The "not worth its own thread" thread

[Famous Police Dog]

For all your useless news, bad movie trailers, and small buzz reports

This is Not Worth Its Own Thread.

Do you love the Gameboy Game Tetris, where you connect blocks for big points? Do you wish you can inccorporate that in your outside life.

Well check these out: http://www.ripten.com/2008/07/09/geeked-out-tetris-ice-cube-trays/

[yumitree]

bad movie trailers

-5WcAQsRkRk
brasky, why haven't you told us about this one?

fuckin' youtube. here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WcAQsRkRk

[Famous Police Dog]

you just have to put the address after the equal sign not the "http://www.youtube.com/watch?v="

-5WcAQsRkRk

[yumitree]

fuck this new board.
not worth it's own board, that's what i say!

[BillBrasky]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WcAQsRkRk
brasky, why haven't you told us about this one?

fuckin' youtube. here's the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-5WcAQsRkRk

I did! I made a thread for this movie back on the old board.

It looks like it's coming out in 4 theaters on Friday. I don't think that even qualifies as a "limited" release. That's like "It's Pat" level.
Look for it on DVD in a month probably.

[hound]

http://www.michaelkelly.fsnet.co.uk/karl.htm

the Roy Orbison in Clip-film site

[yumitree]

I did! I made a thread for this movie back on the old board.

well, now it's gone... so that doesn't count!

[Embiggen]

Is the "it's" instead of "its" in the thread title an homage to a misspelling in the title of the original thread, a la Doug Benson's "Theadt"? If it is, by all means leave it, but if it's not, can we change it to "its", please? I'm not calling anyone out, but it bugs me. My problem, I know.

Thanks!

[billynord]

<a href="http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=hottopic&id=3183">Variety's 10 Comics to watch</a> (Congrats Mulaney and Jeselnik!)

[yumitree]

and paul rust!

[Meen Bellpeppers]

and ralphie may!

[yumitree]

there's enough of him for all of us to watch!

FAT JOKES!

[nadsat droog]

According to HBO, Deadwood is officially dead (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117988772.html?categoryid=14&cs=1).

[BillBrasky]

I made a thread for this on the last board, but I'm not going to do that again. We can make a thread for it closer to when it airs.

Little Britain USA is going to premiere September 28th (http://www.zap2it.com/tv/news/zap-hbotruebloodpremieredate,0,4770810.story)

[mike]

I heart GWB (http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/2277298/President-George-Bush-%27Goodbye-from-the-world%27s-biggest-polluter%27.html)

[Famous Police Dog]

Is the "it's" instead of "its" in the thread title an homage to a misspelling in the title of the original thread, a la Doug Benson's "Theadt"? If it is, by all means leave it, but if it's not, can we change it to "its", please? I'm not calling anyone out, but it bugs me. My problem, I know.

Thanks!

it's is

[Kentock]

Variety's 10 Comics to watch (http://www.variety.com/index.asp?layout=hottopic&id=3183) (Congrats Mulaney and Jeselnik!)

Paul Rust, "with the profile of Woody Allen."

Oh, like a Jew. Good job, Variety!

[BillBrasky]

It was previously mentioned that Mike White had finished and turned in the script for a School of Rock sequel. It sounds like Paramount Pictures liked what they saw.

According to Variety, the studio is moving forward with the sequel that has Jack Black attached to reprise his role as rock star wannabe/substitute teacher Dewey Finn. Richard Linklater is attached to direct again, and Scott Rudin is returning as producer.

The follow-up,titled School of Rock 2: America Rocks, picks up with Finn leading a group of summer school students on a cross-country field trip that delves into the history of rock 'n' roll and explores the roots of blues, rap, country and other genres.

The original was a box office hit for the studio, costing just $30 million to make and earning $131 million worldwide.

[Berliner]

On the radio today there was a report that was something like "a twenty seven year old blogger was shot today." I thought it was funny.

[MrDys]

Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have broken up. (http://www.usmagazine.com/sarah-silverman-and-jimmy-kimmel-split-after-five-years) :(

[Aaron1933]

Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have broken up. (http://www.usmagazine.com/sarah-silverman-and-jimmy-kimmel-split-after-five-years) :(

What the fuck is up with the descriptions in that article? I don't read Us Weekly, so maybe that type of weird voyeurism is more commonplace to come across to subscribers, but christ.

[darrylduffy]

Sarah Silverman and Jimmy Kimmel have broken up. (http://www.usmagazine.com/sarah-silverman-and-jimmy-kimmel-split-after-five-years) :(

i hope they're both happy with matt damon and ben affleck, respectively.

[Itslikeimsayin]

i hope they're both happy with matt damon and ben affleck, respectively.

Wrong. I blame Babybel cheese.

[Pimpbot]

I did! I made a thread for this movie back on the old board.

It looks like it's coming out in 4 theaters on Friday. I don't think that even qualifies as a "limited" release. That's like "It's Pat" level.
Look for it on DVD in a month probably.

Apparently this started as a sketch/short film on the Olsen twins episode from 03/04 season.
http://snltranscripts.jt.org/03/03t.phtml

.

[BillBrasky]

FUNNY FOURSOME JOINS "MADtv" FOR 14TH SEASON PREMIERING SEPT. 13 ON FOX

Erica Ash, Matt Braunger, Eric Price and Lauren Pritchard Join Cast

MADtv welcomes new cast members Erica Ash, Matt Braunger, Eric Price and Lauren Pritchard for the 14th season of the Emmy Award-winning sketch comedy series premiering Saturday, Sept. 13 (11:00 PM-Midnight ET/PT) on FOX. The new cast will join returning cast members Bobby Lee, Nicole Parker, Keegan-Michael Key, Crista Flanagan, Arden Myrin and Johnny Sanchez to continue MADtv's hilarious late-night pop culture parodies and politically incorrect humor.

In the upcoming season, MADtv returns with more wall-to-wall spoofs of popular music, movies and television including Bobby Lee's "24" parodies and, just in time for the election, Keegan-Michael Key's popular "FAUXBAMA" sketches. MADtv will also continue to step out of the theater for new sketches shot on the streets of Los Angeles.

Erica Ash, born and raised an Army brat, claims Atlanta as her home. Ash climbed the entertainment ladder by landing roles on the cable series "The Big Gay Sketch Show" and in the Las Vegas production of the hit musical "Spamalot."

Matt Braunger was raised in Portland, OR, and has been a featured performer at the Just For Laughs Festival and South By Southwest. He also recently won "Best of the Fest" at the inaugural Rooftop Comedy Festival in Aspen.

Eric Price, a Milwaukee native, performed in over 500 shows a year before getting his big break on the cable series "Reno 911!."

As a teenager, Lauren Pritchard studied improv at the SAK Theater in her hometown of Orlando, FL, under teacher Wayne Brady. Pritchard is an alumnus of Disney's "Comedy Warehouse" and has performed with TheatreSports, ACME, iO West and ComedySportz.

MADtv is a production of Quincy Jones David Salzman Entertainment. The executive producers are David Salzman, Quincy Jones and John Crane.

[Jawa]

FUNNY FOURSOME JOINS "MADtv" FOR 14TH SEASON PREMIERING SEPT. 13 ON FOX


I'm really surprised MAD TV is still limping along. The show doesn't seem to get much respect from the people that run it, at least from my perspective.

I caught a couple shows after they retooled it into some weird standup/sketch hybrid.

I miss the days of Will Sasso and Christian Duguay.

[BillBrasky]

I haven't watched it in years either. I just posted that because I know Matt Braunger is a UCBTLA guy, and people here might be interested in the news.

