There is nothing about this advertisement that is not delightful except for the disappointing fact that I can't dial them directly and have a box of fresh kittens delivered to my doorstep. I want to hang out with this guy and all his kittens all the time.
If this were some shot of Gwyneth Paltrow roaming around in a thong bikini on a public beach I wouldn't care. That would be her own conscious decision. But clearly, obviously, she doesn't want the world taking pictures of her vagina which is why she's wearing underwear in the first place. This is how I would react if Gabe posted a link to a picture of Ryan Gosling getting changed in a locker room at the gym.
You summed up my thoughts exactly. I keep trying to break my addiction to Reddit because it's such a vile misogynistic cesspool of human despair when it comes to women and I cannot even express how refreshing it is to have somewhere like Videogum instead. Gabe is a level headed dude who tends to know garbage when he sees it, so it's disappointing when he posts garbage like this - but I can let it go if it doesn't become a habit. There's a difference between rending my garments in despair ("fetch me my smelling salts!") and bemoaning the state of Videogum for this one post, and acknowledging that this individual post is offensive. Gwyneth Paltrow can be gross, but for heaven's sake, she's just a deluded rich woman - being clueless does not justify sexual harassment. The entire culture of "upskirt photography" is absolutely disgusting and just because a woman is famous doesn't mean she grants the world access to her literal vagina. If ever a post deserved a little push of the reset button this is it.
Let's focus on the real relationship between chip consumption and sexuality: WHO DO I HAVE TO BLOW FOR THEM TO START MAKING DORITOS 3D AGAIN?
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Man how sick would it be if Toy Story 3 won Best Picture? And instead of melodramatic speeches from over-rehearsed actors and actresses we just got a bunch of happy little animators running around on stage with Tom Hanks and Joan Cusack (and I guess Tim Allen if we have to) and the entire ceremony closing with a rousing Hollywood singalong to "You've Got A Friend In Me"?
I was blown away by how much I enjoyed The Town! It was marketed in such an awful way that I actually LAUGHED when the played the trailer in the theaters, and I wasn't even the only one. Now I can't stop raving about it. Two thumbs up, Ben Affleck. I'm seriously considering forgetting about Daredevil. Do another one like this and I will forgive you for ~1/7th of Pearl Harbor.
It's 62 degrees right now in the Bay Area. I'm about to go jogging and then walk my dog. I'm going to be wearing a T-SHIRT. The moral of this story is all y'all bitches with reasonable rent and functioning municipal governments can suck it, because it is a beautiful goddamn day.
At the end of last year I was organizing this big charity gala event, where Cheyenne Jackson was one of the celebrity guests. I cannot even explain how beautiful he is in real life. Also he sang songs and sounded great! But seriously, he's so handsome it actually made me uncomfortable.
This reminds me of when I drove past San Francisco's First Chinese Southern Baptist Church. I thought to myself at the time, "Yes, I do believe it is."
Impulsively, I allowed my cursor to hover over the play button and click. As it was loading, the full gravity of my actions settled upon me. I thought to myself, "It's a Monday. It's Martin Luther King, Jr. Day." With relief I paused the video before it had a chance to begin playing. I shook my head to myself, determined to make my own corner of the world a peaceful, happy place, if only for one day. "Nope. Not today, world."
God I love Tilda Swinton. She just does exactly what she likes and anybody else in Hollywood can suck it. That wink! That button down shirt! That perpetual lack of makeup! That speaking five languages fluently! Tilda Swinton for President of Hollywood, everybody.
Last year I saw that Ricky Gervais's standup was on onDemand and I got really excited to watch it with my parents, including my mom who has struggled with weight issues her whole life. You're right - the first fifteen minutes were literally nothing but incredibly mean things about fat people. Not even funny, laugh-at-ourselves jokes, just nasty, mean, uncomfortable things. We turned it off before he moved on and we were all in a terrible mood for the rest of the day and I felt really guilty. I can't even watch him in anything anymore because I just remember how terrible I felt for convincing my mom to watch that show. Way to go, Ricky Gervais.
Monsters it's Friday and I just found out my boyfriend and I got our dream room and are moving to San Francisco!!!!!! I'm still funemployed so I didn't Just Get Paid today but can we monster mash anyway?
And Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day to one and all! Please consider using your day off to give back to the community: http://mlkday.gov/
Unsolicited advice time! Yay! I had very long hair when I was little and it took forever to get rid of the lice for good. Like literally months. It was hell and both my parents worked full time and were at the end of their ropes. The medicine is harsh and will drive your kids nuts. The most effective strategy is also totally the grossest thing in the world, so hopefully that will mean your boys are really into it. I swear to god, you have to deep condition their heads with mayonnaise. You have to do it regularly for at least a week to make sure you kill every single one of those fuckers. You comb mayonnaise into their hair and wrap it in cling wrap so everything suffocates. Buy some cheap pillows that you don't mind ruining. It will work and as a bonus you'll never want to eat mayonnaise again, so it'll make your New Year's Diet weight loss resolution that much easier. TIME SAVER!
I prefer to believe that these kids turned on the television during their G.A.T.E. class to find C-SPAN and accidentally caught a glimpse of Jersey Shore. In a moment of anthropological curiosity, they observed these cultural oddities and decided that these Halloween costumes would add a dash of sporting fun to the whole charade. They trick-or-treated for UNICEF and were all accepted to the magnet high schools of their choice.
