New Blu-rays and DVDs include 'Iron Man' and Judd Apatow comedies

Blu-ray and enhanced widescreen, 2008, PG-13 for action violence and brief suggestive content

Best extra: It's a grab bag of goodies, but for me, the seven-part making of documentary certainly does not disappoint, especially in hi-def.

“IRON MAN” IS A superhero movie that gets it absolutely right: smart script, great acting across the board (God bless you, Robert Downey Jr.); and fun, fast-paced direction by Jon Favreau. Like the technological marvel that is Stark's armor, Favreau has crafted something new, complex, and undeniably impressive. The Blu-ray and DVD experience takes it even further; serving up content fans can really appreciate.

Disc one includes a fantastic, saturated hi-def transfer and the booming Dolby TrueHD audio track makes this your Blu-ray showoff disc this holiday season. Also there’s a 50-minute comprehensive look at Iron Man's history, compliments of immortal comic scribe Stan Lee and the comic's parade of writers and ten deleted and extended scenes all in hi-def.

Disc two, however, is where the real fun lies. There's the making-of that offers tantalizing fly-on-the wall glimpses of the planning process, a visual effects doc on the film's three f/x companies; three scenes of screen tests by Downey demonstrate his craft (and an evolution of the script for the better), while still galleries show off nifty pre-production sketches all in hi-def. 

Blu-ray goodies include an exclusive download quiz testing your Iron Man IQ with dozens of movie clip questions in 10 categories including: "What Happens in Vegas," "A Dash of Pepper," "Comic Book Stumpers" and more. Another exclusive, “Hall of Armor,” with 360 degree perspective and detailed schematics of the three Iron Man suits and Iron Monger. Clearly, it's for Iron Man geeks.

Blu-ray and enhanced widescreen, 2007, unrated but contains sexual content, language and some graphic nudity

Best extra: An entertaining and excellent picture-in-picture commentary with cast and crew members, with lots of behind-the-scenes footage, script rehearsals and interviews, and a karaoke mode where you can sing along with six of the film's songs.

TO GET OVER A BAD breakup, actor Jason Segel (known for playing Seth Rogen's pal in "Knocked Up") went to Hawaii and wrote a script filled with personal details about the experience to get over it.  When he was finished, he passed it to Judd Apatow, who agreed to produce the film.  The Apatow brand name was all it took to get this comedy up and running with Segel in the lead role and first time director Nicholas Stoller (who got his start writing episodes of Apatow's TV series "Undeclared," which Segel played a role on) helming the picture.  Apatow has a nose for successful comedies and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is no exception.  This is one of the funniest and most idiosyncratic comedies of the year.

Available on Blu-ray with even more special features than the Three-Disc Unrated Collector's Edition on standard DVD, "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" is a highly recommended purchase for fans of the film.  Both the theatrical and unrated version are included, as well as the commentary (also available as a visual commentary) with the cast and crew, video diaries covering the film's production, deleted and extended scenes, Apatow's now familiar "Line-O-Rama," which shows various laugh lines tried multiple ways by the cast, a gag reel, several extras devoted to Segel's obsession with puppets, and much, much more.  You'll be able to spend a few days exploring all the extras.

On the technical side, the Blu-ray offers a solid hi-def image.  Keep in mind, this isn't a film that has much to offer as far as visual style so don't expect that hi-def pop.  Uncompressed audio, but since it’s completely dialogue-driven, don't expect too much.  Last but not least is a digital copy that you can transfer to a portable player and iPod.

— Josh Boone

Blu-ray widescreen, 2005, 2007, unrated but contains pervasive sexual content, language, and drug use

Best extra: The 30-minute "Finding Ben Stone" on "Knocked Up" is a fake documentary about a frustrated Apatow's search for the right actor to play the lead role.  "Juno's" Michael Cera, James Franco, Justin Long, Bill Hader and Orlando Bloom were kind enough to lend their talents here and are hysterical as they play Seth Rogen's character, Ben Stone, very badly.  Funny stuff.

