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Really, really late to the game, sadly.  Probably too late to point out (or to point out perhaps redundantly) that Rick Wakeman did not sing on Journey to the Centre of the Earth.  Here is, for better or for worse, an example of his singing:
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And not to mention that this was the album that launched Vangelis outside of Greece.

And not to mention that this was the album that launched Vangelis outside of Greece.

"Software. I'm looking for software. I gotta have software. For my machine…"

"Software. I'm looking for software. I gotta have software. For my machine…"

IT'S NOT PIXAR IT'S DISNEY

IT'S NOT PIXAR IT'S DISNEY

What's even more surprising is that Lane Pryce is alive and at work in the final episode, and nobody says a damn thing about it.

What's even more surprising is that Lane Pryce is alive and at work in the final episode, and nobody says a damn thing about it.

It's not Fleischer, it's Iwerks.

It's not Fleischer, it's Iwerks.

Dawson's Croak.

Dawson's Croak.

The greatest creative pairing-up that should have happened is the Canadian filmmaker John Paizs and Clowes.  In their respective primes they both fetishized the same 1950s cultural sources with a very dark, near-absurdist spin, and each arguably more successfully than, say, David Lynch did with similar material.  If

The greatest creative pairing-up that should have happened is the Canadian filmmaker John Paizs and Clowes.  In their respective primes they both fetishized the same 1950s cultural sources with a very dark, near-absurdist spin, and each arguably more successfully than, say, David Lynch did with similar material.  If

Well, MY favorite artist in any medium is Biggie Smalls.

Well, MY favorite artist in any medium is Biggie Smalls.

Hmm… Top Secret! for The New Cult Canon?  Or Secret Cinema?

Hmm… Top Secret! for The New Cult Canon?  Or Secret Cinema?

An American Carol finally gave me the missing subtext from the Top Secret! line, "He managed to escape in a balloon during the Jimmy Carter presidency."