July 2008
22 posts
Q: What do Under Siege, Blade Runner, Orson Welles’ BBC production of King Lear, and Evil Dead all have in common? A: They all feature people getting thumbs in their eyes in scenes we edited together for this week’s Brain Filler. When plotting Brain Filler, Pat and I agree that the more specific the better, and for this one we were very particular that it had to be thumbs. That’s...
WatchCollegeHumor’s “Font Conference”
The spiritual successor to Internet Commenter Business Meeting.
In addition to the CollegeHumor Live Show on Thursday, I’ll be doing stand-up in Comix’ Occi’s Lounge tomorrow night at 7:30 at Faux Show.
Pat and I wrote a new Brain Filler - 9 (Very) Short-Lived Celebrity Talk Shows.
I like using this blog to tell you guys about interesting things we stumbled upon while researching. The highlight of this one was a quote from the Wikipedia for Alf’s Hit Talk Show:
On Alf’s desk is a large bowl of snack food (popcorn, peanut brittle, or the like) which the guests are invited to eat....
Congratulations Dorks, We Officially Took Over
Take a look at the top 25 grossing movies of all time. I’ve bolded films based on things that a middle schooler used to get picked on for liking.
1. Titanic 2. Star Wars 3. Shrek 2 4. ET 5. Star Wars Episode I - The Phantom Menace 6. Pirates of the Carribean 7. Spider-man 8. Star Wars Epiosde III - Return of the Sith 9. Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King 10. Spider-Man 2 11. The...
I was never really concerned about how JeffRubinJeffRubin.com looked, but after I saw CollegeHumor illustration intern Caldwell’s work on Jake and Emily’s blog headers I immediately commissioned one too. If you’re reading this in RSS, stop by and check out the fancy new artwork.
I’m not very good at articulating what I like and don’t like about illustration, so...
Digg Comments From When They Announced Heath...
(almost two years ago to the day)
While I will attempt to not compare him to Nicholson or “The Batman” joker, I just dont know if Ledger has that crazy and creepy side needed to play the joker. I will admit that I havnt seen too many of his movies, but the ones I have seen him in he doesnt play a creepy crazy guy completly off his rocker. -EdLesMann Please tell me this isn’t...
Work brought me to Orlando this weekend, so I took the opportunity to go to DisneyWorld and Universal Studios. With limited time, we hit the Magic Kingdom in Disney and the Islands of Adventure at Universal. A thorough report follows - - I’m happy to report that DisneyWorld is a total class act. It’s a lot of little things they do right. many of which I didn’t notice until we...
FX has ordered fifty two new episodes of the criminally underrated It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia. There will be 13 episodes in the coming-soon fourth season, and then 39 past that.
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WatchFear of Disney’s invisible security force made me a little hesitant to participate in this Davey Dance Blog, but I’m unspeakably glad I did it anyway. They didn’t bother us at all.
(I’ll get some more pictures and videos up in the coming days)
WatchAs I’ve mentioned before, I often don’t know what I’m talking about on Play Value. That was not the case for this all-Dreamcast episode.
I especially liked Josh’s closing thoughts here.
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From Wikipedia…
[Van Halen’s Panama] was written about a car. According to David Lee Roth this was because critics accused him of writing about nothing more than partying, sex, and cars but Roth realized that he had yet to write a song about cars.
Talking about will.i.am over IM is fun because Adium interprets his name as a website.
He’s making his feature film debut in the upcoming Wolverine movie. According to this interview with MTV, during one fight scene he punched a camera, broke a lens, and scarred his hand. I hope they use that take for something.
In the interview, will.i.am goes on to say:
“But that goes to show...
I’m concerned about the enviorment and rising energy costs, so I’m making a serious effort to feel guiltier about my air conditioners.
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