field, running the scores, stats and television graphics for the Mud Hens' home opener.
She's fine with that.
"I've only ever gotten anywhere with an optimistic attitude, so I was depressed for only a day," she said about not making the final cut in the Fan Cave contest.
So despite not getting to go to spring training, or move into the New York City apartment where her job would have been to watch big-league ball games and talk about it on social media, she's filing the contest under "fond memories" and "learning experiences" and getting ready for another Mud Hens season.
"It looks like I will be running the graphics from the production booth in the suites," Longenecker wrote in an e-mail. "Keeping track of pitch count, score, player stats, and anything else graphics related for the television broadcast."
Longenecker — a Philadelphia Phillies fan — was one of 52 people around the country who made the next-to-last cut out of about 10,000 applications for the Fan Cave. Those 52 hopefuls all sent in videos making their cases and asking for fan votes on the MLB.com Fan Cave page. From those, 30 were chosen to go to spring training and from those, the final nine Cave Dwellers were chosen.
This year's cave dwellers will include Alexandria "Alex" Justice, an Indians fan from Cleveland, and Ben Wietmarschen, a Reds fan from Cincinnati.
On her video, Justice, 21, claimed that, as a student and fan of "The" Ohio State University, "I'm the nuttiest fan there could be" — and as an Indians fan on top of that, she's one of the "most dedicated heart-filled fans in baseball."
For his video, Wietmarschen, 28, listed his five favorite personal memories of baseball, which include chucking a roll of toilet paper at his Uncle Ted when the Reds won the World Series when he was 6 and spilling a Mountain Dew from one luxury box into another at Cincinnati's stadium at age 10.
"I wonder if [the people in the other box] remember that," he muses in the video. "I'd like to go back and apologize."
Longnecker said she had been rooting for fellow Phillies fan Christine Lorigo of Boston, who made the cut for spring training, and thought Tigers fan Lindsay Beaver of Sterling Heights seemed "super passionate" and would have been "fun to watch in the Fan Cave." Tigers fan Jay Tuohey of Clawson, Mich., was also a top-30 finalist.
But from her perch at Fifth Third Field, Longenecker said she's ready for another season.
She'll start work about three hours before game time, making sure all the information she needs is at hand for the game and for the half-hour pregame show.
She does similar chores for the Toledo Walleye hockey team and for Buckeye Cable Sports Network. She said she prefers the faster pace of hockey games, which also lets her be more creative with her scoreboard and stat displays and, not to mention, the Walleyes' winning season made the job more fun.
"When the team is good I just get into it," she said.
She's hoping to "get into it" with the Hens as well this year.
"I'm just hoping for more wins!" she wrote. "Last year when we hit August and realized we were out of the playoffs it just wasn't as fun. … I'm looking forward to seeing some of the faces back from last year like [right fielder Ben] Guez, [left fielder Dan] Kelly, [shortstop Argenis] Diaz — and of course getting to know the new guys. I'll definitely need to practice spelling [Matt] Tuiasosopo, our new third baseman."
If not a winning experience, it was a learning experience for Longenecker.
"It felt great to have support from so many people from Toledo, back home in Pennsylvania, and of course from Phillies fans all over the country," she wrote. "I learned how useful social media can be, especially when reaching out to people you wouldn't normally have access to."
Ironically, she cut back on her Twitter use "because during that month it kind of consumed my life!"
Tags: Alex Justice, Alexandria Justice, Ben Wietmarschen, Fan Cave, Kate Longenecker, MLB, Toledo Mud Hens


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Charter schools benefit students from poor families, black students and Hispanic English-language learners more than their peers in other groups, a study shows.
Overall, charter school students are faring better than they were four years ago, surpassing those in traditional public schools in reading gains and keeping pace in math, according to the National Charter School Study by the Center for Research on Education Outcomes at Stanford University.
The study, released Tuesday, updated and expanded upon 2009 findings comparing student performance on standardized reading and math tests. The 2013 study included 25 states, the District of Columbia and New York City, which was considered separately from upstate New York because of its huge number of students. Together, the studied places enroll 95 percent of the nation's 2.3 million charter school students.
