Above: Michael Moore & Jimmy. Below: Broken Bells taken with Hipstamatic
Check out Late Night With Jimmy Fallon tonight! I’m nerding out on it.
I do enjoy flying Virgin. And no, they’re not paying me to say that. I don’t know why the red barf bags make me happy but they just do. I guess it’s just that the company thinks through every little detail to deliver a unique experience with their handprint on it. Well done, Branson. (Sir Richard, not Missouri)
Fortunately I do not feel the urge to soil them with my barf.
I’ve been pals with Jon for a couple of years now and he is as gracious as he is talented and funny. Here’s an example: After we recorded this episode I tried to hijack him into doing a quick sketch for Web Soup in the bathroom. I KNOW I KNOW it sounds terrible. Jon, who I later discovered was late for something, was actually going to do it anyway. When I realized (fortunately) that my idea was stupid and I was taking advantage of his time I immediately released him of any further obligation, BUT HE REALLY WOULD HAVE DONE IT. That’s how far down the niceness hole Jon Hamm goes. That sentence was unintentionally filthy but I would nonetheless like you to join me in a rousing round of applause for Jon right now, whatever else you may be doing.
Incidentally ‘Niceness Hole’ was the name of my anime cosplay band.
Number 5: Jon Hamm
Jon Hamm discusses his lost SNL sketch, Chris doesn’t understand how beards work, Jonah is a star-maker and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.
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Now THIS, good people, is the textbook definition of “lemonade” from that irritating saying about lemons. Professional Australian Christiaan Van Vuuren has apparently been placed under strict quarantine due to TB. To cope with the isolation, he started making music videos in his hospital room under the name Fully Sick Rapper.
Good on ya, mate! And let this be a lesson to all of you lazy creatives with no excuse for not making stuff! It’s like my grandpappy always said, “Don’t wait until you get TB to make cool shit.” He was prophetic that way.
Follow Christiaan’s medical steeplechase at @FullySickRapper on Twitter or see his other “keeping insanity at bay” vids on his youtube page.
via @paix120
Grace! Charm! Wit!
Showing up to accept a Razzie right before the Oscars? C’mown! Get outta my heart already!! Sandra, or “Lady Tom Hanks” as I like to think of her, kicks much ass.
I nominate Sandy as America’s girlfriend.
If you’re in LA, direct yourself to the Improv on Melrose tonight, March 6th, for two shows at 7:30 & 9:30. I’ll be headlining with support from a pile of great comics. Come by. Bring your favorite portable electronic device so I can tag it with my name.
Tix and info here.
Aces!
A plucky New Zealand manufacturer is about to start selling jet packs to people for $75,000. So far no license is required and they can propel humans up to a mile in the air at 60 mph.
Statisticians expect millionaire playboy deaths to go up 112%.
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Tonight on Web Soup, THIS GUY happens.
Tune in for the new season at 8PT/7CT right after Attack of the Show on G4! New segments, new night and a bigger studio so accusations of larger laugh track will abound! Plus, vaginae!
Web Sooooooooooooooooooup!
Number 4: Rob Huebel & Motion City Soundtrack
Rob Huebel (Human Giant, Children’s Hospital) finds a dog, Motion City Soundtrack plays a song, Jonah has a fake last name, Chris drinks out of a bowl and Matt likes the Dave Matthews Band.
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I have seen a lot of music videos in my lifetime. I was there when MTV started. I remember Peter Gabriel’s Sledgehammer, Dire Straits’ Money For Nothing, and MJ’s Thriller, and I can say without exaggeration THIS IS MY NEW FAVORITE MUSIC VIDEO. The Mouse-trappy Rube Goldbergness of it all. A triumph!
I guess EMI smartened up and let them make their vids embeddable again. Smart move. This one is go to blow up like Vesuvius.
Well done, chaps!!!
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