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TV
March 11, 2010
AWARD PLAY
TV Clip: “The Soup Awards: Tool Academy” (from The Soup)
Do the Oscars do enough to celebrate tools? Sure, they let Sean Penn on every year, but he’s only one tool. Presenting a more tool-friendly Awards Show, here’s Joel McHale, Seth Green and Rachel Leigh Cook.
Humor Pieces
March 11, 2010
HEADLINES CROSSED
Humor Piece: “The Funniest Headline Fails Of All Time” (from Huffington Post)
We’ve all seen funny headlines before, but you haven’t seen anything until you see these. That said, don’t expect them to change your life. They’re just funny headlines.
Stand Up
March 10, 2010
HIGHLY SUSPICIOUS
Standup Clip: “Anti-Pot Commercial” by Doug Benson (on LaughFactory.com)
Comic Doug Benson, always a stickler for logic, smells something off about a certain TV commercial. And no, it isn’t just the fumes from his vaporizer.
Web Shorts
March 10, 2010
LOST-AND-FOUND
Web Video: “Lost: Baywatch” (on YouTube)
What would happen if the two greatest beach-set shows of all time became one? History, that’s what. That, and the possibility of a Hurley-Yasmine Bleeth-David Hasselhoff love triangle.
Web Shorts
March 09, 2010
ROCK AND RULE
Web Video: “Sex, Drugs and the Hard Rock Café” (by Diamonds, Wow!)
Used to be when you looked up debauchery in the dictionary, there were no words. Just pictures of Hard Rock Café.
TV
March 09, 2010
FAIR GAME
TV Clip: “Today Show Wii Fail” (on YouTube)
To appease the family values folks, NBC has announced that these two anchors are now engaged.
TV
March 08, 2010
THE LINE TAMER
TV Clip: “Zach Galifianakis Monologue” (from SNL)
The very funny Zach Galifianakis just hosted Saturday Night Live. One of his duties was delivering the monologue. One of yours is letting it teach you how to love again.
Humor Pieces
March 08, 2010
BYTING BACK
Humor Piece: “Yentabytes and Shiksabytes” by David Friend (from VF.com)
Any way you measure it, this humor piece by Vanity Fair’s David Friend breathes new life into the measurement humor genre. And that’s immeasurable.
Web Shorts
March 05, 2010
BLIND SIDED BY AVATAR
Web Video: “Hey, That’s Awesome: OSCAR” by Bobby Chicago (on UCBcomedy.com)
The Oscars are this Sunday, and the world is holding its breath to see if Avatar can topple it’s challengers. (By “the world,” we mainly mean people who speak fluent Na’vi). Here’s more with Rob Lathan and Lennon Parham.
TV
March 05, 2010
BIG SWINGING PICK
TV Clip: “Jonah Falcon Needs A Job” (from The Daily Show)
Applicant must be internet savvy, know Word and Excel, and be able to multi-task. Clocking in at thirteen inches plus between the legs also a plus.