"The results reveal that the charter school sector is getting better on average and that charter schools are benefiting low-income, disadvantaged and special-education students," CREDO Director Margaret Raymond said.
Researchers did not look into why specific groups benefited more, but charter schools' greater freedom to direct resources toward specific needs was seen as a factor.
The average charter school student showed reading gains equivalent to those that would be expected from an extra eight days of school compared to traditional school students, the study said.
Math gains were about equal among the two groups. The results were much improved from the 2009 study, when charter students lost the equivalent of seven days of learning in English and 22 days in math.
"We think that the level of improvement is really noteworthy given that it's only been a few years," Raymond said.
The gains were helped by the closure of 8 percent of the schools included in the 2009 analysis because they were underperforming, she said.
The report calls closing low-performing schools "the strongest tool available to ensure quality across the sector."
American Federation of Teachers President Randi Weingarten said the findings show that charter schools have failed to live up to "the leaps and bounds that were promised" in student performance.
"We should use the CREDO findings as an opportunity to pause and ask ourselves why we keep pitting charter schools against neighborhood public schools -- a strategy that has created little more than a disruptive churn," Weingarten said.
When broken down into groups, the study showed that black students gained the equivalent of 14 days of learning by attending charter schools but that black students living in poverty saw even greater benefits, the equivalent of 29 days in reading and 36 days in math. Hispanic English-language learners saw even higher gains, though Hispanics in general scored similarly to Hispanics in traditional public schools.
White charter school students posted lower growth scores in reading and math than traditional public school peers, the study found. But noting a trend toward specialty charter schools in affluent white communities, the reading and math scores alone may not paint a full picture of the schools' performance, researchers said. Students may have started out above average and showed smaller gains in those subjects while gaining in other areas such as language or arts, they said.
The study analyzed student data from Arkansas, Arizona, California, Colorado, D.C., Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Nevada, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, New York City, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas and Utah.
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Just announced on the official Star Wars website is their second San Diego Comic Con 2015 exclusive, a Boba Fett Prototype Mini Bust.
The Gentle Giant site includes a little more information about the release. The 1:6 scale bust has a limited edition of 750.
If you're not attending SDCC, you have to be a member of Gentle Giant's club in order to put in a pre-order. (Premier Guild Collector's Club costs $80 per year to join.)
From the manufacturer:
In the summer of 1980, The Empire Strikes Back introduced us to one of modern cinemas most recognizable characters, Boba Fett. A man of few words, the gritty bounty hunter quickly made his mark despite having roughly 3 minutes of screen time in his debut film. The character had long been teased by Lucasfilm as far back as 1978, appearing in animated form and as a costumed character in parades and special events across the country.
This is one of many Boba Fett items from Gentle Giant over the years. View them all in our Bounty database.
First announced and shown at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, JAKKS Pacific announced today the price and details for their upcoming Boba Fett figure, exclusively available at the 2015 San Diego Comic Con.
It will retail for $50 at the convention. It's expected to be a limited edition of 1,000.
Here are two of the photos we took at SWCA:
Here's the official product description:
Boba Fett, Legendary Mandalorian Bounty Hunter has a long and colorful history. While many fans remember him from The Empire Strikes Back as well as his animate debut in The Star Wars Holiday Special, his true first appearance was as a member of the Star Wars delegation in the San Anselmo County Fair on September 24, 1978! At the time, Lucasfilm was headquartered at 52 Park Way in San Anselmo, about twenty minutes north of San Francisco. As part of harvest parade, Darth Vader and for the first time in public, Boba Fett, marched throughout the street waving to fans of all ages. The armor was worn by assistant film editor Duwayne Dunham and featured several noticeable difference such as the brightly colored blue jump suit, yellow and red armor highlights, as well as the "tribal marks" on his helmet; all altered for his later film appearances. JAKKS Pacific is excited to celebrate this legendary character and offer an articulated action figure of First Appearance Boba Fett or the first time ever! It will cost $50 and will be sold in the Lucasfilm Pavilion in the JAKKS area where you can also come to pick up an amazing Star Wars action figure art card with photography by Stephen Hayford.
