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Ok, if you’re not interested in a few random Things Pittsburgh, enjoy this video from Marie Brennan: have you hugged your rescued lion today?

But if you are Pittsburghly curious, March 20 has been designated “Won’t You Wear Your Sweater Day” in honor of what would have been Fred Rogers’ 80th Birthday. Mr. McFeeley is here to tell you more:

The Bitchery’s favorite endangered North American mammal displays a distinctly larcenous streak in this video:

That giant schnozzle fisheye effect? Love it.

Thanks to all the readers who wrote to us telling us about this video.

Friday videos this week are my attempts to cheer everyone up with some evil: both of them are horrible earworms of the first degree. You’ll be humming one or both for hours.

First, from Barb Ferrer, we have Petula Clark, an entirely catchy song, and some of the most incredible prancing dancers I’ve ever seen. They have legs like Gumby.

And second, from Rebecca, we have this incredibly treacly tribute to girl ballads, one that will move into your brain and refuse to leave, like an antibiotic-resistant ear infection (God forbid).

In other news, while cruising YouTube (that sounds naughty - whee!) I found out that in 2006 Emma Bunton aka Baby Spice covered Edie Brickell & New Bohemian’s “What I Am.” For the love of salad cream, why did she do that?

An oldie but a goodie:

Credit to Victoria Dahl for reminding me of its existence on an especially appropriate occasion.

This video sort of defies description. All I’ll say is that you’ll get to see Adam West as Batman doing the Batusi with a buncha white people in Egyptian drag.

We have hardcore, emocore, nerdcore, queercore--behold, we now have tardcore! (Props to Katie [of Nebula Haiku fame] for that word.)