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(New York Daily News) Spiffy Old & busted: Yule log on TV. New hotness: Yule log online   (nydailynews.com) divider line 45
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alienofamerica
2009-12-25 08:36:18 AM
What fire might look like
 
zez
2009-12-25 08:39:18 AM
nice, too bad I already bought my fireplace dvd.
 
backseatdriver
2009-12-25 08:42:07 AM
Log! (new window)
 
Funk Brothers
2009-12-25 08:48:31 AM
This is one of those things that could have been done starting in 1999, but wasn't reported until ten years later. At least the New York Daily News decided to start this year by showing the Yule Log online. Must be some time loop.
 
smokinmic
2009-12-25 08:52:42 AM
i do miss that from when i lived in Denver (now in Indy)
 
Tresser
2009-12-25 08:55:01 AM
what is this, 2003? shiat isnt even in HD.
 
cryinoutloud [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 08:55:30 AM
The CW channel started playing the Yule log last night about 7 and.....yeah, it's still on! (I noticed this because I only have five channels.) With Christmas music....and commercials.
 
lajimi [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 08:56:38 AM

For those of you that are too young to remember...OR didn't live in the New York area back in the '60s and '70s. Here is what the WPIX-TV (at one time owned by the Daily News) Yule Log looked like. The original film was shot at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City (at that time) John Lindsay.

i236.photobucket.com
 
Kyosuke
2009-12-25 08:57:00 AM
cryinoutloud: The CW channel started playing the Yule log last night about 7 and.....yeah, it's still on! (I noticed this because I only have five channels.) With Christmas music....and commercials.

Yes, they did everything they could think of to make it suck, didn't they.
 
Manfred J. Hattan [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 09:02:03 AM
Pix also has a version for your phone. (new window)
 
Mad Canadian
2009-12-25 09:10:00 AM
The 'log' is different this year, or at least the version that is on at this ungodly hour.

It looks like it's a gas log, not real wood.

So we don't get to see some guy poke at it or add any logs this year. :(

/Merry Christmas!
//How big was your lump of coal?
 
cryinoutloud [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 09:10:05 AM
Kyosuke:
Yes, they did everything they could think of to make it suck, didn't they.

Oh come on, it's not that bad. They added all the little Christmasy touches. There's even a little nutcracker in the corner.

img697.imageshack.us

/crappy picture, but between my camera and Imageshack, that's the best I can do.
//The guys at NPR are working today, anyway.
 
DigitalCoffee
2009-12-25 09:29:26 AM
Actual original with music. (pops, snaps, and crackles)
 
jayday
2009-12-25 09:34:14 AM
Do they recommend lighter fluid or not to get that monitor burning bright, or not?
.....It doesnt say, and proper directions would be nice.
 
WoodyHayes
2009-12-25 09:34:34 AM
backseatdriver: Log! (new window)

Ha, I was hoping your link would be exactly what it was. Thanks!
 
jayday
2009-12-25 09:38:50 AM
Or NOt......

Turns out burnan plastic is tocksick smoke
 
10 sec rule applies to pudding too
2009-12-25 09:49:51 AM
Wow the resolution is perfect for my 6 inch tv screen!!
 
The Laughing Kookaburra
2009-12-25 09:51:56 AM
i469.photobucket.com
 
moops
2009-12-25 09:52:01 AM
Fire bad!

img.youtube.com
FIRE BAD!
 
YouSaidWhat
2009-12-25 09:53:46 AM
www.therightreverend.com
 
clipperbox
2009-12-25 10:06:20 AM
i'd prefer to watch the hypnotoad

Link (new window)
 
bluorangefyre [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 10:08:23 AM
smokinmic: i do miss that from when i lived in Denver (now in Indy)

WGN America has it on nationally. I'm actually watching it now for the first time. Makes my house seem all Christmasy.
 
clipperbox
2009-12-25 10:10:02 AM
zez: nice, too bad I already bought my fireplace dvd.


hey, could you burn me a copy?

try the fish, folks!
 
RocketRay
2009-12-25 10:42:16 AM
KTLA FTW
 
desertgeek [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 10:51:31 AM
In the category of "as if anyone watches this channel unless sports are on," the local My Network TV station started their Yule Log at 6am and will run it until 2pm.

