I grew up in Lynchburg in the 80's, and one of the best things we had going for us was Showbiz Pizza. Pizza + videogames + animatronic figures = a great time for ten-year-old Sean Tubbs. Flash forward however many years, and the place is out of business, and then I read this on Boing Boing . Some guy bought one of the sets, somewhere, and then reprogrammed them to perform new styles of music. To me, this is absolutely hilarious.
Striking down the mundane and dastardly while retaining a certain obscure turn of phrase, denoting something elusive yet concrete.