[dan telfer]

Check this out. I was looking at homes in LA.

http://www.redfin.com/CA/LOS-ANGELES/4012-DENKER-Ave-90062/home/6874469/claw-08-271117

Looks pretty nice, huh? I bet if you didn't know LA that well you'd look at that and go hey, that is a pretty cute house and it's got a porch and a second floor and everything. Well scroll down to the Google Street View picture and turn around. Across from a police station? Oh, well, that's safe right? Now turn back around and click North until you get to the corner.

I love LA!

[TimBuktu]

What am I looking for, the bail bonds place?

[Jouster]

I, too, am confused.

[dan telfer]

I thought the Bail Bonds place was hilarious in the context of thinking it's a nice suburban looking place.

Oh well.

I currently live near "National Bag and Wig". That sort of thing just amuses me in a sad, desolate way.

[jon]

Hey, cheap gas.

[andrearunge]

Rush (the band) to perform on The Colbert Report 7/16/08.
http://tv.msn.com/tv/article.aspx/?news=322897&GT1=28103

ha ha. If you're Canadian you can't watch it.

[Darryl]

I thought the Bail Bonds place was hilarious in the context of thinking it's a nice suburban looking place.

Oh well.

I currently live near "National Bag and Wig". That sort of thing just amuses me in a sad, desolate way.

I'm with you! 210K for that, too. The world is crazy! (Wait, who says that?)

Here in my town of about in Montana, 210 will get you a really nice house on a quiet tree-lined street. The only drawback? It's in Montana! But on the plus side: it's not in LA! Thanks for posting that. It helps keep things in perspective.

[chapina]

I hate gossiping, but Andy Dick's "reign" of terror fascinates me to no end.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/16/andy-dick-busted-outside-chicken-joint/

[Darryl]

I hate gossiping, but Andy Dick's "reign" of terror fascinates me to no end.

http://www.tmz.com/2008/07/16/andy-dick-busted-outside-chicken-joint/

My favorite line in that article about him peeing in the parking lot: "Dick is still being held."

[smartbunny]

http://www.abadsituationist.com/

Movie by Sam Seder, with Jon Benjamin, Sarah Silverman, David Cross and Marc Maron.

[Itslikeimsayin]

http://www.abadsituationist.com/

Movie by Sam Seder, with Jon Benjamin, Sarah Silverman, David Cross and Marc Maron.

http://aspecialthing.com/forum/showthread.php?t=325

[smartbunny]

*fart*

[Liezl]

Todd Glass' Comedy Central Presents is now playing on the The Comedy Pipe Radio Network (www.comedypipe.com).

They also have a radio channel on the iTunes.

[Berliner]

Part of my job requires looking through congressional bills. Sometimes they are stupid. Here's one:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.RES.1255:

[mike]

Tokyo Water Park. (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inA-36YRV0Y)

[suavepebble]

This will never die nor should it.


http://youtube.com/watch?v=skCV2L0c6K0

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

I'm no Guinness Book expert, but I don't think <a href="http://www.142throckmortontheatre.com/event.php?eventid=808">Taking a break from 2am to Noon TWICE</a> counts as three straight days...

[Darryl]

Part of my job requires looking through congressional bills. Sometimes they are stupid. Here's one:

http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:H.RES.1255:

Oh. Oh my! Can I get one of those, too? I mean, if I wanna put a boot up someone's ass? I'd have to buy boots, but still.

[darrylduffy]

i love this! just saw it on cnn.

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/0716081shirts1.html

[pollymaepry]

Can everyone who had an avatar but doesn't have an avatar get an avatar again some of these threads are PUTTIN ME TO SLEEP (no pictures).

[nadsat droog]

Bill Burr to shoot Olbermann/O'Reilly type pilot for Comedy Central. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989253.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)

[BillBrasky]

Variety says that Fox Atomic has acquired Accidentes, a pitch that Sacha Baron Cohen will produce with an eye toward starring in it as an ambulance-chasing personal injury lawyer.

The comedy will be written by Peter Baynham, who with Baron Cohen and others shared an Oscar nomination for scripting the 20th Century Fox comedy Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan.

The protagonist will be a lawyer of Latin descent who transforms from contingency attorney to hero of the working class when he helps an immigrant win a judgment against his wealthy employer after a landscaping mishap. He also becomes the enemy of L.A.'s power elite.

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Michael Vartan and David Cross will play bitter tire store rivals in the comedy Demoted for Parallel Media's new genre arm Parallel Zide, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Vartan will play Rodney McAdams, a hotshot Treadline Tires sales associate who delights in tormenting his less-than-cool colleague, Ken (Cross). But when their boss suddenly dies, Ken is promoted and assigns Rodney to a secretarial job as payback, giving the male chauvinist a taste of his own medicine.

J.B. Rogers (American Pie 2) will direct from a screenplay by Dan Callahan. Warren Zide (Final Destination) will produce through Parallel Zide. Ryan Lewis is executive producing the feature, which begins production Sept. 2 in Michigan.

[jon]

From the New York Times: (http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/22/arts/22arts-EBERTANDROEP_BRF.html?ref=arts)

Neither Richard Roeper, near right, nor Roger Ebert, far right, will return to their nationally syndicated movie review show, "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper," next season. In a statement Monday Mr. Ebert wrote: "After 33 years on the air, 23 of them with Disney, the studio has decided to take the program named 'Siskel & Ebert' and then 'Ebert & Roeper' in a new direction. I will no longer be associated with it." Also on Monday The Associated Press reported that after eight seasons, Mr. Roeper, a columnist for The Chicago Sun-Times, would leave the show. Mr. Roeper said in a statement that he and Disney-ABC Domestic Television had failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension. Mr. Roeper also said he planned to continue as a host of a movie review show elsewhere, but did not disclose details. His last appearance will be for the weekend of Aug. 16. Mr. Ebert has been on leave from "At the Movies" for the last two years because of health problems, but he said in his statement that the trademark for the program, which he began with the critic Gene Siskel in 1975 as "Sneak Previews" on PBS, "still belongs to me and Marlene Iglitzen, Gene’s widow, and the thumbs will return." A Disney spokesman wasn’t available for comment, The Associated Press said.

[dan telfer]

I noticed that Andrew Daly and Paul F. Tompkins either deleted or hid their Facebook profiles from the public and now exclusively use Facebook Comedian pages.

I have a comedian page already- anyone know how to nuke your normal profile like they did?

[darrylduffy]

I noticed that Andrew Daly and Paul F. Tompkins either deleted or hid their Facebook profiles from the public and now exclusively use Facebook Comedian pages.

I have a comedian page already- anyone know how to nuke your normal profile like they did?

i think paul just erased his a while back and then the fan page came up about a month later. don't know if it was anything more than that.

[dan telfer]

Sounds like a plan.

I wish your MySpace page was that easy to delete.

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

Hey! What have you got against my myspace page?

[dan telfer]

I've been meaning to tell you, your page is hard to read.

The fact that I've never been there and have no idea how to find it has made it especially difficult. I'm guessing you also have one of those terrible translucent layouts based on your defensiveness.

[nadsat droog]

"Bear City" Feature Film Planned (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080724h.php)

"Harold" director T. Sean Shannon has revealed plans for a film adaptation of the Saturday Night Live shorts series "Bear City" which he directed.

Talking with Armstrong Interviews (http://armstronginterviews.com/2008/t-sean-shannon-talks-harold-bear-city/), he revealed that "I'm doing a Bear City movie. I've written one. Hopefully, I'm going to shoot it this fall in Chicago. In the movie, the bears kidnap Fred Willard and make him do voice-over."

He also confirms they're definitely going for a theatrical release with the film. Shannon shot fifteen short films in total, all of which can be found at BearBearCity.com (http://www.bearbearcity.com/).

