Whatever! I Just Don't Wanna Eat Liver!

Robert bought me The Essential "Weird Al" Yankovic (3 awesome CDs) for Christmas but I just got around to importing it into my iPod this past weekend. There are lots of songs I hadn't yet heard so I've been enjoying listening to it while typing up my posts. But when I started listening to "Trapped in the Drive Thru" I had to turn it off because I was laughing so hard I couldn't concentrate on what I was writing! I've never heard the original recording of "Trapped in the Closet" but knowing Al this is probably pretty spot-on. I must share. Enjoy.





The only version of the song I've heard is from the 'Trapped in the Closet' episode of South Park:




And because it's one of my favorite, favorite moments:



Robert and I "OhMahGahd!" all the time at our house. We're weird.

Random Entertainment: SNL & Gotye

Okay, so this skit is a month-and-a-half old but because the song is still in regular rotation (I heard it three times today!) and I think of this every time I hear it, I thought I'd give in and post it. It's not even that hilarious a skit but @1:33 makes me laugh out loud every time! I don't know why I find it so amusing. I just do.

I Hate Balls, Too.

I know lots of people hate on Katherine Heigl and while I don't really care about her either way, I do like the work (and how much of it) she does for animals. And I completely agree with this message! People really don't realize the importance of spaying or neutering their pets.

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I think I'm going to scrape my pennies together and try to get this shirt...

You Knew It Was Inevitable...

More Harry Potter! Actually, just more Daniel Radcliffe. Hey, the Deathly Hallows 2 DVD came out a couple weeks ago so you had to expect this.



And just for fun:

Image Credit: Timothy Eaker

There was a Hogwarts reunion at Broadway’s Golden Theatre on Nov. 7 when Daniel Radcliffe nipped backstage to congratulate former Harry Potter co-star Rickman on his Main Stem return in Seminar. The actors, who were all smiles in Rickman’s dressing room after the show, are both currently gracing the Great White Way — at least until Radcliffe bows out of How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying on Jan. 1.

Darth Vader = Sith for "Wanker"

Ugh. I'll never forgive Lucas for changing the "Yub Nub" song at the end of Jedi. Yeah, yeah, yeah, I know everyone hates the Ewoks but the original song rocked! (And the xylophone segment matched perfectly with the helmet playing @ 0:25!) The new one sounds like Yanni and Zamfir made guest appearances on Endor. Yuck.

From EW.com:

New 'Return of the Jedi' Blu-ray has questionable addition: Darth Vader screaming 'Nooooo!'

George Lucas has been tweaking the original Star Wars saga for so long now that it almost doesn’t make sense to complain anymore. At this late date, the tweaks have generally become so minor and unimportant (Oooo, now we’ll be bored by a digital Yoda in The Phantom Menace!) that the aging Star Wars fan almost feels the need to defend Lucas’ eternal tinkering: “Hey, so long as Lucas still lets us have our beloved original theatrical versions, with Han shooting first and John Motherfreaking Dykstra in the house, who cares if he turns the Max Rebo band from a badass space-jazz doo-wop band into an obnoxious late-90s swing-rock collective?”

And yet, there is something horrifically familiar about the decision — much-discussed on the internet and officially confirmed by the New York Times — to make Darth Vader squeal “Noooo!” during the climax of Return of the Jedi on the film’s new Blu-Ray edition. First, because it makes one of the few subtle moments in Jedi feel just as hackneyed and forced as everything else in that Ewok-plagued film. Second, because now we know that George Lucas will not rest until every member of the Skywalker family screams like a girl. And third, because this new “Noooo!” is a slap-in-the-face reminder of the infamous “Nooo!” that ended Revenge of the Sith, the precise moment when Darth Vader stopped being one of the great villains in cinema history and started being a punchline.

So what I’m saying is, just watch the new “Noooo!” and see if your heart doesn’t hurt:

Movie Morsels 72: Magic Mike

It's been quite a long while since I've indulged in a Hot Men post and this is the perfect thing to break the drought! You may or may not know that Channing Tatum was an exotic dancer back in his salad days; you also may or may not know that a movie is in the works based on his experiences during that time. (He actually mentioned wanting to make such a movie way back when he told all about his burnt penis last year.) Now, a movie about male strippers pretty much has my interest from the get-go. I mean, even if it's a male Showgirls it's still worth a look-see just for curiosity's sake. But! This one stars these guys, which means they could read the phone book for two hours and it'd still be pretty easy to sit through.

