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NEVER FORGET: Proto-gum, or the greatest things on the internet in 2007: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/gabriel-delahaye/live-blogging-kid-nation-_b_66141.html http://www.vulture.com/2007/09/kid_nation_fresh_meat.html
[During the hostage situation, Officer Eddie rushes a package to Chief Wiggum.] Chief Wiggum: Finally, the help we need--a DVD of "The Negotiator." [Chief Wiggum places the DVD into a portable DVD player.] Chief Wiggum: Hmm, hmm. Which chapter should we skip to? "Meet Danny Roman," "Trouble Brewing," "Off the Case," "My Baby's In There," "Enter Niebaum," "Take the Shot," "Sabian's Choice," Check and Mate," "Friends at Last," "Closing Credits"?
And make sure you wind up with a Brix number of at least 22!
I think they were hash browns, but Burger King "hash rounds" style (e.g., http://www.flickr.com/photos/yummyinthetummyblog/2590074379/). Like Proust's madeleine, that greasy crunch sound transported me to the days of my youth.
Amen. I usually get annoyed when "Modern Family" gets its annual fifty-odd Emmy nominations, but this was beyond. (And is everyone on "Modern Family" considered a supporting actor?) But let's at least appreciate that Jon Hamm got nominated for his guest roles as Abner and David Brinkley in the "30 Rock" live episode!
Alright! Axel! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGbgAisf6_c
I can't wait for him to throw Theon's shoes over the Sea Bitch, thereby making him the "real winner" of sea trivia!
So this is seredipitous and six-degrees-of-separationy, but the New Yorker had an article about Mad Men and nostalgia yesterday, specifically on how the 1960s were nostalgic for the 1920s to the extent that the Grammy winner in 1966 (over the Stones and the Beach Boys) was "Winchester Cathedral," a vaudeville megaphone throwback song (http://youtu.be/y-Ijo_ZthDI). Which, in turn, reminded me of that great Monsters of Megaphone sketch.
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Re: the Rolling Stones and Heinz, I think it's at least partially a reference to the Who's lampooning of "selling out" from a year later: http://i43.tinypic.com/vwvh2g.jpg
Can someone do up that "The Time is Now" poster, but with Andy Serkis as Captain Haddock from Tintin? (Was motion capture necessary for Captain Haddock? Indeed, it was!) I feel like this is an important thing that should exist.
I kept hoping that Steve would slip up and say "Ladies and gentlemen, Blueshammer!"
You ever had fried ice cream? THE SCIENCE IS THERE.
Agh, this makes me so ir(?)rationally angry. What makes me angrier still: they're apparently letting him direct an adaptation of "Blood Meridian." Stop it, you monster! Will you not rest until you ruin everything good and decent?
Also, in what world does an eight-year old request that song? Accepting the premise that he's heard of and is way into the Arcade Fire, he chooses a song that they occasionally cover (and I think was a B-side at one point?)? I refuse to accept this world!
Yeah, his Bored to Death character is fantastic. I just learned the other day that he's meant to be based on a combination of George Plimpton and Christopher Hitchens, hence "George Christopher."
"WHERE IS SHE?!" BRAAAAAAAMM.
Tim "The Nickname I Gave Myself is Eater X" Janus, as always, remains the worst.
Anyone else having trouble loading the Gabe and Max episode that Kelly linked? (Or, for that matter, any of the older episodes?) The only ones that load for me are the two newest. Does BWE have a time limit on old videos?