The premise is that a biological attack on a town (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080724h.php#) forces the humans underground, but also turns bears into sentient human-like beings who within two weeks are going around doing the daily lives that most humans do.

[darrylduffy]

"Bear City" Feature Film Planned (http://www.darkhorizons.com/news08/080724h.php)

this may be the best news i've ever heard!

[yumitree]

if he gets a theatrical run, hopefully the colbert report will have him on to debate the merits of a city inhabited by bears.

[KeithTalent]

Bill Burr to shoot Olbermann/O'Reilly type pilot for Comedy Central. (http://www.variety.com/article/VR1117989253.html?categoryid=14&cs=1)

Hell yes. They should call it Burrgatory! Or not.
That accompanying photo is appropriately terrifying.

I can't stand how Variety uses words like skein and spesh.


This absolutely deserves its own thread, with confetti and a live band, but I think JPFC is supposed to make it.

According the UCB website (since I'm not in LA or NY, every now and again I like to look up UCB schedules instead of cutting myself) on Thursday, August the 7th, at 9:30pm, you can see...

YOU BET YOUR LIFE with Jimmy Pardo

[Jack]

Many Bennigan's restaurants in Chicago and across the country abruptly closed Tuesday (http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-bennigans-jul29,0,5083111.story) after the company that owns the chain filed for bankruptcy.

Two quotes:
An American said this: "Wow," he said wide-eyed as he peeked into the empty restaurant.

A Canadian said this: "This is highly unusual," Gerald O'Boyle said as he stood outside the closed restaurant. "I just can't fathom it."

And Pete Seger speaks directly to the fat clogged hearts of all Bennigan's patrons:
RhlOJm9nkwM

[crimestick]

Ya Benniganz

[charles star]

Sounds like a plan.

I wish your MySpace page was that easy to delete.

The easiest way to delete your myspace page is to post porn. That'll get it deleted.

[Fentmore]

Cheech and Chong will reunite for comedy tour.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/SHOWBIZ/Movies/07/30/people.cheechandchong.ap/index.html

[Jawa]

I was clicking around on MySpace and got to a page by Dan Harmon, a person I am not familiar with, but who some of you might be (he has worked as head writer on the Sarah Silverman show, among other things).

I read this blog entry:
http://tinyurl.com/5h5hsz
which really bummed me out.

I don't know Mr. Harmon, and I don't know Beau Brooks, but I have posted a couple comments like Mr. Brooks in the past (I'm talking about his initial comment about Briscoe).

People join groups for a variety of reasons. I have to admit, when I first joined AST it was primarily for the opportunity to interact with some of the comedians I admire. I left what I thought was an innocuous comment on Patton's Q&A Thread, and got a terse putdown by Tron in response. Reflecting on it, it was a Beau Brooks kinda comment that I made, and maybe I deserved the little smackdown I got (but ooooooh, his comment still madea me so maaaaaad). I don't know.

After a several month hiatus (not due to Tron's comment), I came back to AST, I think (or hope) for better reasons, more connected to joining a community of people who enthusiastically share some of my interests, rather than some kind of starfuckerishness.

I don't know, perhaps this is some stupid online diary crap I am foisting upon this thread. I find the interaction with Harmon and Brooks (a comedy guy and his fan) fascinating, and ultimately depressing (Mr. Harmon's MySpace page title *is* called unspeakablesadness, so maybe I should not be surprised).

I thought it was worth reading, as I am really interested in how people connect (the recent Wall-E crying girl and the folks at Pixar) or don't connect (here). I wouldn't share it if I didn't think there was something thoughtful and deep in the tangle of words.

And if you don't like it, go fuck yourself, etc., etc., etc.

[darrylduffy]

I was clicking around on MySpace and got to a page by Dan Harmon, a person I am not familiar with, but who some of you might be (he has worked as head writer on the Sarah Silverman show, among other things).

and he was a huge part of acceptable.tv

i like reading his blog, but i feel like i don't read it for a few months and play catch up.

also, good choice putting this in 'NWIOT' thread. i think we talked this whole thing out with the 'joe rogan vs. a black belt kid' before.

[Jawa]

and he was a huge part of acceptable.tv

i like reading his blog, but i feel like i don't read it for a few months and play catch up.

also, good choice putting this in 'NWIOT' thread. i think we talked this whole thing out with the 'joe rogan vs. a black belt kid' before.


I must have missed the Rogan/Kid thread. I hope it all turned out well, though I suspect it didn't.

[darrylduffy]

ah sorry, not a thread here, but on his myspace.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=26646019&blogID=93513119&MyToken=7f01dee2-4f5a-462a-bbed-eaf6e2cd3127

[pollymaepry]

Dan Harmon's blog is one of my favorite things to read on the webb...prolly for all terrible, wrong reasons.

[yumitree]

we did talk about it here, though. well, maybe not here... was it still the ezboard back in 2006?

[Jawa]

ah sorry, not a thread here, but on his myspace.

http://blog.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=blog.view&friendID=26646019&blogID=93513119&MyToken=7f01dee2-4f5a-462a-bbed-eaf6e2cd3127


Hmm, if this is the Rogan/Kid exchange you were talking about, I don't feel so bad about my post -- it's a little different, in my opinion.

If Kevin is the "Black Belt Kid", he just seems like a guy who doesn't like Rogan and just wants to get into a fight with the man. Mission accomplished.

I don't see Brooks as trying to start a fight with Harmon, though not having seen your previous discussion maybe you touched on this kind of comic/fan interaction already.

[Jawa]

One more stupid thing about the Dan Harmon blog entry.

Rather than posting about it here, I was originally going to leave some sort of comment on his Beau Brooks post (something about how the whole thing was very depressing to me). However, to do so I would have first had to request to be his friend.

Something about that struck me as funny.

"Hey Dan, how's about you add me as a friend, so's I can tell you how depressed you made me."

[Embiggen]

As a big fan of Harmon's, reading that really bummed me out. I'm not sure how much of all the good people/bad people stuff towards the end was tongue-in-cheek, but I'm not even sure if it matters. That post turned my stomach.

[aenemaTron]

http://www.911twenty.com/

[Embiggen]

http://www.911twenty.com/

I'd seen that on TV, but never noticed the fact that it was legal tender in Liberia until just now. Awesome.

[Jack]

"Hey Dan, how's about you add me as a friend, so's I can tell you how depressed you made me."

Regarding the Dan Harmon blog, hate to state the obvious but not everyone in the world of entrainment is a happy/fun person. Don't mix the product and the process. Most professional comedians have tremendous emotional issues caused by tons of stuff. And you really might get sick if you saw the proverbial "sausage" being made.

And that's why I think so many comedy pros had issues with Steve Martin's bio Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life (http://www.amazon.com/Born-Standing-Up-Comics-Life/dp/1416553649/). You see—and I hope this isn't a spoiler for anyone out there since it's a half-a-year old at this point—but here's the deep/dark secret about Martin's life and career you get after reading the book: He stopped putting his soul into comedy when he repaired the relationship he had with his father. And he admits most of his career was based on the sad/true cliche of "I'm doing this to get attention from my dad..." So now he is going through the motions, but mainly because he's paid to do so.

Guys who act like Dan are more of the rule than the exception. And I feel sorry for him from a distance. But if I had to work with an asshat—or array of asshats—like that in any way, I wouldn't.

And FWIW, I caught up with someone I know who is still in the biz (at least for the short term) who recently had a kid after decades of saying he wouldn't. So basically when I asked him why he ended up having one he just said: "My work is not going to hug me when I get older; it's a job." Happy he finally figured it out.

