This kind of goes without saying… but what the fuck?! I guess that is the translation of Hibbidy-Wah?!
I don’t want to give anything away, but if I bought what the gentleman happily opened at the 26 second mark, I’d go into a Snugarage…
If you can make it all the way through 35+ minutes of this, you will no doubt be rewarded with some humor, but you may also be rewarded much fatigue.
If you watch it in its entirety, please comment below, and point out which of the 100 ways to love a cat are the funniest.
I’ll admit it – I’ve only jumped around. 35 minutes is about 34 minutes too long for a YouTube video to me. But of what I have seen, I chortled…
On the other hand, this show debuts as a midseason replacement on NBC, and it reeks of potential, if that’s a polite thing to say. I know it’s four minutes longer than my usual liking, but after trying the above video out, it didn’t seem so bad.
Plus, Olivia Munn is purdy.
The only question that remains – if Perfect Couples premieres on Thursdays, does that mean my Parks and Recreation won’t be coming back?
Just as a reminder about how uninspiring and unoriginal (unobtainium, anyone?) James Cameron’s Avatar was, here’s a slightly different take on the recap:
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Navi from "The Legend of Zelda"
As a reminder:
As Ms. Swan might say, "He looka lika cat."
(SIDENOTE: Click here to understand Ms. Swan.)
Aang, the one, true Avatar
Now put it all together and you get:
As uninspiring as the original...
Summer’s almost over, and I find myself in love once again. Of course, it can’t happen in real-life. That would be too complicated and real-life-ish. (And against one of my biggest fears.)
You’ve most likely already met her, and in case you haven’t, here she is… with her new haircut (ignore the DB in the corner):
But who is she? Nobody (on the TripleDoubleU) knows…
I’ve been in this situation before.
Long ago (like three whole years), there was the Overstock.com model, Sabine Ehrenfeld:
And most recently, there was Skinit.com model, Anya Monzikova (sorry about the poor video quality):
In time, the webs will know, and by then… I’ll have fallen in love with another.
This show looks like garbage, me thinks. It starts this fall on CBS, which in this case literally means C-B-S:
To me, The Defenders looks like Boston Legal Lite, minus the charm, creativity, excellent writing, and sublime casting. I’ll always have a soft spot for Jerry O’Connell for being in Stand By Me, My Secret Identity, and Rebecca Romijn, and I’ll even give props to Jim Belushi for The Principal, but I could probably live without ever seeing either one of them in anything ever again.
May this show slip away quickly like my money at a craps table.
Now onto other items lacking in creativity…
I thought The Oatmeal made a funny observation about the similarities between James Cameron’s Avatar and his Aliens:
(click image for full comparison)
(BONUS! Did Chistopher Nolan’s Inception rip off Scrooge McDuck?)
Like many (all?) guys my age, I grew up on Star Wars.
And like many (some?) guys (nerds?) my age, I was way too into it for far too long.
I collected the toys when I was a child, and when they returned to the scene in 1995, I was spellbound. I gobbled up every figure, ship, and accessory I could get my hands on. I even waited in line at midnight to get the first wave of toys from The Phantom Menace.
That was a mistake. And the collecting didn’t last much longer. In fact, I recently sold my collection for $400. It originally cost me around $3000.
But like all bad habits, one remnant remains. I still like to look at the new lines. It’s been fun to see what figures finally got made, and how some (many) get re-made. Unfortunately, with The Clone Wars animated movie and TV show, I’m realizing how out of the loop I am when I’m not recognizing them anymore.
Some of the later figures I’m aware of, such as Ahsoka Tano, Asajj Ventress, and Jacen and Jaina Solo.
And some of the faces I recognize if not the names.
The following are the ones I don’t (even though a few were in the original six films):
Cad Bane is hired by Darth Sidious to break into the Jedi Temple and steal a holocron containing the secret names of future Jedi. The resourceful and cunning bounty hunter carefully puts his plan in place using schematics of the temple, a techno-service droid and an unscrupulous shapeshifter.
Leesub Sirln is a Qiraash and one of the patrons in the Mos Eisley cantina on Tatooine. She is hiding from Imperial authorities that suspect her of having precognitive powers and have declared her a Force adept.