FOR ALL THEIR raunchy talk, writer/director Judd Apatow's comedies are actually sweet affairs, focusing on grown men having to grow up.  Apatow has keen insight into both the romantic relationships between men and women and the surprisingly deep friendships between juvenile men.  Whether it’s Steve Carell having to give up his collectible action figures on the road to losing his virginity or Seth Rogen having to give up his bong for the future mother of his child, Apatow knows that adolescence can last a lot longer than high school.  Though you can probably attribute the box office success of both "The 40-Year-Old Virgin" and "Knocked Up" to their dirty jokes, it’s their big hearts that keep people watching them over and over.  And now, thanks to the folks at Universal, you can enjoy them in high definition.

Apatow really gives his all when it comes to special features and all of the numerous extras from the standard DVDs have been carried over.

Here you'll find audio commentaries, gag reels, video diaries from the set, deleted scenes, audition footage, and, most importantly, "Line-O-Rama," an Apatow mainstay.  "Line-O-Rama" is a feature included on every Apatow-related DVD (you'll find it on the "Superbad" and "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" discs as well).  The reason Apatow's films are so funny is because he shoots more than a million feet of film per flick (which is three to four times the amount other films shoot) giving actors the chance to ad-lib laugh lines in hundreds of different variations, giving him many more possibilities for laughs in the editing room.  The footage that’s been generously included on the discs gives viewers a multitude of funny lines that didn't make the final cut.

Exclusive to both Blu-ray discs are a pair of solid picture-in-picture tracks.  Though both mine the extensive special features already included, there is a fair amount of new material as well.

The films are visually pretty bland affairs.  They look and sound substantially better on Blu-ray than they do on DVD, but you're not going to wow anyone with these discs.

These two films are also available, along with the Apatow-produced "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," in the "Ultimate Unrated Comedy" collection Blu-ray set which can be bought significantly cheaper online right now ($53.95) than buying all three films separately. Highly recommended.

— Josh Boone

“THE TEXAS CHAIN SAW MASSACRE”

Blu-ray widescreen, 1974, R for extreme violence and gore

Best extra: Two feature-length documentaries, totaling three hours in length, offer an exhaustive, in-depth look at the making of the classic exploitation film.

DARK SKY FILMS has always brought real class to horror films.  It's a company clearly run by individuals who truly love cult horror films, the slasher genre, monster movies, etc.  This week, they're entering the Blu-ray business with "The Godfather" of horror, Tobe Hooper's "The Texas Chain Saw Massacre."

Shot in 16 mm, Dark Sky has brought this to Blu-ray with all of its visual imperfections intact and that's exactly how it should be.  Struck from the original camera negative, this hi-def transfer looks incredible.  Grain is visible in every frame and color and detail have been greatly improved.  Three sound options are available.  Although there's nothing wrong with the uncompressed PCM 2.0 and DTS 5.1 tracks, they just can't compete with the original mono, which is still, hands down, the best way to experience Hooper and Wayne Bell's incredible sound design.

The only extra new to this Blu-ray release is "Off the Hook with Teri McMinn," an interview with the first girl to hang from Leatherface's hook.  The rest of the extras are taken from Dark Sky's excellent "Ultimate Edition" released in 2006.  Two commentaries, one with Hooper, cinematographer Daniel Pearl and Leatheface himself, Gunnar Hansen take one track while actors Marilyn Burns, Paul A. Partain and Allen Danziger and art designer Robert A. Burns take the second.  In all honesty, these two commentaries, while informative, are quite dry and the documentaries cover all the information in a much more entertaining way.  Trailers, TV and radio spots, a tour of the house where the film was shot, deleted scenes, outtakes from the film and from the documentary, a blooper reel, and still galleries are also included.

Dark Sky's Blu-ray debut is a cause for celebration. 

— Josh Boone

Blu-ray and enhanced widescreen, 1983, R for language, sexuality and nudity

Best extra: 15-minutes of Tom Cruise and Rebecca De Mornay's original screen tests in hi-def.  It’s a piece of movie history to see one of the greatest stars of the last quarter century, going through the rehearsal process before he became a star.  

"I SPENT THE WHOLE shoot trying not to get fired," says Cruise, in his first leading role, as a high school student getting involved with a beautiful call girl while his parents are out of town. The teen comedy from first-time writer/director Paul Brickman was a huge hit.

Cruise flew in from shooting "The Outsiders" with greasy hair and a wrestler's body, trying to land the role. Everyone thought he was all wrong to play Joel Goodsen.

Warner Bros. has lovingly restored the classic, giving it a beautiful new hi-def transfer and a nice selection of special features.