As far as Dan's blog goes, I look forward to future blogs from someone who is 35+ and who gets into insulting pissing matches with fans on MySpace despite the fact he's technically in a position of power and shouldn't be that petty. What fun and joy!

[BillBrasky]

Mike Myers has been developing a fourth "Austin Powers" movie for quite a while now. In May of 2007, he said:

"We're developing a fourth [movie], entirely from Dr. Evil's point of view. That is part of what I've been doing in the last little while."

Now, Deadline Hollywood Daily has a few more details on which direction Myers is going:

I'm told that Mike Myers has started writing Austin Powers 4 which will be a homage to his father. "It's very personal with a father and son theme loosely based on his own life," an insider tells me. As Myers has previously said, this fourth installment of the super spy spoof movie series will focus on Austin's arch-villain Dr. Evil, who was based on Blofeld of the Bond films. But what hasn't been known is that the AP4 plot is really about Dr. Evil and his son (introduced already as Scott Evil, played by Seth Green).

The site adds that Myers is co-writing again with Michael McCullers, who collaborated with Myers on the second and third installments.

[TenJay]

hooray to Seth getting a paycheck, boo to everything else

[BillBrasky]

Highlight reel for Sesame Street Season 39

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In this promo reel for Season 39 (which starts August 11th) you can spy, among others: Jack Black, Jonah Hill, Will Arnett (playing a magician!), Neil Patrick Harris (playing a shoe fairy), Brian Williams, and Feist (performing her song "1,2,3,4")

Best of all: a parody of "30 Rock", with Liz Lemon as an actual lemon! Adorable.

[Meen Bellpeppers]

God I love that show.

[ArtsyMcShitshimself]

"Good night, and good cluck!"

Awesome.

[Ravi]

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSKUA14785120080801

World's oldest joke traced back to 1900 BC
Fri Aug 1, 2008 12:13am EDT

LONDON (Reuters) - The world's oldest recorded joke has been traced back to 1900 BC and suggests toilet humor was as popular with the ancients as it is today.

It is a saying of the Sumerians, who lived in what is now southern Iraq and goes: "Something which has never occurred since time immemorial; a young woman did not fart in her husband's lap."

It heads the world's oldest top 10 joke list published by the University of Wolverhampton Thursday.

A 1600 BC gag about a pharaoh, said to be King Snofru, comes second -- "How do you entertain a bored pharaoh? You sail a boatload of young women dressed only in fishing nets down the Nile and urge the pharaoh to go catch a fish."

The oldest British joke dates back to the 10th Century and reveals the bawdy face of the Anglo-Saxons -- "What hangs at a man's thigh and wants to poke the hole that it's often poked before? Answer: A key."

"Jokes have varied over the years, with some taking the question and answer format while others are witty proverbs or riddles," said the report's writer Dr Paul McDonald, senior lecturer at the university.

"What they all share however, is a willingness to deal with taboos and a degree of rebellion. Modern puns, Essex girl jokes and toilet humor can all be traced back to the very earliest jokes identified in this research."

The study was commissioned by television channel Dave. The top 10 oldest jokes can be viewed at www.dave-tv.co.uk.

(Reporting by John Joseph; Editing by Steve Addison)

© Thomson Reuters 2008 All rights reserved

[Trial]

those jokes suck, I'm way funnier than that

WHY DID THE PHARAOH RESIST THE TEMPTATION OF ADULTERY? HE DIDN'T, HE CAN DO WHATEVER HE WANTS go fuck yourself Sumeria

[BillBrasky]

The rumors were, apparently, true....

http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2008/08/Amber%20Tamblyn%20080408/gallery_main/gallery_main-80804W5_TAMBLYN_A_B-GR_03.JPG

http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2008/08/Amber Tamblyn 080408/gallery_main/gallery_main-80804W5_TAMBLYN_A_B-GR_01.JPG

http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2008/08/Amber Tamblyn 080408/gallery_main/gallery_main-80804W5_TAMBLYN_A_B-GR_02.JPG

http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2008/08/Amber Tamblyn 080408/gallery_main/gallery_main-80804W5_TAMBLYN_A_B-GR_05.JPG

http://bauergriffinonline.celebuzz.com/bfm_gallery/2008/08/Amber Tamblyn 080408/gallery_main/gallery_main-80804W5_TAMBLYN_A_B-GR_04.JPG

No reason to post this except jealousy, I suppose. David and I seem to have the same "type", for whatever it's worth.

[Trial]

what a CUTE puppy dog!

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

David and I seem to have the same "type", for whatever it's worth.

Barely Legal?

[TheBrettster]

Shameful, desperate self-promotion.

This is so embarassing. Oh god.

http://brettdavis.wordpress.com

Ugh. I feel dirty.

[BillBrasky]

Barely Legal?

Hey, if David's not worried about the age difference at 44, I'm certainly not going to be worried about it at 33..

Amber is 25. It's not just her, though, but Mary Lynn, and every other girl I've ever seen connected with David; they all seem to have a cute, indie-girl quality.

[smartbunny]

D-Cross and AmbTamb! Travelling pants indeed!

Shit, how do I date a 25-year old?

[Fentmore]

Couldn't find the thread on "Funny People". Here's an interview with Judd Apatow.
http://chud.com/articles/articles/15857/1/EXCLUSIVE-INTERVIEW-JUDD-APATOW/Page1.html

Also, mountain lion enters bedroom and kills and steals dog at 4:30am while couple slept. She woke up, screamed and the cat took off carrying their now dead dog of 72lbs!
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/08/06/mountain.lion.ap/index.html?iref=mpstoryview

[andrearunge]

what a CUTE puppy dog!

Ollie Redsox!

[Aaron1933]

Come on, Redsox!

[Fentmore]

Personalized news! Kinda fun to spread to your friends. Here, I've made Matt Belknap in the running for President in '08 (for creating AST). He's on buses, billboards, check it out, its a pretty neat novelty video.

http://www.news3online.com/index.php?code=732UV8zq20V9gy78mSR6

[smartbunny]

It's not working for me, anyone else?

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

Good luck to occasional AST poster, Alex Koll, aka Shred Begley Jr. (aka Awesome) at 2-night's US Air guitar championships!!

http://img206.imageshack.us/img206/3654/shredbl8.jpg

[Fentmore]

The embedded video may be blocked at work (but not the site). For instance I can't see it either, but it works at home.

[jon]

I started a new sort-of Pine Oaks-related blog that will hopefully be updated fairly often.

For entertainment and knowledge, please direct your internet windows towards jcooperthurlow.blogspot.com

And please, tell your friends.

[Berliner]

I just found out that Mike Maronna (Big Pete) is now an electrician in movies. It saddens me that he couldn't continue his acting career.

[yumitree]

he used to pop up in commercials a couple of years ago (i remember a staples or office depot ad) and was all punky and tattooed.

[punkdc]

Congrats to Miss Jen Kirkman for being featured on Myspace comedy! Has anyone else noticed myspace has been showing a lot of AST comics as their features? Yay!

[CaptainBreakfast]

I would feel sad if I didn't post this:

http://www.nicovideo.jp/img/tpl/head/icon/nico/

Hopefully, those images will appear in some posts.

[Harry Bongers]

This guy seems like a real cool dude who knows how to party.

http://view.break.com/553140

[man124]

Highlight reel for Sesame Street Season 39

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In this promo reel for Season 39 (which starts August 11th) you can spy, among others: Jack Black, Jonah Hill, Will Arnett (playing a magician!), Neil Patrick Harris (playing a shoe fairy), Brian Williams, and Feist (performing her song "1,2,3,4")

Best of all: a parody of "30 Rock", with Liz Lemon as an actual lemon! Adorable.

