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Cory Haim: 1980′s Tween Casanova
In recent years, eternally 15-year old pop star Justin Bieber and Twilight vampire/werewolf Robert Lautnerson have dominated the hearts and bedroom posters of tweenage girls. But who were tweens way back in 1989 pining for? Cory Haim of “the two Corys” fame, of course. Here is a video Haim made upon leaving his first rehab stint to ensure his middle school fan base that he was still ready to be their heartthrob throughout the 1990′s, surely. Assuming Jason Priestly and Luke Perry don’t come along, that is.
Charlie Nails It
In this clip from It’s Always Funny In Philadelphia, Charlie goes on a first date with a little help from Mac and Dennis. What could go wrong?
Texting With Girls
Stand up comic and Parks & Recreation star Aziz Ansari isn’t happy about the pitfalls of texting as a single man in today’s post-email, post-phone call, post-notes-passed-in-class society.
SmackTalk for 4/25
by shap on April 24, 2012. [SmackTalk]
“I don’t need your help! I don’t need ANYBODY’S f*ckin’ help!” Drunk ground beef refusing Hamburger Helper. -Tyler Vasquez
SmackTalk for 4/16
Verizon customer service has been having “unusually high call volume” for 10 years. Congrats, guys! -Mike Birbiglia
Adventures of the Pretentious Bum
Every neighborhood has one. That bum that’s always saying pretentious things. Ours lives on the corner stoop and is always going on about how he doesn’t own a TV and only watches documentaries and European cinema.
Don’t Pass Over This Clip
With Passover/Easter 2012 season having just wound down, the best clip to cover the 2nd biggest convergence of Judeo-Christian holidays in one month is without a doubt this one from The Daily Show.
Vagine Cuisine
I was only a little kid in the 1980′s, but I hear this product used to fly off the shelves like the iPod 4.
The Last Supper
Easter is coming. In other words, the most boring holiday of the year for adults is upon us. I remember the Easter egg hunt I went to as a kid featured a second hunt afterwards for adults. The eggs were filled with little liquor bottles. They seemed to have fun.
Other than that, every attempt I have seen to co-opt the holiday for childless adults and make it fun has bombed as hard as the Paas-coated eggs I used to hurl at cars. Point being, if you’re bored this Sunday, you’ll at least have this video to watch.
Dance School Sizzle Reel
You may have never heard of the Lifetime reality show Dance Moms. (Be thankful if you haven’t). But this parody from Katina Corrao and Brandy Barber, with an all-star cast of hilarious people, is realistic enough to tell you all you need to know.