This will be the second Boba Fett figure from JAKKS Pacific.
Helmet nod to the unofficial SDCC blog for the heads up.
Just announced on the Gentle Giant website is their San Diego Comic Con 2015 exclusive, a Boba Fett Droids Jumbo Figure.
It will retail for $100 at the convention. Those not attending the convention need to be members of Gentle Giant's "Premiere Guild" in order to have an opportunity to buy direct.
In 1985, everyone's favorite protocol droid and astromech droid starred in their own animated TV series. Star Wars: Droids, featured R2-D2 and C-3PO on their early adventures that took place before Star Wars: Episode IV: A New Hope. The series also featured the appearance of Boba Fett himself!
This will be the third jumbo figure to include Boba Fett. Back in 2013, Gentle Giant released a Boba Fett Rocket Firing Jumbo Kenner Action Figure and also a Jumbo Holiday Yoda, which had a mini Boba Fett in the Christmas bag.
[UPDATED 6/24: The individual Boba Fett figure, without needing to buy a platform-specific game, will be available in January 2016, according to two tweeta from John Vignocchi, VP of Production on Disney Infinity 3.0.]
Moments ago, the official Disney Infinity page on Facebook just confirmed Boba Fett's role and release in the new game, Disney Infinity 3.0, and its "Rise Against The Empire" play set. He'll be on Sony Playstation before being available on other gaming systems starting around the end of the year.
[UPDATED 6/17: You can now pre-order the Saga Bundle on Amazon, which includes Boba Fett:
Here's the official announcement at E3 by Disney Infinity's VP of Production, Johnny Vignocchi. Jump to around the 3 minute mark for the full effect, complete with "BOBA FETT" on the giant screens at the event:
Here's an excerpt from the official press release, which also hosted many new screenshots of Boba Fett:
One of the most feared bounty hunters in the galaxy, Boba Fett will use his martial arts skills and blaster rifle to help the Galactic Empire hunt and track down prey. Instantly playable in the updated and enhanced Disney Infinity 3.0 Toy Box, Boba Fett is also unlockable in all of the Star Wars Play Sets.
He also appears in the official trailer, released today to coincide with E3 events this week:
ComicBook.com has some clarity about the release:
[I]f you want to play with him before the Holidays, you can only do that on PlayStation platforms. The character will be part of the Sony-exclusive Special Edition, which will also include the Original Trilogy-era playset a month before it hits shelves for any other platform or the public. … The Special Edition will hit the same day as the general release of the game, which also comes with the Twilight of the Republic Clone Wars-era play set this fall, and is available for pre-order now.
The figure was also at E3 for journalists:
Here's the publicity photo / render for the figure:
There's even more within a post-announcement interview with Johnny Vignocchi done on YouTube Live at E3. Jump to around 3 minutes in before they show the additional game footage:
(Helmet nod to BFFC fan Gustavo Perez for giving us the heads up on the initial promotional graphics, and to Twitter user angelos_giorgos for the Vignocchi links.)
We caught up with Josh Powers and his "Return of the Jedi" Boba Fett costume at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim!
Now, we at the Boba Fett Fan Club have had the pleasure of previously interviewing Josh. But seeing his work and hearing him speak in person blew us away. Learn about the favorite part of the costume, his hardest challenge to overcome, and why he prefers the "Jedi" costume over the "Empire."
"Dark Disciple," a new novel coming July 7th by Christie Golden, has a Boba Fett cameo. He shows up beginning in the later part of Chapter 22.
The book is "based on unproduced episodes of Star Wars: The Clone Wars." As we saw first-hand at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, Young Boba Fett — voiced by Daniel Logan — already played a role in those un-released episodes. You can see some of the pre-viz work for those episodes on our YouTube channel, here with Cad Bane and here with Count Dooku.
Thanks to Brian at EUCantina.net, who received an advanced copy of the book from the publisher and tweeted some questions, we've learned a few broad things about the plot.