I knew what this was going to be before I clicked it. I knew exactly the point in the song where you would cut it off. I knew what I was supposed to find funny, before I even watched it. But I laughed anyway, Internet. I laughed so hard.
Who is Betty White? She is supposed to be Turkish. Some say her father was German. Nobody believed she was real. Nobody ever saw her or knew anybody that ever worked directly for her, but to hear Kobayashi tell it, anybody could have worked for White. You never knew. That was her power. The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world she didn't exist. And like that, poof. She's gone.
If it makes you feel better it seems my dramatic reading of the Declaration of Sentiments (now available on the Zune marketplace!) left a lot to be desired. Kids these days.
Female Force is not really my cup of tea but they're so damn earnest about what they do that I can't fault them for trying. If I had a little girl I think this would be an awesome way to get her interested in modern women's history, you know? It's like sneaking zucchini into spice bread. Secretly good for you!
I know you have some kind of weird personal vendetta against Betty White, and I guess you assume that the entire thing is ironic and therefore smug and/or condescending to her. The truth is, a ton of people my age (22) spent afternoons after middle school watching reruns of Golden Girls every damn day. I legitimately loved that show, and Betty White's newfound fame has only rekindled my love for the show (see: avatar. RIP BLANCHE.) People are happy to have her return to the air because her presence is comforting to people who grew up watching her. That's not insulting!
How many other old women do you know ruling the air waves right now without resorting to Mrs. Claus/grandma feelgood roles? Betty White is a sharp comedian and most of her comeback success has derived from cameos or guest appearances which subvert our expectations of old women - much like Golden Girls did. She IS breaking the mold for women in an industry where you're "old" at 40. How many older female actresses are household names? You can count them on your hands. We're mourning Pete Postlethwait's death (R.I.P. fo real) at 64 and noting his strong recent appearances in Inception and The Town. He was still getting brilliant, lucrative roles in wide-release movies! Meryl Streep, Vanessa Redgrave, Gena Rowlands, Diane Keaton, Betty White = 90% of all older female roles.
This is a series which uses comic books (under-targeted towards females) to celebrate strong, powerful women in various industries (politics, film, music, literature) helping to break the glass ceiling. It's not ridiculous that Betty White would be included. It's awesome.
I used to work a block away from here and every lunch break I would smell its aroma. So, to be fair, if there was a possibility of eating here on the studio's dime I would totally audition for The Bachelor.
He came to my town in 2009 in order to showcase our one culinary abomination - a 24 hour diner with a ~15 page menu. You know that rule about how "the more items there are on a menu, the less delicious each individual item will be"? Like, the exact opposite of the In n Out menu? Well, I bet you didn't know that pancakes could be made to taste like the burger which tastes like the ice cream which tastes like the pho which tastes like the spaghetti. Infinite digest.
Literally the only things that I want for Christmas are books, and that's because my birthday is at the end of November so I just got a new supply of socks already. The Christmas tradition in my family is that everybody gets at least one book and chocolates and we spend the rest of Christmas day eating the chocolates while we read our new books. It's the most wonderful time of the year.
Basically what I'm saying is that my worst fear about someday having a kid is that he will end up like this one. :(
Lurker who never comments jumping in at the close:
1) Reading directly from Gabe's Editor's Choice to this entry's comments = solid investment in my LOL(k)
2) Dudes, chill out! The whole reason this site is great is because it's funny and laid back and doesn't take itself so seriously. And not to be That Guy, but I'm totally going to be That Guy, and say It's Just A Website! I mean, a few of these comments are calling for website redesigns so we have places for .gifs and whatever. We are all level-headed hilarious grownups right? So instead of deciding on some whatever big website change, because Gabe totally put that at the top of his 2011 New Year's Resolutions list (**1. Redesign Videogum So Level-Headed Hilarious Grownups Stop Fighting With Each Other On The Internet), let's just be grownups and cool it with the .gifs and the injokes and the personal asides.
We don't need Gabe to come down from the mountain to sort this stuff out, and we don't need to fight about it like gigantic Internet nerds. If we want to be gigantic Internet nerds and debate The Future of Our Community with the gnashing of teeth and the rending of garments, then we have just turned into literally every other gathering of humans on the Internet in the history of the Internet. Can't Videogum just be one place where we all chill out and enjoy Salsa Dog together, as a family?
This is a website which prominently figured a 40 second video of a cat farting and sneezing at the same time. Let's remember that before y'all start fighting again and bring on a case of the vapors. A cat, farting and sneezing. At the same time.
More Black Books gifs please! I never understood evangelicals until I watched that show and felt the need for every poor lost soul I know to experience the glory and wonder for themselves.
I DON'T GET IT. I tried to sit through this movie at ages (roughly) 9, 14, and 20 and at no point along the maturity spectrum did I find this movie entertaining or endearing or in any way enjoyable. "You'll shoot yer eye out!" DO IT, KID! Then we can all learn a valuable lesson about firearm safety and nobody will think that manufacturing an actual leg lamp to sell at Archie McPhee's will be a good idea.
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