September 28, 2006
In a move that in no way sounds like a publicity stunt to us, Dustin "Screech" Diamond (we think that's his legal name at this point) has
released a sex tape. The
Daily News story mentions something about a "Dirty Sanchez".
TMZ has a preview up now, for those of you brave enough to watch it.
September 28, 2006
President Bush is going to discuss Borat with the President of Kazakhstan about American-Kazakhstani relations in the wake of the soon-to-be-released
Borat movie. Borat, as you may know, is Sascha Baron Cohen's bumbling Kazakhstani character who portrays his home country in a less-than-favorable life. So their president is going to meet with our president about it.
And Borat is going to speak on it today in DC. YouTube clip as soon as possible . . .
September 27, 2006
You know things are bad when Michael Irvin is being interviewed to talk about your problems. In honor of the first high profile death-by-pills unsuccesful suicide exploited by a basic cable channel since Kurt Cobain's Rome dress rehearsal, we are going to start the over under on his next endorsment (30 days), his next suicide attempt (3 months), and his impending book of poetry and life affirmations (6 months; optioned in a year).
In the meantime, here's a killer illo of TO by comic artist Dan Goldman.
September 26, 2006
We're not sure exactly how they haven't been shut down yet, but there are sites that enable you to watch every episode of
Futurama,
The Simpsons, and
South Park in your browser. We'll see you later, productivity.
Also, you didn't hear it from us, but if you missed
The Office on Thursday, you might be able to find it
here . . .
September 22, 2006
Cambridge-based video game development company Harmonix, the mind behind the wonderful
Guitar Hero and its hotly-anticipated sequel,
has been bought by MTV. This doesn't seem likely to affect
Guitar Hero II in any way, but it probably will influence future Harmonix games.
This could be a good thing, if that means Harmonix will get the financial heft necessary to gain the licensing rights to certain songs, like "Back in Black," "Master of Puppets," or pick-your-Led-Zeppelin-song. This could be a bad thing if it means you'll be rocking out to MTV hits exclusively. Hopefully the team's musical tastes will stay strong.
September 21, 2006
Ohhh man. I'll put it out there:
I like the US version better than the English one.
There, I said it. Call me a phillistine or a pansy if you must, but I
do. These days,though, I would think even the most Anglophilic among us
has to at least concede that the US version has its moments.
And tonight's premiere was classic. Really, the perfect way to keep
things interesting after the big Jim-Pam thing: take Jim out of the
equation. Give him a new environment to work in, new characters to
interact with (Ed Helms plays one of his new co-workers, who keeps
calling him "Big Tuna,") and add the wrinkle of how he adjusts to life
without Pam, Michael, and Dwight. And then add Pam's adjustment to
single life in there, and you've got a whole new set of circumstances
for these characters to explore. And Michael, fortunately, has not
really changed - he's still an idiot and kind of a jerk, but he means
well, and so even when people tell him off, like Oscar did, they feel
bad about it immediately afterwards. It's great. Still.
The genius stroke came when the girl at Jim's new office made a joke
about how Jim spent so much time looking at the camera and making goofy
faces. Awesome. YouTube clip once it's available.
September 21, 2006
Mel Brooks is bringing Spaceballs to television. The animated show, which is expected to lampoon sci-fi targets just like the 1987 classic film on which it will be based will air on G4. What's up with G4? It used to be a cable network devoted to video game-centric programming, and now it shows random stuff -
Star Trek 2.0, re-runs of
Arrested Development, all-night
Man Show marathons, and now this. Just strikes us as odd.
Anyway, here's our favorite scene in
Spaceballs, one that will not make it to the cartoon:
September 20, 2006
The new Buffalo Sabres jerseys, unveiled on Monday night, look like shit.
"These look like shit," said Sabre fan Tim Moscato. "As if the town hasn't suffered enough. Now we are wearing Pittsburgh Penguin colors. And what's with the fuckin' logo. Is that a slug?"
And so ends our version of the Brushback Report. Really though, these look like shit. Most fans are in agreement that the design is by far the worst since the New York Islanders' ill-fated fisherman jerseys. Ranger fans used to chant "We Want FishSticks!" at Isles/Rangers games. If anyone gave a shit about Buffalo, they would chant something like "We want Trump's Hair." If anyone gave a shit. 
September 14, 2006
So last year, Krpata writes a Fall Preview and, almost immediately thereafter, Rockstar games held a press conference announcing a delay for
Bully, at that point the most-anticipated game for Q4 '05, rendering the just-out-on-the-streets paper already out-of-date.