Today, via the official Twitch account for Disney, Boba Fett's Slave I was featured in a larger announcement of new pieces in the Disney Infinity 3.0 Star Wars game.
Note how Boba Fett has an unusually blue look. It's almost reminiscent of his Star Wars Holiday Special colors, which is most definitely non-canon now.
Jump to 1 hour 8 minutes to see for yourself:
Helmet nod to fan site Disney Infinity TV for the heads up!
We also spotted Boba Fett in the background (behind Han Solo) in this promo artwork, also released today.
Our latest video from Star Wars Celebration Anaheim is our interview with John "Bespin Boba" Morton.
Learn about John's two days as Boba Fett on the Cloud City set for the "he's no good to me dead" scene, including what Jeremy Bulloch told him to do motivate the character.
During our interview with Dickey Beer at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim, the Boba Fett stuntman spoke about how long the stunts took to film. He recalled surprise when he saw the film, aware that they filmed more on set than what ended up in the 1983 release.
Thanks to a fan of the Boba Fett Fan Club on Facebook, Quinn Crain, we were reminded of the original storyboards, which also suggested much more was imagined. To our knowledge, these early drafts are hard to find and not all officially published.
Take a look at three photocopies of supposed original storyboards, shared in 2007 by Ross Cuddie (vaccaros) on RebelScum. We re-touched Ross' photos to have a clearer look at the details.
Page 21: These storyboards suggest a shot of Boba Fett's point-of-view (POV) flying towards the skiff. That would have been quite a fancy shot! He also is shown here using his jetpack to get around after landing the first time.
Page 24: These storyboards suggest that Boba Fett shoots and hits or even kills Chewbacca! Definitely a game changer right there.
Page 26: These shots show Luke hitting Boba Fett's right hand clean off! *
Page 29: These storyboards suggest Han firmly hits Fett in the back, sending him flying. As we know, this almost matches up with what ended up in the final film.
* One of these on page 26 is a spot-on match to a storyboard layout that was recently included in Star Wars Storyboards: The Original Trilogy, curated by J.W. Rinzler and published in 2014. If the photocopy versions above are authentic, then this newer one may have been a later draft or simply re-drawn.
What are your thoughts on all of this?
[Updated 5/25: Thanks to a fan who follows our Facebook page, Tom Warman, here's another storyboard of Boba Fett from "Return of the Jedi."]
There's an exclusive Boba Fett poster for Star Wars Weekends 2015, one of several that are free to Disney World's Annual Passport guests only. While we've heard that the posters have been given them away at the end of the day to anyone, we wouldn't count on it.
There's a different one each week between 5, which runs May 15 thru June 14; the Boba Fett poster is available this weekend only. You can find them between Toy Story Mania and One Man's Dream. Look for a sign back in the alley. They also have all five on display.
The artwork is also on billboards around DisneyWorld. Fett hasn't been on a billboard since circa 2010 when the Los Angeles Dodgers promoted "Star Wars Night" with Boba front and center.
Art director: Matt Stewart
Copywriter: John McCall
Digital rendering: Meduzarts
Helmet nod to Will Gay, creative director at Disney's in-house creative shop, Yellow Shoes, for sharing the poster credits on his site and also the billboards per our request.
Here's a look at one of the other variant billboards:
This new digital artwork isn't just on posters and billboards. It's also on a little brochure sized handout that seems to be in some of the Disney shops.
This poster hasn't been the only Boba Fett highlight of this year's Star Wars Weekends. They've had an exclusive mug, too, which has been selling out fast, although it isn't limited to just this weekend.
There's also a Pete as Jango Fett action figure. Interestingly enough, Bad Pete was a Boba Fett action figure in the last line of this series.
Furthermore, there's a Star Wars Helmets Pin Set that was previewed at Star Wars Celebration Anaheim. It includes a more orange tinted Boba Fett helmet pin. (Jodo Kast, are you finally in the official canon again?) There's also a Boba Fett Slave I Jumbo Hinge Pin.
Last but not least, Daniel Logan and Jeremy Bulloch are also attending upcoming Star Wars Weekends.