I don't remember Sesame Street being nearly that awesome when I was a kid.

[smartbunny]

Did they always do that many parodies? Also, I thought that was an awful lot of Donald Faison, but now I think that's not Donald Faison.

(Donald Faison)

[JayRunner]

Big week for cryptozoologists. The Montauk Monster washed ashore, video of a Chupacabra sighting in Texas and now they've found a dead Bigfoot in Georgia!

http://www.inquisitr.com/2357/has-bigfoot-been-found/

...maybe.

[smartbunny]

isos???

[Harry Bongers]

I kind of feel bad for laughing as hard as I did at this poor guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pf-kNUqEGcs

[BillBrasky]

Steve Carell and Tina Fey are set to play a married couple in Date Night, a 20th Century Fox comedy to be directed by Shawn Levy, reports Variety.

Josh Klausner wrote the script, based on an idea by Levy, whose 21 Laps will produce. The story follows a couple who find their routine date night becomes much more than just dinner and a movie.

The film will begin production next year, with the exact start date predicated on matching a scheduling hiatus from Carell's sitcom "The Office" and Fey's "30 Rock."

Levy, who is shooting Fox's Night at the Museum: Battle of the Smithsonian, intends the film to be his next directing assignment.

[Jawa]

Bill Murray is going to be dropping from the sky today in Chicago, to kick off the Air and Water Show.

http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/chi-bill-murray-parachute-jump-web-jul22,0,4130346.story

Later on, Gary Sinise will thrill the public with rock 'n roll music provided by his band, "Lt. Dan's Band".

[Trial]

RIP Bill Murray

[J.B.]

I work just a couple hundred feet from landing site - I could see if from the roof - maybe I'll stroll on over and check it out.

[Jawa]

RIP Bill Murray

TOO BEFORE

[BillBrasky]

Not really worth creating a new thread for, but here's Kristen Wiig's deleted scene from "Forgetting Sarah Marshall", in which she plays a yoga instructor:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrT7JTssH3c&feature=related

[crimestick]

That scene was in the version I saw.

[BillBrasky]

Weird. I guess this is a situation like that movie "The Sweetest Thing" where European counties got an extended version of the movie compared to what we got in the US.
(The European version of "The Sweetest Thing" had that "Penis Song" sequence, which was removed for the American theatrical release. When it came out on DVD, it was restored and every time it airs on cable now, they show the DVD version).
I wonder if this means they'll put this scene back in for the unrated DVD.

[BillBrasky]

Simon Pegg has announced on his MySpace page that helmer Greg Mottola (Superbad, upcoming Adventureland) will direct Nick Frost and Pegg's new movie, Paul.

Written by Pegg and Frost, the road movie is about two British comic book geeks that get into an adventure across America.

In related news, Pegg says that he won't be able to star in Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Bastards, as was previously reported. "Much to our mutual disappointment, I won't be appearing in QT's forthcoming 'Inglorious Bastards' due to insurmountable scheduling difficulties," he said. "We really tried to make it work but in the end, it just was not possible without severe ramifications elsewhere. I'm trying to remain upbeat, as Tom Selleck said 'Who the hell is Indiana Jones anyway?'"

Regarding "Bastards," Ain't It Cool News adds that former "Freaks and Geeks" star Samm Levine will play one of Brad Pitt's underlings, while David Krumholtz won't be joining the film.

[Marty_Malt]

Appearently Russel Crowe is planning on playing Bill Hicks.

"I have another project based on the life of comedian Bill Hicks, which is going from treatment to draft stage with Kiwi writer Mark Staufer."

It is understood he is considering playing the main role of Hicks — a controversial and brilliant American comedian who battled drug and alcohol abuse before dying from cancer at 32.

http://www.smh.com.au/news/people/rusty-relaxes/2008/08/16/1218307310734.html

[BillBrasky]

I don't remember Sesame Street being nearly that awesome when I was a kid.

I'm not sure if the same episode shows on the same day in every market, but the episode playing here today on PBS was the one with Will Arnett as "Max the Magician".
The whole first segment of the show deals with Arnett's magician character, who is even introduced with some "Final Countdown"-esque music playing in the background!
It's really cute; try to check it out if you can.

[MrDys]

http://www.youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd. com/

[Jawa]

http://www.youmakemetouchyourhandsforstupidreasons.ytmnd. com/

Is that Eugene Mirman doing the VO?

[CaptainBreakfast]

Is that Eugene Mirman doing the VO?

I can see how someone would think that, but I am 99% positive that it is someone else.

[Jawa]

I can see how someone would think that, but I am 99% positive that it is someone else.

Yep, I was mistaken. Certainly, Mirman wouldn't have broken into a laugh during the reading. He's a professional, dammit.

[Embiggen]

Does anyone else think it's odd that cnn.com has this clip of a kite surfer (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/weather/2008/08/19/florida.kite.boarder.wfor) getting picked up and thrown into a building like a rag doll by Hurricane Fay? He's in critical condition. If he dies, doesn't that video suddenly become a snuff film? Would they pull it at that point?

[smartbunny]

CNN has shown people actually dying, so I don't think they would be bothered by this.

[Nickflans]

beer for my horses (http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/08/19/toby-keith-praises-obama_n_119930.html)

[Jawa]

Does anyone else think it's odd that cnn.com has this clip of a kite surfer (http://www.cnn.com/video/#/video/weather/2008/08/19/florida.kite.boarder.wfor) getting picked up and thrown into a building like a rag doll by Hurricane Fay? He's in critical condition. If he dies, doesn't that video suddenly become a snuff film? Would they pull it at that point?

Death or no death, it's about time we had a new "Agony of Defeat" guy (YouTube does not have the Wide World Of Sports opening for me to include here! This is scandalous!).

[jenkirkman]

I didn't know I was featured on Myspace comedy. Thank God I didn't get any nasty emails.

[darrylduffy]

Bill Murray is going to be dropping from the sky today in Chicago, to kick off the Air and Water Show.

Tw9VIXX6RJY

[mike]

http://www.cliftonjournal.com/NC/0/426.html

[BillBrasky]

"Extreme Movie" (formerly "Parental Guidance Suggested") now has a supposed release date of December 5th, 2008. (http://www.comingsoon.net/films.php?id=48152)

[BananapeelWilliams]

I'm loving Adult Swim's retro Friday night line-up (Original shows and bumps). Thank god Space Ghost C2C is back on television, I forgot how funny it really was.

[mike]

https://blog.so-net.ne.jp/_images/blog/_a67/macgy/PhineasFerb_Fast2BPhineas.jpg

Am I stretching it or does that look like Brendon Small? The cartoon character, not the person.

[BillBrasky]

Unfortunately, it's missing the intro where he comes on to the "Final Countdown" soundalike music, but Funny or Die has most of Will Arnett's appearance on Sesame Street:

<object width="464" height="388" classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000"><param name="movie" value="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf" /><param name="flashvars" value="key=0f3effbba3" /><param name="allowfullscreen" value="true" /><embed width="464" height="388" flashvars="key=0f3effbba3" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" src="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash"></embed></object><div style="text-align:center;width: 464px;">See more <a href="http://www.funnyordie.com/">funny videos</a> at Funny or Die</div>

[Jenny]

That's the greatest sesame street clip ever.

[Shane]

Unfortunately, it's missing the intro where he comes on to the "Final Countdown" soundalike music, but Funny or Die has most of Will Arnett's appearance on Sesame Street:

<object classid="clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000" height="388" width="464">


<embed flashvars="key=0f3effbba3" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" src="http://www2.funnyordie.com/public/flash/fodplayer.swf" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" height="388" width="464"></object>See more funny videos (http://www.funnyordie.com/) at Funny or Die


When it says "Only AD fans will get how funny this is," what does AD mean?