To which I say "why??? I mean, you couldn't put children's programming on? Or some festive Christmas movie?"
 
biggusJmanus
2009-12-25 10:52:12 AM
Meh, we have 24/7 HD fireplace channel.....
Why, I don't know. $140 a month for cable and Internet and they give us a HD log channel???
 
Barakku
2009-12-25 11:05:50 AM
It's big, it's heavy, it's wood.
 
Elektrohed
2009-12-25 11:20:46 AM
I notice the Daily News weren't in enough of the Christmas spirit to remove their logo from the bottom-right of the screen....

/ Jew
 
StreetlightInTheGhetto [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 11:41:57 AM
Mad Canadian: The 'log' is different this year, or at least the version that is on at this ungodly hour.

It looks like it's a gas log, not real wood.

So we don't get to see some guy poke at it or add any logs this year. :(

/Merry Christmas!
//How big was your lump of coal?

We managed to throw on Stephen Colbert's book burning yule log for at least 4 hours yesterday, and no one noticed. And yes, it was a real fire, with an arm occasionally poking at the embers.

Merry Happy, folks!
 
theunblinkingeye
2009-12-25 11:52:14 AM
Yule log online

Of course, I'll log online. How else would I get to Fark?
 
creeto
2009-12-25 12:08:39 PM
I made a CGI log (pops) a few years ago.
 
CrazyZone
2009-12-25 12:25:15 PM
That is one long video. We just opened all of our gifts, and it ran the whole time. Of course, we didn't have very many gifts, but it's the thought that counts.
 
GW
2009-12-25 01:12:06 PM
creeto: I made a CGI log (pops) a few years ago.

Wow....

Uploaded on 01 December 2006

1 ratings (1 star) 301 views

Makes me wonder if there another video on YouTube that gets less than 100 views avg per year?

Don't worry though, by the end of the day, your views will probably double :)
 
wambu
2009-12-25 01:46:50 PM
Better hotness (NSFW):
I Got Your Yule Log
 
JonnyBGoode
2009-12-25 02:08:51 PM
moops: Fire bad!

FIRE BAD!

img94.imageshack.us

WaaaAAAAAAAAA!!!
 
just_a_typical_guy
2009-12-25 03:01:27 PM
videodetective.com

Approves.
 
Cormee
2009-12-25 03:04:09 PM
YuleTube
 
belhade
2009-12-25 04:07:55 PM
wHAT ABOUT A YULELOG SCREENSAVER? tHAT SEEMS LIKE A GOOD IDEA.


/all I want for Christmas is a caps-lock key
//a caps-lock key
///a caps lock key
 
domari [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 04:13:28 PM
lajimi: For those of you that are too young to remember...OR didn't live in the New York area back in the '60s and '70s. Here is what the WPIX-TV (at one time owned by the Daily News) Yule Log looked like. The original film was shot at Gracie Mansion, the official residence of the Mayor of New York City (at that time) John Lindsay.

When I was a kid we always had the yule log on tv Christmas morning while opening presents. When I moved to FL I found out they didn't have it on tv down there. Someone sent me a video of the yule log they taped for me, better than nothing but not the same.
 
bobbette
2009-12-25 04:13:46 PM
F*CK THIS. Watching the Holiday Fire on the cable access channel (now, on the HD Holiday Fire channel, or on DVD, which I own) is basically the only Christmas tradition my family has.

There's no way I'm converting to online Yule-viewing.
 
natas6.0 [TotalFark]
2009-12-25 04:29:28 PM
We bought it on dvd a few years ago.

(sorry if that's been mentioned)
 
tarhammer
2009-12-25 05:28:57 PM
My local station is running it with about a 1/4 screen size Duraflame ad slapped over it...for the entire 4.5 hours.

Nice work, farknuts. Its all very realistic. I'm totally fooled.
 
goodwynn
2009-12-25 07:05:30 PM
Interesting that the Daily News stole this video from you tube.

Link
 
Doctor Jan Itor
2009-12-26 06:51:56 AM
RIP
harlowgold.tripod.com
 
McNignog
2009-12-26 06:05:48 PM
Elektrohed: I notice the Daily News weren't in enough of the Christmas spirit to remove their logo from the bottom-right of the screen....

/ Jew

THIS

Plus, did anyone notice the subliminal messages in the Hypno-Toad video? I think I saw a hot dog with mustard in the top right corner at 44-45 mins...
 
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