Today is the 40th anniversary of the passing of one of the great early American comedians of his age or any age, the inimitable Jack Benny. And that sad milestone is a reminder just how important the resurrection of the man and the appreciation for his dry, jocular, razor-sharp wit and sense of humor needs to be stressed and ultimately enjoyed in today’s era.

Regardless of today’s perception and remembrance of the man, Jack Benny nevertheless was a titan among titans. He could mow down a room with a short hysterical utterance of a one-liner and he could slice wit like a brain surgeon, extant with the best of them. Only the rapier wit of Groucho Marx would be the closest thing to the kind of parlayed sense of humor and the quick rat-at-at machine gun style that came out of Jack Benny with frightening ease, and the result was a career that found him a superstar of comedy on many different occasions, in many different projects, all of them finding stellar success for the man and the genre.

This week, Apple ditches Russia, North Korea drops a bomb on Sony… and we sift through the fallout, and 3D printing goes into space. All this, and much much more on The Drill Down.

Special holidays call for an occasion to reflect on good times and happy memories. Many of us pop in our favorite film, sitting in the living room with our loved ones. What better way to enjoy the season than to laugh, feel sentimental, and even shed a tear? One recent Disney-Pixar film defines just that.

Our Disney In Depth series of the greatest lines from each of the Toy Story films continues with this list of the 25 best quotes from Toy Story 3.

The latest movie to be transformed into the style of an 8-bit video game is, quite fittingly, the holiday classic A Christmas Story.

CineFix gave the movie its 8-bit makeover for their 8-Bit Cinema series, jamming most of the many memorable scenes into just a few minutes. If interested, you can click on over to the other side now to check out the video.

The Gold Box spotlight deal of the day over at Amazon today is up to 50% off on Digital Deals like Digital Music, Books, Movies, Games, and Apps.

One of the items on sale today is the MP3 Download for Guardians of the Galaxy: Awesome Mix Vol. 1, the Original Motion Picture Soundtrack for the popular Marvel movie (out now on Blu-ray) for only $3.99!!!

We talked a lot on this site about this awesome soundtrack, which is complete ’70s Gold and contains one of my favorite songs ever, “Cherry Bomb” by The Runaways. So, I highly recommend grabbing this album of 12 songs for only $3.99.

Visit the MAIN SALE PAGE for more deals today only. Here’s a select few of albums available in MP3 format for only $3.99:

— Frozen (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)
— The Eagles Greatest Hits 1971-1975 (Remastered)
— Timespace – The Best Of Stevie Nicks
— Alice Cooper’s Greatest Hits
— The Who Hits 50