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Wednesday, June 24, 2009
My regular readers will know that this is a favorite phrase chez moi, used often and about everything: crazy is as crazy does, silly is as silly does, ugly is as ugly does (Boston is as Boston does)… This is truly our own personal philosophy. I mean, it pretty much says it all!
And this philosophy is no different for pizza.
I have eaten squares of pizza in Jerusalem, bought from a little window opening right onto Jaffa Street, always with black olives, please. I have eaten round, dinner-plate-sized pizza, crust light as air, strewn with grilled vegetables, in our local pizzeria with the boy-sized stuffed Pinocchio and the plastic tomatoes hanging over our heads. I have eaten extreme deep-dish pizza da Marino in Milan, hot from the pan, gooey with cheese, listening to Marino regale us with stories of his life in that deep, raspy distinctive voice of his. Or fabulous pizza fredda on Via Washington, slathered in tomato sauce and mayonnaise, piled high with tuna, lettuce and tomatoes, a summer dream, served up by the slice by the very large lady overseen by her very tiny mother. I have eaten pizza-by-the-slice in New York, and I won't mention where. New York is a "best-pizza" battleground and one must be ready and willing to dive into the scuffle and stand up for one's pizza parlor. I have eaten at Bizzarro's in Satellite Beach with my family, sitting at a bare table in a barren dining room, the pizza bigger than all our heads put together, hot and spicy with pepperoni, heavy on the sauce and dripping mozzarella. I have eaten a multitude of chain pizzas, often much to my chagrin. I have eaten pizza hot and cold, baked or fried or grilled, open-faced and calzone, thick and thin, chewy and crispy, square and round and triangular and through it all I was absolutely sure of one thing. Pizza is pizza and by any other name would still be pizza.
Pizza is a staple of our life, changing style merely as the mood changes: paper thin and crispy, light as air when we go out to our favorite local pizzeria Pinocchio, risen and slightly chewy when made at home, thick and deep dish when JP chooses. Ditto for the toppings, everyone decides. For Simon, easy does it, sauce, mozzarella and pepperoni or chorizo, for Clem, add some cheeses. JP is the adventurous one, changing as it fits the mood, changing flavors as often as he changes socks: salamis or grilled veg or the weirdest thing on the menu, with or without a spray of rocket tossed atop. For me? Classically Italian, a hearty tomato sauce topped with slices of buffalo mozzarella, grilled zucchini and roasted red pepper with a handful of rocket. But pizza it still is, pizza it always is.
And when pizza goes sweet? Is it still pizza? Absolutely. Lovely Zorra of 1x umrühren bitte has invited all Bread Baking Day #21 participants to a Pizza Party to celebrate BBD's 2-year anniversary! And I thought that I would bring dessert!
Pizza Dolce (Sweet Pizza) looks like pizza but surprise! it is actually made with a brioche-like crust and topped with a just-sweetened ricotta topping. To celebrate both BBD's anniversary and summer, I decided to flavor the ricotta with both vanilla and Amaretto and top the pizza with bright red, juicy, cherries. Sweet, indeed!
Congratulations, Zorra! I have so enjoyed every BBD challenge since I was lucky enough to find and join you! You throw a great party!
I must mention here that I thought I had calculated dough quantities to make one large 12-inch (30 cm) pizza, but I didn't count on it rising so dramatically in the oven (even after two pre-baking rises). It was like eating a thick slice of brioche with a bit of topping. The next time I make this fantastic dessert, I will make two pizzas with the same quantity of dough and then double the ricotta quantities. And add lots more fresh cherries. I also had day dreams of replacing the cherries with slices of sweet, ripe nectarines.
Makes two 12-inch (30 cm) pies
Make the dough the day before.
2 ¼ cups (330 g) flour + more for kneading
1 ¼ cups (150 ml) warm milk
1 tsp active dry yeast (I used a slightly heaping tsp)
3 whole eggs
1 egg yolk
3 Tbs sugar (you can add a bit more if you want a sweeter dough, but I found it perfect)
9 Tbs (125 g) unsalted butter, softened
Stir the yeast and half of the flour together in a large mixing bowl. Add the warm milk and stir until all the dry ingredients are moistened. Cover with a clean kitchen towel and let rest for 15 minutes.
