Archive for the 'media' Category

Maru - The internet cat!

Posted by Joe on May 19th, 2009

I’m an avid browser of youtube, and I was delighted to find this poster.  He posts short videos of his cat, Maru.  they may not be for everyone, but its one hellofa cute cat!
http://www.youtube.com/user/mugumogu
Plus, there is a blog as well…
http://sisinmaru.blog17.fc2.com/

Vince Shlomi, better known to you and I as the the ShamWow guy, was arrested in February on a felony battery charge following a violent confrontation with a prostitute in his South Beach hotel room.  Check out the Smoking Gun for all the gory details.

The debut of Chad Vader - Season 2 is here!

Posted by gary on February 1st, 2009

Those cool cats over at Blame Society have launched Season 2 of they’re wacky series.

The TubaPants Totally Free mp3 Ringtone Page

Posted by Gary on December 11th, 2008

You may have noticed a new little icon over there on the left of the page touting free ringtones.  It’s not some money making scheme and it’s not going to redirect you to a page with a bazillion popups with no real ringtones.
What you will find is a page with a small selection of quality [...]

Macy’s Thanksgiving Parade Gets Rickrolled

Posted by Gary on November 30th, 2008

ok.  can we put an end to the madness now?

“In a World” without voiceovers

Posted by Gary on September 2nd, 2008

According to media reports, quintessential voiceover god Don LaFontaine has passed away at the age of 68. His “In a world…” opening to seemingly every great movie trailer became his trademark.
Thanks to our buddy jim for the heads up on this.

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Fun Movie Poster Quiz

Posted by Gary on August 9th, 2008

So, do you fancy yourself something of a movie buff? Ok, smarty-pants, let’s see how you do with the Empire Movie Poster Quiz. You get just one letter from the distinctive font used on a host of famous movie posters… can you guess the title? Good luck.

Rush plays Rush

Posted by Gary on July 27th, 2008

Legendary rock band Rush appeared on the Colbert Report last week, which was pretty awesome by itself. While they were waiting backstage, the show folks set up the band to tackle their own “Tom Sawyer” on Rock Band. Not bad for beginners, they scored 31% on expert mode.

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For Your Friday Enjoyment

Posted by Joe on July 11th, 2008

Little Sparta,

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qit3ALTelOo

The Mean Kitty Song
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Hulk-out list

Posted by Gary on June 13th, 2008

Our friend Ken hit us up with this awesome list of all the things that caused Bill Bixby to become a giant green Lou Ferrigno in the original The Incredible Hulk tv series.
A couple faves from the Hulk-out list:
17. Receiving a lethal injection, and then having the person say, “Oh. I just [...]

Smurfs Movie Being Developed

Posted by Gary on June 12th, 2008

Ok, you’re gonna want to sit down for this one.
Columbia Pictures and Sony Pictures Animation are bringing a live-action/animated “Smurfs” project to the bigscreen.
I’ll give you a moment to let that sink in.
My favorite quote from the Variety article: “We’re very excited to introduce a new generation to Papa Smurf, Smurfette and the other smurftastic [...]

Colbert “defending” O’Reilly

Posted by Gary on May 12th, 2008

Clip of Stephen Colbert coming to the defense of his mentor, Bill O’Reilly regarding a 20 year old clip of O’Reilly losing it on set.

P.S. Bill O’Reilly is a douchenozzle.
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YouTube awards announced

Posted by Gary on March 21st, 2008

On March 21 YouTube released their 2007 video awards in several categories. Voting was done by YouTube visitors. Check out the big winners, including “Chocolate Rain,” “LonelyGirl15 is Dead!” and “The Original Human Tetris.”
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Worst. Movie. Ever.

Posted by Gary on March 8th, 2008

They actually had the gall to call the new Anna Nicole Smith biopic “the most anticipated motion picture of the year.” If by “anticipated” you mean, will cause me to stick rusty ten-penny nails in my eyeballs if forced to watch it, then yea, I guess they’re right.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEon9IGYabM

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Top Gun (sorta)

Posted by Gary on February 10th, 2008

This is an oldie, but a goodie.  Sports Illustrated writer Rick Reilly had the opportunity of a lifetime… to take a flight in an F-14 Tomcat.  To say it didn’t go well is probably an understatement.  He knew he might be getting in over his head before takeoff:
I was worried about getting airsick, so [...]