The Boonta Eve Classic Podrace draws a huge crowd of spectators including bounty hunter Rum Sleg. Held just outside Mos Espa, the race is a high-speed, death-defying competition, which doesn’t stop young Anakin Skywalker from competing.
The Republic admiral oversees a large fleet during the Clone Wars, coordinating battle campaigns from the bridge of his flagship, the Resolute. He contacts battle leaders, such as Jedi General Obi-Wan Kenobi, to keep track of ongoing situations.
Hondo Ohnaka is the leader of a band of Weequay pirates and is always accompanied by Pilf Mukmuk, his Kowakian monkey lizard. The pirate chief captures Count Dooku and plans to demand a large ransom for the return of the powerful Separatist leader.
Willrow Hood works for the gas mining company on Cloud City. When the Empire seizes control of the city, Hood destroys a computer memory core to prevent the Empire from discovering information about secret transactions with the Rebels.
(SIDENOTE: Oh! He’s also known as the Ice Cream Maker Guy.)
What is he carrying? An ice cream maker!
Clone troopers ride gelagrubs to patrol the fungal forests of Felucia. Also known as Felucian ground beetles, gelagrubs are easily domesticated in their larval form to be used as mounts. Republic forces invade Felucia to free it from the control of the Separatists and capture the Commerce Guild’s headquarters located on the planet.
Jeremoch Colton is the pilot of Senator Bail Organa’s ship, the Tantive IV. As Colton is flying the vessel into Coruscant, he receives a message from Chancellor Palpatine’s office, which he plays for Organa and his passengers Yoda and Obi-Wan Kenobi.
Needless to say, the last good Star Wars thing I saw was Genndy Tartakovsky’s take on the Clone Wars cartoon. I’ve only seen Episode III once, hence the fuzzy memories. And after all this, what is my lesson learned?
I need to start watching The Clone Wars on the Cartoon Network!
Here’s the close-up:
When I thought about making this image, I didn't really think about what it meant.
I once was going to write about how the Proactiv commercials ripped off a Bruce Hornsby riff, but I was sidelined into exploring the curse that product has had on its bevy of attractive hawkers.
But not this time.
Throughout the years, commercials have ruined many popular songs by using them to push products. Not only do the songs get overplayed, but they also become synonymous with that product.
For example:
Well, there’s one thing I hate more than that. It infuriates me to the bone in such a primal way that it makes me wonder if I truly am…
an Artist!
Anyspew, I can’t stand it when commercials rip-off song riffs.
As mentioned at this post’s start, Proactiv did this in their commercials.
Here are some others that I found (the articles about):
Or did they simply commit the act of liberal borrowing?
Want to know the source of this rage? Budweiser has a couple of radio spots currently playing in which, I believe, this song is being ripped off:
I couldn’t find the spots anywhere on the TripleDoubleU, but one is about baseball being America’s pastime, and the other is about how there is 24 happy hours across the world.
If anyone can find those for me, I’d greatly appreciate it. I have far more ripping and riffing to do…
BONUS STEALING!
I’ve remembered two more…
The answer for both is of course, yes.
BONUS FORGOTTEN POST!
My brother recently packed up and headed west to California. He’s moving into the area known as Korean Town, and he was not too happy to find out that this show might be happening:
K-Town… Korean American’s answer to the biggest question mark in the world… Jersey Shore.
Considering either area might not be a viable living option for most, the third option could always be Detroit.
You could wait to watch the new ABC show called Detroit 187, or you could share my experience. The following pictures were taken the other day on my way to the ballgame:
I was going to add something about the Detroit Tigers not being able to catch a break, but…
Snooki, Snooki, Snooki.
It’s so much easier to say than Nicole Polizzi, Nicole Polizzi, Nicole Polizzi.
Anyguido, the pint-sized Jersey Shore star left the Miami shoreline to invade my slumber and host a party in South Africa.
The festivities were to occur during a lunar eclipse, but she thought that the sun would be out at night. Nonetheless, this upset her greatly. But it was the bumper stickers on the billboard announcing her celebration that upset her more:
(Fairly) Artistic Representation
On some of the billboards, the bumper stickers were placed right on the bathtub picture.
She ended up getting real drunk and arrested in the morning. It kinda looked like this:
Realistic Representation
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