[Dan B]

American Dad.

[smartbunny]

http://i88.photobucket.com/albums/k170/smartbunny/25_leon_lgl.jpg

[yumitree]

studio 60 now looks like a genius idea... (http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/08/28/facebook_the_movie/)

[nadsat droog]

The Cartoon Network has picked up Adventure Time.
(http://www.cartoonbrew.com/tv/cartoon-network-acquires-adventure-time)
This is one of my favorite things ever, I hope the series is just as good:

<object height="344" width="425">

<embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/LNVYWJOEy9A&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" height="344" width="425"></object>

[yumitree]

this is great news! a few years ago i did a horrible photoshop tennis match with pen while he was still an art school student, posting rough animations on his website. it's really amazing seeing how far he's come from those b/w pencil animations and i'm excited to see how this show turns out.

[man124]

American Dad.

No, Arrested Development

[RegularKarate]

hahaha

[Harry Bongers]

The Drive-In thread got me thinking about the movies I remember seeing when I was a kid, particularly the College exploitation films and teen sex movies, like Party Animal, Pink Motel, Porkys, etc...then I remembered one called H.O.T.S, so I googled it. Check out the second link that comes up. I thought it was hilarious.

http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=h.o.t.s&meta=

Slightly NSFW. A little boob picture appears in the search results at the top of the screen.

[Berliner]

goddamn you. I clicked on that just as my boss entered the room.

[Harry Bongers]

goddamn you. I clicked on that just as my boss entered the room.

What? It's safe for work, no?

[aenemaTron]

Not the search results. They have nudie pics.

[Harry Bongers]

Not the search results. They have nudie pics.

Oh, I see now. I turned my safe search off and now I see what he's talking about. Sorry. I'll edit it.


Boobs.

[Berliner]

I think I switched out in time.

[Harry Bongers]

I think I switched out in time.

Then bookmarked it I bet.

Pervert.

[aenemaTron]

Hopefully not worth its own thread.

http://www.ep.tc/problems/28/01.html

[congolia]

It's taken a little under 3 years, but I have finally reached 100 posts. I want to thank everyone here at aspecialthing.com for providing a forum to talk about the comedy that we all love so much.

Since this is my 100th post, I thought I would use this occasion to speak on something of a serious nature.

WAKE UP, PEOPLE! YOU ARE BEING LIED TO! CHOICE IS AN ILLUSION! THE GAME IS FIXED! LIZARD MEN ARE REAL!


<a href="http://s27.photobucket.com/albums/c188/congolia/?action=view&current=Dinosauroid_Reptoid.gif" target="_blank"><img src="http://i27.photobucket.com/albums/c188/congolia/Dinosauroid_Reptoid.gif" border="0" alt="Photobucket"></a>

This is Lord K'Chack, he runs things. He has been in control since the death of Abraham Lincoln. He looks pleasant in this photo, but I swear, he would eat your face in a New York minute.

Thanks for reading,

Congolia

[billynord]

R.I.P. Congolia

[Itslikeimsayin]

AD Choose, which helps you choose which episode of Arrested Development to watch (http://www.macupdate.com/info.php/id/28257/adchoose)

[smartbunny]

Hopefully not worth its own thread.

http://www.ep.tc/problems/28/01.html

His name is one letter away from being Dick Hater.

[squeek]

Karl Pilkington has started a blog to promote his new book (Karlology: What I've Learnt So Far) (http://www.karlpilkington.com/blog/)

[Ravi]

Indian condom song (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTLj_3R0-2g) (some parts NSFW)

[yumitree]

son of a... (http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/09/enjoy_your_dvds_because_michael_cera_is_vetoing_th e_arrested_development_movie-2.html)

[Meen Bellpeppers]

son of a... (http://www.defamer.com.au/2008/09/enjoy_your_dvds_because_michael_cera_is_vetoing_th e_arrested_development_movie-2.html)

Motherfucker (though he's kind of right).

[yumitree]

you shut up! get off my shoulders!

[crazysheet]

Sure, there's no need for it, but it's a bunch of talented people working together, forming a comedy product that we know would be great, so why not? Michael Cera just got knocked down a notch in my book.

P.s. my books is called "Michael Cera and Knotches: the Truth the LIBERAL MEDIA DON'T WANT YOU TO KNOW"

[jon]

http://img386.imageshack.us/img386/486/gmsnoopysmct6.jpg

[JayRunner]

I'm sick of this thread having only 8 pages!

[KevinLee]

NWIOP

[crlygrl]

I was just at Ikea wearing my Zach Galifianakis "Pretentious" t-shirt and a woman who worked there goes "Do you know that guy on your shirt?"

I told her I didn't but that I was a huge fan and she said that she went to highschool with him. I thought that was pretty damn funny.

The end.

[KevinLee]

Paul Mooney on the Dr. Phil Show Friday the 12th. "The N Word Debate"

[Berliner]

http://shine.yahoo.com/channel/entertainment/winona-ryder-hearts-tom-green-and-the-10-funny-celebs-we-d-most-wanna-date-244516/

Read the blurb for Conan.

[andrearunge]

You need stop reading "lady" magazines, B.

[CaptainBreakfast]

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7612809.stm

It's not worth any thread.

[Cankerblossom]

The title of this article is one of my favorites in recent memory

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/odd_bicyclist_vs_bear

[andrearunge]

This game plays just like "hang man", except it starts with Steve from his movie The Jerk, and every time you miss a letter in any of the many Steve-related words you are trying to guess, he gets loaded up with things... this ashtray, this paddle game, this remote control... you know the rest! If he gets overloaded with too much stuff, he falls into a hole in the ground! Please help Steve! All he needs is you! This game requires a flash plug-in, and is most fun when you play with the sound on. (http://www.stevemartin.com/fun_and_games/overload.php)

[J.B.]

Not great, but has made me chuckle twice in about a dozen clicks. (http://www.advicepuppy.com/)

[Cankerblossom]

Not great, but has made me chuckle twice in about a dozen clicks. (http://www.advicepuppy.com/)

Is this a 4chan creation?

[I love nny]

http://www.advicepuppy.com/segami2/24.jpg
OK i am totally blanking on what comedian did this joke.
Could i get a little help

[Meen Bellpeppers]

OK i am totally blanking on what comedian did this joke.
Could i get a little help

Advice Puppy.

[I love nny]

i see what you did there.

Daniel Tosh, I did some research (which i should have done in the first place)

[Shane]

i see what you did there.

Daniel Tosh, I did some research (which i should have done in the first place)

what was the joke? all mine has is a red x

[I love nny]

what was the joke? all mine has is a red x
"
She wouldn't dress that way if she didn't want to get fingered
Thats pretty much it

[BillBrasky]

The House Bunny helmer Fred Wolf will write and direct Divorced Guys for Wind Dancer Films, reports Variety. David Spade will star.

Wolf, Spade and Kevin Farley wrote the story about a group of divorced guys who go on a road trip to figure out why their marriages failed and stumble into a series of comic mishaps.

Wind Dancer's Matt Williams and Judd Payne will produce. Bill Papariella will executive produce, and Apryl Prose and Farley will be co-producers.

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

What the hell was Samm Levine doing front row during the Big Brother 10 Finale last night?

Not only was he front row, but he was occasionally craning his neck around from behind Julie Chen and mugging for the cameras.

Granted, it made an otherwise dull and stupid reality show finale must see Tee-vee!!

(A shiny penny to the first person who can find a screenshot.)