Add the rest of the flour and stir into the yeast mixture, then cover the bowl again and allow to rise for 45 to 50 minutes.
Add the whole eggs and the yolk, and stir into the dough. Stir in the sugar and salt. You may have a very wet dough.
Turn this dough out onto a well-floured work surface and begin kneading in the softened butter, piece by piece until well incorporated. Continue kneading, adding flour as needed, until you have a smooth, elastic, soft dough, about 5 minutes.
Place the dough in a bowl, cover well with plastic wrap and place in the refrigerator over night.
The next day, take the dough out of the fridge about 1 ½ to 2 hours before you are ready to work it. Scrape it out onto a floured work surface and cut into 2 pieces (or as many pieces as you would like pizzas – individual pies, for example). Roll the dough out to fit 12-inch pie pans, place gently into the pie pan and, using your thumbs, press up the edges to form a rim all around.
Allow to rest for 10 minutes. It will puff up slightly. Repress the rims into place. So there is an edge and press down the center.
While the pizza dough is resting, preheat the oven to 350°F (180°C) and make the Ricotta Filling.
Makes enough for one 12-inch (30 cm) Pizza
2 cups / 1 pound (500 g) ricotta
1/3 cup (65 – 70 g) sugar
3 eggs
½ tsp vanilla
1 Tbs Amaretto
½ tsp ground cinnamon
1 pound (500 g) fresh cherries, pitted
Using a hand mixer or whisk, beat the ricotta until smooth and creamy. Whisk in the eggs, the sugar, the vanilla, the Amaretto and the ground cinnamon.
After the dough has rested, just carefully pour and spread the Ricotta Filling on the dough not more than about an inch (2 cm) from the edges (leaving the border).
Place the pitted cherries all over the Filling.
Bake until the dough is puffed and golden brown and the Ricotta Filling is puffed and set in the center, about 30 to 45 minutes depending on thickness of dough and your oven. Keep an eye on it.
Remove from oven and allow to cool slightly. It is best eaten warm and fresh.
Buon Appetito!
26 comments:
- Chef E said...
Holy Moly Pizza Batman...I like this, and we just had pizza last night, but not this one!
- June 24, 2009 at 9:38 AM
- Rosa's Yummy Yums said...
I agree with you regarding pizza! It is such a versatile dish!
Your pizza dolce looks fantastic! I'd love to sink my teeth in one of those luscious slices of sin!!!
- June 24, 2009 at 10:00 AM
- Mary said...
This is an amazing pie. I'll bet it tastes as good as it looks.
- June 24, 2009 at 10:40 AM
- Culinary Wannabe said...
You are so creative. Why can't we be neighbors so that I can just "pop over" for a snack like every night??
- June 24, 2009 at 11:12 AM
- doggybloggy said...
thats a 'sweet' pie - is there a 'sauce' to go with it?
- June 24, 2009 at 11:15 AM
- Jamie said...
@Culinary Wannabe - How I wish we were neighbors, too. Then I would have someone who would eat my food with me!
@doggybloggy - Ooops! I forgot! How about a Lambrusco Amabile or Demi Sec? Now, that's a sauce!
- June 24, 2009 at 11:51 AM
- Jenn said...
Wow...sweet indeed. I'd love to have some of that. I actually had myself a pizza last night. So many combination for such a versatile dish.
- June 24, 2009 at 12:16 PM
- Elra said...
This look sensational, sweet and fabulous pizza. Drool worthy!
- June 24, 2009 at 12:31 PM
- buffalodick said...
I've seen and had dessert pizzas, and they are good! I've made just one.. It was a cream cheese multi fruit pizza, served cold... I should do that again someday!
- June 24, 2009 at 12:55 PM
- Leah said...
wow! that loooks amaaaaazing :) what a great idea! so creative.
