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Afternoon Delight: Lip Sync-Off

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If you can find a more adorable video than Jimmy Fallon and John Krasinski competing in a lip-synching competition, the floor is yours.

Afternoon Delight: Every Harryhausen Special Effect Creation

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Ray Harryhausen, the master of stop-motion movie monsters, died at 92. Cyclops, sword-fighting skeletons and the Kraken himself — Harryhausen created them all, and here they are in chronological order.

Afternoon Delight: World’s Tiniest Animated Film

“A molecule walks into a bar … “We’re talking nano
-tiny animation here. Animation on the atomic level. So yeah, it’s not exactly Wallace and Gromit, but still, atomic slapstick is just staring, you know?

Afternoon Delight: The PBS Avengers!

Iron Man 3 looks to be another billion-selling, comic-book film. So we thought we’d roll out the PBS superheroes to save the network from cutbacks (again). Carl Sagan! Bill Nye! Bob Ross! Our own thoughtful, superhero action blockbuster! Yeah, that’ll work.

Afternoon Delight: Interactive Laser-Videoscapes. Or Something Like That.

Pretty trippy light shows — from a company called Marshmallow Laser Feast, what’d you expect?

Afternoon Delight: Ghostly, Beautiful, Empty Places

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A photo gallery of some of the more haunting locations on this planet: an empty hotel on a foggy mountain, an abandoned train depot, a rotting rocket factory.

Afternoon Delight: Star Wars, Pt 7. What Do We Do Now??

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We all know how Stars Wars goes by now, right? Evil empire, plucky overmatched rebels, young dude from the boonies with secret powers, yoda yoda yoda. But what happens when that story’s over?

Afternoon Delight: With Only One Guitar String, This Guy’s Better’n You

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His name is Brushy One String, a case of truth in advertising. But what he can do with that one string puts to shame a lot of bands.

Afternoon Delight: The Return of Evil Soviet Spy Technology

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Forget The Americans on FX. This short film exposes what the REAL Soviet spies were up to. When you order your next pizza delivery – remember to duck.

Afternoon Delight: The Black Crowes

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Tonight, the Black Crowes play the House of Blues. For a taste of what you’ll see (or what you’ll be missing out on), here’s their performance on PBS’ Live from the Artists Den.

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