Archive for September, 2007


LOLocaust


After a mediocre season premiere last week, The Simpsons was back in top form Sunday night with an episode about Homer becoming an Opera singer – a storyline they haven’t done yet. A cameo by famed tenor Placido Domingo, or P. Dingo as he prefers, was put to good use and not contrived like [...]

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New Radiohead Album ‘In Rainbows’


On October 10 you can download Radiohead’s new album “In Rainbows” from this site. The price? Whatever you think it’s worth. That’s right. If you want to pay $20 for it, then you can pay that. If you want to pay a buck you can do that too. Or [...]

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Would you like fries with that?


A teacher attaches job applications for McDonalds to his student’s failing tests.

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Got Schizophrenia?


I didn’t realize Schizophrenia was so mainstream that it required creative advertisements advising people to seek help.

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In the know: Nigeria


The Onion News Network has a panelist discussion show called “In the Know with Clifford Banes.” But the mysterious Clifford Banes has never actually been on his own show. Every week the guest host gives an excuse for Banes’ absence. This week his autobiography was due. It’s a shame Clifford Banes [...]

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David Letterman irks Paris Hilton


David Letterman has still got it. Paris Hilton was on his show the other night and she wasn’t in the mood to talk about her stint in prison. Letterman on the other hand only wanted to talk about it.

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Fall Premiere Week - Sunday


Each network has owned Sunday - television’s most lucrative night - in recent years. It is the most watched night of television. It’s also the only night when prime-time starts an hour earlier than usual. This year there are no new shows on any of the major nets.
ABC starts things off [...]

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Fall Premiere Week - Saturday


The networks gave up trying to successfully program Saturday nights a long time ago. Now it’s mostly repeats.
ABC has college football, CBS and NBC have repeats, and Fox has Cops and America’s Most Wanted as they have since the dawn of time. This wasn’t worth the 90 seconds it took to write.

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Nick going dark


Nickelodeon plans to go dark for three hours this Saturday in an effort to get kids to go outside and play. That’s all well and good but what about the kids in wheelchairs, or the fat kids, or the grounded kids, or the kids in places where it’s raining? I can’t believe Viacom [...]

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The truth behind commercial television


This little video is quite informative.

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