The bulk of the supplemental material is presented in hi-def.  "The Dream Is Always the Same" is a new, 30-minute retrospective documentary with new interviews with the principal cast and crew.  A video commentary with Cruise, Brickman and producer Jon Avnet, though retreading much of the same ground as the documentary, is fun to watch.  Also included is Brickman's director's cut of the last seven minutes of the film and a digital copy which is playable on iPods and PCs.

— Josh Boone  

Best extra: Behind-the-scene featurettes

THIS IS ONE OF the best new shows to hit in a long time for tweens - the story of a middle-schooler, Carly (Miranda Cosgrove,"School of Rock"), and her best friend, Sam (Jennette McCurdy), who get the idea to create their own Webcast called "iCarly." With the help of Carly’s neighbor, Freddie, (Nathan Kress), the trio comes up with some zany episodes, all the while real-life people like yourself can actually download video to the active site, iCarly.com, and have some fun with the actors/show.

The 12 episodes in Volume 1 (wish the whole season could be in one set), which run constantly on Nickelodeon, are fun and relatable, regardless your age. It also helps that Carly’s brother, Spencer (Jerry Trainor), is a twentysomething, goofball artist who makes the show fun for adults as well.

The bonus features on the two-disc set include "Leave it All to Me" music video, the show’s theme sung by Cosgrove with the help of Drake Bell, who former co-star on "Drake & Josh," and a making of that video.

There are 10 behind-the-scenes extras, all short, but funny, including McCurdy and Kress messing around with a fake wart that Kress had to wear for the "iScream on Halloween" episode, Cosgrove starring in a dance-dream number on "iDream of Dance" and Cosgrove, Trainor and Kress hanging out in the green room between shoots.

All is good, clean fun for the whole family with that modern-day twist: a Web show. Season 2 has already started on Nike, so get watching.

Best extra: A commentary with writer/director Mark Steven Johnson and producer Avi Arad.

THERE’S NO GUARANTEE that every Marvel Comic adaptation will be a mega hit like: “The Dark Knight,” “Iron Man” or the “Spider Man” trilogy.  Even breaking $200 million can be a challenge, as the original “X-Men,” both of the “Hellboy” and “Hulk” adventures and “Daredevil” fell short of the jackpot.

During the commentary track, Johnson pinpoints the friction between the studio and his original cut. With limited clout, the young director was forced to butcher his version by 20-minutes and insert a love scene between blind lawyer Matt Murdock (Ben Affleck) and Elektra Natchios (Jennifer Garner) in the hope to stir a larger audience.

The original DVD (2003) was to feature both versions with seamless technology, but space limitations killed that idea. Fox released the “Director’s Cut,” a year later.

Fast forward to Blu-ray, we still get one version. No explanation was given, but Johnson considers his “Director’s Cut” the version to have, and I second that.

It complete restores a critical subplot that crystallized Kingpin’s (Michael Clarke Duncan) evil motives, while evolving the buddy relationship between Murdock and law partner Frankin “Foggy” Nelson  played by Jon Favreau, who directed “Iron Man.” Also, the useless love scene is gone.

The hi-def disc includes an extraordinary picture with plenty of detail far surpassing the DVD and the uncompressed DTS HD soundtrack gives your home theater sound system a real workout especially the rear speakers.

With bonus features, the disc includes a low tech pop-up track with dozens of production, character and Marvel tidbits. A 60-minute documentary breaks down the five-year struggle to get the movie made, which involved four studios and two directors. Also, there’s a multi-angle animatics featurette, HBO documentary hosted by Garner, also her screen-test, short featurette on the Kingpin, photo gallery and tons more.

Blu-ray widescreen, 2005, not rated

Best extra: Fans of "Shaun of the Dead" will enjoy seeing Simon Pegg and Edgar Wright get to meet their idol and play zombies in the film.

GEORGE ROMERO, the father of the zombie film, returns for a fourth installment (after "Night of the Living Dead," "Dawn of the Dead," and "Day of the Dead") with "Land of the Dead," which makes its debut on Blu-ray this week after both a standard-def and HD DVD release.  Dennis Hopper, John Leguizamo, Asia Argento and Simon Baker star as survivors who are faced with evolving zombies who are finding ways to communicate and plot against them.  Fans of Romero will appreciate his skill with action and gore and also his sly social satire (which he perfected in "Dawn" with his observations on consumer culture).

