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Star Gazer, Jack Horkheimer ( 1938 – 2010 )

Posted by mistergroonk in People Who Died, Television on August 23, 2010

Last Friday, a legendary Star Gazer passed.

On Friday afternoon Jack Horkheimer, veteran astronomer and naked-eye-astronomy enthusiast, died of “a respiratory ailment” at the age of 72.

He was the executive director of the planetarium at the Miami Museum of Science and Space Transit, but was most well known for his weekly PBS series. It’s called Jack Horkheimer: Star Gazer and he started doing it in 1976.

Look below for his final recorded show for this Labor Day Weekend.
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Today in Star Wars: George Lucas Honors Jon Stewart, Makes Him a Stormtrooper. Bearded and Unbearded.

Posted by mistergroonk in Interviews, Just Freaking Neat, Video on August 16, 2010

At this weekend’s Star Wars Celebration V festivities, George Lucas presented The Daily Show host Jon Stewart with a gift that will be the envy of nerds everywhere: a one-of-a-kind stormtrooper action figure modeled after the comedian, complete with two interchangeable heads. One head features Stewart’s recently-departed goatee, “Beardy”.

Yup. That happened. Below the jump watch video of Lucas immortalizing Stewart in Stormtrooper form and an image of Stewart in his original packaging.

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