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Sesame Street Sob Story
Sep 06
Celebrity, Entertainment, Generation X, Humour, Oscars, Weird, celebutard, comics, humor, media, sad, tasteless, television 4 Comments
Ever wonder where Oscar the Grouch came from? Seriously, if ever I saw a character with a backstory, Oscar is it. Grover paid his dues the old-fashioned way, starting as a shoeshine monster and making his way as a waiter/comedian on the mean streets of Queens, until the day he was talent-scouted by the youthful [...]
Jake Gyllenhaal, Cthulhu Cultist!
Jan 28
Allegory, Celebrity, Cthulhu, Entertainment, Humour, Plush, Weird, YouTube, animals, humor, octopus, sad 10 Comments
ZOMG how did Nikki Finke miss this? It’s true! Reese Witherspoon‘s erstwhile boytoy and eternally-perky heartthrob Jake Gyllenhaal has been videotaped attempting to separate himself from the clammy embrace of illicit and unspeakable tentacles. We can only pray he makes it.
A Modest Proposal: that you read this story
Nov 26
Allegory, Culture, Family, Holiday, Humour, Literary, Lush Life, Weird, food, horror, humor, writing 5 Comments
Yes, I’m making a modest proposal that you click away from my site (take a screenshot, this may never happen again) and go over to David B. Dale’s blog and read his heartwarming Thanksgiving story, destined to be an instant classic. Why? Because…well, here’s the first line: She was our youngest and tender-hearted (tender, in [...]
Sesame Street Layoffs hit hard
Nov 11
Bailout, Culture, Entertainment, Generation X, Hoaxes, Humour, Weird, YouTube, capitalism, economics, humor, news, sad 2 Comments
Sesame Street, that beloved icon of childhood, where we learned everything we needed to know that later showed up in an overpriced book on business leadership, is under seige. We thought that a neighborhood of loveable, shaggy Muppets would escape the ravages of the recession: my friends, we were wrong. So, so wrong. In a [...]
Beakerven’s Ode to Meep
Jul 24
Culture, Entertainment, Generation X, Humour, Weird, YouTube, geek, humor, mashups, music 13 Comments
I know, I’ve been heavy on the YouTubes lately (and even have a couple of Atenes up my sleeve) but I cannot NOT post this: my second-favorite Sesame Street character performing my third-favorite piece of music: Everybody meep along!
Cho Seung-Hui/Ernie from Sesame Street: the odd couple
Apr 24
Crime, Kimveer Gill, Weird, capitalism, geek, murder, sad 3 Comments
Zeta runs deep. Virginia Tech mass-murderer Cho Seung-Hui was, it seems, no Dungeonmaster. He was no World of Warcrafter. He was no mom’sbasement-dweller. Police found not one computer game when they searched his room, not one multiplayer game on his computer. But the intrepid reporters at The Smoking Gun have found a smoking gun of [...]
Sesame Street meets Goodfellas
Nov 27
Allegory, Crime, Entertainment, Family, Fans, Hoaxes, Humour, Movies, Plush, Videos, Weird, YouTube, sad 4 Comments
From Martin Scorsese comes a new and gut-wrenching interpretation of the Sesame Street story. In a world so familiar, some secrets just can’t stay hidden. From the director of Goodfellas and Taxi Driver comes a story of vengence and innocence, love and violence, friendship and betrayal. del.icio.us: Sesame Street meets Goodfellas blinklist: Sesame Street meets Goodfellas [...]
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