Archive for November, 2007
This week saw the best comedies on TV bow out. South Park, Curb Your Enthusiasm, and It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia all ending their respective seasons, while The Office aired its last completed episode. And with all of the late night shows already in reruns, things are only going to get worst before they get [...]
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Television // 16 November 2007 // No Comments »
Tags: 30 Rock, Curb Your Enthusiasm, Humor, It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia, South Park, The Office
A bipolar bear is:
a.) a bear suffering from a mental disorder marked by alternating periods of elation and depression.
b.) a bear who regularly frequents both the north and south poles.
c.) a polar bear that is sexually attracted to both men and women.
d.) a person with two poles or extremities who forecasts [...]
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Wordplay // 14 November 2007 // No Comments »
Tags: bears, bipolar bear
11 November 2007
College Humor dares to show us what 24 would have been like in 1994. Damn it!
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Tags: 24, Humor
Remember that old Family Guy episode where Stewie was strung out on pancakes like they were heroin? Well, now you can make pancakes like a junkie.
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Tags: Family Guy, pancakes
10 November 2007
No, this is not a petition to free Condoleezza Rice from the bowels of Dick Cheney’s secret basement. This is a simple vocabulary game for a good cause. For every word you get right, 10 grains of rice will be donated to end world hunger. It’s also a good way to bone up for Scrabble, or, if you prefer, the GRE.
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Tags: Dick Cheney, Scrabble, vocabulary
09 November 2007
What is the appeal of songs with “dick” in the title? Last year “Dick in a Box” was an instant sensation. Now comes the moving “Smell Yo Dick” by Riskay (featuring Aviance & Real). It’s riDICKulous.
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Tags: Dick in a Box, Music, ridickulous
I came across this story on CNN about the possible dangers of being exposed to deadly chemicals when using iPods and iPhones. On the same page there was an ad prompting you to “enter to win a free iPod Nano.” Now that’s what I call production integration.
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Tags: advertising, CNN, iPod
A massive oil discovery just off the coast of Brazil could send that country’s oil reserves up by nearly 40%. Meanwhile, the Bush administration has labeled Brazil a terrorist nation.
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Tags: terror
Fox announced today that 24’s seventh season, which has already been riddled with several production delays and a rehashed premise, has been postponed indefinitely. Instead of launching the new season in January with the 8 completed episodes, Fox will hold off until the writer’s strike is settled. If the strike ends soon, 24 [...]
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Television // 08 November 2007 // No Comments »
Tags: 24, WGA
I don’t watch MTV nor am I a regular visitor to their website. (Actually, this is probably the first time I’ve ever been on mtv.com.) But I simply can’t resist a rare interview with Jack Nicholson, the coolest person in the history of existence, especially one that includes his thoughts on another actor [...]
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Film // 07 November 2007 // No Comments »
Tags: Batman, Jack Nicholson, MTV, The Dark Knight