"Land" comes to Blu-ray with a fine, filmlike transfer, and strong contrast (which is important considering almost all of the film takes place at night).  It easily surpasses the standard release.  An uncompressed DTS-HD Master Lossless Audio 5.1 track has lively surrounds with lots of gunfire and explosions.

Extras are ported over from the standard DVD.  This includes a very subdued and boring commentary with Romero, producer Peter Grunwald, and editor Michael Doherty.  Listening to commentaries like this make it evident just how difficult it is to give an engaging commentary.  It's an art in many ways and there are more lackluster commentaries than ones that are worthy of a listen.  Also included are a handful of featurettes focusing on the makeup effects, CGI tests, and deleted scenes.  Exclusive to the Blu-ray is a picture-in-picture track (becoming the norm for Universal releases) which utilizes the existing features on the disc and some new material to give you a look behind-the-scenes while you view the film.

Romero has returned to his zombie universe for a fifth time with "Diary of the Dead," which was released recently on DVD.

— Josh Boone

Blu-ray widescreen, 2004, not rated but for pervasive strong horror violence and gore, language and sexuality

Best extra:  A commentary by director Zack Snyder ("300") and a decent picture-in-picture track cobbled together from featurettes from the DVD release are the only extras.

BEFORE HE MADE "300," Zack Snyder made his directorial debut with a terrific remake of George Romero's revered "Dawn of the Dead," in which a group of civilians are trapped in a shopping mall while the outside world is being decimated by zombies. Sarah Polley and Ving Rhames star.

 Universal's hi-def transfer is through the roof, featuring jaw-dropping moments of detail and color, especially effective in a film with so much blood and violence. The film looks so good that it actually reveals weaknesses in the effects, especially the numerous moments of CGI blood spilling. The uncompressed DTS-HD Master Audio track is stellar, sporting killer bass that will give your system a workout.

Universal is starting a bad trend with this release, where they are eliminating much of the special features found on the DVD Though some of "Dawn's" original extras have been included as part of the picture-in-picture track, three of the best features from the original release ("Special Report: Zombie Invasion," "The Lost Tape," and all of the deleted and extended scenes) aren't included.

Recommended for top notch sound and picture, but hang on to your DVD copy if you care about the extras.

— Josh Boone

Best extra: U-Control, a picture-in-picture deal that serves up tidbits like interviews and behind-the-scenes footage

FANS WHO PICKED UP the collector’s edition in 2004 or the HD DVD version two years ago may well ask, “What gives?”

Both discs had tons of extras: a commentary with director John Carpenter and star Kurt Russell, outtakes, storyboards/ concept art and an 80-minute documentary featuring interviews with the cast and crew.

The Blu-ray title? Well, there’s good news and bad news. The commentary is intact, but the extras have been sliced and diced to accommodate U-Control, Universal’s picture-in-picture feature.

Plus side: It’s cool how U-Control pairs a soundbite or shot with what’s happening onscreen. Not-plus side: Tough luck if you want to watch a feature in one uninterrupted shot.

Fans also may ask, “Why not have both? Blu-ray has all kinds of storage space, right?”

Some discs do, just not this one. But there’s good news there, too. In splicing the features for the U-Control, Universal saved room for a killer, full-bodied DTS HD soundtrack that rocks. The separation is crystal-clear and the bass rattles the walls.

The picture? It’s good. The blacks are really black in some spots; in others, they’re inconsistent. Detail is pretty sharp throughout.

"CAN'T HARDLY WAIT: 10 YEAR REUNION EDITION"

Blu-ray and enhanced widescreen, 1998, PG-13 for teen drinking and sexuality, and for language

Best extra:  Three new retrospective featurettes, running close to an hour total, are all in hi-def.

