Tag: Laurie Taylor
Anime Music
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Anime-Music.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 12/30/2002 Anime Music Transcript With the influx of anime from Japanese cartoons like Pikachu, Hamataro, and Dragon Ball Z to the anime influenced likes of the Powerpuff Girls, one exciting aspect of these Japanese imports has been relatively overlooked: the music. Take, for example, […]
Girls Video Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Girls-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/26/2002 Girls Video Games Transcript With the shopping season upon us, you may be looking for good gifts that promise great fun. Despite the negative press that it receives, the world of video games nevertheless offers something truly (and positively) entertaining for children, from […]
PC Arcades
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/PC-Arcades.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 11/7/2002 PC Arcades Transcript They’re popping up in comic book stores and on their own in store-fronts and malls across the country. These computer game rooms are more like internet cafes; they’re well lit and have comfortable chairs lined up at rows of computer […]
Disgustingly Yummy Foods
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Disgustingly-Yummy-Foods.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 10/10/2002 Disgustingly Yummy Foods Transcript While we all know that October is famous for Halloween candy, it is also a month to celebrate strange foods in general. October 9 (1996) marks the day that a well-known American food company made the world’s largest grilled […]
Video Game Day
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/Video-Game-Day.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/17/2002 Video Game Day Transcript Sly Cooper and the Thievius Raccoonus is ready to burgle our homes, but for this little trickster it will likely be with our blessing. Sly is just one of the many new video game characters who will be joining familiar […]
September 11th: Help on the Internet
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/September-11th-on-the-Internet.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 9/10/2002 September 11th: Help on the Internet Transcript With the anniversary of September 11, many children may be confused and scared because they can not fully understand this tragedy and what they might be able to do in response to it. When considering how […]
George Herriman and Krazy Kat
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/George-Herriman-and-Krazy-Kat.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 8/22/2002 George Herriman Transcript The whimsical music you’re hearing is from John Alden Carpenter’s ballet “Krazy Kat,” that was inspired by George Herriman’s comic strip, Krazy Kat, which first appeared in 1913. Herriman’s graphic and verbal dance, for decades across the pages of the […]
First Video Games
Listen to the Recess! Clip https://recess.ufl.edu/wp-content/uploads/sites/42/First-Video-Games.mp3 Author Laurie Taylor Air Date 8/14/2002 First Video Games Transcript The first video game, which came out in the 1970s, was a virtual tennis game made of two lines for the two paddles and a circle for a ball, and was later aptly titled “Pong.” But Spacewar, an equally […]