[rabbitandox]

A candid nervous Charlie Kaufman audio interview:

http://blog.wired.com/storyboard/2008/09/the-complete-in.html

[nadsat droog]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5a9d5db89bd3dec30b300f9eaf3a3ec8

"A Colbert Christmas: The Greatest Gift of All!" a special featuring songs composed by Broadway’s “Cry Baby” team of Adam Schlesinger (of Fountains of Wayne fame) and “Daily Show” executive producer David Javerbaum, will air Nov. 23 on Comedy Central and hit DVD (http://www.amazon.com/gp/redirect.html?ie=UTF8&location=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.amazon.com%2FColbert-Christmas-Greatest-Gift-All%2Fdp%2FB001E75QHU%3Fie%3DUTF8%26s%3Ddvd%26qid% 3D1220213647%26sr%3D1-1&tag=aintitcoolcoa-20&linkCode=ur2&camp=1789&creative=9325)http://www.assoc-amazon.com/e/ir?t=aintitcoolcoa-20&l=ur2&o=1 two days later. The Hollywood Reporter describes the high-concept premise: [Stephen] Colbert will be snowed in at his cabin in upstate New York and will pass the time with his musically inclined friends.
Songs and performers:
* "Another Christmas Song," Colbert
* "Have I Got a Present for You," Toby Keith
* "Little Dealer Boy," Colbert and Willie Nelson
* "Hanukkah," Colbert and Jon Stewart
* "Nutmeg," Colbert and John Legend
* "Please Be Patient," Feist
* "There Are Much Worse Things to Believe In," Colbert and Elvis Costello
* "(What's So Funny 'bout) Peace, Love And Understanding," everybody

[Ivan]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i5a9d5db89bd3dec30b300f9eaf3a3ec8

Man! Too bad Toby Keith is there, but Feist and Elvis Costello more than balance it out.

[jeffwatt]

I just saw Punchline with Sally Field and Tom Hanks, and all I can say is that I wish that I did shows where all the comedians hung out in a basement locker room where we all got cubbies to keep our costumes.

That's how it was back in '88. Just ask Elayne Boosler

Anyone else seen this before?

[Jawa]

Man! Too bad Toby Keith is there, but Feist and Elvis Costello more than balance it out.

I remember Toby Keith as being a very entertaining guest on Colbert when I saw him.

[Ivan]

I remember Toby Keith as being a very entertaining guest on Colbert when I saw him.

I remember his music sucking pink, erect dog dick when I listened to it.

[Jawa]

I remember his music sucking pink, erect dog dick when I listened to it.

I'm not sure if you're saying that's a good thing or a bad thing.

[Ivan]

I'm not sure if you're saying that's a good thing or a bad thing.

It all depends on your personal opinion of dog dick. Myself? Not a fan.

[mike]

Onward christian soldiers! (http://www.theway.org/Current/Mar07/Mar07Flash4.htm)

[Babychoby]

Onward christian soldiers! (http://www.theway.org/Current/Mar07/Mar07Flash4.htm)

Good God!

But did you see this one? Somebody needs gay-rehab...

http://www.theway.org/Current/Mar07/Mar07Flash2.htm

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

Probably belongs in the 'Mad Men' thread...

http://www.boingboing.net/2008/09/18/vintage-marlboro-ads.html

http://img170.imageshack.us/my.php?image=marlboro20mummyxe8.jpg

[James Morris]

Emo Phillips is gonna be at my local comedy club. Does he put on a good show?

[TenJay]

Congratulations to Scott Aukerman for gettings the married, great job!!!

(and since I'm posting in this thread, this back handed complement is brought to you by Geico, the insurance company with a caveman and a lizard as it's representation, GEICO!!!)

[Meen Bellpeppers]

Emo Phillips is gonna be at my local comedy club. Does he put on a good show?

If you think you like Emo Philips, then yes.

[disl]

i wasn't sure if this deserved it's own thread, i thought i'd play it safe and assume that it didn't. do people remember someone (maybe brian stack) previously talking about a sub sandwich commercial featuring bad acting by scottie pippen and pippen eventually dunking a sandwich? if so, you will be delighted to find out that this video is now on youtube (sorry if this has already been posted):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmSm3FVaFQ

[TacoSmith]

i wasn't sure if this deserved it's own thread, i thought i'd play it safe and assume that it didn't. do people remember someone (maybe brian stack) previously talking about a sub sandwich commercial featuring bad acting by scottie pippen and pippen eventually dunking a sandwich? if so, you will be delighted to find out that this video is now on youtube (sorry if this has already been posted):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVmSm3FVaFQ

Holy shit, that's awesome. I have been describing this to people sight unseen based solely on Brian Stack's explanation. This was pretty much what I pictured. Although Pippen sitting indian style on the court eating a sub with the ladies was a nice unexpected bonus.

[andrearunge]

"Ladies... let's have a party." (with my sandwich)

[Famous Police Dog]

I remember that commercial, but did not remember the sub going through the hoop until now.

1990's NBA made the dumbest but funnest commercials. Those were the good old day

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

'This is a six footer I can't handle'

I could watch this and Joon Rhee self defense commercials on an endless loop for days...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7PEMGuA6tw

[I love nny]

Hey just everyone know, nobody bothers me either

[megalope]

Eek! I got linked in the Apiary today! Superheart. http://www.theapiary.org/archives/2008/09/the_honey_shot_127.html

[mike]

Looks like Steve Zissou!

[Bobaganoosh]

I just got my power back today after it went out last Sunday (the 14th).

I figured I would welcome myself back to the internet.

[mike]

Safe for work porn (http://current.com/items/89337913_diesel_sfw_xxx_fashion_firm_makes_cheeky_ sfw_porn_ad)

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

Safe for work porn (http://current.com/items/89337913_diesel_sfw_xxx_fashion_firm_makes_cheeky_ sfw_porn_ad)

I laughed out loud at the harmonica. Good stuff.

Oh, and before anyone thinks it's 'totally' safe for work, you should know that there's still a lot of porn sounds in it, so speakers off!!

[Kentock]

That video is A-Mazing!

[mike]

Sorry! Didn't have sound on when I looked at it.


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zI_bw5Z5kvM

McCain gets his ass handed to him by Letterman.

[smartbunny]

www.mvslive.com

Maron v Seder every day at 3PM on Air America starting Oct. 1.

[yomamacuhsuckit]

I'm sure everyone saw the ads for American Carol and figured it would be lame, but I didn't realize it would have such insane, vile shit: http://article.nationalreview.com/?q=YzhlZGMyYjJjZjcwNGQ1MjY3ZGQ2ZjEyMGNmNTFlN2Y=

That Barack slave joke... Christ

[Aaron1933]

My disgust at the movie itself (what I know of it, anyway) is beyond words, but I love this line from the article:

"An American Carol will probably be panned by jaded reviewers who will point out the film’s flaws."

What the fuck is the alternative?

[megalope]

I think this is worth its own thread, but can we take out the apostrophe in this thread's title?

[BillBrasky]

Fox is high on “Pineapple Express” director David Gordon Green.

The network has greenlit a pilot presentation for “Good Vibes,” a half-hour animated comedy written by Mr. Green. The project, from 20th Century Fox TV, is described as a coming-of-age story told against the backdrop of a beach community.

Mr. Green is partnering with Mike Clements ("The Life and Times of Tim"), Tom Werner ("That '70s Show") and Brad Abelson to executive produce "Vibes."

“Good Vibes” represents Mr. Green’s first big stab at TV comedy. He wrote and directed the 2007 Sundance feature “Snow Angels,” as well as “All the Real Girls” and “George Washington.” He’s currently adapting the Brad Land memoir “Goat” as a feature.

