Movie making is sort of a crap shoot. The movie we see on the screen is the result of a series of choices and random happenstances. Oh, crazy 70s Dune movie that never was, how I wish I had your sweet Pink Floyd sound track. Oh well. Let’s look at some of these random happenings, and shriek with delight and/or dismay at what might have been. Continue reading
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Vile space gangster Newton Leroy Gingrich, erstwhile Terror of the Outer Rim Territories and disgraced Speaker of the House, has a job of sorts, if working for sad news-husk CNN counts as a job. Continue reading
Do you get celebrity crushes? I do. I love my celebrity crush for anywhere from one to six months and we have the steamiest, sometimes romantic interactions… in my mind. Then one day, they either wear an ugly shirt, tweet something stupid or I just grow bored with them and break up with them. Very dramatically of course… in my mind. Continue reading
LGBT YouTube comedienne hartbeat creatively tackles gender stereotypes, demonstrates healthy self-image, and shows that it’s possible to make a bra out of watermelon shells. Continue reading
I’ve accidentally seen Chelsea Peretti do stand up twice. Once she opened for Sarah Silverman and once for Aziz Ansari. Both times she was great, a good performer and a great laughs. But it wasn’t until I started to follow her on Twitter that I realized just how awesome she is. Allow me to enlighten you as to why you should get to know Chelsea Peretti a little bit better. Continue reading
While America is not quite having the “moment” the city of Toronto is having, its particularities are still entertaining to the rest of the world.
Apparently, driving three hours to a store where you can buy hand lotion, a lawn chair, a six-pack of orange soda, the Breaking Dawn soundtrack CD, and a shotgun is not all that common around the rest of the world. Sounds like people are jealous! Continue reading
Let’s mix it up a little. Instead of posting a picture you’re going to post your voice. Vocaroo is probably the easiest way.
Because I can’t think of anything else how about the opening paragraph to A Tale of Two Cities. Continue reading
You know those anthropomorphic Real Dolls that are in about 50% of the creepy shows on TLC? As was pointed out by a likely owner, the Real Doll FAQ is gives an interesting insight into the thought process of a prospective Real Doll owner. Let’s take a look and analyze. Continue reading
President Obama ignited a firestorm of controversy when he described California Attorney General Kamala Harris “as by far, the best looking attorney general.” Um, Mr. President? That’s not the kind of thing you’re supposed to say. You’re supposed to be better than that. We might expect Bill Clinton to say things like “Check out the gams on that deputy assistant secretary of agriculture!” But not you. We elected you because you’re not a skanky man-whore like Bill Clinton or a gibbering rodeo clown eating a shit sandwich like George W. Bush. Continue reading
For dedicated fans of podcast savant Marc Maron, it can be a real challenge to list all the amazing aspects of his WTF podcast.
First there are the jokes; those are pretty good. Then there are the incredibly revealing interviews with comics and other performers.
Plus there’s the astonishingly consistent quality of those conversations: By now most of Maron’s guests know what to expect from the interviews, so they could easily prepare some boilerplate responses — but almost none of them does. Also there’s the incredible volume of podcast material available: 375 WTF episodes and counting, each one an hour long or more. And there’s the fact that practically every WTF episode has been made available (temporarily) for free — which for a product of this impossibly high quality seems to defy not just the rules of show business, but of capitalism itself. Continue reading