Kristi Noem has been named "Special Envoy to The Shield of the Americas"
Buster Bluth tellss Lucille Bluth "Now if you'll excuse me, they're putting me in something called 'Hero Squad.'"
This is why my go-to trivia team name is Patrick Batman.
It's first and foremost a groan-worthy movie-nerd pun. But it's also just funny to imagine someone with the surname "Batman."
My compensation: A branded swimsuit and bathrobe. The former was immediately thrown out; the latter was worn to a party at my friends' house, where it was left in the basement and remained shoved in a corner until they moved out the next summer.
I never saw the ad, which aired during a single Michigan State game in 2005. It was part of a campaign—"America's Cleanest Comic"—that barnstormed campuses that fall, and is mostly lost to time. A report from the University of Illinois tour stop survives: dailyillini.com/life_and_cul...
I was in an Old Spice ad where I told a bad joke to a crowd of college-football tailgaters while standing in a portable shower.
Ah yes, "resistance is futile," the words of tech-enabled characters on the right side of a conflict…
Overhead view of floor design reading "Nirvana," with silhouettes of Tom Servo, Mike Nelson, and Crow T. Robot superimposed on top.
Nirvana the Village the Bungle the Bobble the Fingal the Doppel
Maybe it was supposed to be a LotR thing, what with him following Sean Astin?
Appreciate SAG-AFTRA putting together this tribute to physical comedy expressly for me.
Oh to receive an email from Catherine O'Hara that begins with "Hello, I hope you'll consider the following."
Was thinking more about this today: The Iraq War started a few days before my 18th birthday. Whatever we're going to call this war started about a month shy of me turning 41. It'd be cool if the world were no longer like this by the time I hit 50.
"And lo," the voice said, "you may meet Gorillaz in one week, but first—you must face Mumford and his dreaded sons!"
The Onion’s iconic “ This War Will Destabilize The Entire Mideast Region And Set Off A Global Shockwave Of Anti-Americanism vs. No It Won't” point/counterpoint
23 years old next month
An excellent profile, and a crucial reminder that we used to publish stuff like this so frequently, it could be a plot point in a movie starring Jason Lee!
Wealth tax now
Last gasp feeling of Sinners and One Battle After Another now feeling last gasp-ier
"We had 2 bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, 5 sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and 2 dozen amyls…"
My child has piled five Barbies into a pink Barbie convertible. It looks like they're about to cause some serious trouble.
"We had 2 bags of grass, 75 pellets of mescaline, 5 sheets of high-powered blotter acid, a saltshaker half-full of cocaine, and a whole galaxy of multi-colored uppers, downers, screamers, laughers... Also, a quart of tequila, a quart of rum, a case of beer, a pint of raw ether, and 2 dozen amyls…"
Doing due diligence on reply of "Who me?" in the case of Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar?
A new-to-me discovery from the end of a tape labeled "Batman / Major League": Cable Video Store, the pay-per-view service that brings the rental experience into your living room. No surly clerks here, just squeaky-clean youths who are always smiling—even when describing the horrors of The Fly II.
The Dover Boys stand outside a log cabin. Let's say the tall one is Leland Palmer, the short one is Jerry Horne, and the stout one is Ben Horner. There's a mountain in the background, which really pulls the joke together.
"Oh, mairzy doats and dozy doats and liddle lamzy divey / A kiddley divey too, wouldn't you?"
You simply haven't lived until you've seen Vincent Price introduce this video in a syndicated Halloween special from 1984.
Ken Marino driving a van and singing “Danny’s Song” but the text has been changed to read “Diane, 11:30 AM, February 24th. Entering The Town Of Twin Peaks”
An NPR investigation finds the public database of Epstein files is missing dozens of pages related to sexual abuse accusations against President Trump. n.pr/4qTItsU
There's a Christmas-themed Mel Farr spot on this very tape! And one for Dittrich Furs—sans sultry jingle, sadly.
Also: I can't believe it took me this long to realize you're a fellow Metro Detroiter.
Came across a local legend while digitizing some tapes today
Black-and-white photo of Kyle MacLachlan and Davids Lynch and Bowie on the set of Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me, printed on an off-white T-shirt. Dwight D. Eisenhower photo bombs from a portrait.
And I've got the T-shirt to prove it!
Something comforting about the fact that, even halfway around the world, they're still playing Sponge's "Plowed" between plays at the hockey rink.
