As of press time, user 77Kittycole’s YouTube video “Alyssa talking backwards. Poteau Oklahoma” had notched more than 2.25 million views, thanks to 14-year-old Alyssa Kramer’s awesomely weird ability to instantly speak any word backward. So either every single one of Poteau’s 8,520 inhabitants has watched the thing 266.2 times, or we’ve got one o’ them […]
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Trust House Cheese
Throughout most of the 1970s and ’80s, Jim and Gloria Berkey, who owned the now-defunct store at the corner of N. May Avenue and Wilshire Boulevard, sponsored movies on TV with “Trust House Theatre” every Sunday night. The husband-wife team appeared during commercial breaks to trumpet — in their decidedly enthusiasm-challenged tones — sparkly for-sale […]
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Durant talkin’ turkey
Your reigning “Best community leader” and “Best person or business to follow on social media,” Kevin Durant, is reportedly pursuing a contract with a foreign basketball club. The Durantula’s agent told ESPN.com last week that he’d met with officials from the Turkish Besiktas, which has already succeeded in signing New Jersey point guard Deron Williams. […]
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Extreme hobbies
Yes, the new hot thing is fiery self-expression, according to a YouTube video (one of “dozens”) featured on News9.com. Eager to demonstrate his technique, our exhibitionist young daredevil sprayed body mist in a zigzag pattern on one pant leg, then set it on fire, so it “looks all crazy and stuff.” “The more you move […]
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Man in motion
Bonds. James Bonds. On Thursday night, Individual Artists of Oklahoma Gallery hosts the world premiere of “Battle of the Bonds,” the most recent in a series of popular shorts by Oklahoma filmmaker Kyle Roberts, whose previous pop culture mash-ups have garnered hundreds of thousands of views on YouTube. Those also will be screened. Growing up […]
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Here’s your Chance
He’ll play two charity concerts for Children’s Miracle Network of Oklahoma, 1 and 7 p.m. Saturday at Edmond Santa Fe High School, 1901 W. 15th in Edmond. OKG: How is your daily life different now? Chance: Life is a lot different! But I am loving every minute of it. My friends nor family treat me […]