(and pizza on yaffo st. is still amazing, it calls to me every time i go into jerusalem)
- June 24, 2009 at 1:21 PM
- Barbara Bakes said...
This is my kind of pizza!
- June 24, 2009 at 1:28 PM
- asiangrrl said...
That is simply amazing, Jamie. It's a good things we aren't neighbors because you would soon get sick of seeing my face. Wow. I've seen dessert pizzas before, but yours (pardon the pun) takes the cake.
- June 24, 2009 at 1:45 PM
- My Carolina Kitchen said...
Well, I wasn't very interested until you got to the Amaretto and that caught my attention. Anything with Amaretto has to be good, right?
Very creative Jamie.
- June 24, 2009 at 4:30 PM
- Daily Spud said...
Yes, I would still call it pizza but I would be choosing a fine dessert wine to go with this, rather than the usual beer!
- June 24, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- burpandslurp said...
I seriously love the way you write. You hook me and really engage me and hype me up. I never knew I could master such enthusiasm for pizza!
- June 24, 2009 at 5:49 PM
- girlichef said...
Drooling bigtime over here! I don't care what you call it...I want some!
- June 24, 2009 at 6:32 PM
- Heavenly Housewife said...
How georgous! I could seet that going right to my thighs though (not that that stops me).
- June 25, 2009 at 12:09 AM
- Donna-FFW said...
What a fantastic twist on pizza. Love the idea Jamie. ou have an enthralling way with words, you know.
- June 25, 2009 at 4:07 AM
- Reeni♥ said...
This looks heavenly with the Ameretto filling and fresh cherries! What a sweet treat!
- June 25, 2009 at 8:17 AM
- The Cooking Ninja said...
Nice yummy pizza :) Those are black cherries u got there. They are very sweet. :)
- June 25, 2009 at 11:19 PM
- Susan/Wild Yeast said...
I am arriving late to this sweet pizza party so I hope there is still a slice left for me. Oh my god, Jamie.
- June 29, 2009 at 6:41 AM
- Jamie said...
@Susan/Wild Yeast = Saved you a piece! Saved you a piece!
- June 29, 2009 at 6:54 AM
- Susan/Wild Yeast said...
Oh, thank you, you are a doll!
- June 29, 2009 at 10:58 PM
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Yum, you are the best! A sweet pizza was missing on our pizza buffet!
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Jamie you are the best! Never thought of sweet pizza - yours looks so yummy - Oh my gosh!
Need to have a bite.
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What a vision!!! Paradise is here for sure!
Loved the recipe with the brioche dough and the cherries!
Will be trying!
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Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Leggett Parks, Jr. of Aiken announce the engagement of their daughter, Lindsey Ann Parks of Aiken, to Jeffrey Ryan Martin of Aiken, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Austin Martin of San Angelo, TX. The wedding is planned for June 22, 2013 at First Baptist Church.
The bride-elect is a maternal granddaughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. William Esteal Russell of Durham, NC, and a paternal granddaughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Leggett Parks, Sr. of Durham, NC.
She is a 2002 graduate of South Aiken High School. She is a graduate of Clemson University with a Bachelor of Science degree in Health Sciences. She earned her Masters from Appalachian State University with a degree in Speech Language Pathology. She is employed by Select Specialty Hospital in Augusta, GA.
The bridegroom-elect is a maternal grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Jim Taylor Ryan of George West, TX, and a paternal grandson of the late Mr. and Mrs. Claude Austin Martin of Harrison, AK, and the late Dr. and Mrs. William Robert Lynch of Dallas, TX.
He is a 1997 graduate of San Angelo Central High School of San Angelo, TX. He is a graduate of the University of South Carolina Aiken with a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies. He is employed by Tognum America as a Buyer.
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The pimento cheese sandwich at the Augusta National has become as much of a tournament staple as the famed green jacket or the blooming azaleas, but patrons peeling open its familiar green wrapping this year have uncovered an unmistakable change.
Wright Thompson, a senior writer for ESPN The Magazine, broke this so-called "sandwich stumper" story after noting this year's recipe had a bit more spice, maybe more mayo and even a different consistency than in the past.