This year? Also
already out-of-date. Nintendo today announced the Wii launch date and price - November 19 at $250. That's two days after the PS3 launches at about half the cost. The launch titles -
Excite Truck (presumably an update of
ExciteBike with, like, monstertrucks or something,)
Wii Sports (yawn), and, of course, the eternally delayed
Legend of Zelda: Twilight Princess (GameCube-only version in December)
. Then there's some business about channels, but the money announcement is the price of the NES ($5), SNES ($8), and N64 ($10) games.
That is something. (They just aren't the same on our PC emulator, frankly.)
Here's the
Twilight Princess trailer, for those who've yet to seek it out:
The song sucks, but try telling us you aren't excited for this.
September 13, 2006
The wedding between Disney/Pixar/Jobs bore its first baby today as Apple announced that it will be selling full-length movies on iTunes for $12.99 and up (expect most to be around $19.99). Disney, Pixar, and Touchstone are all onboard, obviously.
Also announced: an 80GM ipod. With video game support! Games will be available at itunes for 4 bucks
A new Shuffle, in brushed aluminum. iTV, a wireless set top box so you can play your iPod's video and audio content on your TV.
And a new itunes will be rolled out, with automatic album art downloads.
September 12, 2006
Boston-area comic
Dane Cook is one of the biggest stars in standup comedy today: his
Retaliation is the best-selling comedy CD since Steve Martin's
Wild and Crazy Guy, his HBO special
Vicious Circle is on all the time, he sold out the TD Banknorth Garden, and he's hosting this season's premiere of
Saturday Night Live in a few weeks. All in all, a good time to be Dane Cook.
Boston-area comic Louis C. K. has long divided his time between doing his standup and writing for such shows as
SNL and
Late Night with Conan O'Brien. He also wrote and directed the cinematic masterpiece known as
Pootie Tang. Currently, he can also be seen on HBO, in his sitcom
Lucky Louie. All in all, a good time to be Louis C. K.
So with both comics enjoying some visibility (to varying degrees, obviously) on the same premium channel, now would seem like a good time to revisit the controversy that initially surfaced about a year ago. We'll let
Dane Cook's wiki page explain:
After the release of his immensely successful CD / DVD Retaliation, many fans of comedy took note of three bits on Cook's CD. On June 10, 1999, comedian Louis CK performed stand-up on Late Night with Conan O'Brien, one of the bits being about naming kids and wanting to name his kid with one letter repeated many times. On CK's debut CD, Louis CK: Live in Houston, which was released in 2000, CK had a bit called "Itchy Asshole". CK has also performed a routine on both his CD, Late Night, and other television programs called "Guy on a Bike", which was a routine about witnessing someone struck by a car and wondering how quickly to warn someone before the accident. In 2005, Dane Cook performed and released three similar routines on Retaliation. CK commented on the similarities, noting what he considered clear examples of cribbing material, but said that he did not intend to act on these findings. For his part, Cook has yet to respond.
We know what you're thinking: "Isn't Wikipedia usually bullshit?
Remember the elephants thing?"
Fine, Mr. Skeptic/Dane Cook Fanboy, we'll go one better, and provide the audio evidence, as found on some blog called
Redban.com:
LISTEN:
Dane Cook possibly ripping off Louis C. K.'s material (mp3)
(Louis's versions go first, followed by Dane's, in case you don't recognize either voice.)
And what's most astonishing to us: how nearly the same exact joke can sound hilarious coming out of one guy and flat coming out of another. (Guess which one!)
September 11, 2006
Saw this over at
Cinematical: apparently the Chinese are considering building a theme park devoted to Bruce Lee, which will include a roller coaster and - wait for it - Giant Robotic Bruce Lees patrolling the park.
Not to bring
everything back to a
Simpsons reference, but doesn't this sound like a recipe for disaster? We all remember this, right?
September 07, 2006
Here's the clip of the reporter who got beat up that's getting a lot of play right now:
This sort of thing never happens to
Carl Monday . . .
September 07, 2006
We're not sure what to think of the photos (we think she kind of looks like her mom), but, since we're 12 years old around here, here's her bronzed poop:
Buy it now!Also, is it us, or does the name "Suri" remind anyone else of Mr. Burns's
Lil' Lisa Slurry?
September 04, 2006
So stop searching, you morbid fucks.
But here's the odds on the video being released:
3/1--someone leaks it from the police department (Australia is full of ex-cons anyway. You've read Great Expectations.)
6/1--it gets dragged onto a 4-hour special on his life. Proceeds go to charity.
10/1--Some kid in Iowa tries to recreate the stunt so he can put up a video on YouTube and actually dies himself. Hilarity ensues.
