June 30, 2008
Ann Coulter's Nicorette, Bill O'Reilly's Mirror, and Katie Couric's Scarf
All this and more can be viewed at Harry Shearer's "Found Objects" outpost on mydamnchannel.com. The most famous treasure in Shearer's collection is the adventure of Dan Rather and his trenchcoat. Great stuff....
June 17, 2008
I Wanna Love You Tender
[Thanks to Elizabeth Frenchman]...
June 06, 2008
Well, WE Have Family Feud
[Thanks to Christine Beagle]...
April 24, 2008
David Gest (and Tito Jackson)
Now we see what Liza saw in him....
April 21, 2008
Rube Goldberg Would Be Proud
[Thanks to Joel Derfner]...
April 03, 2008
April Fools Day on the Web
How's this for a niche: a compilation of the myriad April Fools stunts on the Web. [Thanks to Gin Petty]...
March 31, 2008
Oddest Book Titles
Shoot. Why Do Pirates Love Parrots? didn't even make the shortlist, let alone win the coveted title....
March 11, 2008
If Celebs Moved to Oklahoma
Warning: It ain't pretty....
February 15, 2008
Stuff White People Like
Lots of stuff. [Thanks to Michael Feldman]...
January 19, 2008
Don't You Wish You Lived in Cincinnati?
Not every Friday, of course. But on some Fridays, it's DANCE PARTY FRIDAY! [Thanks to Mark Jeffries]...
January 15, 2008
The 7 Most Bizarre Celebrity Blogs
According to Cracked, anyway......
January 06, 2008
Igudesman and Joo
Check out all their videos, but we especially like this one. [Thanks to Gerry Fifer]...
December 26, 2007
The Most Expensive Drink at Starbucks
I've never been able to crack the single-digit barrier. But the price is only as limited as your imagination....
December 11, 2007
Edible Wikipiedia
Does it taste like chicken? [Thanks to Jeremy Osner]...
November 28, 2007
First Dance
November 25, 2007
The "Blog" of "Unnecessary" Quotation Marks
I thought I was the only one who got a kick out of the proliferation of misused quotation marks. Not true. [Thanks to James Gleick]...
November 04, 2007
Seinfeld on King
I found a link to this video on Mark Evanier's wonderful website, News From ME Mark writes: Larry King used to brag a lot that he did zero preparation for his interviews...as if that was a good thing. It usually...
October 30, 2007
Inside Inside Inside
James Lipton interviews himself and likes what he sees!...
October 29, 2007
Heroes of the Writers Strike
What will writers do if the Guild strikes?...
July 05, 2007
It's Always Something
If you're going to have two mishaps, why not do so within one minute?...
June 16, 2007
More Triumph
My nephew, the inimitable Michael Feldman, found this Triump gem on the World Wide Web. Triumph does weather....
June 14, 2007
Triumph Does the Tony's
And nobody does it better....
April 12, 2007
Indexed
It's humor. It's a game. It's a puzzle. It's math. It's clever. Take it away, Jessica Hagy....
April 02, 2007
The Onion News Network...
...can fulfill all your needs....
March 30, 2007
Does Stephen Colbert Watch The Action Room?
?????????????????????...
March 29, 2007
Maraka
Robert Smigel is a national treasure. Here's last week's TV Funhouse from Saturday Night Live....
March 07, 2007
How Google's Search Technology Really Works
Maybe this is really why you never see baby pigeons. [Thanks to Neala Schwartzberg]...
December 21, 2006
A Very Different Charlie Brown Christmas
Performed by the cast of Scrubs. Warning: Rated R for language and not workplace friendly....
December 07, 2006
My Christmas Gift To You
The Holiday Party Excuse Generator. [Thanks to Joanne Pavia]...
December 03, 2006
Are You in the Target Audience for Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip?
The Studio 60 Flowchart will tell all....
November 29, 2006
RinkWorks
Don't have time to watch movies these days? How about a movie-a-minute? A book-a-minute can save you even more time. Plenty of other stuff to check out at RinkWorks, and I especially recommend the All Movie Talk, a weekly podcast...