Channing Tatum - the mentor

Alex Pettyfer - the protege

Matthew McConaughey - the club owner

Matthew Bomer

William Levy

Joe Manganiello

Am I right or am I right? Sure, it'll probably be super cheesy but who cares?!

8/24 UPDATE: According to People en Espanol (via dlisted), William Levy has dropped out of the movie. Bummer!!! :o(  He would have been some nice eye candy. Mew.

TV Tidbits 97: Colbert Super PAC

I usually watch The Daily Show and The Colbert Report while I'm getting ready for school or work; since I've done neither for the past several weeks, I am a bit behind on my viewing schedule. Which is why I watched the August 4th episode of the Report just yesterday and why this post seems late but really isn't. The clip is SO hilarious I had no choice but to share - not only did I laugh out loud but Robert did his seldom-heard-but-beloved foot-stomping cackle so you know it's funny! (If you don't have time for the entire video, start at the 1:45 mark... It's worth it, I promise!)

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Can YOU Guess the Chest?

When I saw the 'Guess the Chest!' game on EW.com this afternoon I thought "Hot dog! I'll nail it!" Because I assumed it would mostly feature chests that are currently showing (or were at least shown somewhat recently). That was an incorrect assumption and it did affect my score; apparently, I just don't recognize a lot of "classic" hairy chests. Still, I got a very respectable score (if there is such a thing for such a game) - I got 14 right, which, according to EW.com, means "you've got a thing for hairy chests, don't you? But then, you already knew that." I really don't, EW, I really don't. I just devote a lot of brain space to completely useless information!

Some of them I knew right away, some of them were educated guesses and some were known just by process of elimination (a lot of the answer choices are recurring). You have to keep score yourself but if you need to kill a few minutes, give it a whirl.

The Oatmeal: A Picker-Upper

I had a bit of a rough go of things this morning so my friend Amy directed me toward this new The Oatmeal comic to cheer me up. It worked.

(The last frame is my absolute favorite!)

The Cracker Jack historical prizes were found via this website, and the current prize photo via this blog.
Also, A big thanks to Sabriya Stukes for suggesting I do a comic about the shit-tastic quality of current Cracker Jack toys.

And, in searching through old Oatmeal items, I came across this gem, which rings so true to me now as a cat owner:

That last bit is too true. I don't think I'd be exaggerating if I said I could count the number of times I've slept through the night since we brought Linguini home on one hand. It's ridiculous.

Love Me, Love My Doll

Okay, so I'm not sure whether or not I've posted about Love Me, Love My Doll before*, but I don't think I have so let me do a little recap first. LMLMD is a British documentary that follows a group of men who are in love with Real Dolls. It aired on BBCAmerica back in '08 and I found it absolutely fascinating. So much so that I've forced many of you to watch it at our place. (Though the TV version is edited; I bought the full deal online so you people who got to see it at my place should consider yourselves lucky! ;o) ) Here's a little snippet:

Now, the dude in that snippet (Davecat) is going to be on Wednesday's episode of My Strange Addiction on TLC. I know I've already plastered this on many of your Facebook pages but I would be remiss if I didn't post it on the blog, too. Tune in! Check it out! From the commercial it looks like Davedat's finally moved out of his parents' place so maybe things are looking up for him... well, except for the whole being-married-to-a-Real-Doll thing.

* You're probably thinking "Why don't you just do a search on your blog?" Well, because I'm weird and I don't want to make my blog private but I also don't want it to show up in Google searches. As such, Google doesn't allow the search box on my blog to actually function. And since I don't want to comb through hundreds of posts to see if I'm being repetitive, I'm just going to sift through a few likely tags and, not having found any LMLMD posts, assume I haven't yet posted about it.

Whip My Hair... Or Not.

I ran across this video the other day and showed it to Robert because he, unlike me, is a somewhat fan of Neil Young. I was impressed by Jimmy's impersonation and Robert agreed (though only I felt like Jimmy didn't really need to sing the entire song).

Robert had never heard the original song, so I pulled it up for him.

I got approximately 40 seconds into the song before Robert exclaimed "I feel like I'm having a seizure!" Made me laugh! :o)

Willow's 'Whip My Hair' has now become the yardstick against which Robert measures all things potentially crappy. So far, nothing has been deemed crappier than the song.

Videos Me Likes

I have finally been able to enjoy a little catch-up time with my favorite entertainment sites and TV shows; as such, I've gathered up a handful of videos that I feel compelled to share. Yes, they're sort of old and you may have seen them already but c'mon! They're good. You can see them again. Please?