But this pimento cheese conundrum is no mystery to Aiken resident Nick Rangos. Unlike the current chefs at the Augusta National, he knows the secret because he actually whipped up the fillings for the famed sandwich for decades.
Rangos' recipe was used in the sandwiches for more than 40 years, but it was dropped by Augusta National a few years ago after the club decided to switch contracts for the legendary menu item.
He estimated that millions of sandwiches were made with his recipe, but he couldn't exactly put his finger on what made it such a favorite at the tournament.
"I don't really know. There's no secret to it," he said, adding coyly that he couldn't reveal the ingredients, especially to the Augusta National.
When he first began making the sandwiches, demand was actually relatively low. But over the years, he said, it skyrocketed.
"We used to practically give the sandwiches away back when I started, but after awhile, I couldn't make enough of it," he said of the pimento cheese.
Rangos' granddaughter Nicole Cook said the sandwiches were made by her granddad and his crew at Owens Corning in Aiken and then transferred to the family's church in Augusta before being transported to the Masters.
"Unfortunately, I haven't had one in years," she said. "But they're worldwide known, and lots of people who know me or know him comment on how delicious they are."
Despite the popularity, the club eventually dumped him and gave the contract to fried chicken chain Wife Saver, the company in charge of making the club's chicken sandwiches for nearly 25 years.
Wife Saver owner Ted Godfrey said after the Augusta National decided to swap contracts, he set his sights on replicating the original pimento cheese sandwich.
His mission was made easier after he found out that a woman who worked in the tournament's kitchen had frozen a batch. However, after some trial and error and then ultimately finding the right kind of cheese, it still wasn't completely right.
Finally, he had an epiphany in the middle of the night and realized exactly how to reproduce the original sandwich.
About three or four years later, however, Augusta National switched again, deciding to go in-house with concessions, Godfrey said.
"It just kind of all worked out that they left the local people and went to a national chain," he said.
He understood the club's reasoning behind it, especially with the need for oversight, but said nothing can match the handmade flavor.
"Anytime you do something by hand and you do it fresh every day, it's going to be better than if you mass produce it," he said.
Of course, he added, they're missing one other key aspect that Masters patrons fell in love with years ago: The original recipe.
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Without much competiton, No Strings Attached open in wide release this weekend. The Ivan Reitman romantic comedy starring Natalie Portman and Ashton Kutcher looks like it will do well this weekend. The Way Back, starring Saoirse Ronan, Colin Farrell, Ed Harris, Jim Sturgess and Mark Strong also open in wide release this weekend.
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NY town official under FBI investigation over pro-MMA lobbying effort
The seemingly endless fight to get MMA legalized and regulated in New York has taken a new and nasty turn. The Albany Times Union reports:
A federal criminal investigation of Halfmoon (NY) Supervisor Melinda A. Wormuth is probing whether she secretly accepted money for lobbying on behalf of mixed martial arts legislation and whether she or her family received thousands of dollars from a builder with business before the town government.
The information comes from multiple people familiar with the case. They said the FBI is focusing on Wormuth's contact with two Republican state lawmakers - Sen. Kathleen Marchione and Assemblyman James Tedisco - related to a bill that passed the Senate but failed in the Assembly and would have legalized mixed martial arts fighting.
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Starting at 6 p.m. Friday, Dec. 7, the public is invited to turn onto Stewart Avenue to begin their journey through the town gates of Bethlehem.
Nativity coordinator Tammy Young said viewers will be offered free hot chocolate for their ride and a shekel to pay their taxes.
"As you round the corner, be ready to witness the greatest gift this world will ever know — Jesus' birth," she said.
The Nativity will remain open until 9 p.m. Friday, and repeat performances will take place Saturday and Sunday from 6-9 p.m.
Young explained what began as the manger scene with the Holy Family, a couple of shepherds, three wise men, two sheep and a donkey, has gradually grown into a miniature version of the gated city of Bethlehem preparing for visitors reporting for the ordered census and paying their taxes.
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