WHETHER THE MEDIOCRE teen comedy "Can't Hardly Wait" deserves to be revisited 10 years after its initial release is up for debate but there's no denying that Sony has put a lot of love into the new Blu-ray release, which boats both the original commentary from the DVD release and a reunion commentary.  Though Jennifer Love Hewitt didn't seem to want to contribute to the extra features (I'm sure she's real busy with "Ghost Whisperer") pretty much everyone else is here and accounted for including writer/directors Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan, actors Peter Facinelli, Ethan Embry, Seth Green, Donald Faison, Freddy Rodriguez (star of "Grindhouse" and "Six Feet Under"), and a slew of others.  One of the most fun things about watching the film now is recognizing the dozens of actors in it who are stars now in minor roles including Jason Segel (writer and star of "Forgetting Sarah Marshall") and Selma Blair ("Hellboy" 1 & 2).

The new hi-def transfer is decent enough for a teen comedy made on the cheap with heavy grain intact and variable moments of both excellent picture quality and excessive softness.  The lossless audio track is appreciated as well considering that most of the film takes place at a crowded party where lots of people are talking at once as well as the 90s soundtrack.  The three retrospective featurettes and the reunion commentary are a blast to watch as everyone tells one entertaining story after another about the film's production.  A handful of excised scenes (cut to dodge an "R" rating) are also here as well as a trivia track, a 90s trivia game, and a music video for Smashmouth's overplayed "I Can't Get Enough of You Baby."

— Josh Boone

Enhanced widescreen, 1962, not rated, contains mature subject matter; parents be cautioned

Best extra: Excerpts from “Yasujiro Ozo and The Taste of Saki,” a 1978 French television program looking back on the director’s life.

“AN AUTUMN AFTERNOON” MIGHT best be put off for less chaotic times if you’re prone to depression. Near the end of the film a character says, “Isn’t life disappointing?” The reply, “Yes. It is.” This from a director who thought “It Happened One Night” “a successful comedy.”

Still, if you’re up for it, Ozo’s film has much to offer. It’s an award winner in acting and cinematography. Beautifully filmed and paced in that novel-like Asian manner, the plot concerns a father who decides his 23-year-old daughter shouldn’t have to spend her life taking care of him. He resigns himself to a life of loneliness as tragic events overtake him.

This was Ozo’s last film. He died of cancer at the age of 60, making notes for another film. While “An Autumn Afternoon” is not his best known film, it is a remarkable study of human nature that surpasses cultural identity. Viewers will care about the characters and be moved by the story.

As usual, Criterion provides a full package of extras and the beauty of this remastered high-definition film and its improved English translation (subtitles) must be acknowledged. Audio commentary by Ozo scholar David Bordwell, a 28 page booklet and theatrical trailer enlighten and entertain.

Best extra: “The Making of Medium: Season 4” with interviews from crew and cast, including guest stars Anjelica Huston, Emmy nominated for her seven episode arc, and Rosanna Arquette from the episode, “Lady Killer.”

WOW – WHAT A SEASON! While other series begin to show their age around the third or fourth season, and a tendency towards repetition, “Medium” keeps growing and getting better and better.

Season Three left viewers with a stunning cliffhanger as Allison Dubois (Patricia Arquette), soccer mom and psychic to the Phoenix Police, was outed, while husband Joe (Jake Weber) and boss (Miquel Sandoval) lost their respective jobs. Third season opened with everyone struggling, trying to find work, pay the mortgage, buy groceries and solve the occasional murder. The season also featured an exceptional story arc featuring guest star Anjelica Huston as a private detective specializing in finding lost children.

Paramount continues to provide excellent extras including commentary from creators Glenn Gordon Caron and Larry Teng on deleted scenes, a feature on an animated dream sequence, making-of and gag reel. This is series is a great entertainment investment. The stories and ensemble case, including David Cubitt, Sofia Vassilieva and the always charming Maria Lark, make some of the best mystery-family viewing on television. You’ll be watching these episodes again and again.

Best extra: Five interrelated featurettes that examine the action-intensive sequences of the season's pilot episode.

FOR A SHOW that uses probability mathematics as its dramatic hook, "NUMB3RS" sports a vast amount of stuff being blown up, shot at, or otherwise destroyed. The reason, as fans know, is because the mathematics on the show is used in the service of the FBI. More significantly, action film maverick Tony Scott ("Man on Fire," "Enemy of the State"), is a co-executive producer. For the first episode, "Trust Metric," the busy film director gave action fans a gift by directing it himself. (Talk about opening a season with a bang.)