The first one is a clip from the Anne Hathaway-hosted episode of Saturday Night Live. SNL is very hit-or-miss in my opinion but I thought Anne did a fantabulous job channeling Katie Holmes in this skit. Plus, the chick playing Miley Cyrus is PERFECT! So, so spot on. And the song is super catchy. (Or should I say "it's pretty cool?") Robert and I have been singing it for days now. We're very well-matched dorks, what can I say?

This next clip is from the 12/06 episode of The Daily Show. The clip is about Fox News' continued coverage of their perceived 'war on Christmas' and while the entire thing is excellent, the best (most pointed) bit starts @ the 5:05 mark.

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The Daily Show clip was funny but this one from The Colbert Report had me in a fit of giggles. It's about Days of Our Lives using product placement to help fund (or, rather, save) the show and the BEST part is @ 3:35 (though all of the toaster strudel stuff is golden).

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And, finally, because vet tech students are as dorky as you think, here's a video that someone in my class shared. I'm not really a cutesy cat video person but this one is actually pretty humorous. Good voice over work.

Harry Potter Cast Speaks 'American'

Robert drove by Union Landing last night (around 8 or so) and said the street next to the movie theater was completely shut down. People were wiaint in line with sleeping bags and folding chairs to see Deathly Hallows. I don't think that's ever happened here in the poky ol' Tri-Cities! I, of course, bought our tickets several days ago and Robert and I are seeing it in IMAX on Sunday afternoon. (How much do 2 IMAX tickets cost when you buy'em through Fandango? Click the 'Comments' to find out!) I CAN'T WAIT! And, seriously, I'm suuuuuuuper excited that I have no tests the following week. Sunday can just be Harry Potter all day! Woohoo!

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Chuck + Sequins = Diamond!

Sacha Baron Cohen is going to play Freddie Mercury and I think that's an excellent casting choice. I don't expect that Neil Diamond will be getting the biopic treatment anytime soon but when (or if) he does, I think Zachary Levi would be PERFECT! I have thought so for years. Don't you agree???

It would be fabulous!! And when it happens, just remember you saw it here first.

This Only Happens Once in a Lifetime...

Did you notice the date today? 09/02/10. Or 90210. That's right - it's "90210 Day," people.

I have to say - SOAPnet blew a perfect opportunity here! Sure, they're hyping that they're celebrating the day with episodes at 11, 12 and 5 but they're not having a marathon until Monday. I understand that a Thursday interruption of regularly scheduled programming might seem a little odd but c'mon! IT'S A ONCE IN A LIFETIME OCCURRENCE here, SOAPnet!! Get it together. SOAPers would totally understand.

Mel Gibson: Tom Cruise's New BFF

Much as I'm sure Tiger Woods was relieved when news of Jesse James' marital scandal(s) broke, Tom Cruise must be thanking his lucky stars that, once again, Mel Gibson has taken up the mantle as Craziest Celebrity on Earth. Seriously. I have been woefully out of the entertainment loop for some time now (I hung my head in shame when my dad expected me to know more about the cast departures on CSI:NY and I had nothing to offer) but even I haven't escaped the wall-to-wall coverage of Mel's whackadoo tapes. If you somehow have, however, catch yourself up on the crazy right here:

The man is seriously disturbed. Like, a lot. A lot a lot.

A Robert Post (Kinda)

Robert sent me this photo on Monday and since he very rarely asks me to blog about anything in particular, I just had to share it with you all. Robert is the official tweet-er for RHI and, as part of the job, he subscribes to other companies' career Twitter pages. It was on Warner Brothers' page that he found this:

The world's coolest golf cart.

Apparently, some lucky WB employee duck gets to tool around Warner Brothers' 110 acre lot in this awesome little Batcart. I love the tires! Sadly, I'm sure not just any ol' WB schlub has the privelege to drive the cart... though I hear it's pretty easy to hotwire a golf cart. It'd be worth it.

Funny or Die: Ralph Macchio

I intended to post this back on the 11th but, well, I obviously didn't quite get there. So! Without further ado, here is a very cute ad for a 'documentary' on Ralph Macchio from FunnyorDie.com:

Wax On, F*ck Off with Ralph Macchio from Ralph Macchio

(@ 2:48 is one of my favorite parts!)