November 24, 2006
Rejected FDA Product
As seen on the Late Show with David Letterman: O.J. Simpson's I Can't Believe It's Not Butter, But If I Did Believe It Was Butter, Here's How I Did It...
November 10, 2006
Dull Men's Club
These are my soulmates. This site revels in National Fig Month (you do know that this is National Fig Month, don't you?). It studies the direction in which carousels around the world rotate. And it includes a book review section...
November 02, 2006
Thriller...
...with Legos!...
October 06, 2006
Iggy Pop's Concert Rider
One of the great features of The Smoking Gun is the collection of concert riders. Iggy Pop's is not the most demanding, but it is certainly the funniest....
September 21, 2006
Panda Bites Man, Man Bites Him Back
Maybe not quite as bad as teaching your dog how to drive, but bad enough....
September 13, 2006
My Cubicle
James Blunt meets The Office....
September 11, 2006
First, You Have to Learn To Love Yourself
Even a monkey should know that....
September 06, 2006
It's Jerry Time!
And it's about time....
September 01, 2006
Diddy
The Andy Rooney of hiphop....
August 31, 2006
The Simpons vs. Star Trek
Nobody's a winner....
May 12, 2006
Traffic Accident
Let it never happen again....
December 24, 2005
Christmas Time for the Jews
I'm finally imbued with the Christmas spirit. The subways are running again in New York, last night Darlene Love once again performed a transcendent version of "Merry Christmas (Baby Please Come Home" on David Letterman, and I saw Robert Smigel's...
December 13, 2005
You've Been Reading Too Many Blogs...
..if you get most of these jokes. [Thanks to Jeremy Osner}...
July 11, 2005
A Polish Sausage Joke
A guy goes into the store and asks the clerk, "Can I have some Polish sausage?" The clerk looks at him and says, "Are you Polish?" The guy says, "Well, yes I am. If I had asked for Italian sausage,...
July 10, 2005
Israeli Personal Ads
Phil Proctor, of the Firesign Theatre, has been a faithful blogger since 1996. Even he is dubious about the veracity of these, but here are some ads that supposedly appeared in Israeli papers: Nice Jewish guy, 38. No skeletons. No...
May 08, 2005
Musical Postmortem
Ever wonder how a performer critiques his own concert? If you've ever wondered how Paul Anka might behave after a less than perfect concert, and you don't mind some language that would make some sailors cringe, you can find out...
April 13, 2005
Why Is the U.S. Loathed Around the World?
Some would say it's because of excessive jingoism. But I'd argue it's because of the excessive use of special effects in our music videos. [Thanks (?) to Simone Cox]...
February 22, 2005
Those Wacky Canadians
With celebrity memorabilia so expensive these days, it's great to find David Letterman's trademark so cheaply....
February 11, 2005
It's Not Too Early...
...to be thinking about how to avoid this dreaded plague that has afflicted many a neighborhood at Yule time....
December 06, 2004
The 10 Least Successful Holiday Specials of All Time
It's that time of year. Let's just be thankful that some of the Christmas specials on TV aren't quite as bad as these. [Thanks to Paul Murray]...
October 27, 2004
A NY Times Correction
Andrew Sullivan writes one of my favorite political blogs. Of late, he's drawn attention for endorsing John Kerry (Sullivan is a conservative, albeit a gay and questioning one), but today he draws attention to a rather notable correction in the...
October 24, 2004
Saturday Night, er, Live
Don't know how long it will stay up, but if you want a lesson the perils of singers working with prerecorded vocals, take a look at Ashlee Simpson on SNL last night, including the "cover-up" at the end of the...
October 15, 2004
No Respect
No, this isn't our tribute to Rodney Dangerfield, though we mourn his passing. Not since Woody Allen bungled his bank robbery in Take the Money and Run has a robber been afforded so little respect. But this time it's real....
October 03, 2004
Halloween "Poll" Augurs Well for Bush
So say the kind folks at BuyCostumes.com....
September 30, 2004
The Last Good Use for Men -- Gone!
Men have been officially replaced...