That process, documented across five featurettes, is a techie's delight. You probably didn't realize, for instance, that "armorers" set up the shots involving defensive police vehicles, or that former law enforcement officers give opinions on the realism of action sequences. The featurettes demonstrate a lot of behind the scenes preparation while demonstrating a truth about television vs. film: in TV, you have to get it right the first time. By wearing the dual hats of director and executive producer for the episode, Scott had his hand in nearly every decision – including the season's flashy redesign of the opening credits.

Despite the difficult necessity of uncovering interesting mathematical angles for the FBI to use, the show has remained in good form, with characters that continue to grow and learn from their actions. Now entering its fifth season, "NUMB3RS" appears to be facing no danger of disappearing from the TV lineup any time soon.

Best extra: Interviews and commentary from stars Linda Hamilton (“Terminator”) and Ron Perlman (“Hellboy”) throughout.

HERE’S THE WORST OF THE NEWS, Beastie fans. Purists may be dismayed at Vincent’s reconstructed love letters to Catherine found on the bonus disc. Paramount provides an opportunity to view the original and new versions. What you’re hearing is a mature voice with a new reading and interpretation from a skilled actor – and I’ve got to say, friends, it works for me.

Yes, the episode collection in this 16 disc boxed set is the same as the excellent recently released individual seasons. But you have to hand it to Paramount for including the bonus disc specials, which also feature an interactive game – Help Vincent find his way through the city – and promos from various episodes. If the stories about the noble lion-human Vincent (Perlman) and his lawyer love Catherine (Hamilton) are your cup of romance, this is the collection to have.

But, if you’ve already invested in the individual season collections and dollars are tight, you might want to wait on the purchase.

“SHELLEY DUVALL’S FAERIE TALE THEATRE: 26 WAYS TO LIVE HAPPILY EVER AFTER”

Best extra: Lost Episode: "Faerie Tale Theatre’s Greatest Moments" ("Grimm Party"), a cast party of sorts for some of the actors who starred in the 26 episodes, some of whom came dressed as their characters. It also has Duvall hitting her head before the party and dreaming about being on trial before the Brothers Grimm.

ALTHOUGH THE COMPUTER-generated graphics weren’t the best at the time 25 or so long years ago, Shelley Duvall’s take on the Brothers Grimm and Hans Christian Andersen fairy tales are wonderful to this day for your children to see. With a twist of their own, and some hefty actors and directors helping out - including Francis Coppola and a young Tim Burton, these 26 stories have the ages on their side.

The seven-disc set includes "Cinderella," "The Three Little Pigs," "The Little Mermaid," "Beauty and the Beast" and many others. Actors include James Earl Jones, Susan Sarandon, Mick Jagger, Howie Mandel, Robin Williams (who Duvall convinced to play the Frog in "The Tale of the Frog Prince" while they were filming "Popeye" in 1980), Christopher Reeve, Elliott Gould, Billy Crystal, Jean Stapleton, Tatum O’Neal and the list continues.

With the lost episode, viewers get a rundown of some of the best stories, as Duvall has to answer to the Brothers Grimm, who believe she has cheated their stories by changing them and making them funny. Duvall makes a case for why that isn’t so.

There’s also B-roll promo footage, a vintage "Faerie Tale Theatre" presentation reel with Duvall, a 112-page collector’s storybook with synopses of the shows and who starred and directed them, and a three-in-one set of cards - to be used as a standard playing deck, memory match game or a trivia game.

For those who remember these from youth when they aired on the fledgling channel Showtime, watch them again, and hopefully you’ll have a young one to watch them with. They delight and teach at the same time.

"EDWARD THE KING"

 Full-screen, 1973, not rated

Best extra: The commentary tracks for several of the episodes

ACORN MEDIA HAS come up with a tremendous treat with the 13-part, award-winning miniseries, which stars Timothy West, Annette Crosbie, Robert Hardy, Felicity Kendal, John Gielgud, Carolyn Seymour, Charles Dance and Francesca Annis.

Orginally broadcast in Britain as "Edward the Seventh" in 1974, "Edward the King" tells the story of King Edward the VII, whose mother was the long-reigning Queen Victoria, which meant Edward had to wait until he was 60 before he took his place on the throne.

This is a great package that includes strong extras such as "Robert Hardy: In Death" and "The Story of Edward the King" in addition to the commentaries by the leading cast members and the director, John Gorrie.

Wake up! History class is in session.

 

- Cliff Redding