And here is a Q&A with Ralph about the video from Entertainment Weekly. He really does seem like a nice guy. I really, really wish they hadn't remade his movie... especially with Will Smith's stupid kid. Gah! Don't get me started.

Scott Baio Ruins Everything

Woo boy. I actually enjoyed VH1's Scott Baio series (both when he was 45 and 46) but this is crazy. Ka-ray-zee, I tell you. Apparently, Mr. Baio's been involved in a war with one of my old favorite gossip blogs, Jezebel, and I didn't even know it! If you have many, many minutes to kill and would enjoy a good chuckle (the best is toward the end), read on!

Scott Baio's Online Meltdown: A Complete Timeline

Scott Baio has had some issues of late. He's mad. Mad at liberals, mad at uninformed fans, and really mad at the Internet. Crazy mad. But a recent history of Baio's insanity reveals that his fall was all but inevitable.

The warning signs were everywhere, be it according to the all-too-common fate of fallen stars, or Baio's uncomfortable reality show. But his Internet meltdown started gaining momentum on October 27, 2009. This was when we first took note of Scott Baio's interesting Twitter contributions. Granted, back in these early days, Scott was less of an angry guy and more the type to remind pro-choicers to be kind to their mothers.

Harmless! But by October 30, Baio's gentle reminders quickly morphed into incoherent anger.

Baio had calmed down on November 9, choosing instead to redirect his energies towards his speciality: international border control.

But international issues could only hold Scott's attention for so long. A pop-culture icon himself, he turned his attentions on November 23 to Lady Gaga, of whom he is not a fan.

Scott Baio, however, is not just a man of rage, and he had moments of sensitivity. Take, for instance, his December 21 response to the death of Brittany Murphy.

In January, however, Baio marked the new year by a return to his natural state: Not Awesome. He tweeted this picture of Michelle Obama with some intelligent commentary:

Shortly thereafter, on January 20, Baio — under fire for being, you know, totally cruel — explained himself: His (wife's) best friend is black!

He also posted a helpful picture, in case the haters didn't believe him.

The next day (January 21), Baio continued to go on the defensive — while also noting that it was everyone else's fault for getting upset about his comments.

See what he did there? He's like the Sun-Tzu of Twitter.

Then things were quiet (relatively speaking) for a few months. We decided to look away: move along, people, nothing to see here. That is, until April 7th, when Baio got very upset at the Twitterverse for not realizing that he's more than an 80s acting legend — he's a director. In fact, he directed 41 episodes of Charles in Charge. Show the man some respect.

Baio doesn't have time to note the irony here, as he's NOT DONE SPEAKING YET JUST LET HIM FINISH.

Actually, he's not mad, y'all. Hug it out.

But Baio, by now a true master of all 140 characters, couldn't go a week without raging on his keyboard. On April 12, he stuck it to the tax man — and all you lazy, poor people.

This is when things really blew up. We noted his comment, and he was not having it. On April 15, he waged war.

Then he dropped the race card.

And the prayer card.

From there, it was only a matter of hours until the Twitter hashtag #scottbaioruinseverything caught on, attacking Baio on his own turf. There was also an update to his Wikipedia page.

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On April 16, Baio — mad as hell and not going to take it anymore — reminded us ladies that "the broom and the dustpan are in the closet." He did this in Italian, because why not?

Then, this past weekend, Scott's wife Renee joined the party on Facebook, coming to her husband's defense by dropping some poignant homophobia:

Yesterday, April 19, we posted Renee's contribution — and she responded in kind, resorting to a defensive tactic similar to that preferred by her husband:

That same day, the website Scott Baio Ruins Everything was born. Baio also entered the the Urban Dictionary canon.

Meanwhile, Renee was getting all First Amendment on us, claiming that Jezebel wasn't allowing comments from anyone who defended her husband.

Mr. Holder, if you're reading (and we're sure you are, as you totally have time for this stuff), please note: This is untrue. There are no unapproved comments in our system pertaining to this matter.

Since then, ABC News has picked up on Baio's "bizarre blog war" (and indeed it is!); the Huffington Post is also covering the "anti-lesbian rant", as is Newser and E!.

Renee, for her part, is responding to Facebook messages with threats to our publisher.

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Meanwhile, Scott's blocked a good handful of the Jezebel staff from his Twitter feed, but he's still got thoughts that he wants to share. Like, what's the deal with Canadian currency? It's so funny and weird!

Also, he'll get his revenge yet.

That is, if his anal irritation doesn't get in the way first.

For Jezebel's complete coverage of All Things Baio, go here.