The Weekly for 3 September

• "I don't care what you say, DJ Lance, Muno, Broby, Foofa, Toodie and Plex have taught my daughter many valuable lessons--like the desirability of napping, for one." Anthony Bourdain reviews kids' television.
• So Disney bought Marvel. A speculation as to why. (Via CinemaTech.)
• 100 important directors of animated short films.
• Farewell to Reading Rainbow: "Grant says that PBS, CPB and the Department of Education put significant funding toward programming that would teach kids how to read — but that's not what Reading Rainbow was trying to do. 'Reading Rainbow taught kids why to read.'"
• From The Brads, protesting Ikea's font switch.
• Filmmakers who love to talk about movies.
• A brief herstory of Elizabeth I in film.