[Famous Police Dog]

I think this is worth its own thread, but can we take out the apostrophe in this thread's title?
NO!

that's like asking alanis morisett to put some actual ironic situations in her song

[Jawa]

I think this is worth its own thread, but can we take out the apostrophe in this thread's title?

I vote for more apostrophes.

[Trial]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SMVTqkjd7BI/AAAAAAAACqA/JkrAPDWCd5s/s400/MP1.jpg

[BillBrasky]

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_Z475Iw2ZMDQ/SMVTqkjd7BI/AAAAAAAACqA/JkrAPDWCd5s/s400/MP1.jpg

Post of the year.

[Trial]

I did not make it!!!

[Famous Police Dog]

arm above head, disqualified

[BillBrasky]

I was just reading this article (http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=49158) about upcoming Disney movies, and one of their upcoming projects for 2009 is a remake of "A Christmas Carol" with Jim Carrey starring not only as Ebenezer Scrooge, but also as the Ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future. Sounds OK, right?
But it's being directed by Robert Zemeckis, and it's going to be done using motion-capture technology, like "The Polar Express".
(Gob voice) COME ON! If there's one actor who doesn't need computer "help" to play a bunch of different characters, it's Jim Carrey. What is Zemeckis's fascination with this process? "Polar Express" was just creepy, and "Beowulf" sucked. I almost got excited about seeing Jim Carrey be funny again, but now I'm just dreading this.

(Other reasons to hate Disney: A sequel to "Wild Hogs", and Pixar deciding to do "Cars 2" instead of "The Incredibles 2")

[nadsat droog]

Can there be a ban on new takes on A Christmas Carol? I'm going to write my local congressman.

[TomHicks]

The CW is developing a new take on the Batman mythology. Only it's not about Batman, it's about Robin. Only it's not about Robin, it's about Dick Grayson. Only it's not about Dick Grayson, it's about the Graysons (the show is 'The Graysons'). It will be set when Dick is with his family and performing in the circus.

Oh, and the story says 'Dick' has been changed to 'DJ.'

http://tv.ign.com/articles/915/915079p1.html

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

This just in, it's not about the Graysons anymore, but about their neighbors.

[Bobaganoosh]

Does anyone else have Time Warner Cable? I'm not sure if it's the case for all of their customers or just the ones in my area, but apparently they couldn't reach a new agreement with NBC, so I no longer have NBC.

I suppose I'll just start torrenting SNL and 30 Rock.

[Shane]

I have Time Warner and have NBC, tell Dayton to get with the program

[mary]

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVm_HJ_ax8o

[KevinLee]

[Post removed for drunkeness]

[TenJay]

Watch this:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVm_HJ_ax8o

That is pretty sweet, kinda reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii

[CaptainBreakfast]

That is pretty sweet, kinda reminds me of this

http://www.youtube.com/experiencewii

I thought I was hallucinating when I saw that.

[mary]

clever marketing!

[BillBrasky]

Fox is developing a redo of Jennifer Saunders' enduring Britcom "Absolutely Fabulous," to be exec produced by Mitch Hurwitz, Eric Tannenbaum and Kim Tannenbaum for Sony Pictures TV, Tantamount and BBC Worldwide America.

Christine Zander ("Saturday Night Live") is set to write the script and will exec produce along with the BBC's Ian Moffet and original series creator Saunders. Fox has given Sony a script order with hefty penalty attached.

The latest attempt at a U.S. rendition of "Ab Fab" will be transplanted to L.A. but retain the basic template of the original, revolving around the friendship of two boozy, over-40 best friends who are desperate to stay hip and youthful and who carry on under the disapproving eye of Edina's teenage daughter, Saffy.

More than a decade ago, Roseanne Barr worked on developing a U.S. version of the show with Carrie Fisher for ABC. CBS' 1995-98 Cybill Shepherd comedy "Cybill" had an "Ab Fab" flavor to it. Another short-lived 1995 sitcom, CBS' "High Society," starring Jean Smart and Mary McDonnell, was a thinly veiled imitation.

Original series starred Saunders and Joanna Lumley. It was a big hit in Britain and successful import for Comedy Central. In the U.K., "Ab Fab" ran as a regular series from 1992-95, with a two-part finale airing in 1996. Saunders and Lumley reunited for further adventures with fresh segs produced in 2001 and 2003.

[Aaron1933]

Okay FOX, enough with the Mitch Hurwitz makeup sex.

[Satchmo Mask]

Honestly, not worth it's own post, but there are Jack Handey/SNL fans here and I have no other outlet -

Listening to El-P's "Drive" from I'll Sleep When You're Dead again, I caught the line, "And about to careen on some Toonces shit off the cliff (Toonces no!)"

Okay.

[megalope]

Barring one job interview, this is perhaps the only productive thing I've done in two weeks. It's a map of UCB-area Hollywood. Places to go, people to see, etc. If just one person appreciates it then ... I will have only wasted about 6 hours, instead of 7. Enjoy?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2926042074_f5ac62a41a_o.jpg

[Itslikeimsayin]

The iTunes store currently has a sale on comedy albums, with a bunch selling for $7.99. Todd Barry, Chris Rock, Steven Wright are among the sale-priced albums.

[Battleship Pretension]

Barring one job interview, this is perhaps the only productive thing I've done in two weeks. It's a map of UCB-area Hollywood. Places to go, people to see, etc. If just one person appreciates it then ... I will have only wasted about 6 hours, instead of 7. Enjoy?

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3158/2926042074_f5ac62a41a_o.jpg

Oh my God, this is fucking great.

[Ian Brill]

A short comic about two brothers who quote The Simpsons all day. Actually quite touching.

http://www.sugarboukas.com/X/DCFM/wDCFM00

[Satchmo Mask]

Yeah, Rebecca Sugar is really great. Also check out the Pug Davis stuff she did - http://www.sugarboukas.com/PUG/wPD2cov

[Scammy Davis Boogah Jr.]

A short comic about two brothers who quote The Simpsons all day. Actually quite touching.

http://www.sugarboukas.com/X/DCFM/wDCFM00

Thanks. Now I feel like I have to take the rest of the day off to cry into the couch....

[jon]

That comic makes me hate myself.

[hound]

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2900429927_2a5380ae1a_o.jpg

[Coz]

Space Ghost is on! I havent seen this show in forever.
bjork and thom yorke are the guests and Space Ghost married Bjork. I love this show

[mike]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kf6YKOkfFsE

0:54

[yumitree]

if we had custom user ranks, i would (request to) change mine to "family man citizen."

[Coz]

oh snap! there is a small possibility that I could meet Harold Ramis in two weeks.

[Trial]

Read this article about astronauts in its entirety, it's very short and has a plot twist

http://www.upi.com/Science_News/2008/10/12/Astronauts_son_follows_him_in_space/UPI-66961223839032/

[Having Fun!]

That might be the best twist of all time.

[man124]

I thought his house was only a part time haunted house. Not joking, I actually remember hearing a while ago that around a month before halloween, he brought in a ton of people to make his house into a giant haunted house and that a few days before halloween he opens it to the public and gives a whole bag of candy to anyone who makes it all the way through.

[Shane]

hahaha, what a great way to end it

[Dan B]

This spoils the twist:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia_Manor

[darrylduffy]

i know everyone here is very web savvy and has their own sources/feeds etc. for these kinds of stories, but some friends have put together a scroll of some music/technology stories and i'm really enjoying it. some of you may find it interesting as well.

http://clips.thisistoughlove.com/

[Berliner]

http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ibc7ed676383467c2ef5b0b84b924a87b

[Having Fun!]

ban jonathan lowry from the chat