Cornell in the Movies

[George64]

Some scenes in GoldenEye were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.

Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned.  Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.

 And so it goes . . .

Kurt Vonnegut '44

Jonathan Friedman '84 quoted.

[billhoward]

Some scenes in GoldenEye were filmed at the Arecibo Observatory, though it was never identified as such.

Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned.  Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.

Quote I wanted to hear: "Cornell maintained Arecibo at a high level," said a university spokesperson, "as if it was, say, one of our dormitories."

[French Rage]

Cornell gets a shout-out as part of the clue package for Bill Nye on The Masked Dancer.

[Roy 82]

Cornell gets a shout-out as part of the clue package for Bill Nye on The Masked Dancer.

Well thanks for the spoiler :-D

OTOH you just saved me an hour of my life.

[George64]

Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned.  Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.

Here's Cornell's announcement.

An interesting article in The New Yorker on the history of and reflections on the impact of the radio telescope at Arecibo.

[ugarte]

Arecibo radio telescope to be decommissioned.  Cornell faculty were integral in its design and the university operated it from its construction in the 1960s until 2011.

Here's Cornell's announcement.

An interesting article in The New Yorker on the history of and reflections on the impact of the radio telescope at Arecibo.

usually arrive exactly when they say they will

[David Harding]

https://www.gocomics.com/bignate/2021/09/10

[Al DeFlorio]

Check the items on top of the file cabinet to her left: https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2021/09/15/se-cupp-california-republicans-newsom-elder-gop-unfiltered-vpx.cnn

[Trotsky]

Check the items on top of the file cabinet to her left: https://www.cnn.com/videos/opinions/2021/09/15/se-cupp-california-republicans-newsom-elder-gop-unfiltered-vpx.cnn

She and Maher yuck it up about Cornell all the time on his show.

[upprdeck]

the guy on Home Economics show had a Cornell sweat shirt on for much of the last episode

[scoop85]

Jake Lacy, who plays a jerkey newlywed in HBO's White Lotus, wears a Cornell hat in a couple of episodes.

[French Rage]

SNL!

[scoop85]

SNL!

I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?

[djk26]

SNL!

I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?

There was a sketch about a classics lecture; an exterior establishing shot of Bailey Hall, followed by a professor introducing the lecture behind a podium labeled "Cornell University" and in front of a framed picture of McGraw Tower.  He mentioned "Cornell" in his introduction.  After that it was a series of gay jokes about poems from the isle of Lesbos.  The sketch itself was only sort of funny, and not well-written enough to be offensive.  The pictures of Bailey Hall and McGraw Tower were Cornelly enough for me to cause a smile.

[Trotsky]

SNL!

I didn't watch—what skit was Cornell mentioned in?

There was a sketch about a classics lecture; an exterior establishing shot of Bailey Hall, followed by a professor introducing the lecture behind a podium labeled "Cornell University" and in front of a framed picture of McGraw Tower.  He mentioned "Cornell" in his introduction.  After that it was a series of gay jokes about poems from the isle of Lesbos.  The sketch itself was only sort of funny, and not well-written enough to be offensive.  The pictures of Bailey Hall and McGraw Tower were Cornell enough for me to cause a smile.

It was a shitty episode in general and the host was awful.  The skit had promise.  Was it based on something real -- did they really finally find Sappho's full poems (which would be amazing) -- or just totally random?  (Edit: oh.)   They also felt the need to inscribe Bailey with "Cornell University," since you know you might forget while in the center of campus.

This is the first show I saw Kate McKinnon not be any good.  Might be time, old girl.  Keenan's held on but, I'm just saying.